Pulses, Total — Yield in Jamaica
Jamaica: Pulses, Total — Yield was 1,136 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pulses, Total — Yield in Jamaica, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for pulses, total — yield in Jamaica is 1,136 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 3.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pulses, total — yield in Jamaica peaked at 1,161 kg/ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 557.9 kg/ha, in 1968.
That places Jamaica 97th out of 182 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 649.73 kg/ha | 557.9 kg/ha | 668.3 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 719.74 kg/ha | 623.5 kg/ha | 871.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 908.09 kg/ha | 839.9 kg/ha | 939.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,055 kg/ha | 893.4 kg/ha | 1,138 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,076 kg/ha | 999.3 kg/ha | 1,127 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,106 kg/ha | 1,040 kg/ha | 1,135 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,138 kg/ha | 1,118 kg/ha | 1,161 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Jamaica
- 94 Tunisia 1,138 kg/ha compare
- 95 Brazil 1,138 kg/ha compare
- 96 Dominican Republic 1,136 kg/ha compare
- 98 Madagascar 1,133 kg/ha compare
- 99 Indonesia 1,124 kg/ha compare
- 100 Solomon Islands 1,096 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Jamaica
- Agriculture share gdp 8.74 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 8.74 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.9% (2023)
- Rural population 40.6% (2025)
- Rural population growth -1.3% (2025)
- Rural population 1.15 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 8.7% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.99 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 62,998 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pulses, total — yield in Jamaica?
- Pulses, total — yield in Jamaica was 1,136 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pulses, total — yield recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 1,161 kg/ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest pulses, total — yield recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 557.9 kg/ha in 1968.
- How does Jamaica rank for pulses, total — yield?
- Jamaica ranks 97th out of 182 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pulses, total — yield rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.2%. 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 Pulses, Total — Yield. 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.