Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Yield in Jamaica
Jamaica: Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Yield was 1,225 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Yield in Jamaica, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield in Jamaica stood at 1,225 kg/ha.
That represents a change of down 1.9% on the previous year and down 0.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield in Jamaica peaked at 2,257 kg/ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 799.7 kg/ha, in 1976.
Jamaica ranks 65th of 124 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,774 kg/ha | 890.1 kg/ha | 2,257 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,043 kg/ha | 799.7 kg/ha | 1,243 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,132 kg/ha | 952.9 kg/ha | 1,236 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,188 kg/ha | 992.5 kg/ha | 1,342 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,297 kg/ha | 1,101 kg/ha | 1,449 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,204 kg/ha | 1,053 kg/ha | 1,313 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,193 kg/ha | 1,100 kg/ha | 1,248 kg/ha | 5 |
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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 groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield in Jamaica?
- Groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield in Jamaica was 1,225 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 2,257 kg/ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 799.7 kg/ha in 1976.
- How does Jamaica rank for groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield?
- Jamaica ranks 65th out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 — 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.