Coconuts, in shell — Yield in Jamaica
Jamaica: Coconuts, in shell — Yield was 6,200 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Coconuts, in shell — Yield in Jamaica, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for coconuts, in shell — yield in Jamaica is 6,200 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and up 21.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, coconuts, in shell — yield in Jamaica peaked at 6,473 kg/ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 2,034 kg/ha, in 1976.
Jamaica ranks 32nd of 84 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Coconuts, in shell — Yield in Jamaica, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,016 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,950 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1963 | 2,667 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 1964 | 3,074 kg/ha | +15.3% |
| 1965 | 3,252 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1966 | 3,160 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1967 | 3,312 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1968 | 3,183 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1969 | 2,745 kg/ha | -13.8% |
| 1970 | 2,839 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1971 | 3,413 kg/ha | +20.2% |
| 1972 | 2,778 kg/ha | -18.6% |
| 1973 | 2,326 kg/ha | -16.3% |
| 1974 | 2,421 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1975 | 2,112 kg/ha | -12.8% |
| 1976 | 2,034 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1977 | 2,781 kg/ha | +36.7% |
| 1978 | 2,851 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1979 | 3,269 kg/ha | +14.7% |
| 1980 | 3,850 kg/ha | +17.8% |
| 1981 | 3,219 kg/ha | -16.4% |
| 1982 | 2,318 kg/ha | -28.0% |
| 1983 | 2,234 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1984 | 2,468 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 1985 | 2,605 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1986 | 3,566 kg/ha | +36.9% |
| 1987 | 3,830 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1988 | 4,107 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1989 | 2,478 kg/ha | -39.7% |
| 1990 | 2,220 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 1991 | 2,752 kg/ha | +24.0% |
| 1992 | 3,298 kg/ha | +19.8% |
| 1993 | 3,305 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1994 | 3,328 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1995 | 3,280 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1996 | 3,321 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1997 | 3,334 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1998 | 3,341 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1999 | 3,333 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2000 | 4,198 kg/ha | +26.0% |
| 2001 | 5,143 kg/ha | +22.5% |
| 2002 | 5,208 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2003 | 5,208 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 5,208 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 5,208 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 5,447 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2007 | 5,554 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2008 | 5,496 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2009 | 5,498 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 4,948 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 2011 | 4,897 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2012 | 4,848 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2013 | 4,818 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 5,087 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2015 | 5,178 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2016 | 4,974 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2017 | 6,355 kg/ha | +27.8% |
| 2018 | 6,473 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2019 | 6,293 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2020 | 5,493 kg/ha | -12.7% |
| 2021 | 6,086 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 2022 | 6,311 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2023 | 6,203 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2024 | 6,200 kg/ha | -0.1% |
Jamaica compared with similar countries
- Jamaica's 6,200 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 5,852 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (30 countries reporting)
- Jamaica's 6,200 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 5,668 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (27 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Coconuts, in shell — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | -39.7% | 4,107 kg/ha | 2,478 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,040 kg/ha | 2,667 kg/ha | 3,312 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,682 kg/ha | 2,034 kg/ha | 3,413 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,067 kg/ha | 2,234 kg/ha | 4,107 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,151 kg/ha | 2,220 kg/ha | 3,341 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,217 kg/ha | 4,198 kg/ha | 5,554 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,387 kg/ha | 4,818 kg/ha | 6,473 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,059 kg/ha | 5,493 kg/ha | 6,311 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Jamaica
- 29 Colombia 6,707 kg/ha compare
- 30 Indonesia 6,378 kg/ha compare
- 31 Trinidad and Tobago 6,300 kg/ha compare
- 33 Kiribati 6,074 kg/ha compare
- 34 Marshall Islands 6,036 kg/ha compare
- 35 New Caledonia 6,002 kg/ha compare
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 coconuts, in shell — yield in Jamaica?
- Coconuts, in shell — yield in Jamaica was 6,200 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest coconuts, in shell — yield recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 6,473 kg/ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest coconuts, in shell — yield recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,034 kg/ha in 1976.
- How does Jamaica rank for coconuts, in shell — yield?
- Jamaica ranks 32nd out of 84 countries with data for 2024.
- Is coconuts, in shell — yield rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Jamaica data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Coconuts, in shell — 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.