Spinach — Yield in Jamaica
Jamaica: Spinach — Yield was 16,504 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Spinach — Yield in Jamaica, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Jamaica recorded 16,504 kg/ha for spinach — yield in 2024.
The figure is up 2.5% on the previous year and up 2.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, spinach — yield in Jamaica peaked at 17,843 kg/ha in 2003 and was at its lowest, 6,238 kg/ha, in 1971.
That places Jamaica 23rd out of 67 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.
Spinach — Yield in Jamaica, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,841 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,896 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1963 | 6,841 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1964 | 6,841 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 6,841 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 6,841 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 6,806 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1968 | 7,129 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1969 | 7,129 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 7,129 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 6,238 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 1972 | 7,193 kg/ha | +15.3% |
| 1973 | 7,260 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1974 | 7,260 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 7,260 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 7,333 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1977 | 7,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 7,500 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1979 | 7,536 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1980 | 7,327 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1981 | 7,626 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1982 | 7,417 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1983 | 7,291 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1984 | 7,360 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1985 | 7,392 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1986 | 7,215 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1987 | 7,522 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1988 | 7,648 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1989 | 7,526 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1990 | 16,667 kg/ha | +121.5% |
| 1991 | 16,471 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1992 | 16,316 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1993 | 17,000 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1994 | 16,310 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1995 | 16,773 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1996 | 16,414 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1997 | 15,443 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1998 | 16,120 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1999 | 16,580 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2000 | 16,219 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2001 | 17,495 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 2002 | 17,056 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2003 | 17,843 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2004 | 17,216 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2005 | 16,707 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2006 | 17,197 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2007 | 17,004 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2008 | 16,742 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2009 | 16,566 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2010 | 15,968 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2011 | 16,748 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2012 | 17,068 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2013 | 16,466 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2014 | 16,098 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2015 | 15,791 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2016 | 16,507 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2017 | 16,688 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 16,876 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 16,744 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 16,642 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2021 | 16,372 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2022 | 16,587 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2023 | 16,097 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2024 | 16,504 kg/ha | +2.5% |
Jamaica compared with similar countries
- Jamaica's 16,504 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 13,696 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (14 countries reporting)
- Jamaica's 16,504 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 15,089 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (8 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Spinach — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | +121.5% | 7,526 kg/ha | 16,667 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,907 kg/ha | 6,806 kg/ha | 7,129 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 7,204 kg/ha | 6,238 kg/ha | 7,536 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,432 kg/ha | 7,215 kg/ha | 7,648 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 16,409 kg/ha | 15,443 kg/ha | 17,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 17,005 kg/ha | 16,219 kg/ha | 17,843 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 16,495 kg/ha | 15,791 kg/ha | 17,068 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 16,440 kg/ha | 16,097 kg/ha | 16,642 kg/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 spinach — yield in Jamaica?
- Spinach — yield in Jamaica was 16,504 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest spinach — yield recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 17,843 kg/ha in 2003.
- What is the lowest spinach — yield recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,238 kg/ha in 1971.
- How does Jamaica rank for spinach — yield?
- Jamaica ranks 23rd out of 67 countries with data for 2024.
- Is spinach — yield rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.5%. 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 Spinach — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.