Potatoes and products — Import quantity in Jamaica
Jamaica: Potatoes and products — Import quantity was 48 1000 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Potatoes and products — Import quantity in Jamaica, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
Jamaica recorded 48 1000 t for potatoes and products — import quantity in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of up 9.1% on the previous year and up 118.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes and products — import quantity in Jamaica peaked at 48 1000 t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 21 1000 t, in 2010.
Jamaica ranks 96th of 194 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Potatoes and products — Import quantity in Jamaica, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 21 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 24 1000 t | +14.3% |
| 2012 | 22 1000 t | -8.3% |
| 2013 | 22 1000 t | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 22 1000 t | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 29 1000 t | +31.8% |
| 2016 | 26 1000 t | -10.3% |
| 2017 | 30 1000 t | +15.4% |
| 2018 | 40 1000 t | +33.3% |
| 2019 | 40 1000 t | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 34 1000 t | -15.0% |
| 2021 | 41 1000 t | +20.6% |
| 2022 | 44 1000 t | +7.3% |
| 2023 | 48 1000 t | +9.1% |
Jamaica compared with similar countries
- Jamaica's 48 1000 t is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 48 1000 t, 1.0× the median. (53 countries reporting)
- Jamaica's 48 1000 t is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 48 1000 t, 1.0× the median. (30 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 27.6 1000 t | 21 1000 t | 40 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 41.75 1000 t | 34 1000 t | 48 1000 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Jamaica
- 93 Mauritania 53 1000 t compare
- 94 Tajikistan 49 1000 t compare
- 94 Bosnia and Herzegovina 49 1000 t compare
- 96 Argentina 48 1000 t compare
- 98 Libya 47 1000 t compare
- 98 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 47 1000 t 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 potatoes and products — import quantity in Jamaica?
- Potatoes and products — import quantity in Jamaica was 48 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes and products — import quantity recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 48 1000 t in 2023.
- What is the lowest potatoes and products — import quantity recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 21 1000 t in 2010.
- How does Jamaica rank for potatoes and products — import quantity?
- Jamaica ranks 96th out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is potatoes and products — import quantity rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 118.2%. 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 Potatoes and products — Import quantity. 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.