Maize and products — Import quantity in Jamaica
Jamaica: Maize and products — Import quantity was 500 1000 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Maize and products — Import quantity in Jamaica, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
Jamaica recorded 500 1000 t for maize and products — import quantity in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 6.9% on the previous year and up 80.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize and products — import quantity in Jamaica peaked at 588 1000 t in 2016 and was at its lowest, 192 1000 t, in 2015.
Jamaica ranks 63rd of 194 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Maize and products — Import quantity in Jamaica, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 212 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 269 1000 t | +26.9% |
| 2012 | 250 1000 t | -7.1% |
| 2013 | 277 1000 t | +10.8% |
| 2014 | 305 1000 t | +10.1% |
| 2015 | 192 1000 t | -37.0% |
| 2016 | 588 1000 t | +206.2% |
| 2017 | 428 1000 t | -27.2% |
| 2018 | 434 1000 t | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 463 1000 t | +6.7% |
| 2020 | 351 1000 t | -24.2% |
| 2021 | 419 1000 t | +19.4% |
| 2022 | 537 1000 t | +28.2% |
| 2023 | 500 1000 t | -6.9% |
Jamaica compared with similar countries
- Jamaica's 500 1000 t is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 122 1000 t, 4.1× the median. (53 countries reporting)
- Jamaica's 500 1000 t is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 352.5 1000 t, 1.4× the median. (30 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Maize and products — Import quantity 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | +206.2% | 192 1000 t | 588 1000 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 341.8 1000 t | 192 1000 t | 588 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 451.75 1000 t | 351 1000 t | 537 1000 t | 4 |
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 maize and products — import quantity in Jamaica?
- Maize and products — import quantity in Jamaica was 500 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize and products — import quantity recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 588 1000 t in 2016.
- What is the lowest maize and products — import quantity recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 192 1000 t in 2015.
- How does Jamaica rank for maize and products — import quantity?
- Jamaica ranks 63rd out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is maize and products — import quantity rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 80.5%. 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 Maize and products — Import quantity. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.