Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Jamaica
Jamaica: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested was 17,583 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Jamaica, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Jamaica is 17,583 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.5% on the previous year and up 26.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Jamaica peaked at 26,529 ha in 1978 and was at its lowest, 7,047 ha, in 1961.
That places Jamaica 108th out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Jamaica, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,047 ha | — |
| 1962 | 7,244 ha | +2.8% |
| 1963 | 7,337 ha | +1.3% |
| 1964 | 8,782 ha | +19.7% |
| 1965 | 9,381 ha | +6.8% |
| 1966 | 12,967 ha | +38.2% |
| 1967 | 12,358 ha | -4.7% |
| 1968 | 11,453 ha | -7.3% |
| 1969 | 11,336 ha | -1.0% |
| 1970 | 14,411 ha | +27.1% |
| 1971 | 19,327 ha | +34.1% |
| 1972 | 21,232 ha | +9.9% |
| 1973 | 19,375 ha | -8.7% |
| 1974 | 19,828 ha | +2.3% |
| 1975 | 21,277 ha | +7.3% |
| 1976 | 19,399 ha | -8.8% |
| 1977 | 21,373 ha | +10.2% |
| 1978 | 26,529 ha | +24.1% |
| 1979 | 21,665 ha | -18.3% |
| 1980 | 18,399 ha | -15.1% |
| 1981 | 19,037 ha | +3.5% |
| 1982 | 16,046 ha | -15.7% |
| 1983 | 17,639 ha | +9.9% |
| 1984 | 20,387 ha | +15.6% |
| 1985 | 20,430 ha | +0.2% |
| 1986 | 19,874 ha | -2.7% |
| 1987 | 20,372 ha | +2.5% |
| 1988 | 18,996 ha | -6.8% |
| 1989 | 16,230 ha | -14.6% |
| 1990 | 18,381 ha | +13.3% |
| 1991 | 19,241 ha | +4.7% |
| 1992 | 19,258 ha | +0.1% |
| 1993 | 19,450 ha | +1.0% |
| 1994 | 20,233 ha | +4.0% |
| 1995 | 20,343 ha | +0.5% |
| 1996 | 21,238 ha | +4.4% |
| 1997 | 18,333 ha | -13.7% |
| 1998 | 17,007 ha | -7.2% |
| 1999 | 16,482 ha | -3.1% |
| 2000 | 13,271 ha | -19.5% |
| 2001 | 13,464 ha | +1.5% |
| 2002 | 12,416 ha | -7.8% |
| 2003 | 12,967 ha | +4.4% |
| 2004 | 11,957 ha | -7.8% |
| 2005 | 10,738 ha | -10.2% |
| 2006 | 11,572 ha | +7.8% |
| 2007 | 11,273 ha | -2.6% |
| 2008 | 10,264 ha | -9.0% |
| 2009 | 11,831 ha | +15.3% |
| 2010 | 13,360 ha | +12.9% |
| 2011 | 14,037 ha | +5.1% |
| 2012 | 14,398 ha | +2.6% |
| 2013 | 14,345 ha | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 13,907 ha | -3.1% |
| 2015 | 14,384 ha | +3.4% |
| 2016 | 15,378 ha | +6.9% |
| 2017 | 14,743 ha | -4.1% |
| 2018 | 15,147 ha | +2.7% |
| 2019 | 15,567 ha | +2.8% |
| 2020 | 16,495 ha | +6.0% |
| 2021 | 17,410 ha | +5.5% |
| 2022 | 18,573 ha | +6.7% |
| 2023 | 17,665 ha | -4.9% |
| 2024 | 17,583 ha | -0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9,767 ha | 7,047 ha | 12,967 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 20,442 ha | 14,411 ha | 26,529 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 18,741 ha | 16,046 ha | 20,430 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 18,997 ha | 16,482 ha | 21,238 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 11,975 ha | 10,264 ha | 13,464 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 14,527 ha | 13,360 ha | 15,567 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 17,545 ha | 16,495 ha | 18,573 ha | 5 |
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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 roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Jamaica?
- Roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Jamaica was 17,583 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 26,529 ha in 1978.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,047 ha in 1961.
- How does Jamaica rank for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- Jamaica ranks 108th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — area harvested rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 26.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Jamaica data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Roots and Tubers, Total — 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.