Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Jamaica
Jamaica: Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. was 1,788 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Jamaica, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Jamaica is 1,788 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 7.5% on the previous year and up 27.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Jamaica peaked at 3,676 ha in 1978 and was at its lowest, 800 ha, in 1961.
Jamaica ranks 32nd of 74 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Jamaica, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 800 ha | — |
| 1962 | 800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 850 ha | +6.2% |
| 1964 | 1,100 ha | +29.4% |
| 1965 | 1,500 ha | +36.4% |
| 1966 | 2,043 ha | +36.2% |
| 1967 | 1,491 ha | -27.0% |
| 1968 | 1,410 ha | -5.4% |
| 1969 | 1,533 ha | +8.7% |
| 1970 | 2,350 ha | +53.3% |
| 1971 | 2,887 ha | +22.9% |
| 1972 | 3,141 ha | +8.8% |
| 1973 | 2,813 ha | -10.4% |
| 1974 | 2,908 ha | +3.4% |
| 1975 | 3,233 ha | +11.2% |
| 1976 | 3,033 ha | -6.2% |
| 1977 | 3,316 ha | +9.3% |
| 1978 | 3,676 ha | +10.9% |
| 1979 | 3,127 ha | -14.9% |
| 1980 | 2,556 ha | -18.3% |
| 1981 | 2,441 ha | -4.5% |
| 1982 | 2,235 ha | -8.4% |
| 1983 | 2,228 ha | -0.3% |
| 1984 | 2,642 ha | +18.6% |
| 1985 | 2,614 ha | -1.1% |
| 1986 | 2,592 ha | -0.8% |
| 1987 | 2,177 ha | -16.0% |
| 1988 | 2,174 ha | -0.1% |
| 1989 | 1,878 ha | -13.6% |
| 1990 | 1,970 ha | +4.9% |
| 1991 | 1,884 ha | -4.4% |
| 1992 | 1,867 ha | -0.9% |
| 1993 | 1,990 ha | +6.6% |
| 1994 | 1,949 ha | -2.1% |
| 1995 | 2,014 ha | +3.3% |
| 1996 | 2,310 ha | +14.7% |
| 1997 | 1,776 ha | -23.1% |
| 1998 | 1,521 ha | -14.4% |
| 1999 | 1,587 ha | +4.3% |
| 2000 | 1,214 ha | -23.5% |
| 2001 | 1,143 ha | -5.8% |
| 2002 | 1,103 ha | -3.5% |
| 2003 | 1,045 ha | -5.3% |
| 2004 | 910 ha | -12.9% |
| 2005 | 849 ha | -6.7% |
| 2006 | 1,024 ha | +20.6% |
| 2007 | 1,015 ha | -0.9% |
| 2008 | 957 ha | -5.7% |
| 2009 | 1,115 ha | +16.5% |
| 2010 | 1,315 ha | +17.9% |
| 2011 | 1,515 ha | +15.2% |
| 2012 | 1,564 ha | +3.2% |
| 2013 | 1,419 ha | -9.3% |
| 2014 | 1,407 ha | -0.8% |
| 2015 | 1,281 ha | -9.0% |
| 2016 | 1,322 ha | +3.2% |
| 2017 | 1,433 ha | +8.4% |
| 2018 | 1,518 ha | +5.9% |
| 2019 | 1,498 ha | -1.3% |
| 2020 | 1,401 ha | -6.5% |
| 2021 | 1,534 ha | +9.5% |
| 2022 | 1,653 ha | +7.8% |
| 2023 | 1,663 ha | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 1,788 ha | +7.5% |
Jamaica compared with similar countries
- Jamaica's 1,788 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,325 ha, 1.3× the median. (26 countries reporting)
- Jamaica's 1,788 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 762 ha, 2.3× the median. (20 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,281 ha | 800 ha | 2,043 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,048 ha | 2,350 ha | 3,676 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,354 ha | 1,878 ha | 2,642 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,887 ha | 1,521 ha | 2,310 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,038 ha | 849 ha | 1,214 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,427 ha | 1,281 ha | 1,564 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,608 ha | 1,401 ha | 1,788 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 edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Jamaica?
- Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Jamaica was 1,788 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 3,676 ha in 1978.
- What is the lowest edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 800 ha in 1961.
- How does Jamaica rank for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c.?
- Jamaica ranks 32nd out of 74 countries with data for 2024.
- Is edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 27.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Jamaica data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c., fresh — 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.