Plantains and cooking bananas — Area harvested in Jamaica
Jamaica: Plantains and cooking bananas — Area harvested was 2,979 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Plantains and cooking bananas — Area harvested in Jamaica, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Jamaica recorded 2,979 ha for plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 6.0% on the previous year and up 41.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested in Jamaica peaked at 3,170 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 365 ha, in 1965.
That places Jamaica 32nd out of 50 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.
Plantains and cooking bananas — Area harvested in Jamaica, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 700 ha | — |
| 1962 | 660 ha | -5.7% |
| 1963 | 600 ha | -9.1% |
| 1964 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 365 ha | -39.2% |
| 1966 | 416 ha | +14.0% |
| 1967 | 1,050 ha | +152.4% |
| 1968 | 1,062 ha | +1.1% |
| 1969 | 954 ha | -10.2% |
| 1970 | 1,235 ha | +29.5% |
| 1971 | 2,279 ha | +84.5% |
| 1972 | 2,626 ha | +15.2% |
| 1973 | 2,781 ha | +5.9% |
| 1974 | 2,556 ha | -8.1% |
| 1975 | 2,000 ha | -21.8% |
| 1976 | 1,700 ha | -15.0% |
| 1977 | 2,000 ha | +17.6% |
| 1978 | 2,674 ha | +33.7% |
| 1979 | 2,651 ha | -0.9% |
| 1980 | 2,115 ha | -20.2% |
| 1981 | 2,087 ha | -1.3% |
| 1982 | 2,438 ha | +16.8% |
| 1983 | 2,222 ha | -8.9% |
| 1984 | 2,434 ha | +9.5% |
| 1985 | 2,419 ha | -0.6% |
| 1986 | 2,339 ha | -3.3% |
| 1987 | 2,150 ha | -8.1% |
| 1988 | 2,000 ha | -7.0% |
| 1989 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 1,987 ha | -0.7% |
| 1991 | 1,967 ha | -1.0% |
| 1992 | 1,834 ha | -6.8% |
| 1993 | 2,092 ha | +14.1% |
| 1994 | 2,079 ha | -0.6% |
| 1995 | 2,024 ha | -2.6% |
| 1996 | 2,031 ha | +0.3% |
| 1997 | 1,635 ha | -19.5% |
| 1998 | 1,375 ha | -15.9% |
| 1999 | 1,624 ha | +18.1% |
| 2000 | 1,315 ha | -19.0% |
| 2001 | 1,202 ha | -8.6% |
| 2002 | 1,179 ha | -1.9% |
| 2003 | 1,135 ha | -3.7% |
| 2004 | 1,032 ha | -9.1% |
| 2005 | 520 ha | -49.6% |
| 2006 | 1,256 ha | +141.5% |
| 2007 | 1,098 ha | -12.6% |
| 2008 | 875 ha | -20.3% |
| 2009 | 1,325 ha | +51.4% |
| 2010 | 1,584 ha | +19.5% |
| 2011 | 1,732 ha | +9.3% |
| 2012 | 2,011 ha | +16.1% |
| 2013 | 1,680 ha | -16.5% |
| 2014 | 2,113 ha | +25.8% |
| 2015 | 2,090 ha | -1.1% |
| 2016 | 2,282 ha | +9.2% |
| 2017 | 2,392 ha | +4.8% |
| 2018 | 2,548 ha | +6.5% |
| 2019 | 2,383 ha | -6.5% |
| 2020 | 2,321 ha | -2.6% |
| 2021 | 2,627 ha | +13.2% |
| 2022 | 3,053 ha | +16.2% |
| 2023 | 3,170 ha | +3.8% |
| 2024 | 2,979 ha | -6.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 711.89 ha | 365 ha | 1,062 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,250 ha | 1,235 ha | 2,781 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,220 ha | 2,000 ha | 2,438 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,865 ha | 1,375 ha | 2,092 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,094 ha | 520 ha | 1,325 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,082 ha | 1,584 ha | 2,548 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,830 ha | 2,321 ha | 3,170 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Jamaica
- 29 Puerto Rico 4,740 ha compare
- 30 Sao Tome and Principe 4,110 ha compare
- 31 Guyana 3,777 ha compare
- 33 Kenya 2,813 ha compare
- 34 El Salvador 1,977 ha compare
- 35 Trinidad and Tobago 1,548 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 plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested in Jamaica?
- Plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested in Jamaica was 2,979 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 3,170 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 365 ha in 1965.
- How does Jamaica rank for plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested?
- Jamaica ranks 32nd out of 50 countries with data for 2024.
- Is plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 41.0%. 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 Plantains and cooking bananas — 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.