Cereals, primary — Yield in Jamaica
Jamaica: Cereals, primary — Yield was 1,342 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cereals, primary — Yield in Jamaica, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Jamaica recorded 1,342 kg/ha for cereals, primary — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of up 17.7% on the previous year and up 17.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — yield in Jamaica peaked at 2,157 kg/ha in 1977 and was at its lowest, 868.3 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places Jamaica 160th out of 193 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,105 kg/ha | 868.3 kg/ha | 1,245 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,560 kg/ha | 1,106 kg/ha | 2,157 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,643 kg/ha | 1,296 kg/ha | 2,042 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,314 kg/ha | 1,116 kg/ha | 1,573 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,227 kg/ha | 1,147 kg/ha | 1,316 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,192 kg/ha | 1,090 kg/ha | 1,356 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,175 kg/ha | 1,114 kg/ha | 1,342 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Jamaica
- 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)
- Rural population 40.6% (2025)
- Rural population growth -1.3% (2025)
- Rural population 1.15 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 8.7% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.99 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 62,998 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — yield in Jamaica?
- Cereals, primary — yield in Jamaica was 1,342 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 2,157 kg/ha in 1977.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 868.3 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Jamaica rank for cereals, primary — yield?
- Jamaica ranks 160th out of 193 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — yield rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Jamaica data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cereals, primary — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.