Rice — Yield in Jamaica
Jamaica: Rice — Yield was 1,000 kg/ha in 2019. ▲ Rising
Rice — Yield in Jamaica, 1961–2019
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2019, rice — yield in Jamaica stood at 1,000 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 75.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — yield in Jamaica peaked at 5,334 kg/ha in 2011 and was at its lowest, 909.1 kg/ha, in 2002.
Jamaica ranks 108th of 114 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 58 years of available data.
Rice — Yield in Jamaica, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,507 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,531 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1963 | 2,192 kg/ha | +43.2% |
| 1964 | 1,506 kg/ha | -31.3% |
| 1965 | 1,506 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 1,500 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1967 | 1,535 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1968 | 1,502 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1969 | 1,513 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1970 | 1,506 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1971 | 1,519 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1972 | 1,610 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1973 | 1,743 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1974 | 1,812 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1975 | 1,901 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1976 | 1,984 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1977 | 2,185 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 1978 | 2,008 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 1979 | 2,028 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1980 | 2,620 kg/ha | +29.1% |
| 1981 | 2,490 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1982 | 2,671 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 1983 | 3,902 kg/ha | +46.1% |
| 1984 | 3,428 kg/ha | -12.2% |
| 1985 | 3,036 kg/ha | -11.4% |
| 1986 | 3,180 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1987 | 2,067 kg/ha | -35.0% |
| 1988 | 4,349 kg/ha | +110.4% |
| 1989 | 3,351 kg/ha | -23.0% |
| 1990 | 2,366 kg/ha | -29.4% |
| 1991 | 2,702 kg/ha | +14.2% |
| 1992 | 2,398 kg/ha | -11.2% |
| 1993 | 3,128 kg/ha | +30.4% |
| 1994 | 2,908 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 1995 | 2,431 kg/ha | -16.4% |
| 1996 | 1,429 kg/ha | -41.2% |
| 1997 | 1,611 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 1998 | 1,875 kg/ha | +16.4% |
| 1999 | 1,069 kg/ha | -43.0% |
| 2000 | 923.1 kg/ha | -13.6% |
| 2001 | 1,375 kg/ha | +49.0% |
| 2002 | 909.1 kg/ha | -33.9% |
| 2003 | 1,077 kg/ha | +18.5% |
| 2004 | 1,429 kg/ha | +32.7% |
| 2005 | 3,000 kg/ha | +110.0% |
| 2006 | 2,000 kg/ha | -33.3% |
| 2007 | 2,954 kg/ha | +47.7% |
| 2008 | 3,333 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 2009 | 4,054 kg/ha | +21.6% |
| 2010 | 4,740 kg/ha | +16.9% |
| 2011 | 5,334 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 2012 | 4,902 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 2013 | 4,200 kg/ha | -14.3% |
| 2014 | 3,667 kg/ha | -12.7% |
| 2015 | 4,500 kg/ha | +22.7% |
| 2016 | 4,533 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 1,000 kg/ha | -77.9% |
| 2019 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
Jamaica compared with similar countries
- Jamaica's 1,000 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 4,474 kg/ha, 22% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Jamaica's 1,000 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 4,675 kg/ha, 21% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,588 kg/ha | 1,500 kg/ha | 2,192 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,830 kg/ha | 1,506 kg/ha | 2,185 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,109 kg/ha | 2,067 kg/ha | 4,349 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,192 kg/ha | 1,069 kg/ha | 3,128 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,105 kg/ha | 909.1 kg/ha | 4,054 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,764 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha | 5,334 kg/ha | 9 |
Countries ranked near Jamaica
- 105 Liberia 1,112 kg/ha compare
- 106 Zambia 1,061 kg/ha compare
- 107 Gambia 1,055 kg/ha compare
- 109 South Sudan 988.2 kg/ha compare
- 110 Trinidad and Tobago 975.7 kg/ha compare
- 111 Mozambique 620 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 rice — yield in Jamaica?
- Rice — yield in Jamaica was 1,000 kg/ha in 2019, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — yield recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 5,334 kg/ha in 2011.
- What is the lowest rice — yield recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 909.1 kg/ha in 2002.
- How does Jamaica rank for rice — yield?
- Jamaica ranks 108th out of 114 countries with data for 2019.
- Is rice — yield rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 75.3%. 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 Rice — 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.