Cow peas, dry — Yield in Jamaica
Jamaica: Cow peas, dry — Yield was 1,104 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cow peas, dry — Yield in Jamaica, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Jamaica recorded 1,104 kg/ha for cow peas, dry — yield in 2024.
The figure is down 1.5% on the previous year and up 15.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cow peas, dry — yield in Jamaica peaked at 1,162 kg/ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 662.1 kg/ha, in 1976.
That places Jamaica 15th out of 47 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cow peas, dry — Yield in Jamaica, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 830.5 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 836.1 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1963 | 828.1 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1964 | 833.3 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1965 | 840 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1966 | 833.3 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1967 | 856.2 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1968 | 824.3 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1969 | 862.1 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1970 | 1,081 kg/ha | +25.4% |
| 1971 | 886.3 kg/ha | -18.0% |
| 1972 | 831.4 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1973 | 839.1 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1974 | 879.9 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1975 | 756.2 kg/ha | -14.1% |
| 1976 | 662.1 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 1977 | 862.4 kg/ha | +30.3% |
| 1978 | 778.1 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 1979 | 825.3 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1980 | 811.4 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1981 | 836.2 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1982 | 932.5 kg/ha | +11.5% |
| 1983 | 804.6 kg/ha | -13.7% |
| 1984 | 823 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1985 | 856.5 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1986 | 842.5 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1987 | 977.8 kg/ha | +16.1% |
| 1988 | 961.5 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1989 | 891.3 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 1990 | 920.5 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1991 | 934.2 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1992 | 1,056 kg/ha | +13.0% |
| 1993 | 1,082 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1994 | 1,090 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1995 | 1,122 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1996 | 1,040 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 1997 | 1,033 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1998 | 1,034 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1999 | 1,029 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2000 | 1,007 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2001 | 1,030 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2002 | 995.5 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2003 | 1,031 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2004 | 1,039 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 1,074 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2006 | 1,065 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2007 | 1,075 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 1,057 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2009 | 1,056 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 1,015 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2011 | 1,045 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2012 | 1,037 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2013 | 1,037 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 959.3 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 2015 | 1,026 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 2016 | 1,076 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2017 | 1,100 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2018 | 1,151 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2019 | 1,122 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2020 | 1,091 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2021 | 1,162 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 2022 | 1,147 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2023 | 1,120 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2024 | 1,104 kg/ha | -1.5% |
Jamaica compared with similar countries
- Jamaica's 1,104 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,187 kg/ha, 93% of the median. (10 countries reporting)
- Jamaica's 1,104 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1,474 kg/ha, 75% of the median. (5 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cow peas, dry — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | +30.3% | 662.1 kg/ha | 862.4 kg/ha |
| 1970 | +25.4% | 862.1 kg/ha | 1,081 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 838.21 kg/ha | 824.3 kg/ha | 862.1 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 840.16 kg/ha | 662.1 kg/ha | 1,081 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 873.73 kg/ha | 804.6 kg/ha | 977.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,034 kg/ha | 920.5 kg/ha | 1,122 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,043 kg/ha | 995.5 kg/ha | 1,075 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,057 kg/ha | 959.3 kg/ha | 1,151 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,125 kg/ha | 1,091 kg/ha | 1,162 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 cow peas, dry — yield in Jamaica?
- Cow peas, dry — yield in Jamaica was 1,104 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cow peas, dry — yield recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 1,162 kg/ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest cow peas, dry — yield recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 662.1 kg/ha in 1976.
- How does Jamaica rank for cow peas, dry — yield?
- Jamaica ranks 15th out of 47 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cow peas, dry — yield rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.1%. 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 Cow peas, dry — 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.