Pomelos and grapefruits — Yield in Jamaica
Jamaica: Pomelos and grapefruits — Yield was 27,484 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pomelos and grapefruits — Yield in Jamaica, 1985–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, pomelos and grapefruits — yield in Jamaica stood at 27,484 kg/ha. That is the highest value across all 40 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 11.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pomelos and grapefruits — yield in Jamaica peaked at 27,484 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 9,883 kg/ha, in 1985.
That places Jamaica 9th out of 73 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 40 years of available data.
Pomelos and grapefruits — Yield in Jamaica, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 9,883 kg/ha | — |
| 1986 | 12,024 kg/ha | +21.7% |
| 1987 | 12,988 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1988 | 13,614 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1989 | 13,448 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1990 | 13,643 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1991 | 14,028 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1992 | 14,041 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1993 | 14,053 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1994 | 14,066 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1995 | 14,079 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1996 | 14,092 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 14,104 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1998 | 14,117 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1999 | 14,130 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2000 | 14,143 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 14,156 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 14,144 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 14,034 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2004 | 14,500 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2005 | 15,625 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 2006 | 16,599 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 2007 | 17,545 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2008 | 18,469 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2009 | 19,376 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2010 | 20,272 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2011 | 21,158 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2012 | 24,208 kg/ha | +14.4% |
| 2013 | 24,054 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 24,597 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2015 | 26,197 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 2016 | 25,082 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2017 | 26,361 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2018 | 26,702 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2019 | 27,124 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 27,362 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 27,224 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2022 | 27,374 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 27,455 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 27,484 kg/ha | +0.1% |
Jamaica compared with similar countries
- Jamaica's 27,484 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 18,638 kg/ha, 1.5× the median. (23 countries reporting)
- Jamaica's 27,484 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 12,995 kg/ha, 2.1× the median. (24 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 12,391 kg/ha | 9,883 kg/ha | 13,614 kg/ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 14,035 kg/ha | 13,643 kg/ha | 14,130 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 15,859 kg/ha | 14,034 kg/ha | 19,376 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 24,575 kg/ha | 20,272 kg/ha | 27,124 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 27,380 kg/ha | 27,224 kg/ha | 27,484 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Jamaica
- 6 Paraguay 36,980 kg/ha compare
- 6 Viet Nam 13,529 kg/ha compare
- 7 South Africa 31,002 kg/ha compare
- 8 Argentina 28,155 kg/ha compare
- 10 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 8,660 kg/ha compare
- 10 Palestine 26,638 kg/ha compare
- 11 Algeria 25,312 kg/ha compare
- 11 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 7,520 kg/ha compare
- 12 Dominican Republic 24,856 kg/ha compare
- 12 Polynesia 4,449 kg/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 pomelos and grapefruits — yield in Jamaica?
- Pomelos and grapefruits — yield in Jamaica was 27,484 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pomelos and grapefruits — yield recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 27,484 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest pomelos and grapefruits — yield recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,883 kg/ha in 1985.
- How does Jamaica rank for pomelos and grapefruits — yield?
- Jamaica ranks 9th out of 73 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pomelos and grapefruits — yield rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.7%. 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 Pomelos and grapefruits — 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.