Cucumbers and gherkins — Yield in Jamaica
Jamaica: Cucumbers and gherkins — Yield was 16,593 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cucumbers and gherkins — Yield in Jamaica, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cucumbers and gherkins — yield in Jamaica stood at 16,593 kg/ha.
That represents a change of up 1.8% on the previous year and up 11.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cucumbers and gherkins — yield in Jamaica peaked at 17,670 kg/ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 4,941 kg/ha, in 1966.
That places Jamaica 92nd out of 134 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.
Cucumbers and gherkins — Yield in Jamaica, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,568 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,329 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1963 | 5,282 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1964 | 5,273 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1965 | 5,524 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1966 | 4,941 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 1967 | 9,644 kg/ha | +95.2% |
| 1968 | 10,436 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 1969 | 10,198 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1970 | 7,280 kg/ha | -28.6% |
| 1971 | 7,687 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1972 | 8,139 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1973 | 9,253 kg/ha | +13.7% |
| 1974 | 11,212 kg/ha | +21.2% |
| 1975 | 8,455 kg/ha | -24.6% |
| 1976 | 8,514 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1977 | 7,465 kg/ha | -12.3% |
| 1978 | 7,751 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1979 | 10,307 kg/ha | +33.0% |
| 1980 | 9,703 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1981 | 10,399 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1982 | 9,650 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 1983 | 10,246 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1984 | 10,794 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1985 | 15,330 kg/ha | +42.0% |
| 1986 | 12,987 kg/ha | -15.3% |
| 1987 | 13,107 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1988 | 11,781 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 1989 | 11,376 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1990 | 11,494 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1991 | 11,141 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1992 | 13,437 kg/ha | +20.6% |
| 1993 | 15,180 kg/ha | +13.0% |
| 1994 | 15,806 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1995 | 16,032 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1996 | 16,345 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1997 | 15,417 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1998 | 15,679 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1999 | 16,308 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2000 | 15,121 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 2001 | 16,352 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 2002 | 15,790 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2003 | 15,974 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2004 | 15,618 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2005 | 15,546 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2006 | 14,784 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 2007 | 14,207 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2008 | 13,663 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2009 | 13,476 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2010 | 13,169 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2011 | 14,424 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 2012 | 14,903 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2013 | 14,742 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2014 | 14,830 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 14,972 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 16,012 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 2017 | 16,243 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2018 | 16,759 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2019 | 16,600 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2020 | 17,537 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2021 | 17,670 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 17,567 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 16,303 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 2024 | 16,593 kg/ha | +1.8% |
Jamaica compared with similar countries
- Jamaica's 16,593 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 19,413 kg/ha, 85% of the median. (39 countries reporting)
- Jamaica's 16,593 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 16,593 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cucumbers and gherkins — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | +95.2% | 4,941 kg/ha | 9,644 kg/ha |
| 1985 | +42.0% | 10,794 kg/ha | 15,330 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,910 kg/ha | 4,941 kg/ha | 10,436 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 8,606 kg/ha | 7,280 kg/ha | 11,212 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 11,537 kg/ha | 9,650 kg/ha | 15,330 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 14,684 kg/ha | 11,141 kg/ha | 16,345 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 15,053 kg/ha | 13,476 kg/ha | 16,352 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 15,265 kg/ha | 13,169 kg/ha | 16,759 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 17,134 kg/ha | 16,303 kg/ha | 17,670 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 cucumbers and gherkins — yield in Jamaica?
- Cucumbers and gherkins — yield in Jamaica was 16,593 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cucumbers and gherkins — yield recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 17,670 kg/ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest cucumbers and gherkins — yield recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,941 kg/ha in 1966.
- How does Jamaica rank for cucumbers and gherkins — yield?
- Jamaica ranks 92nd out of 134 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cucumbers and gherkins — yield rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.9%. 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 Cucumbers and gherkins — 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.