Citrus Fruit, Total — Yield in Jamaica
Jamaica: Citrus Fruit, Total — Yield was 12,753 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Citrus Fruit, Total — Yield in Jamaica, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Jamaica recorded 12,753 kg/ha for citrus fruit, total — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of up 1.0% on the previous year and up 1.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, citrus fruit, total — yield in Jamaica peaked at 15,731 kg/ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 9,126 kg/ha, in 1991.
That places Jamaica 67th out of 137 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Citrus Fruit, Total — Yield in Jamaica, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 15,731 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 13,686 kg/ha | -13.0% |
| 1963 | 13,566 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1964 | 13,705 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1965 | 14,514 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1966 | 14,608 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1967 | 12,499 kg/ha | -14.4% |
| 1968 | 12,748 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1969 | 13,123 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1970 | 13,999 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1971 | 14,063 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1972 | 13,174 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1973 | 15,116 kg/ha | +14.7% |
| 1974 | 14,244 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1975 | 13,733 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1976 | 13,765 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1977 | 13,685 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1978 | 13,436 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1979 | 13,960 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1980 | 13,272 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1981 | 13,799 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1982 | 13,919 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1983 | 12,597 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 1984 | 11,735 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 1985 | 9,876 kg/ha | -15.8% |
| 1986 | 10,336 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1987 | 12,365 kg/ha | +19.6% |
| 1988 | 10,746 kg/ha | -13.1% |
| 1989 | 10,842 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1990 | 10,937 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1991 | 9,126 kg/ha | -16.6% |
| 1992 | 10,949 kg/ha | +20.0% |
| 1993 | 10,129 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 1994 | 9,844 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1995 | 10,109 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1996 | 10,178 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1997 | 10,582 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1998 | 10,526 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1999 | 10,810 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2000 | 10,745 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2001 | 10,498 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2002 | 10,624 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2003 | 10,856 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2004 | 10,998 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2005 | 11,360 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2006 | 11,031 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2007 | 11,523 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2008 | 11,486 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 11,533 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 11,810 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2011 | 12,008 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2012 | 12,071 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 12,565 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2014 | 12,599 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 12,450 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2016 | 12,438 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 12,615 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2018 | 12,614 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 12,629 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 12,638 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 12,349 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2022 | 12,044 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2023 | 12,630 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2024 | 12,753 kg/ha | +1.0% |
Jamaica compared with similar countries
- Jamaica's 12,753 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 13,805 kg/ha, 92% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Jamaica's 12,753 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 14,008 kg/ha, 91% of the median. (30 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13,798 kg/ha | 12,499 kg/ha | 15,731 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 13,917 kg/ha | 13,174 kg/ha | 15,116 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 11,949 kg/ha | 9,876 kg/ha | 13,919 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 10,319 kg/ha | 9,126 kg/ha | 10,949 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 11,065 kg/ha | 10,498 kg/ha | 11,533 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 12,380 kg/ha | 11,810 kg/ha | 12,629 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 12,483 kg/ha | 12,044 kg/ha | 12,753 kg/ha | 5 |
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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 citrus fruit, total — yield in Jamaica?
- Citrus fruit, total — yield in Jamaica was 12,753 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest citrus fruit, total — yield recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 15,731 kg/ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest citrus fruit, total — yield recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,126 kg/ha in 1991.
- How does Jamaica rank for citrus fruit, total — yield?
- Jamaica ranks 67th out of 137 countries with data for 2024.
- Is citrus fruit, total — yield rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.2%. 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 Citrus Fruit, Total — Yield. 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.