Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield in Jamaica
Jamaica: Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield was 19,045 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield in Jamaica, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Jamaica recorded 19,045 kg/ha for pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in 2024.
The figure is up 5.2% on the previous year and up 4.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in Jamaica peaked at 19,377 kg/ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 6,855 kg/ha, in 1968.
That places Jamaica 55th out of 120 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.
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield in Jamaica, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,451 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 7,389 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1963 | 7,688 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1964 | 7,828 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1965 | 7,556 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1966 | 9,528 kg/ha | +26.1% |
| 1967 | 7,516 kg/ha | -21.1% |
| 1968 | 6,855 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 1969 | 8,189 kg/ha | +19.5% |
| 1970 | 9,234 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 1971 | 9,363 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1972 | 8,871 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1973 | 9,436 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1974 | 9,744 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1975 | 10,322 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1976 | 10,335 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1977 | 10,512 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1978 | 10,335 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1979 | 12,459 kg/ha | +20.6% |
| 1980 | 13,091 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1981 | 12,804 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1982 | 12,818 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1983 | 13,031 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1984 | 14,046 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 1985 | 13,648 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1986 | 13,233 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1987 | 12,887 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1988 | 12,689 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1989 | 13,171 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1990 | 13,475 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1991 | 13,099 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1992 | 15,262 kg/ha | +16.5% |
| 1993 | 17,022 kg/ha | +11.5% |
| 1994 | 17,262 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1995 | 18,362 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1996 | 18,382 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 17,530 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1998 | 17,904 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1999 | 18,477 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2000 | 17,936 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2001 | 18,508 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2002 | 17,858 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2003 | 18,817 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2004 | 17,888 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 2005 | 17,680 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2006 | 17,926 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2007 | 17,501 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2008 | 17,488 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 17,966 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2010 | 17,338 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2011 | 18,575 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 2012 | 18,546 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 17,972 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2014 | 18,167 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 17,998 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2016 | 19,230 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 2017 | 18,940 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2018 | 19,093 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 19,122 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 19,377 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 19,186 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2022 | 19,219 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 18,102 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 2024 | 19,045 kg/ha | +5.2% |
Jamaica compared with similar countries
- Jamaica's 19,045 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 14,970 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Jamaica's 19,045 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 12,088 kg/ha, 1.6× the median. (27 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,778 kg/ha | 6,855 kg/ha | 9,528 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 10,061 kg/ha | 8,871 kg/ha | 12,459 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 13,142 kg/ha | 12,689 kg/ha | 14,046 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 16,677 kg/ha | 13,099 kg/ha | 18,477 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 17,957 kg/ha | 17,488 kg/ha | 18,817 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 18,498 kg/ha | 17,338 kg/ha | 19,230 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 18,986 kg/ha | 18,102 kg/ha | 19,377 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Jamaica
- 52 Egypt 19,821 kg/ha compare
- 53 Brunei Darussalam 19,484 kg/ha compare
- 54 New Zealand 19,285 kg/ha compare
- 56 Bahamas 19,023 kg/ha compare
- 57 China 18,577 kg/ha compare
- 58 Martinique 18,571 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 pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in Jamaica?
- Pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in Jamaica was 19,045 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 19,377 kg/ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,855 kg/ha in 1968.
- How does Jamaica rank for pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield?
- Jamaica ranks 55th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.8%. 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 Pumpkins, squash and gourds — 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.