Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested in Jamaica
Jamaica: Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested was 660 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested in Jamaica, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested in Jamaica is 660 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested in Jamaica peaked at 1,295 ha in 1962 and was at its lowest, 605 ha, in 1990.
That places Jamaica 97th out of 133 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested in Jamaica, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,214 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,295 ha | +6.7% |
| 1963 | 1,295 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 1,214 ha | -6.3% |
| 1965 | 647 ha | -46.7% |
| 1966 | 650 ha | +0.5% |
| 1967 | 650 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 650 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 650 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 650 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 650 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 650 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 650 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 650 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 650 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 650 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 650 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 650 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 650 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 650 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 650 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 650 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 650 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 650 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 650 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 650 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 650 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 650 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 650 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 605 ha | -6.9% |
| 1991 | 723 ha | +19.5% |
| 1992 | 716 ha | -1.0% |
| 1993 | 708 ha | -1.1% |
| 1994 | 706 ha | -0.3% |
| 1995 | 704 ha | -0.3% |
| 1996 | 696 ha | -1.1% |
| 1997 | 690 ha | -0.9% |
| 1998 | 688 ha | -0.3% |
| 1999 | 681 ha | -1.0% |
| 2000 | 680 ha | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 673 ha | -1.0% |
| 2002 | 667 ha | -0.9% |
| 2003 | 661 ha | -0.9% |
| 2004 | 667 ha | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 665 ha | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 663 ha | -0.3% |
| 2007 | 661 ha | -0.3% |
| 2008 | 659 ha | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 667 ha | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 661 ha | -0.9% |
| 2011 | 657 ha | -0.6% |
| 2012 | 660 ha | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 660 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 659 ha | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 656 ha | -0.5% |
| 2016 | 663 ha | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 660 ha | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 657 ha | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 655 ha | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 657 ha | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 660 ha | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 664 ha | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 660 ha | -0.6% |
| 2024 | 660 ha | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 918.33 ha | 647 ha | 1,295 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 650 ha | 650 ha | 650 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 650 ha | 650 ha | 650 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 691.7 ha | 605 ha | 723 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 666.3 ha | 659 ha | 680 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 658.8 ha | 655 ha | 663 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 660.2 ha | 657 ha | 664 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Jamaica
- 94 Yugoslav SFR 1,059 ha compare
- 95 Albania 724 ha compare
- 96 Austria 718 ha compare
- 98 Antigua and Barbuda 593 ha compare
- 99 China, Taiwan Province of 527 ha compare
- 100 Botswana 508 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)
- Agriculture share gdp 8.74 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 8.74 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.9% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested in Jamaica?
- Fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested in Jamaica was 660 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 1,295 ha in 1962.
- What is the lowest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 605 ha in 1990.
- How does Jamaica rank for fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested?
- Jamaica ranks 97th out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.2%. 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 Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — 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.