Yams — Food in Jamaica
Jamaica: Yams — Food was 143 1000 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Yams — Food in Jamaica, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
In 2023, yams — food in Jamaica stood at 143 1000 t.
That represents a change of down 21.4% on the previous year and up 25.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — food in Jamaica peaked at 182 1000 t in 2022 and was at its lowest, 101 1000 t, in 2017.
That places Jamaica 11th out of 105 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 111.8 1000 t | 101 1000 t | 120 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 152.75 1000 t | 128 1000 t | 182 1000 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Jamaica
More agriculture & rural data for Jamaica
- 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)
- Rural population 40.6% (2025)
- Rural population growth -1.3% (2025)
- Rural population 1.15 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 8.7% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.99 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 62,998 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is yams — food in Jamaica?
- Yams — food in Jamaica was 143 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — food recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 182 1000 t in 2022.
- What is the lowest yams — food recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 101 1000 t in 2017.
- How does Jamaica rank for yams — food?
- Jamaica ranks 11th out of 105 countries with data for 2023.
- Is yams — food rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.4%. 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 Yams — Food. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet 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 caput 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. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.