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 17,387 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
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 kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Jamaica is 17,387 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 1.4% on the previous year and up 1.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Jamaica peaked at 20,243 kg/ha in 1995 and was at its lowest, 7,372 kg/ha, in 1968.
That places Jamaica 10th out of 74 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising 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 | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 9,944 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 9,956 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1963 | 10,139 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1964 | 9,194 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 1965 | 10,487 kg/ha | +14.1% |
| 1966 | 8,001 kg/ha | -23.7% |
| 1967 | 8,176 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1968 | 7,372 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 1969 | 7,456 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1970 | 8,733 kg/ha | +17.1% |
| 1971 | 9,320 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1972 | 9,466 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1973 | 9,138 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1974 | 9,527 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1975 | 9,992 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1976 | 9,923 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1977 | 8,869 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 1978 | 9,377 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1979 | 11,051 kg/ha | +17.9% |
| 1980 | 11,597 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1981 | 11,555 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1982 | 11,452 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1983 | 11,216 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1984 | 11,744 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1985 | 12,026 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1986 | 12,198 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1987 | 12,296 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1988 | 11,901 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1989 | 11,778 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1990 | 11,804 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1991 | 11,797 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1992 | 14,317 kg/ha | +21.4% |
| 1993 | 17,236 kg/ha | +20.4% |
| 1994 | 18,666 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1995 | 20,243 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 1996 | 19,312 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1997 | 18,110 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1998 | 18,026 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1999 | 19,069 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 2000 | 17,239 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 2001 | 17,913 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2002 | 17,678 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2003 | 17,564 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2004 | 17,230 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2005 | 16,903 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2006 | 17,498 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2007 | 17,059 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2008 | 17,638 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2009 | 18,780 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 2010 | 18,015 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2011 | 18,432 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2012 | 17,703 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2013 | 17,830 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 17,216 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2015 | 16,690 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2016 | 17,456 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2017 | 17,770 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2018 | 17,790 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 17,815 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 17,218 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2021 | 17,447 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2022 | 17,602 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 17,146 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2024 | 17,387 kg/ha | +1.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8,969 kg/ha | 7,372 kg/ha | 10,487 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 9,540 kg/ha | 8,733 kg/ha | 11,051 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 11,776 kg/ha | 11,216 kg/ha | 12,296 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 16,858 kg/ha | 11,797 kg/ha | 20,243 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 17,550 kg/ha | 16,903 kg/ha | 18,780 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 17,672 kg/ha | 16,690 kg/ha | 18,432 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 17,360 kg/ha | 17,146 kg/ha | 17,602 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Jamaica
- 7 Côte d'Ivoire 16,289 kg/ha compare
- 7 Panama 19,006 kg/ha compare
- 7 Polynesia 8,172 kg/ha compare
- 8 Slovenia 17,778 kg/ha compare
- 9 China, Taiwan Province of 17,471 kg/ha compare
- 10 Democratic Republic of the Congo 7,300 kg/ha compare
- 11 Singapore 17,037 kg/ha compare
- 11 Timor-Leste 3,301 kg/ha compare
- 12 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 3,004 kg/ha compare
- 12 Thailand 16,438 kg/ha compare
- 13 Spain 16,200 kg/ha compare
- 13 United Republic of Tanzania 2,236 kg/ha compare
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 17,387 kg/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 20,243 kg/ha in 1995.
- 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 7,372 kg/ha in 1968.
- How does Jamaica rank for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c.?
- Jamaica ranks 10th 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 1.0%. 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 Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c., fresh — 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.