Pineapples — Area harvested in Jamaica
Jamaica: Pineapples — Area harvested was 2,688 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pineapples — Area harvested in Jamaica, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for pineapples — area harvested in Jamaica is 2,688 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.3% on the previous year and up 159.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pineapples — area harvested in Jamaica peaked at 2,730 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 100 ha, in 1964.
Jamaica ranks 35th of 85 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.
Pineapples — Area harvested in Jamaica, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 420 ha | — |
| 1962 | 450 ha | +7.1% |
| 1963 | 450 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 100 ha | -77.8% |
| 1965 | 119 ha | +19.0% |
| 1966 | 130 ha | +9.2% |
| 1967 | 117 ha | -10.0% |
| 1968 | 190 ha | +62.4% |
| 1969 | 253 ha | +33.2% |
| 1970 | 365 ha | +44.3% |
| 1971 | 694 ha | +90.1% |
| 1972 | 614 ha | -11.5% |
| 1973 | 566 ha | -7.8% |
| 1974 | 413 ha | -27.0% |
| 1975 | 482 ha | +16.7% |
| 1976 | 372 ha | -22.8% |
| 1977 | 391 ha | +5.1% |
| 1978 | 276 ha | -29.4% |
| 1979 | 204 ha | -26.1% |
| 1980 | 304 ha | +49.0% |
| 1981 | 364 ha | +19.7% |
| 1982 | 590 ha | +62.1% |
| 1983 | 476 ha | -19.3% |
| 1984 | 569 ha | +19.5% |
| 1985 | 517 ha | -9.1% |
| 1986 | 486 ha | -6.0% |
| 1987 | 508 ha | +4.5% |
| 1988 | 589 ha | +15.9% |
| 1989 | 570 ha | -3.2% |
| 1990 | 551 ha | -3.3% |
| 1991 | 606 ha | +10.0% |
| 1992 | 578 ha | -4.6% |
| 1993 | 858 ha | +48.4% |
| 1994 | 700 ha | -18.4% |
| 1995 | 746 ha | +6.6% |
| 1996 | 890 ha | +19.3% |
| 1997 | 844 ha | -5.2% |
| 1998 | 853 ha | +1.1% |
| 1999 | 863 ha | +1.2% |
| 2000 | 913 ha | +5.8% |
| 2001 | 976 ha | +6.9% |
| 2002 | 981 ha | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 1,031 ha | +5.1% |
| 2004 | 901 ha | -12.6% |
| 2005 | 682 ha | -24.3% |
| 2006 | 921 ha | +35.0% |
| 2007 | 807 ha | -12.4% |
| 2008 | 910 ha | +12.8% |
| 2009 | 1,029 ha | +13.1% |
| 2010 | 1,061 ha | +3.1% |
| 2011 | 979 ha | -7.7% |
| 2012 | 1,075 ha | +9.8% |
| 2013 | 1,035 ha | -3.7% |
| 2014 | 1,035 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 1,043 ha | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 1,391 ha | +33.4% |
| 2017 | 1,393 ha | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 1,658 ha | +19.0% |
| 2019 | 1,778 ha | +7.2% |
| 2020 | 2,184 ha | +22.8% |
| 2021 | 2,547 ha | +16.6% |
| 2022 | 2,730 ha | +7.2% |
| 2023 | 2,696 ha | -1.2% |
| 2024 | 2,688 ha | -0.3% |
Jamaica compared with similar countries
- Jamaica's 2,688 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 6,246 ha, 43% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
- Jamaica's 2,688 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 2,025 ha, 1.3× the median. (27 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 247.67 ha | 100 ha | 450 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 437.7 ha | 204 ha | 694 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 497.3 ha | 304 ha | 590 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 748.9 ha | 551 ha | 890 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 915.1 ha | 682 ha | 1,031 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,245 ha | 979 ha | 1,778 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,569 ha | 2,184 ha | 2,730 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Jamaica
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 pineapples — area harvested in Jamaica?
- Pineapples — area harvested in Jamaica was 2,688 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pineapples — area harvested recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 2,730 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest pineapples — area harvested recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 100 ha in 1964.
- How does Jamaica rank for pineapples — area harvested?
- Jamaica ranks 35th out of 85 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pineapples — area harvested rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 159.7%. 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 Pineapples — 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.