Vegetables Primary — Yield in Jamaica
Jamaica: Vegetables Primary — Yield was 15,579 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Vegetables Primary — Yield in Jamaica, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for vegetables primary — yield in Jamaica is 15,579 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and up 4.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — yield in Jamaica peaked at 16,166 kg/ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 6,853 kg/ha, in 1968.
Jamaica ranks 92nd of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Vegetables Primary — Yield in Jamaica, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,010 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,964 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1963 | 7,215 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1964 | 7,460 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1965 | 7,330 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1966 | 7,567 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1967 | 7,606 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1968 | 6,853 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 1969 | 6,995 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1970 | 7,443 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1971 | 8,369 kg/ha | +12.4% |
| 1972 | 7,923 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1973 | 8,031 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1974 | 8,357 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1975 | 8,018 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1976 | 8,697 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 1977 | 8,573 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1978 | 8,519 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1979 | 10,174 kg/ha | +19.4% |
| 1980 | 9,783 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1981 | 10,291 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1982 | 10,090 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1983 | 10,640 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1984 | 11,490 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1985 | 10,866 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1986 | 10,658 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1987 | 10,309 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1988 | 9,941 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1989 | 10,452 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1990 | 10,702 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1991 | 10,698 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1992 | 12,073 kg/ha | +12.9% |
| 1993 | 13,348 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 1994 | 14,071 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1995 | 14,284 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1996 | 14,632 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1997 | 13,522 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 1998 | 13,787 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1999 | 14,859 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 2000 | 15,088 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2001 | 15,522 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2002 | 14,734 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 2003 | 15,492 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2004 | 14,876 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2005 | 14,621 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2006 | 14,987 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2007 | 14,611 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2008 | 14,495 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2009 | 14,767 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2010 | 13,958 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 2011 | 15,430 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 2012 | 15,045 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2013 | 15,010 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 14,877 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2015 | 14,786 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 15,842 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 2017 | 15,526 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2018 | 16,025 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2019 | 15,835 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2020 | 15,690 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2021 | 15,980 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2022 | 16,166 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2023 | 15,502 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2024 | 15,579 kg/ha | +0.5% |
Jamaica compared with similar countries
- Jamaica's 15,579 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 14,535 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Jamaica's 15,579 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 15,009 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,222 kg/ha | 6,853 kg/ha | 7,606 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 8,410 kg/ha | 7,443 kg/ha | 10,174 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 10,452 kg/ha | 9,783 kg/ha | 11,490 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 13,198 kg/ha | 10,698 kg/ha | 14,859 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 14,919 kg/ha | 14,495 kg/ha | 15,522 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 15,234 kg/ha | 13,958 kg/ha | 16,025 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 15,783 kg/ha | 15,502 kg/ha | 16,166 kg/ha | 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 vegetables primary — yield in Jamaica?
- Vegetables primary — yield in Jamaica was 15,579 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — yield recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 16,166 kg/ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — yield recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,853 kg/ha in 1968.
- How does Jamaica rank for vegetables primary — yield?
- Jamaica ranks 92nd out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — yield rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.7%. 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 Vegetables Primary — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.