Pineapples — Yield in Jamaica
Jamaica: Pineapples — Yield was 19,055 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pineapples — Yield in Jamaica, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Jamaica recorded 19,055 kg/ha for pineapples — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.5% on the previous year and up 7.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pineapples — yield in Jamaica peaked at 24,548 kg/ha in 1993 and was at its lowest, 5,580 kg/ha, in 1964.
That places Jamaica 43rd out of 85 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Pineapples — Yield in Jamaica, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,800 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,800 kg/ha | -12.8% |
| 1963 | 7,240 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1964 | 5,580 kg/ha | -22.9% |
| 1965 | 6,252 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 1966 | 6,277 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1967 | 10,504 kg/ha | +67.3% |
| 1968 | 8,358 kg/ha | -20.4% |
| 1969 | 10,953 kg/ha | +31.0% |
| 1970 | 10,252 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1971 | 8,980 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 1972 | 10,844 kg/ha | +20.8% |
| 1973 | 9,472 kg/ha | -12.7% |
| 1974 | 9,654 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1975 | 9,589 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1976 | 9,876 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1977 | 12,417 kg/ha | +25.7% |
| 1978 | 11,098 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 1979 | 11,872 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1980 | 12,822 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1981 | 13,382 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1982 | 13,888 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1983 | 13,288 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1984 | 14,067 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1985 | 14,337 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1986 | 14,539 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1987 | 14,518 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1988 | 15,934 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 1989 | 17,035 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1990 | 16,936 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1991 | 16,150 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1992 | 19,868 kg/ha | +23.0% |
| 1993 | 24,548 kg/ha | +23.6% |
| 1994 | 21,376 kg/ha | -12.9% |
| 1995 | 21,918 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1996 | 22,256 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1997 | 21,899 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1998 | 22,347 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1999 | 22,335 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2000 | 22,224 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2001 | 20,950 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 2002 | 20,969 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 22,114 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2004 | 21,384 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2005 | 21,336 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 22,299 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2007 | 22,431 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 22,364 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 20,766 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 2010 | 18,614 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 2011 | 17,985 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2012 | 18,379 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2013 | 18,536 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 17,753 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2015 | 18,043 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2016 | 18,186 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 18,556 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2018 | 19,299 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2019 | 19,088 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2020 | 19,018 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 19,095 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 18,920 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2023 | 18,230 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2024 | 19,055 kg/ha | +4.5% |
Jamaica compared with similar countries
- Jamaica's 19,055 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 23,694 kg/ha, 80% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
- Jamaica's 19,055 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 20,359 kg/ha, 94% of the median. (27 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pineapples — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | +67.3% | 6,277 kg/ha | 10,504 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,752 kg/ha | 5,580 kg/ha | 10,953 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 10,405 kg/ha | 8,980 kg/ha | 12,417 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 14,381 kg/ha | 12,822 kg/ha | 17,035 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 20,963 kg/ha | 16,150 kg/ha | 24,548 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 21,684 kg/ha | 20,766 kg/ha | 22,431 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 18,444 kg/ha | 17,753 kg/ha | 19,299 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 18,864 kg/ha | 18,230 kg/ha | 19,095 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 pineapples — yield in Jamaica?
- Pineapples — yield in Jamaica was 19,055 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pineapples — yield recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 24,548 kg/ha in 1993.
- What is the lowest pineapples — yield recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,580 kg/ha in 1964.
- How does Jamaica rank for pineapples — yield?
- Jamaica ranks 43rd out of 85 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pineapples — yield rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.3%. 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 Pineapples — 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.