Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Jamaica
Jamaica: Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield was 17,632 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Jamaica, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, roots and tubers, total — yield in Jamaica stood at 17,632 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.0% on the previous year and up 4.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — yield in Jamaica peaked at 18,162 kg/ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 9,158 kg/ha, in 1968.
Jamaica ranks 85th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Jamaica, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10,984 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 11,384 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1963 | 11,915 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1964 | 11,109 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 1965 | 11,694 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1966 | 9,727 kg/ha | -16.8% |
| 1967 | 10,233 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1968 | 9,158 kg/ha | -10.5% |
| 1969 | 9,640 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1970 | 9,897 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1971 | 10,347 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1972 | 10,105 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1973 | 9,983 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1974 | 10,545 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1975 | 10,053 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1976 | 10,030 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1977 | 9,899 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1978 | 10,003 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1979 | 11,669 kg/ha | +16.7% |
| 1980 | 11,608 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1981 | 11,720 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1982 | 11,418 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1983 | 11,594 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1984 | 12,163 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1985 | 12,325 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1986 | 12,388 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1987 | 12,428 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1988 | 12,424 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1989 | 12,210 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1990 | 12,637 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1991 | 12,756 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1992 | 14,910 kg/ha | +16.9% |
| 1993 | 16,102 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1994 | 16,326 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1995 | 17,017 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1996 | 17,202 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1997 | 16,060 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1998 | 16,262 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1999 | 16,744 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2000 | 15,866 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 2001 | 16,662 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2002 | 16,647 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 16,823 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2004 | 16,204 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2005 | 15,630 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2006 | 16,822 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 2007 | 16,188 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2008 | 16,064 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2009 | 17,107 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 2010 | 16,819 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2011 | 17,133 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2012 | 17,247 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 16,950 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2014 | 16,903 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 16,452 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2016 | 17,298 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2017 | 16,936 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2018 | 17,173 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 17,805 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2020 | 17,325 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2021 | 17,847 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2022 | 18,162 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2023 | 17,280 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 2024 | 17,632 kg/ha | +2.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10,649 kg/ha | 9,158 kg/ha | 11,915 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 10,253 kg/ha | 9,897 kg/ha | 11,669 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 12,028 kg/ha | 11,418 kg/ha | 12,428 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 15,602 kg/ha | 12,637 kg/ha | 17,202 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 16,401 kg/ha | 15,630 kg/ha | 17,107 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 17,072 kg/ha | 16,452 kg/ha | 17,805 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 17,649 kg/ha | 17,280 kg/ha | 18,162 kg/ha | 5 |
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- 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)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — yield in Jamaica?
- Roots and tubers, total — yield in Jamaica was 17,632 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 18,162 kg/ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,158 kg/ha in 1968.
- How does Jamaica rank for roots and tubers, total — yield?
- Jamaica ranks 85th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — yield rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.3%. 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 Roots and Tubers, 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.