Papayas — Yield in Jamaica
Jamaica: Papayas — Yield was 20,781 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Papayas — Yield in Jamaica, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for papayas — yield in Jamaica is 20,781 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 2.6% on the previous year and down 1.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, papayas — yield in Jamaica peaked at 25,347 kg/ha in 2009 and was at its lowest, 4,534 kg/ha, in 1970.
Jamaica ranks 22nd of 64 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.
Papayas — Yield in Jamaica, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,562 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,688 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1963 | 4,691 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1964 | 4,753 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1965 | 4,756 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1966 | 4,817 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1967 | 4,817 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 4,815 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1969 | 4,691 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1970 | 4,534 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1971 | 8,516 kg/ha | +87.8% |
| 1972 | 9,183 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 1973 | 10,052 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 1974 | 10,717 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1975 | 10,602 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1976 | 9,962 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 1977 | 10,144 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1978 | 10,211 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1979 | 10,496 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1980 | 11,152 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1981 | 12,056 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 1982 | 11,306 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1983 | 11,552 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1984 | 12,366 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1985 | 11,818 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1986 | 12,802 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1987 | 11,986 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1988 | 11,562 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1989 | 13,229 kg/ha | +14.4% |
| 1990 | 14,407 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 1991 | 15,725 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1992 | 19,507 kg/ha | +24.1% |
| 1993 | 21,061 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1994 | 23,823 kg/ha | +13.1% |
| 1995 | 22,306 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1996 | 22,718 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1997 | 21,443 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1998 | 21,473 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1999 | 23,127 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 2000 | 23,365 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2001 | 22,910 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2002 | 22,328 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2003 | 22,590 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2004 | 22,210 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2005 | 22,165 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 22,645 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2007 | 21,398 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 2008 | 22,018 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2009 | 25,347 kg/ha | +15.1% |
| 2010 | 20,597 kg/ha | -18.7% |
| 2011 | 21,336 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2012 | 19,502 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 2013 | 20,295 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2014 | 21,069 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2015 | 21,820 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2016 | 20,932 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2017 | 20,768 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2018 | 21,387 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2019 | 21,910 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2020 | 21,781 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2021 | 20,545 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 2022 | 23,005 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 2023 | 21,325 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 2024 | 20,781 kg/ha | -2.6% |
Jamaica compared with similar countries
- Jamaica's 20,781 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 21,345 kg/ha, 97% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Jamaica's 20,781 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 20,560 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (24 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Papayas — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | +87.8% | 4,534 kg/ha | 8,516 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,732 kg/ha | 4,562 kg/ha | 4,817 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 9,442 kg/ha | 4,534 kg/ha | 10,717 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 11,983 kg/ha | 11,152 kg/ha | 13,229 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 20,559 kg/ha | 14,407 kg/ha | 23,823 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 22,698 kg/ha | 21,398 kg/ha | 25,347 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 20,962 kg/ha | 19,502 kg/ha | 21,910 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 21,488 kg/ha | 20,545 kg/ha | 23,005 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Jamaica
- 19 Malaysia 23,212 kg/ha compare
- 20 Colombia 22,193 kg/ha compare
- 21 Côte d'Ivoire 2,518 kg/ha compare
- 21 Suriname 21,908 kg/ha compare
- 23 Bangladesh 20,427 kg/ha compare
- 24 Trinidad and Tobago 20,339 kg/ha compare
- 25 Mali 20,324 kg/ha compare
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 papayas — yield in Jamaica?
- Papayas — yield in Jamaica was 20,781 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest papayas — yield recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 25,347 kg/ha in 2009.
- What is the lowest papayas — yield recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,534 kg/ha in 1970.
- How does Jamaica rank for papayas — yield?
- Jamaica ranks 22nd out of 64 countries with data for 2024.
- Is papayas — yield rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.4%. 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 Papayas — 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.