Sweet potatoes — Production, per capita in Jamaica
Jamaica: Sweet potatoes — Production, per capita was 0.0194 t per person in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sweet potatoes — Production, per capita in Jamaica, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in t per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sweet potatoes — production, per capita in Jamaica is 0.0194 t per person, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 12.8% on the previous year and up 37.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — production, per capita in Jamaica peaked at 0.0213 t per person in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.0048 t per person, in 1962.
Jamaica ranks 20th of 99 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Production, per capita in Jamaica, year by year
| Year | t per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0053 t per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0048 t per person | -8.5% |
| 1963 | 0.0063 t per person | +31.5% |
| 1964 | 0.0087 t per person | +38.0% |
| 1965 | 0.0083 t per person | -5.5% |
| 1966 | 0.0114 t per person | +37.8% |
| 1967 | 0.0061 t per person | -46.2% |
| 1968 | 0.0067 t per person | +9.8% |
| 1969 | 0.0083 t per person | +23.0% |
| 1970 | 0.0068 t per person | -18.3% |
| 1971 | 0.0103 t per person | +52.4% |
| 1972 | 0.0103 t per person | +0.4% |
| 1973 | 0.0082 t per person | -20.4% |
| 1974 | 0.0104 t per person | +26.5% |
| 1975 | 0.0075 t per person | -28.1% |
| 1976 | 0.008 t per person | +6.9% |
| 1977 | 0.0104 t per person | +30.3% |
| 1978 | 0.0187 t per person | +79.9% |
| 1979 | 0.01 t per person | -46.7% |
| 1980 | 0.0098 t per person | -1.9% |
| 1981 | 0.0111 t per person | +13.6% |
| 1982 | 0.0077 t per person | -30.6% |
| 1983 | 0.0108 t per person | +39.6% |
| 1984 | 0.0159 t per person | +47.1% |
| 1985 | 0.0138 t per person | -12.8% |
| 1986 | 0.0117 t per person | -15.6% |
| 1987 | 0.0104 t per person | -10.5% |
| 1988 | 0.0084 t per person | -19.2% |
| 1989 | 0.0092 t per person | +9.5% |
| 1990 | 0.009 t per person | -2.4% |
| 1991 | 0.0073 t per person | -19.4% |
| 1992 | 0.0098 t per person | +34.9% |
| 1993 | 0.0109 t per person | +11.3% |
| 1994 | 0.0116 t per person | +6.6% |
| 1995 | 0.0122 t per person | +5.0% |
| 1996 | 0.0132 t per person | +7.7% |
| 1997 | 0.0092 t per person | -30.5% |
| 1998 | 0.0106 t per person | +15.4% |
| 1999 | 0.0096 t per person | -8.7% |
| 2000 | 0.0081 t per person | -15.9% |
| 2001 | 0.0095 t per person | +16.9% |
| 2002 | 0.0076 t per person | -20.0% |
| 2003 | 0.0089 t per person | +17.2% |
| 2004 | 0.007 t per person | -21.5% |
| 2005 | 0.0094 t per person | +34.7% |
| 2006 | 0.0102 t per person | +8.3% |
| 2007 | 0.0096 t per person | -5.6% |
| 2008 | 0.0095 t per person | -1.4% |
| 2009 | 0.0125 t per person | +32.1% |
| 2010 | 0.0126 t per person | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 0.0152 t per person | +21.4% |
| 2012 | 0.0152 t per person | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 0.0159 t per person | +4.5% |
| 2014 | 0.0141 t per person | -11.2% |
| 2015 | 0.0145 t per person | +2.5% |
| 2016 | 0.0171 t per person | +18.1% |
| 2017 | 0.0149 t per person | -12.7% |
| 2018 | 0.0161 t per person | +8.0% |
| 2019 | 0.0153 t per person | -5.0% |
| 2020 | 0.0177 t per person | +15.4% |
| 2021 | 0.0203 t per person | +14.8% |
| 2022 | 0.0213 t per person | +5.1% |
| 2023 | 0.0172 t per person | -19.3% |
| 2024 | 0.0194 t per person | +12.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0073 t per person | 0.0048 t per person | 0.0114 t per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0101 t per person | 0.0068 t per person | 0.0187 t per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0109 t per person | 0.0077 t per person | 0.0159 t per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0103 t per person | 0.0073 t per person | 0.0132 t per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0092 t per person | 0.007 t per person | 0.0125 t per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0151 t per person | 0.0126 t per person | 0.0171 t per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0192 t per person | 0.0172 t per person | 0.0213 t per person | 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 sweet potatoes — production, per capita in Jamaica?
- Sweet potatoes — production, per capita in Jamaica was 0.0194 t per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — production, per capita recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0213 t per person in 2022.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — production, per capita recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0048 t per person in 1962.
- How does Jamaica rank for sweet potatoes — production, per capita?
- Jamaica ranks 20th out of 99 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — production, per capita rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 37.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Jamaica data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Sweet potatoes — Production, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Sweet potatoes — Production divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Sweet potatoes — Production ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Sweet potatoes — Production Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
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About this data
Sweet potatoes — Production divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.