Sugar Crops — Processing in Jamaica
Jamaica: Sugar Crops — Processing was 365 1000 t in 2023. ▼ Falling
Sugar Crops — Processing in Jamaica, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
Jamaica recorded 365 1000 t for sugar crops — processing in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of down 9.0% on the previous year and down 69.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar crops — processing in Jamaica peaked at 1,669 1000 t in 2014 and was at its lowest, 365 1000 t, in 2023.
That places Jamaica 99th out of 138 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Sugar Crops — Processing in Jamaica, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,165 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 1,378 1000 t | +18.3% |
| 2012 | 1,307 1000 t | -5.2% |
| 2013 | 1,204 1000 t | -7.9% |
| 2014 | 1,669 1000 t | +38.6% |
| 2015 | 1,500 1000 t | -10.1% |
| 2016 | 924 1000 t | -38.4% |
| 2017 | 945 1000 t | +2.3% |
| 2018 | 894 1000 t | -5.4% |
| 2019 | 609 1000 t | -31.9% |
| 2020 | 453 1000 t | -25.6% |
| 2021 | 417 1000 t | -7.9% |
| 2022 | 401 1000 t | -3.8% |
| 2023 | 365 1000 t | -9.0% |
Jamaica compared with similar countries
- Jamaica's 365 1000 t is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,160 1000 t, 17% of the median. (39 countries reporting)
- Jamaica's 365 1000 t is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1,424 1000 t, 26% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sugar Crops — Processing 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | +38.6% | 1,204 1000 t | 1,669 1000 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1,160 1000 t | 609 1000 t | 1,669 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 409 1000 t | 365 1000 t | 453 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 sugar crops — processing in Jamaica?
- Sugar crops — processing in Jamaica was 365 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar crops — processing recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 1,669 1000 t in 2014.
- What is the lowest sugar crops — processing recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 365 1000 t in 2023.
- How does Jamaica rank for sugar crops — processing?
- Jamaica ranks 99th out of 138 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sugar crops — processing rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 69.7%. 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 — Processing. 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.