Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Energy supply — Value in Jamaica
Jamaica: Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Energy supply — Value was 261 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Energy supply — Value in Jamaica, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
Jamaica recorded 261 kcal/cap/d for roots, tubers, plantains and their products — energy supply — value in 2023.
The figure is down 15.3% on the previous year and up 32.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots, tubers, plantains and their products — energy supply — value in Jamaica peaked at 308 kcal/cap/d in 2022 and was at its lowest, 190 kcal/cap/d, in 2017.
That places Jamaica 29th out of 163 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Energy supply — Value in Jamaica, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 196 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 201 kcal/cap/d | +2.6% |
| 2012 | 200 kcal/cap/d | -0.5% |
| 2013 | 197 kcal/cap/d | -1.5% |
| 2014 | 211 kcal/cap/d | +7.1% |
| 2015 | 203 kcal/cap/d | -3.8% |
| 2016 | 198 kcal/cap/d | -2.5% |
| 2017 | 190 kcal/cap/d | -4.0% |
| 2018 | 200 kcal/cap/d | +5.3% |
| 2019 | 206 kcal/cap/d | +3.0% |
| 2020 | 244 kcal/cap/d | +18.4% |
| 2021 | 281 kcal/cap/d | +15.2% |
| 2022 | 308 kcal/cap/d | +9.6% |
| 2023 | 261 kcal/cap/d | -15.3% |
Jamaica compared with similar countries
- Jamaica's 261 kcal/cap/d is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 101.5 kcal/cap/d, 2.6× the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Jamaica's 261 kcal/cap/d is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 100 kcal/cap/d, 2.6× the median. (30 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 200.2 kcal/cap/d | 190 kcal/cap/d | 211 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 273.5 kcal/cap/d | 244 kcal/cap/d | 308 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Jamaica
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, tubers, plantains and their products — energy supply — value in Jamaica?
- Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — energy supply — value in Jamaica was 261 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots, tubers, plantains and their products — energy supply — value recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 308 kcal/cap/d in 2022.
- What is the lowest roots, tubers, plantains and their products — energy supply — value recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 190 kcal/cap/d in 2017.
- How does Jamaica rank for roots, tubers, plantains and their products — energy supply — value?
- Jamaica ranks 29th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is roots, tubers, plantains and their products — energy supply — value rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 32.5%. 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, tubers, plantains and their products — Energy supply — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The dataset presents average daily per capita macro and micro nutrient availability by country and by FAO/WHO GIFT food groups (that are different from those used for the Food Balance Sheets), expressed in grams/milligrams/micrograms/kcal per capita per day. The population numbers used to calculate these statistics can be found in the Supply Utilization Accounts (SUA) dataset of FAOSTAT, as Total Population. Food availability quantities are derived from the SUA dataset. SUAs present a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply and utilization during a specified reference period. The SUA shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per capita supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it.