Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Jamaica
Jamaica: Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight was 77 kg/An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Jamaica, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/An.
Analysis
Jamaica recorded 77 kg/An for meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.5% on the previous year and up 26.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Jamaica peaked at 77 kg/An in 2024 and was at its lowest, 40 kg/An, in 1961.
Jamaica ranks 65th of 172 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.
Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Jamaica, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 40 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 40 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 40 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 40 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 42 kg/An | +5.0% |
| 1966 | 41 kg/An | -2.4% |
| 1967 | 45 kg/An | +9.8% |
| 1968 | 43 kg/An | -4.4% |
| 1969 | 43 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 53 kg/An | +23.3% |
| 1971 | 49 kg/An | -7.5% |
| 1972 | 52 kg/An | +6.1% |
| 1973 | 55 kg/An | +5.8% |
| 1974 | 44 kg/An | -20.0% |
| 1975 | 45 kg/An | +2.3% |
| 1976 | 57 kg/An | +26.7% |
| 1977 | 60 kg/An | +5.3% |
| 1978 | 60 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 57 kg/An | -5.0% |
| 1980 | 60 kg/An | +5.3% |
| 1981 | 60 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 61 kg/An | +1.7% |
| 1983 | 59 kg/An | -3.3% |
| 1984 | 59 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 57 kg/An | -3.4% |
| 1986 | 55 kg/An | -3.5% |
| 1987 | 59 kg/An | +7.3% |
| 1988 | 64 kg/An | +8.5% |
| 1989 | 60 kg/An | -6.2% |
| 1990 | 58 kg/An | -3.3% |
| 1991 | 60 kg/An | +3.4% |
| 1992 | 64 kg/An | +6.7% |
| 1993 | 63 kg/An | -1.6% |
| 1994 | 65 kg/An | +3.2% |
| 1995 | 63 kg/An | -3.1% |
| 1996 | 62 kg/An | -1.6% |
| 1997 | 63 kg/An | +1.6% |
| 1998 | 63 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 63 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 61 kg/An | -3.2% |
| 2001 | 58 kg/An | -4.9% |
| 2002 | 61 kg/An | +5.2% |
| 2003 | 61 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 62 kg/An | +1.6% |
| 2005 | 59 kg/An | -4.8% |
| 2006 | 57 kg/An | -3.4% |
| 2007 | 64 kg/An | +12.3% |
| 2008 | 74 kg/An | +15.6% |
| 2009 | 73 kg/An | -1.4% |
| 2010 | 73 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 65 kg/An | -11.0% |
| 2012 | 55 kg/An | -15.4% |
| 2013 | 52 kg/An | -5.5% |
| 2014 | 61 kg/An | +17.3% |
| 2015 | 63 kg/An | +3.3% |
| 2016 | 63 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 60 kg/An | -4.8% |
| 2018 | 59 kg/An | -1.7% |
| 2019 | 57 kg/An | -3.4% |
| 2020 | 60 kg/An | +5.3% |
| 2021 | 61 kg/An | +1.7% |
| 2022 | 67 kg/An | +9.8% |
| 2023 | 73 kg/An | +9.0% |
| 2024 | 77 kg/An | +5.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 41.56 kg/An | 40 kg/An | 45 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 53.2 kg/An | 44 kg/An | 60 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 59.4 kg/An | 55 kg/An | 64 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 62.4 kg/An | 58 kg/An | 65 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 63 kg/An | 57 kg/An | 74 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 60.8 kg/An | 52 kg/An | 73 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 67.6 kg/An | 60 kg/An | 77 kg/An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Jamaica
- 64 Japan 79 kg/An compare
- 65 Seychelles 77 kg/An compare
- 67 Dominican Republic 76 kg/An compare
- 67 Republic of Korea 76 kg/An compare
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 meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Jamaica?
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Jamaica was 77 kg/An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 77 kg/An in 2024.
- What is the lowest meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 40 kg/An in 1961.
- How does Jamaica rank for meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight?
- Jamaica ranks 65th out of 172 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 26.2%. 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 Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight. 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.