Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Jamaica
Jamaica: Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 86,407 1000 An in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Jamaica, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 An.
Analysis
In 2024, meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Jamaica stood at 86,407 1000 An. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 3.4% on the previous year and up 18.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Jamaica peaked at 86,407 1000 An in 2024 and was at its lowest, 2,945 1000 An, in 1961.
Jamaica ranks 87th of 207 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,886 1000 An | 2,945 1000 An | 10,395 1000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 18,801 1000 An | 12,075 1000 An | 24,955 1000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 22,075 1000 An | 17,602 1000 An | 24,983 1000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 37,244 1000 An | 26,870 1000 An | 49,978 1000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 60,104 1000 An | 52,839 1000 An | 65,081 1000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 75,401 1000 An | 71,884 1000 An | 81,492 1000 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 80,772 1000 An | 75,022 1000 An | 86,407 1000 An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Jamaica
- 84 Switzerland 90,449 1000 An compare
- 85 Cameroon 90,404 1000 An compare
- 86 Uzbekistan 88,482 1000 An compare
- 88 Costa Rica 81,626 1000 An compare
- 89 Madagascar 81,046 1000 An compare
- 90 Finland 80,517 1000 An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Jamaica
- 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)
- Rural population 40.6% (2025)
- Rural population growth -1.3% (2025)
- Rural population 1.15 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 8.7% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.99 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 62,998 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Jamaica?
- Meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Jamaica was 86,407 1000 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 86,407 1000 An in 2024.
- What is the lowest meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,945 1000 An in 1961.
- How does Jamaica rank for meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Jamaica ranks 87th out of 207 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.0%. 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 Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered. 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.