Sweets and sugars — Potassium supply — Value in Jamaica
Jamaica: Sweets and sugars — Potassium supply — Value was 36 mg/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
Sweets and sugars — Potassium supply — Value in Jamaica, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in mg/cap/d.
Analysis
Jamaica recorded 36 mg/cap/d for sweets and sugars — potassium supply — value in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 9.1% on the previous year and down 12.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweets and sugars — potassium supply — value in Jamaica peaked at 42 mg/cap/d in 2010 and was at its lowest, 27 mg/cap/d, in 2018.
Jamaica ranks 113th of 163 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Sweets and sugars — Potassium supply — Value in Jamaica, year by year
| Year | mg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 42 mg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 31 mg/cap/d | -26.2% |
| 2012 | 37 mg/cap/d | +19.4% |
| 2013 | 41 mg/cap/d | +10.8% |
| 2014 | 35 mg/cap/d | -14.6% |
| 2015 | 32 mg/cap/d | -8.6% |
| 2016 | 33 mg/cap/d | +3.1% |
| 2017 | 30 mg/cap/d | -9.1% |
| 2018 | 27 mg/cap/d | -10.0% |
| 2019 | 30 mg/cap/d | +11.1% |
| 2020 | 28 mg/cap/d | -6.7% |
| 2021 | 31 mg/cap/d | +10.7% |
| 2022 | 33 mg/cap/d | +6.5% |
| 2023 | 36 mg/cap/d | +9.1% |
Jamaica compared with similar countries
- Jamaica's 36 mg/cap/d is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 68.5 mg/cap/d, 53% of the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Jamaica's 36 mg/cap/d is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 64.5 mg/cap/d, 56% of the median. (30 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 33.8 mg/cap/d | 27 mg/cap/d | 42 mg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 32 mg/cap/d | 28 mg/cap/d | 36 mg/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Jamaica
- 114 China, Taiwan Province of 35 mg/cap/d compare
- 114 South Africa 35 mg/cap/d compare
- 114 Ukraine 35 mg/cap/d compare
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 sweets and sugars — potassium supply — value in Jamaica?
- Sweets and sugars — potassium supply — value in Jamaica was 36 mg/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweets and sugars — potassium supply — value recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 42 mg/cap/d in 2010.
- What is the lowest sweets and sugars — potassium supply — value recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 27 mg/cap/d in 2018.
- How does Jamaica rank for sweets and sugars — potassium supply — value?
- Jamaica ranks 113th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sweets and sugars — potassium supply — value rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.2%. 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 Sweets and sugars — Potassium supply — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The dataset presents average daily per capita macro and micro nutrient availability by country and by FAO/WHO GIFT food groups (that are different from those used for the Food Balance Sheets), expressed in grams/milligrams/micrograms/kcal per capita per day. The population numbers used to calculate these statistics can be found in the Supply Utilization Accounts (SUA) dataset of FAOSTAT, as Total Population. Food availability quantities are derived from the SUA dataset. SUAs present a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply and utilization during a specified reference period. The SUA 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 capita 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.