Peas, dry — Yield in Jamaica
Jamaica: Peas, dry — Yield was 1,148 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Peas, dry — Yield in Jamaica, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, peas, dry — yield in Jamaica stood at 1,148 kg/ha.
The figure is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 5.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, peas, dry — yield in Jamaica peaked at 1,167 kg/ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 463.4 kg/ha, in 1968.
Jamaica ranks 70th of 98 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.
Peas, dry — Yield in Jamaica, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 568.8 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 569.7 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1963 | 565.7 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1964 | 563.6 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1965 | 564.3 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1966 | 555.6 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1967 | 550 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1968 | 463.4 kg/ha | -15.7% |
| 1969 | 620.6 kg/ha | +33.9% |
| 1970 | 704.7 kg/ha | +13.6% |
| 1971 | 723.3 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1972 | 702.1 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1973 | 637.4 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 1974 | 671.8 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1975 | 672.1 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 596.9 kg/ha | -11.2% |
| 1977 | 730.2 kg/ha | +22.3% |
| 1978 | 785.4 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 1979 | 852 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 1980 | 794.1 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 1981 | 957.3 kg/ha | +20.6% |
| 1982 | 921.9 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1983 | 849.5 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 1984 | 941.2 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 1985 | 978.8 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1986 | 938.2 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1987 | 879.4 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1988 | 871.2 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1989 | 929 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1990 | 861.8 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 1991 | 886.1 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1992 | 1,070 kg/ha | +20.8% |
| 1993 | 1,144 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1994 | 1,142 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1995 | 1,122 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1996 | 1,111 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1997 | 1,047 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1998 | 974.4 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 1999 | 1,064 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 2000 | 1,013 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 2001 | 1,066 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 2002 | 1,015 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2003 | 1,026 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2004 | 1,034 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 1,039 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 1,093 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2007 | 1,074 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2008 | 1,081 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 1,133 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2010 | 1,082 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 2011 | 1,143 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2012 | 1,140 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 1,153 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 1,084 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 2015 | 1,074 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2016 | 1,109 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2017 | 1,121 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 1,117 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 1,100 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2020 | 1,130 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2021 | 1,167 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2022 | 1,148 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2023 | 1,141 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2024 | 1,148 kg/ha | +0.6% |
Jamaica compared with similar countries
- Jamaica's 1,148 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,446 kg/ha, 79% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
- Jamaica's 1,148 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1,148 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (13 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Peas, dry — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | +33.9% | 463.4 kg/ha | 620.6 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 557.97 kg/ha | 463.4 kg/ha | 620.6 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 707.59 kg/ha | 596.9 kg/ha | 852 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 906.06 kg/ha | 794.1 kg/ha | 978.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,042 kg/ha | 861.8 kg/ha | 1,144 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,057 kg/ha | 1,013 kg/ha | 1,133 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,112 kg/ha | 1,074 kg/ha | 1,153 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,147 kg/ha | 1,130 kg/ha | 1,167 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 peas, dry — yield in Jamaica?
- Peas, dry — yield in Jamaica was 1,148 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest peas, dry — yield recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 1,167 kg/ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest peas, dry — yield recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 463.4 kg/ha in 1968.
- How does Jamaica rank for peas, dry — yield?
- Jamaica ranks 70th out of 98 countries with data for 2024.
- Is peas, dry — yield rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.9%. 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 Peas, dry — 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.