Oranges — Yield in Jamaica
Jamaica: Oranges — Yield was 9,736 kg/ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Oranges — Yield in Jamaica, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, oranges — yield in Jamaica stood at 9,736 kg/ha.
The figure is up 1.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oranges — yield in Jamaica peaked at 13,336 kg/ha in 1987 and was at its lowest, 7,712 kg/ha, in 1991.
That places Jamaica 72nd out of 117 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Oranges — Yield in Jamaica, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 9,288 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 9,277 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1963 | 9,490 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1964 | 9,310 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1965 | 9,263 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1966 | 9,497 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1967 | 9,562 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1968 | 9,560 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1969 | 9,774 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1970 | 10,022 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1971 | 9,962 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1972 | 10,019 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1973 | 9,003 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 1974 | 10,344 kg/ha | +14.9% |
| 1975 | 9,963 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1976 | 9,936 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1977 | 10,010 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1978 | 10,347 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1979 | 9,758 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1980 | 10,037 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1981 | 10,000 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1982 | 9,684 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1983 | 9,599 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1984 | 9,093 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1985 | 9,914 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 1986 | 9,861 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1987 | 13,336 kg/ha | +35.2% |
| 1988 | 9,798 kg/ha | -26.5% |
| 1989 | 10,206 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1990 | 10,470 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1991 | 7,712 kg/ha | -26.3% |
| 1992 | 9,743 kg/ha | +26.3% |
| 1993 | 10,286 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1994 | 9,710 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1995 | 9,849 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1996 | 9,814 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1997 | 9,790 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1998 | 9,783 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1999 | 9,790 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2000 | 9,857 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 9,731 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2002 | 9,783 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 9,786 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 9,764 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 9,696 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2006 | 9,292 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2007 | 9,794 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2008 | 9,800 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 9,746 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2010 | 9,852 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2011 | 9,813 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 9,648 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2013 | 9,719 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 9,615 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2015 | 9,589 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 9,654 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 9,721 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 9,760 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 9,771 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 9,758 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 9,750 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 9,736 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 9,736 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 9,736 kg/ha | +0.0% |
Jamaica compared with similar countries
- Jamaica's 9,736 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 13,908 kg/ha, 70% of the median. (37 countries reporting)
- Jamaica's 9,736 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 14,470 kg/ha, 67% of the median. (29 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Oranges — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | +35.2% | 9,861 kg/ha | 13,336 kg/ha |
| 1988 | -26.5% | 13,336 kg/ha | 9,798 kg/ha |
| 1991 | -26.3% | 10,470 kg/ha | 7,712 kg/ha |
| 1992 | +26.3% | 7,712 kg/ha | 9,743 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9,447 kg/ha | 9,263 kg/ha | 9,774 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 9,936 kg/ha | 9,003 kg/ha | 10,347 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 10,153 kg/ha | 9,093 kg/ha | 13,336 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 9,695 kg/ha | 7,712 kg/ha | 10,470 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 9,725 kg/ha | 9,292 kg/ha | 9,857 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,714 kg/ha | 9,589 kg/ha | 9,852 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 9,743 kg/ha | 9,736 kg/ha | 9,758 kg/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 oranges — yield in Jamaica?
- Oranges — yield in Jamaica was 9,736 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oranges — yield recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 13,336 kg/ha in 1987.
- What is the lowest oranges — yield recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,712 kg/ha in 1991.
- How does Jamaica rank for oranges — yield?
- Jamaica ranks 72nd out of 117 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oranges — yield rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Jamaica data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Oranges — Yield. 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.