Lettuce and chicory — Yield in Jamaica
Jamaica: Lettuce and chicory — Yield was 13,556 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lettuce and chicory — Yield in Jamaica, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for lettuce and chicory — yield in Jamaica is 13,556 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.6% on the previous year and down 2.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lettuce and chicory — yield in Jamaica peaked at 14,564 kg/ha in 2011 and was at its lowest, 5,207 kg/ha, in 1977.
Jamaica ranks 67th of 107 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.
Lettuce and chicory — Yield in Jamaica, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,394 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,829 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 1963 | 6,047 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1964 | 6,884 kg/ha | +13.8% |
| 1965 | 7,257 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1966 | 7,088 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1967 | 7,163 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1968 | 7,182 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1969 | 8,207 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 1970 | 9,853 kg/ha | +20.1% |
| 1971 | 11,442 kg/ha | +16.1% |
| 1972 | 10,448 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 1973 | 9,225 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 1974 | 8,516 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1975 | 7,147 kg/ha | -16.1% |
| 1976 | 7,679 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1977 | 5,207 kg/ha | -32.2% |
| 1978 | 5,453 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1979 | 7,443 kg/ha | +36.5% |
| 1980 | 7,127 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1981 | 8,540 kg/ha | +19.8% |
| 1982 | 8,529 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1983 | 10,146 kg/ha | +19.0% |
| 1984 | 8,599 kg/ha | -15.2% |
| 1985 | 10,251 kg/ha | +19.2% |
| 1986 | 8,865 kg/ha | -13.5% |
| 1987 | 8,761 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1988 | 8,683 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1989 | 9,198 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1990 | 8,038 kg/ha | -12.6% |
| 1991 | 10,526 kg/ha | +31.0% |
| 1992 | 12,575 kg/ha | +19.5% |
| 1993 | 12,682 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1994 | 12,800 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1995 | 12,660 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1996 | 13,896 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 1997 | 13,030 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1998 | 12,393 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1999 | 14,458 kg/ha | +16.7% |
| 2000 | 13,348 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 2001 | 14,085 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2002 | 13,386 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 2003 | 13,756 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2004 | 14,014 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2005 | 13,418 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2006 | 13,945 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2007 | 14,031 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 14,012 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 14,391 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2010 | 13,489 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 2011 | 14,564 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 2012 | 14,054 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2013 | 13,846 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2014 | 13,915 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 14,208 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2016 | 14,298 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 14,163 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2018 | 14,321 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 14,008 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2020 | 14,042 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 14,185 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 14,123 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 13,633 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2024 | 13,556 kg/ha | -0.6% |
Jamaica compared with similar countries
- Jamaica's 13,556 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 14,590 kg/ha, 93% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Jamaica's 13,556 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 13,018 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (20 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,895 kg/ha | 5,829 kg/ha | 8,207 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 8,241 kg/ha | 5,207 kg/ha | 11,442 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 8,870 kg/ha | 7,127 kg/ha | 10,251 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 12,306 kg/ha | 8,038 kg/ha | 14,458 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 13,839 kg/ha | 13,348 kg/ha | 14,391 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 14,087 kg/ha | 13,489 kg/ha | 14,564 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 13,908 kg/ha | 13,556 kg/ha | 14,185 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 lettuce and chicory — yield in Jamaica?
- Lettuce and chicory — yield in Jamaica was 13,556 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lettuce and chicory — yield recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 14,564 kg/ha in 2011.
- What is the lowest lettuce and chicory — yield recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,207 kg/ha in 1977.
- How does Jamaica rank for lettuce and chicory — yield?
- Jamaica ranks 67th out of 107 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lettuce and chicory — yield rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.6%. 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 Lettuce and chicory — 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.