Sisal, raw — Yield in Jamaica
Jamaica: Sisal, raw — Yield was 764.3 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sisal, raw — Yield in Jamaica, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Jamaica recorded 764.3 kg/ha for sisal, raw — yield in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 4.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sisal, raw — yield in Jamaica peaked at 764.3 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 251.2 kg/ha, in 1964.
That places Jamaica 10th out of 24 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sisal, raw — Yield in Jamaica, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 289.1 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 282.6 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1963 | 282.6 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 251.2 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 1965 | 471.4 kg/ha | +87.7% |
| 1966 | 461.5 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1967 | 461.5 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 461.5 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 461.5 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 461.5 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 461.5 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 461.5 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 461.5 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 461.5 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 461.5 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 461.5 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 461.5 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 461.5 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 461.5 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 461.5 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 461.5 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 461.5 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 461.5 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 461.5 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 461.5 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 461.5 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 461.5 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 461.5 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 461.5 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 500.8 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 1991 | 616.8 kg/ha | +23.2% |
| 1992 | 623.6 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1993 | 630.3 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1994 | 637 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1995 | 643.7 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1996 | 650.4 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1997 | 657.2 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1998 | 663.9 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1999 | 670.6 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2000 | 677.3 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2001 | 684.1 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 690.8 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2003 | 697.5 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 702 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 704.2 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 706.4 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 708.7 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 710.9 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 713.1 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 719.8 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 725.5 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 733.3 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 733.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 734.6 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 738.5 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 742.1 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 745.6 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 749.1 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 752.4 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 755.4 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 759.2 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 758.7 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 761.5 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 764.3 kg/ha | +0.4% |
Jamaica compared with similar countries
- Jamaica's 764.3 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 764.3 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (9 countries reporting)
- Jamaica's 764.3 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 656.6 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sisal, raw — Yield in Jamaica changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | +87.7% | 251.2 kg/ha | 471.4 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 380.32 kg/ha | 251.2 kg/ha | 471.4 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 461.5 kg/ha | 461.5 kg/ha | 461.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 461.5 kg/ha | 461.5 kg/ha | 461.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 629.43 kg/ha | 500.8 kg/ha | 670.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 699.5 kg/ha | 677.3 kg/ha | 713.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 737.42 kg/ha | 719.8 kg/ha | 752.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 759.82 kg/ha | 755.4 kg/ha | 764.3 kg/ha | 5 |
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 sisal, raw — yield in Jamaica?
- Sisal, raw — yield in Jamaica was 764.3 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sisal, raw — yield recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 764.3 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest sisal, raw — yield recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 251.2 kg/ha in 1964.
- How does Jamaica rank for sisal, raw — yield?
- Jamaica ranks 10th out of 24 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sisal, raw — yield rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.0%. 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 Sisal, raw — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 64 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
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.