Potatoes — Area harvested in Jamaica
Jamaica: Potatoes — Area harvested was 771 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Potatoes — Area harvested in Jamaica, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Jamaica recorded 771 ha for potatoes — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 20.8% on the previous year and down 33.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — area harvested in Jamaica peaked at 1,857 ha in 1975 and was at its lowest, 299 ha, in 2008.
Jamaica ranks 128th of 153 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Potatoes — Area harvested in Jamaica, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,457 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,214 ha | -16.7% |
| 1963 | 937 ha | -22.8% |
| 1964 | 1,300 ha | +38.7% |
| 1965 | 1,378 ha | +6.0% |
| 1966 | 1,641 ha | +19.1% |
| 1967 | 1,117 ha | -31.9% |
| 1968 | 982 ha | -12.1% |
| 1969 | 850 ha | -13.4% |
| 1970 | 897 ha | +5.5% |
| 1971 | 1,344 ha | +49.8% |
| 1972 | 1,704 ha | +26.8% |
| 1973 | 1,276 ha | -25.1% |
| 1974 | 1,384 ha | +8.5% |
| 1975 | 1,857 ha | +34.2% |
| 1976 | 1,020 ha | -45.1% |
| 1977 | 946 ha | -7.3% |
| 1978 | 1,449 ha | +53.2% |
| 1979 | 1,202 ha | -17.0% |
| 1980 | 921 ha | -23.4% |
| 1981 | 1,304 ha | +41.6% |
| 1982 | 723 ha | -44.6% |
| 1983 | 761 ha | +5.3% |
| 1984 | 1,056 ha | +38.8% |
| 1985 | 624 ha | -40.9% |
| 1986 | 617 ha | -1.1% |
| 1987 | 793 ha | +28.5% |
| 1988 | 852 ha | +7.4% |
| 1989 | 929 ha | +9.0% |
| 1990 | 1,164 ha | +25.3% |
| 1991 | 826 ha | -29.0% |
| 1992 | 624 ha | -24.5% |
| 1993 | 765 ha | +22.6% |
| 1994 | 852 ha | +11.4% |
| 1995 | 1,182 ha | +38.7% |
| 1996 | 943 ha | -20.2% |
| 1997 | 859 ha | -8.9% |
| 1998 | 585 ha | -31.9% |
| 1999 | 490 ha | -16.2% |
| 2000 | 384 ha | -21.6% |
| 2001 | 464 ha | +20.8% |
| 2002 | 363 ha | -21.8% |
| 2003 | 450 ha | +24.0% |
| 2004 | 416 ha | -7.6% |
| 2005 | 495 ha | +19.0% |
| 2006 | 513 ha | +3.6% |
| 2007 | 455 ha | -11.3% |
| 2008 | 299 ha | -34.3% |
| 2009 | 514 ha | +71.9% |
| 2010 | 788 ha | +53.3% |
| 2011 | 806 ha | +2.3% |
| 2012 | 931 ha | +15.5% |
| 2013 | 1,050 ha | +12.8% |
| 2014 | 1,155 ha | +10.0% |
| 2015 | 1,107 ha | -4.2% |
| 2016 | 1,017 ha | -8.1% |
| 2017 | 1,039 ha | +2.2% |
| 2018 | 1,122 ha | +8.0% |
| 2019 | 990 ha | -11.8% |
| 2020 | 996 ha | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 1,048 ha | +5.2% |
| 2022 | 1,166 ha | +11.3% |
| 2023 | 973 ha | -16.6% |
| 2024 | 771 ha | -20.8% |
Jamaica compared with similar countries
- Jamaica's 771 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 15,744 ha, 5% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Jamaica's 771 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 3,144 ha, 25% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,208 ha | 850 ha | 1,641 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,308 ha | 897 ha | 1,857 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 858 ha | 617 ha | 1,304 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 829 ha | 490 ha | 1,182 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 435.3 ha | 299 ha | 514 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,000 ha | 788 ha | 1,155 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 990.8 ha | 771 ha | 1,166 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Jamaica
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 — area harvested in Jamaica?
- Potatoes — area harvested in Jamaica was 771 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 1,857 ha in 1975.
- What is the lowest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 299 ha in 2008.
- How does Jamaica rank for potatoes — area harvested?
- Jamaica ranks 128th out of 153 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 33.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Jamaica data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Potatoes — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.