Sisal, raw — Area harvested in Jamaica
Jamaica: Sisal, raw — Area harvested was 576 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sisal, raw — Area harvested in Jamaica, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sisal, raw — area harvested in Jamaica is 576 ha, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is down 0.3% on the previous year and down 3.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sisal, raw — area harvested in Jamaica peaked at 1,295 ha in 1962 and was at its lowest, 576 ha, in 2024.
Jamaica ranks 17th of 24 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 918.33 ha | 647 ha | 1,295 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 650 ha | 650 ha | 650 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 650 ha | 650 ha | 650 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 676.2 ha | 605 ha | 713 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 629.3 ha | 617 ha | 650 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 596.8 ha | 585 ha | 611 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 579.2 ha | 576 ha | 582 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Jamaica
- 14 Ethiopia PDR 1,100 ha compare
- 15 Ethiopia, The Federal Democratic Republic of 868 ha compare
- 16 Malawi 614 ha compare
- 18 Angola 523 ha compare
- 19 Indonesia 301 ha compare
- 20 Dominican Republic 175 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)
- 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 sisal, raw — area harvested in Jamaica?
- Sisal, raw — area harvested in Jamaica was 576 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sisal, raw — area harvested recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 1,295 ha in 1962.
- What is the lowest sisal, raw — area harvested recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 576 ha in 2024.
- How does Jamaica rank for sisal, raw — area harvested?
- Jamaica ranks 17th out of 24 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sisal, raw — area harvested rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Jamaica data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sisal, raw — 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.