Sweet potatoes — Producer Price in Jamaica
Jamaica: Sweet potatoes — Producer Price was 1,835 USD in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sweet potatoes — Producer Price in Jamaica, 1991–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in USD.
Analysis
Jamaica recorded 1,835 USD for sweet potatoes — producer price in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 17.0% on the previous year and up 103.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — producer price in Jamaica peaked at 2,211 USD in 2023 and was at its lowest, 355.4 USD, in 1992.
Jamaica ranks 9th of 71 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Producer Price in Jamaica, year by year
| Year | USD | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 430.8 USD | — |
| 1992 | 355.4 USD | -17.5% |
| 1993 | 377.2 USD | +6.1% |
| 1994 | 437 USD | +15.9% |
| 1995 | 607 USD | +38.9% |
| 1996 | 534 USD | -12.0% |
| 1997 | 698.2 USD | +30.7% |
| 1998 | 585 USD | -16.2% |
| 1999 | 742 USD | +26.8% |
| 2000 | 879.4 USD | +18.5% |
| 2001 | 727.9 USD | -17.2% |
| 2002 | 877 USD | +20.5% |
| 2003 | 678.4 USD | -22.6% |
| 2004 | 987.1 USD | +45.5% |
| 2005 | 1,143 USD | +15.8% |
| 2006 | 980 USD | -14.2% |
| 2007 | 862.7 USD | -12.0% |
| 2008 | 1,176 USD | +36.3% |
| 2009 | 909.6 USD | -22.6% |
| 2010 | 972.4 USD | +6.9% |
| 2011 | 981.4 USD | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 908 USD | -7.5% |
| 2013 | 922.8 USD | +1.6% |
| 2014 | 903.3 USD | -2.1% |
| 2015 | 1,071 USD | +18.6% |
| 2016 | 954.7 USD | -10.9% |
| 2017 | 1,146 USD | +20.0% |
| 2018 | 1,078 USD | -5.9% |
| 2019 | 1,326 USD | +23.0% |
| 2020 | 1,464 USD | +10.4% |
| 2021 | 1,129 USD | -22.9% |
| 2022 | 1,125 USD | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 2,211 USD | +96.4% |
| 2024 | 1,835 USD | -17.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 529.62 USD | 355.4 USD | 742 USD | 9 |
| 2000s | 922.03 USD | 678.4 USD | 1,176 USD | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,026 USD | 903.3 USD | 1,326 USD | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,553 USD | 1,125 USD | 2,211 USD | 5 |
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More economy & growth data for Jamaica
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 1.76 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 1.6 Percent per annum (2029)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current LCU), annual 15.08 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current LCU), per 13.91 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current LCU), per 111,319 current LCU per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant 2015 US$) 2.93 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant 2015 US$) 0.0497 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant 2015 US$) 397.73 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant LCU) 2.93 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant LCU), per 5.81 constant LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — producer price in Jamaica?
- Sweet potatoes — producer price in Jamaica was 1,835 USD in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — producer price recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 2,211 USD in 2023.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — producer price recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 355.4 USD in 1992.
- How does Jamaica rank for sweet potatoes — producer price?
- Jamaica ranks 9th out of 71 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — producer price rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 103.1%. 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 Sweet potatoes — Producer Price (USD/tonne). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
This sub-domain contains data on agriculture producer prices and the producer price index. Agriculture producer prices are prices received by farmers for primary crops, live animals and livestock primary products as collected at the point of initial sale (prices paid at the farm gate). Annual data are provided from 1991 (while mothly data start in January 2010) for 180 countries and 212 products. The producer price index is the index of agricultural producer prices that measures the average annual change over time in the selling prices received by farmers (prices at the farm gate or at the first point of sale). The three categories of producer price index available in FAOSTAT comprise: single-item price index, commodity group index and the agriculture producer price index.