Eggplants (aubergines) — Yield in Jamaica
Jamaica: Eggplants (aubergines) — Yield was 13,118 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Eggplants (aubergines) — Yield in Jamaica, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, eggplants (aubergines) — yield in Jamaica stood at 13,118 kg/ha.
The figure is up 3.6% on the previous year and up 48.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, eggplants (aubergines) — yield in Jamaica peaked at 24,029 kg/ha in 2010 and was at its lowest, 3,143 kg/ha, in 1977.
Jamaica ranks 63rd of 93 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Eggplants (aubergines) — Yield in Jamaica, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,444 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,444 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 4,790 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 1964 | 4,900 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1965 | 5,080 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1966 | 4,690 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1967 | 5,353 kg/ha | +14.1% |
| 1968 | 3,818 kg/ha | -28.7% |
| 1969 | 3,600 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1970 | 6,207 kg/ha | +72.4% |
| 1971 | 5,524 kg/ha | -11.0% |
| 1972 | 5,864 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1973 | 4,800 kg/ha | -18.1% |
| 1974 | 5,333 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1975 | 3,950 kg/ha | -25.9% |
| 1976 | 4,562 kg/ha | +15.5% |
| 1977 | 3,143 kg/ha | -31.1% |
| 1978 | 3,571 kg/ha | +13.6% |
| 1979 | 5,167 kg/ha | +44.7% |
| 1980 | 5,000 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1981 | 5,667 kg/ha | +13.3% |
| 1982 | 4,583 kg/ha | -19.1% |
| 1983 | 6,286 kg/ha | +37.1% |
| 1984 | 6,091 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1985 | 6,125 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1986 | 7,368 kg/ha | +20.3% |
| 1987 | 6,808 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 1988 | 5,571 kg/ha | -18.2% |
| 1989 | 9,200 kg/ha | +65.1% |
| 1990 | 6,077 kg/ha | -33.9% |
| 1991 | 5,083 kg/ha | -16.4% |
| 1992 | 6,967 kg/ha | +37.1% |
| 1993 | 7,360 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1994 | 6,872 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1995 | 8,324 kg/ha | +21.1% |
| 1996 | 9,784 kg/ha | +17.5% |
| 1997 | 8,682 kg/ha | -11.3% |
| 1998 | 8,333 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1999 | 8,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 9,875 kg/ha | +18.5% |
| 2001 | 10,391 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 2002 | 10,046 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2003 | 10,632 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 2004 | 10,200 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2005 | 11,750 kg/ha | +15.2% |
| 2006 | 11,951 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2007 | 11,750 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2008 | 11,518 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2009 | 11,882 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2010 | 24,029 kg/ha | +102.2% |
| 2011 | 11,848 kg/ha | -50.7% |
| 2012 | 11,645 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2013 | 11,732 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 8,841 kg/ha | -24.6% |
| 2015 | 11,216 kg/ha | +26.9% |
| 2016 | 11,530 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2017 | 11,571 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 11,539 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 11,516 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 11,355 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2021 | 12,086 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 2022 | 12,778 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2023 | 12,656 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2024 | 13,118 kg/ha | +3.6% |
Jamaica compared with similar countries
- Jamaica's 13,118 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 17,741 kg/ha, 74% of the median. (27 countries reporting)
- Jamaica's 13,118 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 11,148 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (13 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Eggplants (aubergines) — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | +102.2% | 11,882 kg/ha | 24,029 kg/ha |
| 1970 | +72.4% | 3,600 kg/ha | 6,207 kg/ha |
| 1989 | +65.1% | 5,571 kg/ha | 9,200 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,569 kg/ha | 3,600 kg/ha | 5,353 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,812 kg/ha | 3,143 kg/ha | 6,207 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,270 kg/ha | 4,583 kg/ha | 9,200 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,581 kg/ha | 5,083 kg/ha | 9,784 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 11,000 kg/ha | 9,875 kg/ha | 11,951 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 12,547 kg/ha | 8,841 kg/ha | 24,029 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 12,398 kg/ha | 11,355 kg/ha | 13,118 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 eggplants (aubergines) — yield in Jamaica?
- Eggplants (aubergines) — yield in Jamaica was 13,118 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest eggplants (aubergines) — yield recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 24,029 kg/ha in 2010.
- What is the lowest eggplants (aubergines) — yield recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,143 kg/ha in 1977.
- How does Jamaica rank for eggplants (aubergines) — yield?
- Jamaica ranks 63rd out of 93 countries with data for 2024.
- Is eggplants (aubergines) — yield rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 48.4%. 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 Eggplants (aubergines) — 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.