Green corn (maize) — Yield in Jamaica
Jamaica: Green corn (maize) — Yield was 928.3 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Green corn (maize) — Yield in Jamaica, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Jamaica recorded 928.3 kg/ha for green corn (maize) — yield in 2024.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, green corn (maize) — yield in Jamaica peaked at 5,000 kg/ha in 1977 and was at its lowest, 876.1 kg/ha, in 2018.
That places Jamaica 50th out of 53 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Green corn (maize) — Yield in Jamaica, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,500 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,000 kg/ha | +20.0% |
| 1963 | 3,333 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1964 | 3,000 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1965 | 3,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 3,360 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 1967 | 4,333 kg/ha | +29.0% |
| 1968 | 2,680 kg/ha | -38.2% |
| 1969 | 4,200 kg/ha | +56.7% |
| 1970 | 3,571 kg/ha | -15.0% |
| 1971 | 4,222 kg/ha | +18.2% |
| 1972 | 4,294 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1973 | 4,000 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 1974 | 3,300 kg/ha | -17.5% |
| 1975 | 3,125 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1977 | 5,000 kg/ha | +60.0% |
| 1991 | 1,667 kg/ha | -66.7% |
| 1992 | 2,444 kg/ha | +46.7% |
| 1993 | 4,000 kg/ha | +63.6% |
| 1994 | 3,533 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 1995 | 1,500 kg/ha | -57.5% |
| 1996 | 1,400 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1997 | 1,200 kg/ha | -14.3% |
| 1998 | 1,200 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 1,200 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 1,200 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 1,212 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 1,200 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2003 | 1,172 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2004 | 1,110 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 2005 | 1,145 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2006 | 1,088 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 2007 | 1,045 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2008 | 1,031 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2009 | 1,017 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2010 | 1,003 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2011 | 988.7 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2012 | 974.6 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2013 | 960.6 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2014 | 927.8 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2015 | 901.4 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2016 | 944.6 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2017 | 910 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2018 | 876.1 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2019 | 926.5 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 2020 | 934.9 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 912 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2022 | 892.7 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2023 | 926.4 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2024 | 928.3 kg/ha | +0.2% |
Jamaica compared with similar countries
- Jamaica's 928.3 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 10,331 kg/ha, 9% of the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Jamaica's 928.3 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 5,272 kg/ha, 18% of the median. (12 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Green corn (maize) — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | -66.7% | 5,000 kg/ha | 1,667 kg/ha |
| 1993 | +63.6% | 2,444 kg/ha | 4,000 kg/ha |
| 1977 | +60.0% | 3,125 kg/ha | 5,000 kg/ha |
| 1969 | +56.7% | 2,680 kg/ha | 4,200 kg/ha |
| 1995 | -57.5% | 3,533 kg/ha | 1,500 kg/ha |
| 1992 | +46.7% | 1,667 kg/ha | 2,444 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,267 kg/ha | 2,500 kg/ha | 4,333 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,930 kg/ha | 3,125 kg/ha | 5,000 kg/ha | 7 |
| 1990s | 2,016 kg/ha | 1,200 kg/ha | 4,000 kg/ha | 9 |
| 2000s | 1,122 kg/ha | 1,017 kg/ha | 1,212 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 941.3 kg/ha | 876.1 kg/ha | 1,003 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 918.86 kg/ha | 892.7 kg/ha | 934.9 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Jamaica
- 47 Guinea 2,145 kg/ha compare
- 48 Switzerland 1,544 kg/ha compare
- 49 Trinidad and Tobago 980.7 kg/ha compare
- 51 Puerto Rico 911.2 kg/ha compare
- 52 Samoa 522.7 kg/ha compare
- 53 Brunei Darussalam 349.4 kg/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)
- 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 green corn (maize) — yield in Jamaica?
- Green corn (maize) — yield in Jamaica was 928.3 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest green corn (maize) — yield recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 5,000 kg/ha in 1977.
- What is the lowest green corn (maize) — yield recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 876.1 kg/ha in 2018.
- How does Jamaica rank for green corn (maize) — yield?
- Jamaica ranks 50th out of 53 countries with data for 2024.
- Is green corn (maize) — yield rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Jamaica data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Green corn (maize) — 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.