Onions and shallots, green — Area harvested in Jamaica
Jamaica: Onions and shallots, green — Area harvested was 504 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Onions and shallots, green — Area harvested in Jamaica, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Jamaica recorded 504 ha for onions and shallots, green — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 5.6% on the previous year and down 43.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, onions and shallots, green — area harvested in Jamaica peaked at 1,292 ha in 1999 and was at its lowest, 168 ha, in 1968.
That places Jamaica 34th out of 59 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.
Onions and shallots, green — Area harvested in Jamaica, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 370 ha | — |
| 1962 | 450 ha | +21.6% |
| 1963 | 450 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 450 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 700 ha | +55.6% |
| 1966 | 552 ha | -21.1% |
| 1967 | 170 ha | -69.2% |
| 1968 | 168 ha | -1.2% |
| 1969 | 235 ha | +39.9% |
| 1970 | 219 ha | -6.8% |
| 1971 | 342 ha | +56.2% |
| 1972 | 369 ha | +7.9% |
| 1973 | 294 ha | -20.3% |
| 1974 | 330 ha | +12.2% |
| 1975 | 295 ha | -10.6% |
| 1976 | 421 ha | +42.7% |
| 1977 | 518 ha | +23.0% |
| 1978 | 609 ha | +17.6% |
| 1979 | 644 ha | +5.7% |
| 1980 | 756 ha | +17.4% |
| 1981 | 798 ha | +5.6% |
| 1982 | 541 ha | -32.2% |
| 1983 | 730 ha | +34.9% |
| 1984 | 825 ha | +13.0% |
| 1985 | 635 ha | -23.0% |
| 1986 | 506 ha | -20.3% |
| 1987 | 790 ha | +56.1% |
| 1988 | 499 ha | -36.8% |
| 1989 | 566 ha | +13.4% |
| 1990 | 692 ha | +22.3% |
| 1991 | 509 ha | -26.4% |
| 1992 | 981 ha | +92.7% |
| 1993 | 1,073 ha | +9.4% |
| 1994 | 1,082 ha | +0.8% |
| 1995 | 1,261 ha | +16.5% |
| 1996 | 1,031 ha | -18.2% |
| 1997 | 889 ha | -13.8% |
| 1998 | 1,042 ha | +17.2% |
| 1999 | 1,292 ha | +24.0% |
| 2000 | 816 ha | -36.8% |
| 2001 | 1,041 ha | +27.6% |
| 2002 | 603 ha | -42.1% |
| 2003 | 641 ha | +6.3% |
| 2004 | 675 ha | +5.3% |
| 2005 | 781 ha | +15.7% |
| 2006 | 767 ha | -1.8% |
| 2007 | 787 ha | +2.6% |
| 2008 | 795 ha | +1.0% |
| 2009 | 863 ha | +8.6% |
| 2010 | 989 ha | +14.6% |
| 2011 | 1,003 ha | +1.4% |
| 2012 | 1,065 ha | +6.2% |
| 2013 | 1,139 ha | +6.9% |
| 2014 | 897 ha | -21.2% |
| 2015 | 781 ha | -12.9% |
| 2016 | 1,061 ha | +35.9% |
| 2017 | 857 ha | -19.2% |
| 2018 | 1,001 ha | +16.8% |
| 2019 | 771 ha | -23.0% |
| 2020 | 663 ha | -14.0% |
| 2021 | 673 ha | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 667 ha | -0.9% |
| 2023 | 534 ha | -19.9% |
| 2024 | 504 ha | -5.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 393.89 ha | 168 ha | 700 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 404.1 ha | 219 ha | 644 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 664.6 ha | 499 ha | 825 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 985.2 ha | 509 ha | 1,292 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 776.9 ha | 603 ha | 1,041 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 956.4 ha | 771 ha | 1,139 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 608.2 ha | 504 ha | 673 ha | 5 |
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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 onions and shallots, green — area harvested in Jamaica?
- Onions and shallots, green — area harvested in Jamaica was 504 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest onions and shallots, green — area harvested recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 1,292 ha in 1999.
- What is the lowest onions and shallots, green — area harvested recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 168 ha in 1968.
- How does Jamaica rank for onions and shallots, green — area harvested?
- Jamaica ranks 34th out of 59 countries with data for 2024.
- Is onions and shallots, green — area harvested rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 43.8%. 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 Onions and shallots, green — Area harvested. 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.