Cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters?, per capita in Jamaica
Jamaica: Cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters?, per capita was 0.3032 tonnes per person in 2023. ▲ Rising
Cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters?, per capita in Jamaica, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in tonnes per person.
Analysis
Jamaica recorded 0.3032 tonnes per person for cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters?, per capita in 2023.
That represents a change of down 4.9% on the previous year and up 32.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters?, per capita in Jamaica peaked at 0.3299 tonnes per person in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.0938 tonnes per person, in 1961.
That places Jamaica 37th out of 189 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters?, per capita in Jamaica, year by year
| Year | tonnes per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0938 tonnes per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0996 tonnes per person | +6.1% |
| 1963 | 0.0988 tonnes per person | -0.8% |
| 1964 | 0.1117 tonnes per person | +13.1% |
| 1965 | 0.1142 tonnes per person | +2.2% |
| 1966 | 0.1234 tonnes per person | +8.0% |
| 1967 | 0.1291 tonnes per person | +4.6% |
| 1968 | 0.1358 tonnes per person | +5.2% |
| 1969 | 0.1321 tonnes per person | -2.7% |
| 1970 | 0.1592 tonnes per person | +20.5% |
| 1971 | 0.1765 tonnes per person | +10.9% |
| 1972 | 0.1802 tonnes per person | +2.1% |
| 1973 | 0.1713 tonnes per person | -4.9% |
| 1974 | 0.1868 tonnes per person | +9.1% |
| 1975 | 0.1793 tonnes per person | -4.0% |
| 1976 | 0.1916 tonnes per person | +6.9% |
| 1977 | 0.1541 tonnes per person | -19.6% |
| 1978 | 0.2105 tonnes per person | +36.6% |
| 1979 | 0.1109 tonnes per person | -47.3% |
| 1980 | 0.2242 tonnes per person | +102.2% |
| 1981 | 0.2157 tonnes per person | -3.8% |
| 1982 | 0.1738 tonnes per person | -19.5% |
| 1983 | 0.1785 tonnes per person | +2.7% |
| 1984 | 0.1952 tonnes per person | +9.3% |
| 1985 | 0.1737 tonnes per person | -11.0% |
| 1986 | 0.1592 tonnes per person | -8.4% |
| 1987 | 0.1837 tonnes per person | +15.4% |
| 1988 | 0.1893 tonnes per person | +3.0% |
| 1989 | 0.1567 tonnes per person | -17.2% |
| 1990 | 0.1408 tonnes per person | -10.1% |
| 1991 | 0.1853 tonnes per person | +31.7% |
| 1992 | 0.1856 tonnes per person | +0.1% |
| 1993 | 0.1845 tonnes per person | -0.6% |
| 1994 | 0.1467 tonnes per person | -20.5% |
| 1995 | 0.1752 tonnes per person | +19.5% |
| 1996 | 0.122 tonnes per person | -30.4% |
| 1997 | 0.1805 tonnes per person | +48.0% |
| 1998 | 0.1786 tonnes per person | -1.1% |
| 1999 | 0.1768 tonnes per person | -1.0% |
| 2000 | 0.1948 tonnes per person | +10.1% |
| 2001 | 0.1852 tonnes per person | -4.9% |
| 2002 | 0.1856 tonnes per person | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 0.1788 tonnes per person | -3.6% |
| 2004 | 0.1852 tonnes per person | +3.6% |
| 2005 | 0.2032 tonnes per person | +9.7% |
| 2006 | 0.2155 tonnes per person | +6.0% |
| 2007 | 0.2016 tonnes per person | -6.5% |
| 2008 | 0.1666 tonnes per person | -17.4% |
| 2009 | 0.1564 tonnes per person | -6.1% |
| 2010 | 0.191 tonnes per person | +22.1% |
| 2011 | 0.2188 tonnes per person | +14.6% |
| 2012 | 0.2056 tonnes per person | -6.0% |
| 2013 | 0.2292 tonnes per person | +11.5% |
| 2014 | 0.2319 tonnes per person | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 0.1998 tonnes per person | -13.9% |
| 2016 | 0.3299 tonnes per person | +65.1% |
| 2017 | 0.2802 tonnes per person | -15.1% |
| 2018 | 0.2904 tonnes per person | +3.6% |
| 2019 | 0.3007 tonnes per person | +3.5% |
| 2020 | 0.2473 tonnes per person | -17.8% |
| 2021 | 0.2742 tonnes per person | +10.9% |
| 2022 | 0.3188 tonnes per person | +16.3% |
| 2023 | 0.3032 tonnes per person | -4.9% |
Jamaica compared with similar countries
- Jamaica's 0.3032 tonnes per person is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.1724 tonnes per person, 1.8× the median. (57 countries reporting)
- Jamaica's 0.3032 tonnes per person is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.1696 tonnes per person, 1.8× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters?, per capita in Jamaica changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | +102.2% | 0.1109 tonnes per person | 0.2242 tonnes per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.1154 tonnes per person | 0.0938 tonnes per person | 0.1358 tonnes per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.172 tonnes per person | 0.1109 tonnes per person | 0.2105 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.185 tonnes per person | 0.1567 tonnes per person | 0.2242 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.1676 tonnes per person | 0.122 tonnes per person | 0.1856 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.1873 tonnes per person | 0.1564 tonnes per person | 0.2155 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.2478 tonnes per person | 0.191 tonnes per person | 0.3299 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2859 tonnes per person | 0.2473 tonnes per person | 0.3188 tonnes per person | 4 |
Countries ranked near Jamaica
More agriculture & rural data for Jamaica
- 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)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 8.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 8.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.9% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters?, per capita in Jamaica?
- Cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters?, per capita in Jamaica was 0.3032 tonnes per person in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters?, per capita recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3299 tonnes per person in 2016.
- What is the lowest cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters?, per capita recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0938 tonnes per person in 1961.
- How does Jamaica rank for cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters?, per capita?
- Jamaica ranks 37th out of 189 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters?, per capita rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 32.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Jamaica data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters?, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters? divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters? ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters? Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
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Cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters? divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.