Cauliflowers and broccoli — Area harvested in Jamaica
Jamaica: Cauliflowers and broccoli — Area harvested was 137 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cauliflowers and broccoli — Area harvested in Jamaica, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested in Jamaica is 137 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 49.1% on the previous year and down 24.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested in Jamaica peaked at 269 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 2 ha, in 1980.
That places Jamaica 72nd out of 97 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cauliflowers and broccoli — Area harvested in Jamaica, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 45 ha | — |
| 1962 | 50 ha | +11.1% |
| 1963 | 50 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 25 ha | -50.0% |
| 1965 | 30 ha | +20.0% |
| 1966 | 65 ha | +116.7% |
| 1967 | 38 ha | -41.5% |
| 1968 | 25 ha | -34.2% |
| 1969 | 12 ha | -52.0% |
| 1970 | 24 ha | +100.0% |
| 1971 | 23 ha | -4.2% |
| 1972 | 20 ha | -13.0% |
| 1973 | 15 ha | -25.0% |
| 1974 | 14 ha | -6.7% |
| 1975 | 12 ha | -14.3% |
| 1976 | 10 ha | -16.7% |
| 1977 | 7 ha | -30.0% |
| 1978 | 7 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 8 ha | +14.3% |
| 1980 | 2 ha | -75.0% |
| 1981 | 2 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 6 ha | +200.0% |
| 1983 | 14 ha | +133.3% |
| 1984 | 25 ha | +78.6% |
| 1985 | 49 ha | +96.0% |
| 1986 | 31 ha | -36.7% |
| 1987 | 32 ha | +3.2% |
| 1988 | 35 ha | +9.4% |
| 1989 | 42 ha | +20.0% |
| 1990 | 53 ha | +26.2% |
| 1991 | 49 ha | -7.5% |
| 1992 | 43 ha | -12.2% |
| 1993 | 63 ha | +46.5% |
| 1994 | 80 ha | +27.0% |
| 1995 | 101 ha | +26.2% |
| 1996 | 82 ha | -18.8% |
| 1997 | 67 ha | -18.3% |
| 1998 | 65 ha | -3.0% |
| 1999 | 93 ha | +43.1% |
| 2000 | 95 ha | +2.2% |
| 2001 | 132 ha | +38.9% |
| 2002 | 139 ha | +5.3% |
| 2003 | 131 ha | -5.8% |
| 2004 | 100 ha | -23.7% |
| 2005 | 113 ha | +13.0% |
| 2006 | 125 ha | +10.6% |
| 2007 | 195 ha | +56.0% |
| 2008 | 178 ha | -8.7% |
| 2009 | 193 ha | +8.4% |
| 2010 | 169 ha | -12.4% |
| 2011 | 204 ha | +20.7% |
| 2012 | 205 ha | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 205 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 181 ha | -11.7% |
| 2015 | 152 ha | -16.0% |
| 2016 | 176 ha | +15.8% |
| 2017 | 146 ha | -17.0% |
| 2018 | 149 ha | +2.1% |
| 2019 | 178 ha | +19.5% |
| 2020 | 176 ha | -1.1% |
| 2021 | 207 ha | +17.6% |
| 2022 | 258 ha | +24.6% |
| 2023 | 269 ha | +4.3% |
| 2024 | 137 ha | -49.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 37.78 ha | 12 ha | 65 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 14 ha | 7 ha | 24 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 23.8 ha | 2 ha | 49 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 69.6 ha | 43 ha | 101 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 140.1 ha | 95 ha | 195 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 176.5 ha | 146 ha | 205 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 209.4 ha | 137 ha | 269 ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.16 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0874 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 699.7 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.28 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4057 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 8.74 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 8.74 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.9% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested in Jamaica?
- Cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested in Jamaica was 137 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 269 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 2 ha in 1980.
- How does Jamaica rank for cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested?
- Jamaica ranks 72nd out of 97 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 24.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Jamaica data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cauliflowers and broccoli — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.