Yams — Yield in Jamaica
Jamaica: Yams — Yield was 17,793 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Yams — Yield in Jamaica, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, yams — yield in Jamaica stood at 17,793 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 6.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — yield in Jamaica peaked at 18,463 kg/ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 10,789 kg/ha, in 1976.
Jamaica ranks 7th of 61 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Yams — Yield in Jamaica, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 14,306 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 14,574 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1963 | 14,675 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1964 | 14,638 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1965 | 14,656 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1966 | 13,060 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 1967 | 10,854 kg/ha | -16.9% |
| 1968 | 10,888 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1969 | 11,247 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1970 | 11,355 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1971 | 11,604 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1972 | 11,196 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1973 | 11,318 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1974 | 11,706 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1975 | 11,227 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1976 | 10,789 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1977 | 10,896 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1978 | 11,233 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1979 | 12,616 kg/ha | +12.3% |
| 1980 | 12,483 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1981 | 12,834 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1982 | 12,373 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1983 | 12,275 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1984 | 12,653 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1985 | 12,820 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1986 | 12,859 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1987 | 12,680 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1988 | 12,827 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1989 | 12,522 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1990 | 13,075 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1991 | 13,372 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1992 | 15,334 kg/ha | +14.7% |
| 1993 | 16,057 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1994 | 16,083 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1995 | 16,803 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1996 | 16,904 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1997 | 15,814 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1998 | 15,970 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1999 | 16,377 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2000 | 15,499 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 2001 | 16,467 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 2002 | 16,482 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 16,594 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 15,902 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2005 | 15,093 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 2006 | 16,553 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 2007 | 15,636 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 2008 | 15,337 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2009 | 16,720 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 2010 | 16,810 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 16,174 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2012 | 17,104 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2013 | 16,548 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2014 | 16,743 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 16,050 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2016 | 17,055 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 2017 | 16,473 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2018 | 16,778 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2019 | 17,648 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 2020 | 17,082 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2021 | 17,969 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 2022 | 18,463 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2023 | 17,749 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2024 | 17,793 kg/ha | +0.2% |
Jamaica compared with similar countries
- Jamaica's 17,793 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 10,718 kg/ha, 1.7× the median. (16 countries reporting)
- Jamaica's 17,793 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 10,718 kg/ha, 1.7× the median. (20 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13,211 kg/ha | 10,854 kg/ha | 14,675 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 11,394 kg/ha | 10,789 kg/ha | 12,616 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 12,632 kg/ha | 12,275 kg/ha | 12,859 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 15,579 kg/ha | 13,075 kg/ha | 16,904 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 16,028 kg/ha | 15,093 kg/ha | 16,720 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 16,738 kg/ha | 16,050 kg/ha | 17,648 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 17,811 kg/ha | 17,082 kg/ha | 18,463 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Jamaica
- 4 Fiji 20,000 kg/ha compare
- 4 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 10,590 kg/ha compare
- 5 Ghana 18,849 kg/ha compare
- 6 Senegal 18,734 kg/ha compare
- 6 Polynesia 9,318 kg/ha compare
- 8 Papua New Guinea 17,544 kg/ha compare
- 8 United Republic of Tanzania 6,195 kg/ha compare
- 9 Democratic Republic of the Congo 4,632 kg/ha compare
- 9 Mali 17,520 kg/ha compare
- 9 Caribbean 10,590 kg/ha compare
- 10 Portugal 17,138 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)
- 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 yams — yield in Jamaica?
- Yams — yield in Jamaica was 17,793 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — yield recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 18,463 kg/ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest yams — yield recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,789 kg/ha in 1976.
- How does Jamaica rank for yams — yield?
- Jamaica ranks 7th out of 61 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yams — yield rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.3%. 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 — 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.