Ginger, raw — Yield in Jamaica
Jamaica: Ginger, raw — Yield was 3,348 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Ginger, raw — Yield in Jamaica, 1985–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Jamaica recorded 3,348 kg/ha for ginger, raw — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.4% on the previous year and up 2.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ginger, raw — yield in Jamaica peaked at 4,941 kg/ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 2,218 kg/ha, in 1998.
That places Jamaica 33rd out of 40 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 40 years of available data.
Ginger, raw — Yield in Jamaica, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 2,404 kg/ha | — |
| 1986 | 3,047 kg/ha | +26.8% |
| 1987 | 2,844 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1988 | 2,518 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 1989 | 2,630 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1990 | 3,157 kg/ha | +20.1% |
| 1991 | 2,712 kg/ha | -14.1% |
| 1992 | 2,984 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 1993 | 3,561 kg/ha | +19.3% |
| 1994 | 3,796 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1995 | 2,808 kg/ha | -26.0% |
| 1996 | 3,390 kg/ha | +20.8% |
| 1997 | 2,515 kg/ha | -25.8% |
| 1998 | 2,218 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 1999 | 2,556 kg/ha | +15.2% |
| 2000 | 2,245 kg/ha | -12.1% |
| 2001 | 2,273 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 2,287 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 3,023 kg/ha | +32.2% |
| 2004 | 2,490 kg/ha | -17.6% |
| 2005 | 4,618 kg/ha | +85.5% |
| 2006 | 2,414 kg/ha | -47.7% |
| 2007 | 2,295 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 2008 | 2,811 kg/ha | +22.5% |
| 2009 | 3,080 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 2010 | 3,284 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 2011 | 2,741 kg/ha | -16.5% |
| 2012 | 4,941 kg/ha | +80.3% |
| 2013 | 4,831 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2014 | 3,275 kg/ha | -32.2% |
| 2015 | 3,653 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 2016 | 2,948 kg/ha | -19.3% |
| 2017 | 3,077 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2018 | 3,096 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 3,056 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2020 | 3,242 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 2021 | 3,285 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2022 | 3,733 kg/ha | +13.6% |
| 2023 | 3,361 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 2024 | 3,348 kg/ha | -0.4% |
Jamaica compared with similar countries
- Jamaica's 3,348 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 8,628 kg/ha, 39% of the median. (16 countries reporting)
- Jamaica's 3,348 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 7,154 kg/ha, 47% of the median. (13 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 2,688 kg/ha | 2,404 kg/ha | 3,047 kg/ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 2,970 kg/ha | 2,218 kg/ha | 3,796 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,754 kg/ha | 2,245 kg/ha | 4,618 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,490 kg/ha | 2,741 kg/ha | 4,941 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,394 kg/ha | 3,242 kg/ha | 3,733 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Jamaica
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 ginger, raw — yield in Jamaica?
- Ginger, raw — yield in Jamaica was 3,348 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest ginger, raw — yield recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 4,941 kg/ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest ginger, raw — yield recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,218 kg/ha in 1998.
- How does Jamaica rank for ginger, raw — yield?
- Jamaica ranks 33rd out of 40 countries with data for 2024.
- Is ginger, raw — yield rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.2%. 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 Ginger, raw — 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.