Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested in Jamaica
Jamaica: Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested was 781 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested in Jamaica, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Jamaica recorded 781 ha for unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.6% on the previous year and down 3.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested in Jamaica peaked at 2,180 ha in 1964 and was at its lowest, 570 ha, in 1961.
Jamaica ranks 80th of 139 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.
Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested in Jamaica, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 570 ha | — |
| 1962 | 830 ha | +45.6% |
| 1963 | 1,821 ha | +119.4% |
| 1964 | 2,180 ha | +19.7% |
| 1965 | 1,180 ha | -45.9% |
| 1966 | 1,390 ha | +17.8% |
| 1967 | 1,390 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 1,200 ha | -13.7% |
| 1969 | 1,100 ha | -8.3% |
| 1970 | 1,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 1971 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 779 ha | -22.1% |
| 1975 | 779 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 884 ha | +13.5% |
| 1977 | 696 ha | -21.3% |
| 1978 | 701 ha | +0.7% |
| 1979 | 798 ha | +13.8% |
| 1980 | 892 ha | +11.8% |
| 1981 | 1,214 ha | +36.1% |
| 1982 | 1,055 ha | -13.1% |
| 1983 | 985 ha | -6.6% |
| 1984 | 1,089 ha | +10.6% |
| 1985 | 1,094 ha | +0.5% |
| 1986 | 1,175 ha | +7.4% |
| 1987 | 1,175 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 1,175 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 1,175 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 1,175 ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 1,175 ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 1,175 ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 1,180 ha | +0.4% |
| 1994 | 1,165 ha | -1.3% |
| 1995 | 1,140 ha | -2.1% |
| 1996 | 1,197 ha | +5.0% |
| 1997 | 1,175 ha | -1.8% |
| 1998 | 1,175 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 1,175 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 1,172 ha | -0.3% |
| 2001 | 1,173 ha | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 1,175 ha | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 1,181 ha | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 1,179 ha | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 1,174 ha | -0.4% |
| 2006 | 1,190 ha | +1.4% |
| 2007 | 1,200 ha | +0.8% |
| 2008 | 1,076 ha | -10.3% |
| 2009 | 1,000 ha | -7.1% |
| 2010 | 930 ha | -7.0% |
| 2011 | 868 ha | -6.7% |
| 2012 | 780 ha | -10.1% |
| 2013 | 800 ha | +2.6% |
| 2014 | 806 ha | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 747 ha | -7.3% |
| 2016 | 784 ha | +5.0% |
| 2017 | 791 ha | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 810 ha | +2.4% |
| 2019 | 816 ha | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 819 ha | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 792 ha | -3.3% |
| 2022 | 790 ha | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 786 ha | -0.5% |
| 2024 | 781 ha | -0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,296 ha | 570 ha | 2,180 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 863.7 ha | 696 ha | 1,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,103 ha | 892 ha | 1,214 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,173 ha | 1,140 ha | 1,197 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,152 ha | 1,000 ha | 1,200 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 813.2 ha | 747 ha | 930 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 793.6 ha | 781 ha | 819 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Jamaica
- 77 Chile 899 ha compare
- 78 Uzbekistan 820 ha compare
- 79 Uruguay 803 ha compare
- 81 China, Taiwan Province of 629 ha compare
- 82 Libya 601 ha compare
- 83 Central African Republic 549 ha 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 unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested in Jamaica?
- Unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested in Jamaica was 781 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 2,180 ha in 1964.
- What is the lowest unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 570 ha in 1961.
- How does Jamaica rank for unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested?
- Jamaica ranks 80th out of 139 countries with data for 2024.
- Is unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.1%. 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 Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.