Coffee, green — Yield in Jamaica
Jamaica: Coffee, green — Yield was 796.1 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Coffee, green — Yield in Jamaica, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, coffee, green — yield in Jamaica stood at 796.1 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.9% on the previous year and up 17.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, coffee, green — yield in Jamaica peaked at 1,344 kg/ha in 2007 and was at its lowest, 147.4 kg/ha, in 1979.
That places Jamaica 30th out of 74 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Coffee, green — Yield in Jamaica, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 339.5 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 302.9 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 1963 | 309.1 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1964 | 307.2 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1965 | 339.1 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 1966 | 290.8 kg/ha | -14.2% |
| 1967 | 311.1 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1968 | 308.1 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1969 | 248.3 kg/ha | -19.4% |
| 1970 | 277.7 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 1971 | 226.3 kg/ha | -18.5% |
| 1972 | 189.1 kg/ha | -16.4% |
| 1973 | 208.4 kg/ha | +10.2% |
| 1974 | 270.2 kg/ha | +29.7% |
| 1975 | 263.6 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1976 | 321.5 kg/ha | +22.0% |
| 1977 | 262.6 kg/ha | -18.3% |
| 1978 | 295.4 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1979 | 147.4 kg/ha | -50.1% |
| 1980 | 443.2 kg/ha | +200.7% |
| 1981 | 250.7 kg/ha | -43.4% |
| 1982 | 275.6 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 1983 | 296.7 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1984 | 317.3 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1985 | 231.6 kg/ha | -27.0% |
| 1986 | 308.5 kg/ha | +33.2% |
| 1987 | 301.5 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1988 | 405.6 kg/ha | +34.5% |
| 1989 | 393.8 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1990 | 400 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1991 | 414.5 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1992 | 446.5 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1993 | 416.7 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1994 | 447.3 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 1995 | 469.1 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1996 | 460.7 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1997 | 512.8 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 1998 | 435 kg/ha | -15.2% |
| 1999 | 458.8 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2000 | 435.3 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 2001 | 514.3 kg/ha | +18.1% |
| 2002 | 492.9 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2003 | 541 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 2004 | 428.6 kg/ha | -20.8% |
| 2005 | 1,059 kg/ha | +147.1% |
| 2006 | 1,101 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2007 | 1,344 kg/ha | +22.0% |
| 2008 | 803.1 kg/ha | -40.2% |
| 2009 | 886.1 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 2010 | 1,013 kg/ha | +14.4% |
| 2011 | 941 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 2012 | 891.6 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 2013 | 873 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2014 | 679.2 kg/ha | -22.2% |
| 2015 | 762.9 kg/ha | +12.3% |
| 2016 | 812.1 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 2017 | 837.1 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2018 | 868 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2019 | 886.7 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2020 | 873.9 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2021 | 845.9 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2022 | 811.3 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2023 | 803.7 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2024 | 796.1 kg/ha | -0.9% |
Jamaica compared with similar countries
- Jamaica's 796.1 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 636.2 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (27 countries reporting)
- Jamaica's 796.1 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 675.5 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (24 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Coffee, green — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | +200.7% | 147.4 kg/ha | 443.2 kg/ha |
| 2005 | +147.1% | 428.6 kg/ha | 1,059 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 306.23 kg/ha | 248.3 kg/ha | 339.5 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 246.22 kg/ha | 147.4 kg/ha | 321.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 322.45 kg/ha | 231.6 kg/ha | 443.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 446.14 kg/ha | 400 kg/ha | 512.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 760.55 kg/ha | 428.6 kg/ha | 1,344 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 856.5 kg/ha | 679.2 kg/ha | 1,013 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 826.18 kg/ha | 796.1 kg/ha | 873.9 kg/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 — yield in Jamaica?
- Coffee, green — yield in Jamaica was 796.1 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest coffee, green — yield recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 1,344 kg/ha in 2007.
- What is the lowest coffee, green — yield recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 147.4 kg/ha in 1979.
- How does Jamaica rank for coffee, green — yield?
- Jamaica ranks 30th out of 74 countries with data for 2024.
- Is coffee, green — yield rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- 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 — 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.