Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield in Jamaica
Jamaica: Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield was 1,307 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield in Jamaica, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Jamaica recorded 1,307 kg/ha for fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 1.2% on the previous year and up 17.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in Jamaica peaked at 1,307 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 561 kg/ha, in 1964.
Jamaica ranks 31st of 131 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield in Jamaica, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 584.8 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 572.2 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1963 | 570.7 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1964 | 561 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1965 | 928.9 kg/ha | +65.6% |
| 1966 | 761.5 kg/ha | -18.0% |
| 1967 | 770.8 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1968 | 732.3 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1969 | 730.8 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1970 | 730.8 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 730.8 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 730.8 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 738.5 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1974 | 738.5 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 746.2 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1976 | 746.2 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 753.8 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1978 | 753.8 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 761.5 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1980 | 761.5 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 769.2 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1982 | 769.2 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 769.2 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 769.2 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 769.2 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 769.2 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 769.2 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 769.2 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 769.2 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 720.7 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1991 | 666.4 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 1992 | 689.1 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1993 | 712.2 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1994 | 730.4 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1995 | 748.6 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1996 | 772.2 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1997 | 796.2 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1998 | 814.5 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1999 | 838.8 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2000 | 857.1 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2001 | 881.9 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2002 | 911.4 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2003 | 962.5 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2004 | 959.8 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2005 | 962.7 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 965.5 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 968.4 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 989.5 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2009 | 1,015 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2010 | 1,049 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2011 | 1,082 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2012 | 1,106 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2013 | 1,106 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 1,111 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 1,146 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2016 | 1,162 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 1,193 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2018 | 1,205 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 1,209 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 1,242 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2021 | 1,275 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2022 | 1,298 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2023 | 1,291 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2024 | 1,307 kg/ha | +1.2% |
Jamaica compared with similar countries
- Jamaica's 1,307 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 730.8 kg/ha, 1.8× the median. (34 countries reporting)
- Jamaica's 1,307 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 730.8 kg/ha, 1.8× the median. (22 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | +65.6% | 561 kg/ha | 928.9 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 690.33 kg/ha | 561 kg/ha | 928.9 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 743.09 kg/ha | 730.8 kg/ha | 761.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 768.43 kg/ha | 761.5 kg/ha | 769.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 748.91 kg/ha | 666.4 kg/ha | 838.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 947.35 kg/ha | 857.1 kg/ha | 1,015 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,137 kg/ha | 1,049 kg/ha | 1,209 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,283 kg/ha | 1,242 kg/ha | 1,307 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 fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in Jamaica?
- Fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in Jamaica was 1,307 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 1,307 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 561 kg/ha in 1964.
- How does Jamaica rank for fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield?
- Jamaica ranks 31st out of 131 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.6%. 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 Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield. 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.