Oranges — Area harvested in Jamaica
Jamaica: Oranges — Area harvested was 7,474 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oranges — Area harvested in Jamaica, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for oranges — area harvested in Jamaica is 7,474 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 5.3% on the previous year and up 6.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oranges — area harvested in Jamaica peaked at 14,600 ha in 1996 and was at its lowest, 2,600 ha, in 1973.
Jamaica ranks 44th of 136 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.
Oranges — Area harvested in Jamaica, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,600 ha | — |
| 1962 | 8,300 ha | +48.2% |
| 1963 | 8,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 8,200 ha | -1.2% |
| 1965 | 8,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 8,400 ha | +2.4% |
| 1967 | 8,600 ha | +2.4% |
| 1968 | 8,900 ha | +3.5% |
| 1969 | 7,500 ha | -15.7% |
| 1970 | 6,500 ha | -13.3% |
| 1971 | 7,300 ha | +12.3% |
| 1972 | 8,300 ha | +13.7% |
| 1973 | 2,600 ha | -68.7% |
| 1974 | 3,800 ha | +46.2% |
| 1975 | 4,100 ha | +7.9% |
| 1976 | 4,150 ha | +1.2% |
| 1977 | 4,200 ha | +1.2% |
| 1978 | 4,800 ha | +14.3% |
| 1979 | 3,200 ha | -33.3% |
| 1980 | 4,300 ha | +34.4% |
| 1981 | 3,300 ha | -23.3% |
| 1982 | 3,600 ha | +9.1% |
| 1983 | 3,500 ha | -2.8% |
| 1984 | 3,300 ha | -5.7% |
| 1985 | 4,500 ha | +36.4% |
| 1986 | 4,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 6,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 1988 | 5,500 ha | -8.3% |
| 1989 | 6,000 ha | +9.1% |
| 1990 | 6,067 ha | +1.1% |
| 1991 | 5,500 ha | -9.3% |
| 1992 | 6,000 ha | +9.1% |
| 1993 | 7,000 ha | +16.7% |
| 1994 | 14,000 ha | +100.0% |
| 1995 | 14,300 ha | +2.1% |
| 1996 | 14,600 ha | +2.1% |
| 1997 | 14,300 ha | -2.1% |
| 1998 | 13,800 ha | -3.5% |
| 1999 | 14,300 ha | +3.6% |
| 2000 | 14,000 ha | -2.1% |
| 2001 | 14,079 ha | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 13,800 ha | -2.0% |
| 2003 | 14,000 ha | +1.4% |
| 2004 | 12,700 ha | -9.3% |
| 2005 | 11,500 ha | -9.4% |
| 2006 | 11,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 11,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 11,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 12,153 ha | +5.7% |
| 2010 | 11,000 ha | -9.5% |
| 2011 | 10,200 ha | -7.3% |
| 2012 | 9,500 ha | -6.9% |
| 2013 | 8,146 ha | -14.3% |
| 2014 | 7,000 ha | -14.1% |
| 2015 | 7,752 ha | +10.7% |
| 2016 | 7,688 ha | -0.8% |
| 2017 | 7,508 ha | -2.3% |
| 2018 | 7,249 ha | -3.4% |
| 2019 | 7,442 ha | +2.7% |
| 2020 | 7,291 ha | -2.0% |
| 2021 | 7,243 ha | -0.7% |
| 2022 | 7,617 ha | +5.2% |
| 2023 | 7,890 ha | +3.6% |
| 2024 | 7,474 ha | -5.3% |
Jamaica compared with similar countries
- Jamaica's 7,474 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 3,821 ha, 2.0× the median. (37 countries reporting)
- Jamaica's 7,474 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 6,627 ha, 1.1× the median. (29 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Oranges — Area harvested 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | +100.0% | 7,000 ha | 14,000 ha |
| 1973 | -68.7% | 8,300 ha | 2,600 ha |
| 1962 | +48.2% | 5,600 ha | 8,300 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8,000 ha | 5,600 ha | 8,900 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,895 ha | 2,600 ha | 8,300 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,450 ha | 3,300 ha | 6,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 10,987 ha | 5,500 ha | 14,600 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 12,673 ha | 11,500 ha | 14,079 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,348 ha | 7,000 ha | 11,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,503 ha | 7,243 ha | 7,890 ha | 5 |
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 oranges — area harvested in Jamaica?
- Oranges — area harvested in Jamaica was 7,474 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oranges — area harvested recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 14,600 ha in 1996.
- What is the lowest oranges — area harvested recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,600 ha in 1973.
- How does Jamaica rank for oranges — area harvested?
- Jamaica ranks 44th out of 136 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oranges — area harvested rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.8%. 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 Oranges — Area harvested. 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.