Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Jamaica
Jamaica: Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested was 1,777 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Jamaica, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Jamaica stood at 1,777 ha.
That represents a change of up 10.3% on the previous year and down 11.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Jamaica peaked at 3,650 ha in 1994 and was at its lowest, 145 ha, in 1962.
Jamaica ranks 76th of 112 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.
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Jamaica, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 175 ha | — |
| 1962 | 145 ha | -17.1% |
| 1963 | 145 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 265 ha | +82.8% |
| 1965 | 166 ha | -37.4% |
| 1966 | 322 ha | +94.0% |
| 1967 | 494 ha | +53.4% |
| 1968 | 758 ha | +53.4% |
| 1969 | 664 ha | -12.4% |
| 1970 | 622 ha | -6.3% |
| 1971 | 1,150 ha | +84.9% |
| 1972 | 908 ha | -21.0% |
| 1973 | 908 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 1,044 ha | +15.0% |
| 1975 | 983 ha | -5.8% |
| 1976 | 579 ha | -41.1% |
| 1977 | 1,495 ha | +158.2% |
| 1978 | 2,568 ha | +71.8% |
| 1979 | 2,021 ha | -21.3% |
| 1980 | 1,906 ha | -5.7% |
| 1981 | 1,698 ha | -10.9% |
| 1982 | 1,831 ha | +7.8% |
| 1983 | 2,263 ha | +23.6% |
| 1984 | 2,378 ha | +5.1% |
| 1985 | 2,687 ha | +13.0% |
| 1986 | 1,994 ha | -25.8% |
| 1987 | 2,635 ha | +32.1% |
| 1988 | 1,677 ha | -36.4% |
| 1989 | 2,138 ha | +27.5% |
| 1990 | 1,875 ha | -12.3% |
| 1991 | 2,245 ha | +19.7% |
| 1992 | 3,389 ha | +51.0% |
| 1993 | 3,600 ha | +6.2% |
| 1994 | 3,650 ha | +1.4% |
| 1995 | 3,311 ha | -9.3% |
| 1996 | 2,989 ha | -9.7% |
| 1997 | 2,901 ha | -2.9% |
| 1998 | 3,055 ha | +5.3% |
| 1999 | 2,768 ha | -9.4% |
| 2000 | 2,383 ha | -13.9% |
| 2001 | 3,507 ha | +47.2% |
| 2002 | 2,738 ha | -21.9% |
| 2003 | 2,457 ha | -10.3% |
| 2004 | 2,000 ha | -18.6% |
| 2005 | 2,504 ha | +25.2% |
| 2006 | 2,459 ha | -1.8% |
| 2007 | 2,729 ha | +11.0% |
| 2008 | 1,950 ha | -28.5% |
| 2009 | 1,916 ha | -1.7% |
| 2010 | 1,751 ha | -8.6% |
| 2011 | 2,013 ha | +15.0% |
| 2012 | 2,125 ha | +5.6% |
| 2013 | 2,218 ha | +4.4% |
| 2014 | 2,006 ha | -9.6% |
| 2015 | 2,024 ha | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 2,332 ha | +15.2% |
| 2017 | 2,360 ha | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 2,163 ha | -8.3% |
| 2019 | 1,962 ha | -9.3% |
| 2020 | 1,724 ha | -12.1% |
| 2021 | 1,646 ha | -4.5% |
| 2022 | 1,682 ha | +2.2% |
| 2023 | 1,611 ha | -4.2% |
| 2024 | 1,777 ha | +10.3% |
Jamaica compared with similar countries
- Jamaica's 1,777 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,622 ha, 68% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Jamaica's 1,777 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 2,038 ha, 87% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Groundnuts, excluding shelled — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | +158.2% | 579 ha | 1,495 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 348.22 ha | 145 ha | 758 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,228 ha | 579 ha | 2,568 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,121 ha | 1,677 ha | 2,687 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,978 ha | 1,875 ha | 3,650 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,464 ha | 1,916 ha | 3,507 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,095 ha | 1,751 ha | 2,360 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,688 ha | 1,611 ha | 1,777 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 groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Jamaica?
- Groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Jamaica was 1,777 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 3,650 ha in 1994.
- What is the lowest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 145 ha in 1962.
- How does Jamaica rank for groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested?
- Jamaica ranks 76th out of 112 countries with data for 2024.
- Is groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.4%. 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 Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested. 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.