Starchy Roots — Food in Jamaica
Jamaica: Starchy Roots — Food was 268 1000 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Starchy Roots — Food in Jamaica, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
In 2023, starchy roots — food in Jamaica stood at 268 1000 t.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 15.2% on the previous year and up 28.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starchy roots — food in Jamaica peaked at 316 1000 t in 2022 and was at its lowest, 191 1000 t, in 2017.
That places Jamaica 118th out of 194 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 in Jamaica, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 205 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 207 1000 t | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 207 1000 t | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 208 1000 t | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 219 1000 t | +5.3% |
| 2015 | 212 1000 t | -3.2% |
| 2016 | 201 1000 t | -5.2% |
| 2017 | 191 1000 t | -5.0% |
| 2018 | 199 1000 t | +4.2% |
| 2019 | 212 1000 t | +6.5% |
| 2020 | 248 1000 t | +17.0% |
| 2021 | 288 1000 t | +16.1% |
| 2022 | 316 1000 t | +9.7% |
| 2023 | 268 1000 t | -15.2% |
Jamaica compared with similar countries
- Jamaica's 268 1000 t is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 388 1000 t, 69% of the median. (53 countries reporting)
- Jamaica's 268 1000 t is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 168.5 1000 t, 1.6× the median. (30 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 206.1 1000 t | 191 1000 t | 219 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 280 1000 t | 248 1000 t | 316 1000 t | 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 starchy roots — food in Jamaica?
- Starchy roots — food in Jamaica was 268 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest starchy roots — food recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 316 1000 t in 2022.
- What is the lowest starchy roots — food recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 191 1000 t in 2017.
- How does Jamaica rank for starchy roots — food?
- Jamaica ranks 118th out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is starchy roots — food rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 28.8%. 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. 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.