Unmanufactured tobacco — Yield in Jamaica
Jamaica: Unmanufactured tobacco — Yield was 2,124 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Unmanufactured tobacco — Yield in Jamaica, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for unmanufactured tobacco — yield in Jamaica is 2,124 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 2.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, unmanufactured tobacco — yield in Jamaica peaked at 2,173 kg/ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 1,060 kg/ha, in 1966.
That places Jamaica 43rd out of 128 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Unmanufactured tobacco — Yield in Jamaica, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,105 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,101 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1963 | 1,116 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1964 | 1,165 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1965 | 1,153 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1966 | 1,060 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 1967 | 1,060 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 1,134 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1969 | 1,152 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1970 | 1,179 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1971 | 1,134 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1972 | 1,134 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 1,130 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1974 | 1,284 kg/ha | +13.6% |
| 1975 | 1,308 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1976 | 1,354 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1977 | 1,118 kg/ha | -17.5% |
| 1978 | 1,274 kg/ha | +14.0% |
| 1979 | 1,559 kg/ha | +22.4% |
| 1980 | 1,340 kg/ha | -14.1% |
| 1981 | 1,519 kg/ha | +13.4% |
| 1982 | 1,659 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 1983 | 1,482 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 1984 | 2,167 kg/ha | +46.2% |
| 1985 | 1,268 kg/ha | -41.5% |
| 1986 | 1,991 kg/ha | +57.0% |
| 1987 | 1,991 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 1,991 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 1,991 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 1,991 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 1,991 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 1,991 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 1,992 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 1,888 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1995 | 1,755 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1996 | 1,622 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 1997 | 1,532 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1998 | 1,532 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 1,532 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 1,568 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2001 | 1,576 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 1,584 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 1,610 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2004 | 1,628 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2005 | 1,649 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2006 | 1,660 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 1,667 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 1,769 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 2009 | 1,835 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2010 | 1,899 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2011 | 1,959 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2012 | 2,051 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2013 | 2,062 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 2,075 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 2,173 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2016 | 2,009 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 2017 | 2,052 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2018 | 2,058 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 2,069 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 2,082 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 2,097 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 2,107 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 2,116 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 2,124 kg/ha | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,116 kg/ha | 1,060 kg/ha | 1,165 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,247 kg/ha | 1,118 kg/ha | 1,559 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,740 kg/ha | 1,268 kg/ha | 2,167 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,782 kg/ha | 1,532 kg/ha | 1,992 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,655 kg/ha | 1,568 kg/ha | 1,835 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,041 kg/ha | 1,899 kg/ha | 2,173 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,105 kg/ha | 2,082 kg/ha | 2,124 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Jamaica
- 40 China 2,198 kg/ha compare
- 40 China, mainland 2,198 kg/ha compare
- 42 Costa Rica 2,159 kg/ha compare
- 44 Turkmenistan 2,109 kg/ha compare
- 45 Guatemala 2,095 kg/ha compare
- 46 Switzerland 2,088 kg/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)
- Agriculture share gdp 8.74 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 8.74 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.9% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is unmanufactured tobacco — yield in Jamaica?
- Unmanufactured tobacco — yield in Jamaica was 2,124 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest unmanufactured tobacco — yield recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 2,173 kg/ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest unmanufactured tobacco — yield recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,060 kg/ha in 1966.
- How does Jamaica rank for unmanufactured tobacco — yield?
- Jamaica ranks 43rd out of 128 countries with data for 2024.
- Is unmanufactured tobacco — yield rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 — Yield. 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.