Pigeon peas, dry — Area harvested in Jamaica
Jamaica: Pigeon peas, dry — Area harvested was 465 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pigeon peas, dry — Area harvested in Jamaica, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Jamaica recorded 465 ha for pigeon peas, dry — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 7.4% on the previous year and down 38.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pigeon peas, dry — area harvested in Jamaica peaked at 4,179 ha in 1972 and was at its lowest, 439 ha, in 2020.
Jamaica ranks 16th of 23 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.
Pigeon peas, dry — Area harvested in Jamaica, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,370 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,400 ha | +2.2% |
| 1963 | 1,470 ha | +5.0% |
| 1964 | 1,365 ha | -7.1% |
| 1965 | 1,160 ha | -15.0% |
| 1966 | 2,130 ha | +83.6% |
| 1967 | 2,898 ha | +36.1% |
| 1968 | 4,028 ha | +39.0% |
| 1969 | 3,218 ha | -20.1% |
| 1970 | 2,971 ha | -7.7% |
| 1971 | 3,155 ha | +6.2% |
| 1972 | 4,179 ha | +32.5% |
| 1973 | 2,934 ha | -29.8% |
| 1974 | 2,283 ha | -22.2% |
| 1975 | 2,800 ha | +22.6% |
| 1976 | 2,027 ha | -27.6% |
| 1977 | 1,487 ha | -26.6% |
| 1978 | 2,473 ha | +66.3% |
| 1979 | 2,554 ha | +3.3% |
| 1980 | 2,462 ha | -3.6% |
| 1981 | 2,673 ha | +8.6% |
| 1982 | 2,312 ha | -13.5% |
| 1983 | 2,273 ha | -1.7% |
| 1984 | 2,240 ha | -1.5% |
| 1985 | 2,338 ha | +4.4% |
| 1986 | 2,553 ha | +9.2% |
| 1987 | 1,971 ha | -22.8% |
| 1988 | 2,229 ha | +13.1% |
| 1989 | 1,092 ha | -51.0% |
| 1990 | 1,581 ha | +44.8% |
| 1991 | 1,775 ha | +12.3% |
| 1992 | 1,956 ha | +10.2% |
| 1993 | 1,533 ha | -21.6% |
| 1994 | 1,449 ha | -5.5% |
| 1995 | 1,503 ha | +3.7% |
| 1996 | 1,629 ha | +8.4% |
| 1997 | 1,638 ha | +0.6% |
| 1998 | 1,355 ha | -17.3% |
| 1999 | 1,300 ha | -4.1% |
| 2000 | 1,228 ha | -5.5% |
| 2001 | 1,165 ha | -5.1% |
| 2002 | 1,035 ha | -11.2% |
| 2003 | 926 ha | -10.5% |
| 2004 | 899 ha | -2.9% |
| 2005 | 563 ha | -37.4% |
| 2006 | 785 ha | +39.4% |
| 2007 | 725 ha | -7.6% |
| 2008 | 565 ha | -22.1% |
| 2009 | 746 ha | +32.0% |
| 2010 | 723 ha | -3.1% |
| 2011 | 830 ha | +14.8% |
| 2012 | 796 ha | -4.1% |
| 2013 | 832 ha | +4.5% |
| 2014 | 760 ha | -8.7% |
| 2015 | 732 ha | -3.7% |
| 2016 | 768 ha | +4.9% |
| 2017 | 656 ha | -14.6% |
| 2018 | 675 ha | +2.9% |
| 2019 | 592 ha | -12.3% |
| 2020 | 439 ha | -25.8% |
| 2021 | 605 ha | +37.8% |
| 2022 | 579 ha | -4.3% |
| 2023 | 502 ha | -13.3% |
| 2024 | 465 ha | -7.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,115 ha | 1,160 ha | 4,028 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,686 ha | 1,487 ha | 4,179 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,214 ha | 1,092 ha | 2,673 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,572 ha | 1,300 ha | 1,956 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 863.7 ha | 563 ha | 1,228 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 736.4 ha | 592 ha | 832 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 518 ha | 439 ha | 605 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Jamaica
- 13 Trinidad and Tobago 837 ha compare
- 14 Colombia 607 ha compare
- 15 Comoros 522 ha compare
- 17 Bangladesh 367 ha compare
- 18 Philippines 358 ha compare
- 19 Grenada 153 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)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pigeon peas, dry — area harvested in Jamaica?
- Pigeon peas, dry — area harvested in Jamaica was 465 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pigeon peas, dry — area harvested recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 4,179 ha in 1972.
- What is the lowest pigeon peas, dry — area harvested recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 439 ha in 2020.
- How does Jamaica rank for pigeon peas, dry — area harvested?
- Jamaica ranks 16th out of 23 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pigeon peas, dry — area harvested rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 38.8%. 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 Pigeon peas, dry — Area harvested. 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.