Papayas — Area harvested in Jamaica
Jamaica: Papayas — Area harvested was 471 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Papayas — Area harvested in Jamaica, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for papayas — area harvested in Jamaica is 471 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.5% on the previous year and up 9.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, papayas — area harvested in Jamaica peaked at 903 ha in 1994 and was at its lowest, 97 ha, in 1971.
Jamaica ranks 42nd of 74 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 | 162.22 ha | 160 ha | 164 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 178.3 ha | 97 ha | 250 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 179.1 ha | 112 ha | 251 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 563.5 ha | 268 ha | 903 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 399.2 ha | 325 ha | 499 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 386.6 ha | 258 ha | 502 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 503.6 ha | 471 ha | 568 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Jamaica
- 39 Costa Rica 1,015 ha compare
- 40 Puerto Rico 586 ha compare
- 41 Panama 575 ha compare
- 43 Fiji 464 ha 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 papayas — area harvested in Jamaica?
- Papayas — area harvested in Jamaica was 471 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest papayas — area harvested recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 903 ha in 1994.
- What is the lowest papayas — area harvested recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 97 ha in 1971.
- How does Jamaica rank for papayas — area harvested?
- Jamaica ranks 42nd out of 74 countries with data for 2024.
- Is papayas — area harvested rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.0%. 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 Papayas — 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.