Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Jamaica
Jamaica: Fruit Primary — Area harvested was 30,533 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Jamaica, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Jamaica recorded 30,533 ha for fruit primary — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 5.2% on the previous year and up 18.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fruit primary — area harvested in Jamaica peaked at 50,072 ha in 1963 and was at its lowest, 24,992 ha, in 2013.
That places Jamaica 112th out of 191 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.
Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Jamaica, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 42,660 ha | — |
| 1962 | 49,545 ha | +16.1% |
| 1963 | 50,072 ha | +1.1% |
| 1964 | 47,962 ha | -4.2% |
| 1965 | 47,883 ha | -0.2% |
| 1966 | 37,221 ha | -22.3% |
| 1967 | 38,138 ha | +2.5% |
| 1968 | 33,631 ha | -11.8% |
| 1969 | 31,766 ha | -5.5% |
| 1970 | 31,708 ha | -0.2% |
| 1971 | 33,970 ha | +7.1% |
| 1972 | 34,945 ha | +2.9% |
| 1973 | 29,839 ha | -14.6% |
| 1974 | 31,060 ha | +4.1% |
| 1975 | 30,882 ha | -0.6% |
| 1976 | 30,569 ha | -1.0% |
| 1977 | 30,251 ha | -1.0% |
| 1978 | 31,207 ha | +3.2% |
| 1979 | 28,945 ha | -7.2% |
| 1980 | 30,636 ha | +5.8% |
| 1981 | 29,316 ha | -4.3% |
| 1982 | 29,974 ha | +2.2% |
| 1983 | 29,807 ha | -0.6% |
| 1984 | 29,992 ha | +0.6% |
| 1985 | 40,267 ha | +34.3% |
| 1986 | 38,313 ha | -4.9% |
| 1987 | 39,520 ha | +3.2% |
| 1988 | 38,144 ha | -3.5% |
| 1989 | 38,837 ha | +1.8% |
| 1990 | 38,534 ha | -0.8% |
| 1991 | 34,581 ha | -10.3% |
| 1992 | 35,335 ha | +2.2% |
| 1993 | 38,263 ha | +8.3% |
| 1994 | 45,482 ha | +18.9% |
| 1995 | 45,544 ha | +0.1% |
| 1996 | 46,472 ha | +2.0% |
| 1997 | 45,050 ha | -3.1% |
| 1998 | 43,102 ha | -4.3% |
| 1999 | 42,453 ha | -1.5% |
| 2000 | 39,676 ha | -6.5% |
| 2001 | 40,981 ha | +3.3% |
| 2002 | 40,472 ha | -1.2% |
| 2003 | 41,871 ha | +3.5% |
| 2004 | 40,582 ha | -3.1% |
| 2005 | 35,002 ha | -13.7% |
| 2006 | 34,198 ha | -2.3% |
| 2007 | 33,467 ha | -2.1% |
| 2008 | 27,256 ha | -18.6% |
| 2009 | 30,734 ha | +12.8% |
| 2010 | 30,221 ha | -1.7% |
| 2011 | 28,007 ha | -7.3% |
| 2012 | 28,406 ha | +1.4% |
| 2013 | 24,992 ha | -12.0% |
| 2014 | 25,785 ha | +3.2% |
| 2015 | 26,674 ha | +3.4% |
| 2016 | 27,930 ha | +4.7% |
| 2017 | 28,585 ha | +2.3% |
| 2018 | 29,348 ha | +2.7% |
| 2019 | 29,131 ha | -0.7% |
| 2020 | 29,076 ha | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 30,336 ha | +4.3% |
| 2022 | 32,786 ha | +8.1% |
| 2023 | 32,210 ha | -1.8% |
| 2024 | 30,533 ha | -5.2% |
Jamaica compared with similar countries
- Jamaica's 30,533 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 70,344 ha, 43% of the median. (51 countries reporting)
- Jamaica's 30,533 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 39,663 ha, 77% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Fruit Primary — Area harvested 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | +34.3% | 29,992 ha | 40,267 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 42,098 ha | 31,766 ha | 50,072 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 31,338 ha | 28,945 ha | 34,945 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 34,481 ha | 29,316 ha | 40,267 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 41,482 ha | 34,581 ha | 46,472 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 36,424 ha | 27,256 ha | 41,871 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 27,908 ha | 24,992 ha | 30,221 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 30,988 ha | 29,076 ha | 32,786 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Jamaica
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.0663 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 0.147 hectares per person (2025)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fruit primary — area harvested in Jamaica?
- Fruit primary — area harvested in Jamaica was 30,533 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fruit primary — area harvested recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 50,072 ha in 1963.
- What is the lowest fruit primary — area harvested recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 24,992 ha in 2013.
- How does Jamaica rank for fruit primary — area harvested?
- Jamaica ranks 112th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fruit primary — area harvested rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.4%. 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 Fruit Primary — 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.