Coffee, green — Area harvested in Jamaica
Jamaica: Coffee, green — Area harvested was 8,191 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Coffee, green — Area harvested in Jamaica, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Jamaica recorded 8,191 ha for coffee, green — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 19.2% on the previous year and up 5.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, coffee, green — area harvested in Jamaica peaked at 14,057 ha in 2009 and was at its lowest, 3,200 ha, in 1989.
Jamaica ranks 37th of 75 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.
Coffee, green — Area harvested in Jamaica, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,500 ha | -13.3% |
| 1963 | 6,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 6,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 6,400 ha | -1.5% |
| 1966 | 6,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 6,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 6,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 6,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 6,500 ha | +1.6% |
| 1971 | 6,000 ha | -7.7% |
| 1972 | 5,500 ha | -8.3% |
| 1973 | 5,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 5,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 4,500 ha | -18.2% |
| 1976 | 6,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 1977 | 4,600 ha | -23.3% |
| 1978 | 5,000 ha | +8.7% |
| 1979 | 6,500 ha | +30.0% |
| 1980 | 5,000 ha | -23.1% |
| 1981 | 5,500 ha | +10.0% |
| 1982 | 5,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 5,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 5,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 5,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 5,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 5,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 5,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 3,200 ha | -41.8% |
| 1990 | 3,900 ha | +21.9% |
| 1991 | 5,500 ha | +41.0% |
| 1992 | 4,300 ha | -21.8% |
| 1993 | 3,600 ha | -16.3% |
| 1994 | 5,500 ha | +52.8% |
| 1995 | 5,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 5,600 ha | +1.8% |
| 1997 | 5,630 ha | +0.5% |
| 1998 | 4,000 ha | -29.0% |
| 1999 | 5,100 ha | +27.5% |
| 2000 | 5,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 5,600 ha | +9.8% |
| 2002 | 5,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 6,100 ha | +8.9% |
| 2004 | 5,600 ha | -8.2% |
| 2005 | 8,400 ha | +50.0% |
| 2006 | 11,250 ha | +33.9% |
| 2007 | 11,250 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 11,250 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 14,057 ha | +25.0% |
| 2010 | 9,000 ha | -36.0% |
| 2011 | 8,607 ha | -4.4% |
| 2012 | 7,500 ha | -12.9% |
| 2013 | 8,000 ha | +6.7% |
| 2014 | 7,800 ha | -2.5% |
| 2015 | 7,543 ha | -3.3% |
| 2016 | 9,334 ha | +23.7% |
| 2017 | 7,433 ha | -20.4% |
| 2018 | 8,163 ha | +9.8% |
| 2019 | 7,557 ha | -7.4% |
| 2020 | 7,096 ha | -6.1% |
| 2021 | 7,693 ha | +8.4% |
| 2022 | 8,707 ha | +13.2% |
| 2023 | 10,143 ha | +16.5% |
| 2024 | 8,191 ha | -19.2% |
Jamaica compared with similar countries
- Jamaica's 8,191 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 9,586 ha, 85% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
- Jamaica's 8,191 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 15,901 ha, 52% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,556 ha | 6,400 ha | 7,500 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,560 ha | 4,500 ha | 6,500 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,220 ha | 3,200 ha | 5,500 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,863 ha | 3,600 ha | 5,630 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,421 ha | 5,100 ha | 14,057 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,094 ha | 7,433 ha | 9,334 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,366 ha | 7,096 ha | 10,143 ha | 5 |
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 coffee, green — area harvested in Jamaica?
- Coffee, green — area harvested in Jamaica was 8,191 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest coffee, green — area harvested recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 14,057 ha in 2009.
- What is the lowest coffee, green — area harvested recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,200 ha in 1989.
- How does Jamaica rank for coffee, green — area harvested?
- Jamaica ranks 37th out of 75 countries with data for 2024.
- Is coffee, green — area harvested rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.0%. 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 Coffee, green — Area harvested. 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.