Plantains — Food supply in Jamaica
Jamaica: Plantains — Food supply was 40,922 million Kcal in 2023. ▲ Rising
Plantains — Food supply in Jamaica, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million Kcal.
Analysis
In 2023, plantains — food supply in Jamaica stood at 40,922 million Kcal. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 97.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plantains — food supply in Jamaica peaked at 40,922 million Kcal in 2023 and was at its lowest, 19,992 million Kcal, in 2010.
That places Jamaica 27th out of 140 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Plantains — Food supply in Jamaica, year by year
| Year | million Kcal | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 19,992 million Kcal | — |
| 2011 | 23,679 million Kcal | +18.4% |
| 2012 | 24,271 million Kcal | +2.5% |
| 2013 | 20,717 million Kcal | -14.6% |
| 2014 | 26,337 million Kcal | +27.1% |
| 2015 | 25,738 million Kcal | -2.3% |
| 2016 | 29,094 million Kcal | +13.0% |
| 2017 | 30,901 million Kcal | +6.2% |
| 2018 | 33,478 million Kcal | +8.3% |
| 2019 | 30,878 million Kcal | -7.8% |
| 2020 | 30,464 million Kcal | -1.3% |
| 2021 | 34,767 million Kcal | +14.1% |
| 2022 | 40,771 million Kcal | +17.3% |
| 2023 | 40,922 million Kcal | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 26,508 million Kcal | 19,992 million Kcal | 33,478 million Kcal | 10 |
| 2020s | 36,731 million Kcal | 30,464 million Kcal | 40,922 million Kcal | 4 |
Countries ranked near Jamaica
- 24 El Salvador 48,202 million Kcal compare
- 25 Costa Rica 46,896 million Kcal compare
- 26 Romania 42,244 million Kcal compare
- 28 Liberia 34,832 million Kcal compare
- 29 Guinea-Bissau 34,078 million Kcal compare
- 30 Sierra Leone 32,198 million Kcal 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 — food supply in Jamaica?
- Plantains — food supply in Jamaica was 40,922 million Kcal in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest plantains — food supply recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 40,922 million Kcal in 2023.
- What is the lowest plantains — food supply recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 19,992 million Kcal in 2010.
- How does Jamaica rank for plantains — food supply?
- Jamaica ranks 27th out of 140 countries with data for 2023.
- Is plantains — food supply rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 97.5%. 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 — Food supply (kcal). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.