Cereal yield in Jamaica

Cereal farms in Jamaica harvested 1,342 kg per hectare in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest since 2011.

Measure: Cereal yield Unit: Kilograms per hectare Data: 1961 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Jamaica, 2024 1,342 Kilograms per hectare
Change from 2023 +17.7% 2023: 1,140 kg per hectare
World, 2023 4,229 kg per hectare Official aggregate Not the same period as Jamaica (2024).
Position in 2024 145th of 176 See the full ranking

Cereal yield in Jamaica over time

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Kilograms per hectare. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Cereal yield (kilograms per hectare), 2000 to 2024
Period JamaicaWorld
2024 1,342 kg per hectare –
2023 1,140 kg per hectare 4,229 kg per hectare
2022 1,162 kg per hectare 4,186 kg per hectare
2021 1,118 kg per hectare 4,176 kg per hectare
2020 1,114 kg per hectare 4,118 kg per hectare
2019 1,126 kg per hectare 4,122 kg per hectare
2018 1,149 kg per hectare 4,022 kg per hectare
2017 1,163 kg per hectare 4,067 kg per hectare
2016 1,090 kg per hectare 4,018 kg per hectare
2015 1,143 kg per hectare 3,932 kg per hectare
2014 1,139 kg per hectare 3,893 kg per hectare
2013 1,200 kg per hectare 3,830 kg per hectare
2012 1,283 kg per hectare 3,612 kg per hectare
2011 1,356 kg per hectare 3,656 kg per hectare
2010 1,267 kg per hectare 3,563 kg per hectare
2009 1,316 kg per hectare 3,558 kg per hectare
2008 1,294 kg per hectare 3,545 kg per hectare
2007 1,222 kg per hectare 3,371 kg per hectare
2006 1,229 kg per hectare 3,281 kg per hectare
2005 1,256 kg per hectare 3,276 kg per hectare
2004 1,185 kg per hectare 3,359 kg per hectare
2003 1,230 kg per hectare 3,119 kg per hectare
2002 1,180 kg per hectare 3,076 kg per hectare
2001 1,209 kg per hectare 3,133 kg per hectare
2000 1,147 kg per hectare 3,061 kg per hectare

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +17.7% from 1,140 kg per hectare in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 1,139 kg per hectare, the figure has changed by +17.9%.
  • Among the 176 countries with data for 2024, Jamaica has the 145th highest value.

Source and dates

Original producer
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
AG.YLD.CREL.KG · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1961 to 2024 for Jamaica
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)