Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Yield in Jamaica
Jamaica: Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Yield was 774.2 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Yield in Jamaica, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield in Jamaica is 774.2 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.5% on the previous year and up 23.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield in Jamaica peaked at 787.6 kg/ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 264.2 kg/ha, in 1976.
That places Jamaica 63rd out of 186 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Yield in Jamaica, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 393 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 384.3 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1963 | 347.6 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 1964 | 401 kg/ha | +15.4% |
| 1965 | 423.6 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1966 | 412 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1967 | 429.6 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1968 | 411.8 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1969 | 355.6 kg/ha | -13.6% |
| 1970 | 368.5 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1971 | 440.5 kg/ha | +19.5% |
| 1972 | 360.5 kg/ha | -18.2% |
| 1973 | 303.3 kg/ha | -15.9% |
| 1974 | 315.1 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1975 | 275.5 kg/ha | -12.6% |
| 1976 | 264.2 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1977 | 360.2 kg/ha | +36.3% |
| 1978 | 364.2 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1979 | 422.9 kg/ha | +16.1% |
| 1980 | 495.3 kg/ha | +17.1% |
| 1981 | 416.8 kg/ha | -15.8% |
| 1982 | 303.8 kg/ha | -27.1% |
| 1983 | 292.7 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1984 | 320.8 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 1985 | 339.7 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1986 | 458.1 kg/ha | +34.9% |
| 1987 | 489.4 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 1988 | 525.9 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1989 | 323.2 kg/ha | -38.5% |
| 1990 | 289 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 1991 | 355.4 kg/ha | +23.0% |
| 1992 | 423.7 kg/ha | +19.2% |
| 1993 | 425.2 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1994 | 428.2 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1995 | 423.2 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1996 | 430.3 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1997 | 430 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1998 | 428.4 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1999 | 430.3 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2000 | 534.8 kg/ha | +24.3% |
| 2001 | 642.2 kg/ha | +20.1% |
| 2002 | 659.4 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2003 | 663.4 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 666 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 663.1 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2006 | 696.1 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2007 | 707.5 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2008 | 705.6 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 703.5 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 612.7 kg/ha | -12.9% |
| 2011 | 608.9 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2012 | 600.7 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2013 | 596.5 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 628.2 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2015 | 635.3 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 612.1 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2017 | 766.6 kg/ha | +25.2% |
| 2018 | 778.9 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2019 | 767.8 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2020 | 677.8 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 2021 | 752.4 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 2022 | 787.6 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2023 | 777.7 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2024 | 774.2 kg/ha | -0.5% |
Jamaica compared with similar countries
- Jamaica's 774.2 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 603 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (52 countries reporting)
- Jamaica's 774.2 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 749.45 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 395.39 kg/ha | 347.6 kg/ha | 429.6 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 347.49 kg/ha | 264.2 kg/ha | 440.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 396.57 kg/ha | 292.7 kg/ha | 525.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 406.37 kg/ha | 289 kg/ha | 430.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 664.16 kg/ha | 534.8 kg/ha | 707.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 660.77 kg/ha | 596.5 kg/ha | 778.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 753.94 kg/ha | 677.8 kg/ha | 787.6 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Jamaica
- 60 Marshall Islands 784.7 kg/ha compare
- 61 New Caledonia 780.3 kg/ha compare
- 62 Ukraine 777.8 kg/ha compare
- 64 Canada 759.2 kg/ha compare
- 65 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 754.4 kg/ha compare
- 66 Yugoslav SFR 748.1 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Jamaica
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.0663 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 0.147 hectares per person (2025)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield in Jamaica?
- Oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield in Jamaica was 774.2 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 787.6 kg/ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 264.2 kg/ha in 1976.
- How does Jamaica rank for oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield?
- Jamaica ranks 63rd out of 186 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 23.2%. 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 Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Yield. 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.