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 56th out of 60 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.
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
- 53 Guinea 2,145 kg/ha compare
- 54 Switzerland 1,544 kg/ha compare
- 55 Trinidad and Tobago 980.7 kg/ha compare
- 57 Puerto Rico 911.2 kg/ha compare
- 58 Polynesia 711.7 kg/ha compare
- 59 Samoa 522.7 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Jamaica
- Agriculture share gdp 8.74 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 8.74 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.9% (2023)
- Rural population 40.6% (2025)
- Rural population growth -1.3% (2025)
- Rural population 1.15 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 8.7% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.99 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 62,998 t (2024)
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 56th out of 60 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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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.