Fruit Primary — Yield in Jamaica
Jamaica: Fruit Primary — Yield was 12,995 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Fruit Primary — Yield in Jamaica, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for fruit primary — yield in Jamaica is 12,995 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 1.3% on the previous year and up 2.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fruit primary — yield in Jamaica peaked at 13,400 kg/ha in 1966 and was at its lowest, 8,776 kg/ha, in 1985.
Jamaica ranks 66th of 191 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.
Fruit Primary — Yield in Jamaica, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 9,566 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 8,896 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 1963 | 9,350 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1964 | 10,100 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1965 | 10,733 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1966 | 13,400 kg/ha | +24.8% |
| 1967 | 12,404 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1968 | 12,208 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1969 | 12,431 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1970 | 12,646 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1971 | 12,416 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1972 | 12,214 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1973 | 11,665 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1974 | 10,564 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 1975 | 10,238 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1976 | 10,724 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1977 | 11,429 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1978 | 11,257 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1979 | 11,702 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1980 | 10,943 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 1981 | 11,354 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1982 | 11,731 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1983 | 11,445 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1984 | 11,246 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1985 | 8,776 kg/ha | -22.0% |
| 1986 | 9,208 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1987 | 9,689 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1988 | 9,606 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1989 | 9,557 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1990 | 9,501 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1991 | 10,197 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 1992 | 10,989 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 1993 | 10,917 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1994 | 10,544 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1995 | 10,825 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1996 | 10,871 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1997 | 10,976 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1998 | 10,961 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1999 | 11,074 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2000 | 11,018 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2001 | 10,819 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2002 | 10,823 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 10,948 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2004 | 10,805 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2005 | 10,893 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 11,406 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2007 | 11,327 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2008 | 12,076 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 2009 | 12,118 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 11,576 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2011 | 12,200 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2012 | 12,192 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 12,822 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 2014 | 12,671 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2015 | 12,440 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2016 | 12,680 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2017 | 12,519 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2018 | 12,664 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 12,647 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 12,767 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 12,764 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2022 | 12,723 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 12,827 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2024 | 12,995 kg/ha | +1.3% |
Jamaica compared with similar countries
- Jamaica's 12,995 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 11,381 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (51 countries reporting)
- Jamaica's 12,995 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 15,433 kg/ha, 84% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11,010 kg/ha | 8,896 kg/ha | 13,400 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 11,485 kg/ha | 10,238 kg/ha | 12,646 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 10,356 kg/ha | 8,776 kg/ha | 11,731 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 10,686 kg/ha | 9,501 kg/ha | 11,074 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 11,223 kg/ha | 10,805 kg/ha | 12,118 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 12,441 kg/ha | 11,576 kg/ha | 12,822 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 12,815 kg/ha | 12,723 kg/ha | 12,995 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 fruit primary — yield in Jamaica?
- Fruit primary — yield in Jamaica was 12,995 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fruit primary — yield recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 13,400 kg/ha in 1966.
- What is the lowest fruit primary — yield recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,776 kg/ha in 1985.
- How does Jamaica rank for fruit primary — yield?
- Jamaica ranks 66th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fruit primary — yield rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.6%. 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 Fruit Primary — 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.