Starchy Roots — Food supply in Jamaica
Jamaica: Starchy Roots — Food supply was 229,803 million Kcal in 2023. ▲ Rising
Starchy Roots — Food supply in Jamaica, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million Kcal.
Analysis
Jamaica recorded 229,803 million Kcal for starchy roots — food supply in 2023.
The figure is down 17.3% on the previous year and up 28.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starchy roots — food supply in Jamaica peaked at 277,985 million Kcal in 2022 and was at its lowest, 164,495 million Kcal, in 2017.
That places Jamaica 87th out of 164 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Starchy Roots — Food supply in Jamaica, year by year
| Year | million Kcal | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 176,571 million Kcal | — |
| 2011 | 178,567 million Kcal | +1.1% |
| 2012 | 178,348 million Kcal | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 179,094 million Kcal | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 188,464 million Kcal | +5.2% |
| 2015 | 182,168 million Kcal | -3.3% |
| 2016 | 174,327 million Kcal | -4.3% |
| 2017 | 164,495 million Kcal | -5.6% |
| 2018 | 172,831 million Kcal | +5.1% |
| 2019 | 181,162 million Kcal | +4.8% |
| 2020 | 221,257 million Kcal | +22.1% |
| 2021 | 256,759 million Kcal | +16.0% |
| 2022 | 277,985 million Kcal | +8.3% |
| 2023 | 229,803 million Kcal | -17.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 177,603 million Kcal | 164,495 million Kcal | 188,464 million Kcal | 10 |
| 2020s | 246,451 million Kcal | 221,257 million Kcal | 277,985 million Kcal | 4 |
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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)
- 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 starchy roots — food supply in Jamaica?
- Starchy roots — food supply in Jamaica was 229,803 million Kcal in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest starchy roots — food supply recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 277,985 million Kcal in 2022.
- What is the lowest starchy roots — food supply recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 164,495 million Kcal in 2017.
- How does Jamaica rank for starchy roots — food supply?
- Jamaica ranks 87th out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is starchy roots — food supply rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 28.3%. 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 Starchy Roots — Food supply (kcal). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet 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 caput 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. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.