Lemons and limes — Yield in Jamaica
Jamaica: Lemons and limes — Yield was 17,020 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lemons and limes — Yield in Jamaica, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for lemons and limes — yield in Jamaica is 17,020 kg/ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 8.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lemons and limes — yield in Jamaica peaked at 17,020 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 6,273 kg/ha, in 1993.
That places Jamaica 34th out of 107 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Lemons and limes — Yield in Jamaica, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 9,194 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 9,296 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1963 | 9,347 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1964 | 9,636 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1965 | 9,579 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1966 | 9,579 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 9,514 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1968 | 9,514 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 9,514 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 9,514 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 9,903 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1972 | 9,879 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1973 | 9,954 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1974 | 9,931 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1975 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1976 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 9,773 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1981 | 9,778 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1982 | 9,783 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 9,913 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1984 | 9,787 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1985 | 9,792 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 9,792 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 9,792 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 9,793 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 9,796 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 9,276 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1991 | 8,420 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 1992 | 11,050 kg/ha | +31.2% |
| 1993 | 6,273 kg/ha | -43.2% |
| 1994 | 6,420 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1995 | 7,722 kg/ha | +20.3% |
| 1996 | 8,241 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1997 | 11,583 kg/ha | +40.6% |
| 1998 | 11,018 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1999 | 13,414 kg/ha | +21.7% |
| 2000 | 12,518 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 2001 | 10,981 kg/ha | -12.3% |
| 2002 | 11,613 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 2003 | 13,852 kg/ha | +19.3% |
| 2004 | 14,477 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2005 | 16,237 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 2006 | 14,338 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 2007 | 15,423 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 2008 | 15,292 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2009 | 15,575 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2010 | 14,781 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 2011 | 15,398 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2012 | 15,588 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 15,230 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2014 | 15,745 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2015 | 15,893 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 16,196 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2017 | 16,667 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2018 | 16,443 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2019 | 16,340 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2020 | 16,389 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 16,631 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 16,794 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2023 | 16,907 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 17,020 kg/ha | +0.7% |
Jamaica compared with similar countries
- Jamaica's 17,020 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 14,000 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Jamaica's 17,020 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 15,230 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (28 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Lemons and limes — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | -43.2% | 11,050 kg/ha | 6,273 kg/ha |
| 1997 | +40.6% | 8,241 kg/ha | 11,583 kg/ha |
| 1992 | +31.2% | 8,420 kg/ha | 11,050 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9,463 kg/ha | 9,194 kg/ha | 9,636 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 9,918 kg/ha | 9,514 kg/ha | 10,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 9,800 kg/ha | 9,773 kg/ha | 9,913 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 9,342 kg/ha | 6,273 kg/ha | 13,414 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 14,031 kg/ha | 10,981 kg/ha | 16,237 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 15,828 kg/ha | 14,781 kg/ha | 16,667 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 16,748 kg/ha | 16,389 kg/ha | 17,020 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 lemons and limes — yield in Jamaica?
- Lemons and limes — yield in Jamaica was 17,020 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lemons and limes — yield recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 17,020 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest lemons and limes — yield recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,273 kg/ha in 1993.
- How does Jamaica rank for lemons and limes — yield?
- Jamaica ranks 34th out of 107 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lemons and limes — yield rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.1%. 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 Lemons and limes — 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.