Sweet potatoes — Production, per square kilometre in Jamaica
Jamaica: Sweet potatoes — Production, per square kilometre was 4.51 t per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
Sweet potatoes — Production, per square kilometre in Jamaica, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in t per square kilometre.
Analysis
In 2023, sweet potatoes — production, per square kilometre in Jamaica stood at 4.51 t per square kilometre.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 19.3% on the previous year and up 10.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — production, per square kilometre in Jamaica peaked at 5.58 t per square kilometre in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.7539 t per square kilometre, in 1962.
Jamaica ranks 9th of 99 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Production, per square kilometre in Jamaica, year by year
| Year | t per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.8123 t per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 0.7539 t per square kilometre | -7.2% |
| 1963 | 1.01 t per square kilometre | +33.3% |
| 1964 | 1.41 t per square kilometre | +40.0% |
| 1965 | 1.35 t per square kilometre | -4.2% |
| 1966 | 1.88 t per square kilometre | +39.5% |
| 1967 | 1.02 t per square kilometre | -45.6% |
| 1968 | 1.14 t per square kilometre | +11.1% |
| 1969 | 1.41 t per square kilometre | +24.5% |
| 1970 | 1.17 t per square kilometre | -17.2% |
| 1971 | 1.81 t per square kilometre | +54.5% |
| 1972 | 1.84 t per square kilometre | +1.9% |
| 1973 | 1.49 t per square kilometre | -19.2% |
| 1974 | 1.91 t per square kilometre | +28.4% |
| 1975 | 1.39 t per square kilometre | -27.1% |
| 1976 | 1.51 t per square kilometre | +8.4% |
| 1977 | 1.99 t per square kilometre | +31.9% |
| 1978 | 3.62 t per square kilometre | +82.0% |
| 1979 | 1.95 t per square kilometre | -46.0% |
| 1980 | 1.94 t per square kilometre | -0.7% |
| 1981 | 2.23 t per square kilometre | +15.1% |
| 1982 | 1.57 t per square kilometre | -29.6% |
| 1983 | 2.22 t per square kilometre | +41.5% |
| 1984 | 3.31 t per square kilometre | +49.0% |
| 1985 | 2.92 t per square kilometre | -11.8% |
| 1986 | 2.49 t per square kilometre | -14.8% |
| 1987 | 2.25 t per square kilometre | -9.8% |
| 1988 | 1.83 t per square kilometre | -18.6% |
| 1989 | 2.01 t per square kilometre | +10.2% |
| 1990 | 1.98 t per square kilometre | -1.6% |
| 1991 | 1.61 t per square kilometre | -18.7% |
| 1992 | 2.2 t per square kilometre | +36.3% |
| 1993 | 2.47 t per square kilometre | +12.5% |
| 1994 | 2.66 t per square kilometre | +7.7% |
| 1995 | 2.82 t per square kilometre | +6.0% |
| 1996 | 3.07 t per square kilometre | +8.7% |
| 1997 | 2.15 t per square kilometre | -29.8% |
| 1998 | 2.51 t per square kilometre | +16.4% |
| 1999 | 2.31 t per square kilometre | -8.0% |
| 2000 | 1.95 t per square kilometre | -15.3% |
| 2001 | 2.3 t per square kilometre | +17.7% |
| 2002 | 1.85 t per square kilometre | -19.5% |
| 2003 | 2.18 t per square kilometre | +17.9% |
| 2004 | 1.72 t per square kilometre | -21.0% |
| 2005 | 2.33 t per square kilometre | +35.4% |
| 2006 | 2.54 t per square kilometre | +8.8% |
| 2007 | 2.41 t per square kilometre | -5.1% |
| 2008 | 2.38 t per square kilometre | -1.0% |
| 2009 | 3.16 t per square kilometre | +32.7% |
| 2010 | 3.19 t per square kilometre | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 3.89 t per square kilometre | +22.0% |
| 2012 | 3.89 t per square kilometre | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 4.08 t per square kilometre | +4.9% |
| 2014 | 3.64 t per square kilometre | -10.9% |
| 2015 | 3.74 t per square kilometre | +2.8% |
| 2016 | 4.43 t per square kilometre | +18.4% |
| 2017 | 3.88 t per square kilometre | -12.5% |
| 2018 | 4.19 t per square kilometre | +8.1% |
| 2019 | 3.99 t per square kilometre | -4.9% |
| 2020 | 4.61 t per square kilometre | +15.7% |
| 2021 | 5.31 t per square kilometre | +15.0% |
| 2022 | 5.58 t per square kilometre | +5.2% |
| 2023 | 4.51 t per square kilometre | -19.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.2 t per square kilometre | 0.7539 t per square kilometre | 1.88 t per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.87 t per square kilometre | 1.17 t per square kilometre | 3.62 t per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 2.28 t per square kilometre | 1.57 t per square kilometre | 3.31 t per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.38 t per square kilometre | 1.61 t per square kilometre | 3.07 t per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.28 t per square kilometre | 1.72 t per square kilometre | 3.16 t per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.89 t per square kilometre | 3.19 t per square kilometre | 4.43 t per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 5 t per square kilometre | 4.51 t per square kilometre | 5.58 t per square kilometre | 4 |
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- 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)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.9% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — production, per square kilometre in Jamaica?
- Sweet potatoes — production, per square kilometre in Jamaica was 4.51 t per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — production, per square kilometre recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 5.58 t per square kilometre in 2022.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — production, per square kilometre recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7539 t per square kilometre in 1962.
- How does Jamaica rank for sweet potatoes — production, per square kilometre?
- Jamaica ranks 9th out of 99 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sweet potatoes — production, per square kilometre rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.4%. 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 square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Sweet potatoes — Production divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Sweet potatoes — Production ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Sweet potatoes — Production Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Sweet potatoes — Production divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.