Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Jamaica
Jamaica: Sugar Crops Primary — Yield was 61,271 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Jamaica, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Jamaica recorded 61,271 kg/ha for sugar crops primary — yield in 2024.
The figure is up 18.2% on the previous year and up 2.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar crops primary — yield in Jamaica peaked at 82,741 kg/ha in 1978 and was at its lowest, 45,741 kg/ha, in 2020.
Jamaica ranks 65th of 152 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Jamaica, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 54,255 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 54,482 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1963 | 78,030 kg/ha | +43.2% |
| 1964 | 76,941 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1965 | 79,520 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1966 | 80,565 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1967 | 74,062 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 1968 | 72,887 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1969 | 71,804 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1970 | 70,716 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1971 | 69,493 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1972 | 70,414 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1973 | 62,890 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 1974 | 61,548 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1975 | 57,814 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 1976 | 56,036 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1977 | 64,295 kg/ha | +14.7% |
| 1978 | 82,741 kg/ha | +28.7% |
| 1979 | 63,579 kg/ha | -23.2% |
| 1980 | 55,106 kg/ha | -13.3% |
| 1981 | 57,962 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1982 | 57,938 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1983 | 57,495 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1984 | 61,766 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1985 | 49,340 kg/ha | -20.1% |
| 1986 | 60,150 kg/ha | +21.9% |
| 1987 | 56,549 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 1988 | 71,473 kg/ha | +26.4% |
| 1989 | 60,348 kg/ha | -15.6% |
| 1990 | 62,275 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1991 | 65,048 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1992 | 63,125 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1993 | 66,525 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1994 | 62,820 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1995 | 59,929 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1996 | 58,309 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1997 | 59,727 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1998 | 62,778 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1999 | 61,434 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2000 | 51,409 kg/ha | -16.3% |
| 2001 | 61,972 kg/ha | +20.5% |
| 2002 | 57,471 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 2003 | 58,029 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 64,502 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 2005 | 49,591 kg/ha | -23.1% |
| 2006 | 58,177 kg/ha | +17.3% |
| 2007 | 63,896 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 2008 | 55,251 kg/ha | -13.5% |
| 2009 | 50,939 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 2010 | 50,366 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2011 | 54,419 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 2012 | 52,498 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2013 | 48,034 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 2014 | 59,909 kg/ha | +24.7% |
| 2015 | 57,178 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2016 | 55,250 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2017 | 58,010 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2018 | 55,290 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 2019 | 47,219 kg/ha | -14.6% |
| 2020 | 45,741 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2021 | 50,623 kg/ha | +10.7% |
| 2022 | 56,712 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 2023 | 51,846 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 2024 | 61,271 kg/ha | +18.2% |
Jamaica compared with similar countries
- Jamaica's 61,271 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 45,353 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Jamaica's 61,271 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 61,838 kg/ha, 99% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 71,394 kg/ha | 54,255 kg/ha | 80,565 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 65,952 kg/ha | 56,036 kg/ha | 82,741 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 58,813 kg/ha | 49,340 kg/ha | 71,473 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 62,197 kg/ha | 58,309 kg/ha | 66,525 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 57,124 kg/ha | 49,591 kg/ha | 64,502 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 53,817 kg/ha | 47,219 kg/ha | 59,909 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 53,239 kg/ha | 45,741 kg/ha | 61,271 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 sugar crops primary — yield in Jamaica?
- Sugar crops primary — yield in Jamaica was 61,271 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar crops primary — yield recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 82,741 kg/ha in 1978.
- What is the lowest sugar crops primary — yield recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 45,741 kg/ha in 2020.
- How does Jamaica rank for sugar crops primary — yield?
- Jamaica ranks 65th out of 152 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar crops primary — yield rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Jamaica data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sugar Crops Primary — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.