Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Jamaica
Jamaica: Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested was 1,258 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Jamaica, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Jamaica is 1,258 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 1.9% on the previous year and up 54.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Jamaica peaked at 1,353 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 140 ha, in 1962.
Jamaica ranks 45th of 108 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Jamaica, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 170 ha | — |
| 1962 | 140 ha | -17.6% |
| 1963 | 150 ha | +7.1% |
| 1964 | 310 ha | +106.7% |
| 1965 | 420 ha | +35.5% |
| 1966 | 430 ha | +2.4% |
| 1967 | 380 ha | -11.6% |
| 1968 | 330 ha | -13.2% |
| 1969 | 140 ha | -57.6% |
| 1970 | 218 ha | +55.7% |
| 1971 | 400 ha | +83.5% |
| 1972 | 375 ha | -6.2% |
| 1973 | 382 ha | +1.9% |
| 1974 | 275 ha | -28.0% |
| 1975 | 388 ha | +41.1% |
| 1976 | 498 ha | +28.4% |
| 1977 | 203 ha | -59.2% |
| 1978 | 212 ha | +4.4% |
| 1979 | 183 ha | -13.7% |
| 1980 | 157 ha | -14.2% |
| 1981 | 150 ha | -4.5% |
| 1982 | 174 ha | +16.0% |
| 1983 | 206 ha | +18.4% |
| 1984 | 242 ha | +17.5% |
| 1985 | 239 ha | -1.2% |
| 1986 | 237 ha | -0.8% |
| 1987 | 276 ha | +16.5% |
| 1988 | 259 ha | -6.2% |
| 1989 | 334 ha | +29.0% |
| 1990 | 293 ha | -12.3% |
| 1991 | 321 ha | +9.6% |
| 1992 | 308 ha | -4.0% |
| 1993 | 302 ha | -1.9% |
| 1994 | 395 ha | +30.8% |
| 1995 | 479 ha | +21.3% |
| 1996 | 607 ha | +26.7% |
| 1997 | 461 ha | -24.1% |
| 1998 | 374 ha | -18.9% |
| 1999 | 369 ha | -1.3% |
| 2000 | 244 ha | -33.9% |
| 2001 | 305 ha | +25.0% |
| 2002 | 267 ha | -12.5% |
| 2003 | 348 ha | +30.3% |
| 2004 | 349 ha | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 356 ha | +2.0% |
| 2006 | 459 ha | +28.9% |
| 2007 | 449 ha | -2.2% |
| 2008 | 429 ha | -4.5% |
| 2009 | 509 ha | +18.6% |
| 2010 | 534 ha | +4.9% |
| 2011 | 768 ha | +43.8% |
| 2012 | 738 ha | -3.9% |
| 2013 | 821 ha | +11.2% |
| 2014 | 812 ha | -1.1% |
| 2015 | 806 ha | -0.7% |
| 2016 | 988 ha | +22.6% |
| 2017 | 940 ha | -4.9% |
| 2018 | 1,091 ha | +16.1% |
| 2019 | 1,058 ha | -3.0% |
| 2020 | 1,068 ha | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 1,196 ha | +12.0% |
| 2022 | 1,353 ha | +13.1% |
| 2023 | 1,283 ha | -5.2% |
| 2024 | 1,258 ha | -1.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 274.44 ha | 140 ha | 430 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 313.4 ha | 183 ha | 498 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 227.4 ha | 150 ha | 334 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 390.9 ha | 293 ha | 607 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 371.5 ha | 244 ha | 509 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 855.6 ha | 534 ha | 1,091 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,232 ha | 1,068 ha | 1,353 ha | 5 |
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- 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)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Jamaica?
- Lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Jamaica was 1,258 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lettuce and chicory — area harvested recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 1,353 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest lettuce and chicory — area harvested recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 140 ha in 1962.
- How does Jamaica rank for lettuce and chicory — area harvested?
- Jamaica ranks 45th out of 108 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lettuce and chicory — area harvested rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 54.9%. 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 Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested. 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.