String beans — Yield in Jamaica
Jamaica: String beans — Yield was 9,030 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
String beans — Yield in Jamaica, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for string beans — yield in Jamaica is 9,030 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.8% on the previous year and down 14.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, string beans — yield in Jamaica peaked at 11,762 kg/ha in 2008 and was at its lowest, 1,111 kg/ha, in 1961.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
String beans — Yield in Jamaica, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,111 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,600 kg/ha | +44.0% |
| 1963 | 1,818 kg/ha | +13.6% |
| 1964 | 2,000 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1965 | 2,308 kg/ha | +15.4% |
| 1966 | 2,232 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1967 | 3,778 kg/ha | +69.3% |
| 1968 | 2,985 kg/ha | -21.0% |
| 1969 | 3,383 kg/ha | +13.3% |
| 1970 | 3,282 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1971 | 3,423 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1972 | 3,649 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1973 | 3,509 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1974 | 3,338 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1975 | 3,920 kg/ha | +17.4% |
| 1976 | 3,804 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1977 | 4,741 kg/ha | +24.6% |
| 1978 | 5,520 kg/ha | +16.4% |
| 1979 | 4,982 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 1980 | 4,667 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1981 | 4,904 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1982 | 4,805 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1983 | 4,868 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1984 | 4,989 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1985 | 5,323 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1986 | 5,392 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1987 | 7,405 kg/ha | +37.3% |
| 1988 | 4,982 kg/ha | -32.7% |
| 1989 | 5,420 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 1990 | 5,610 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1991 | 6,510 kg/ha | +16.0% |
| 1992 | 7,256 kg/ha | +11.5% |
| 1993 | 8,202 kg/ha | +13.0% |
| 1994 | 8,699 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1995 | 8,985 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1996 | 8,483 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1997 | 7,924 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1998 | 8,399 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1999 | 8,799 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2000 | 9,175 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2001 | 10,352 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 2002 | 10,178 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2003 | 11,339 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 2004 | 11,292 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2005 | 11,198 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2006 | 11,372 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2007 | 11,514 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2008 | 11,762 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2009 | 10,825 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 2010 | 10,183 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 2011 | 11,425 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 2012 | 11,052 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2013 | 10,402 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 2014 | 10,537 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 9,978 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 2016 | 10,345 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2017 | 10,473 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 10,527 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 10,112 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2020 | 9,353 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 2021 | 8,747 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 2022 | 9,226 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2023 | 9,100 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2024 | 9,030 kg/ha | -0.8% |
Jamaica compared with similar countries
- Jamaica's 9,030 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 9,062 kg/ha, 100% of the median. (10 countries reporting)
- Jamaica's 9,030 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 8,294 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where String beans — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | +69.3% | 2,232 kg/ha | 3,778 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,357 kg/ha | 1,111 kg/ha | 3,778 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,017 kg/ha | 3,282 kg/ha | 5,520 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,275 kg/ha | 4,667 kg/ha | 7,405 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,887 kg/ha | 5,610 kg/ha | 8,985 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 10,901 kg/ha | 9,175 kg/ha | 11,762 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 10,503 kg/ha | 9,978 kg/ha | 11,425 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 9,091 kg/ha | 8,747 kg/ha | 9,353 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 string beans — yield in Jamaica?
- String beans — yield in Jamaica was 9,030 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest string beans — yield recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 11,762 kg/ha in 2008.
- What is the lowest string beans — yield recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,111 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Jamaica rank for string beans — yield?
- Jamaica ranks 11th out of 19 countries with data for 2024.
- Is string beans — yield rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.3%. 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 String beans — 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.