Yams — Producer Price Index in Jamaica
Jamaica: Yams — Producer Price Index was 427.88 in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Yams — Producer Price Index in Jamaica, 1991–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
Analysis
Jamaica recorded 427.88 for yams — producer price index in 2025. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
The figure is up 19.6% on the previous year and up 311.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — producer price index in Jamaica peaked at 427.88 in 2025 and was at its lowest, 5.88, in 1991.
Jamaica ranks 5th of 41 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Yams — Producer Price Index in Jamaica, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 5.88 | — |
| 1992 | 8.88 | +51.0% |
| 1993 | 10.83 | +22.0% |
| 1994 | 16.7 | +54.2% |
| 1995 | 22.34 | +33.8% |
| 1996 | 18.39 | -17.7% |
| 1997 | 26.2 | +42.5% |
| 1998 | 26.95 | +2.9% |
| 1999 | 24.65 | -8.5% |
| 2000 | 39.84 | +61.6% |
| 2001 | 36.84 | -7.5% |
| 2002 | 37.72 | +2.4% |
| 2003 | 35.77 | -5.2% |
| 2004 | 43.84 | +22.6% |
| 2005 | 60.88 | +38.9% |
| 2006 | 51.08 | -16.1% |
| 2007 | 50.69 | -0.8% |
| 2008 | 70.65 | +39.4% |
| 2009 | 83.25 | +17.8% |
| 2010 | 76.2 | -8.5% |
| 2011 | 82.3 | +8.0% |
| 2012 | 78.97 | -4.0% |
| 2013 | 88.53 | +12.1% |
| 2014 | 91.06 | +2.9% |
| 2015 | 104.02 | +14.2% |
| 2016 | 104.92 | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 120.61 | +15.0% |
| 2018 | 148.78 | +23.4% |
| 2019 | 136.22 | -8.4% |
| 2020 | 202.81 | +48.9% |
| 2021 | 184.17 | -9.2% |
| 2022 | 185.15 | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 291.44 | +57.4% |
| 2024 | 357.84 | +22.8% |
| 2025 | 427.88 | +19.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 17.87 | 5.88 | 26.95 | 9 |
| 2000s | 51.06 | 35.77 | 83.25 | 10 |
| 2010s | 103.16 | 76.2 | 148.78 | 10 |
| 2020s | 274.88 | 184.17 | 427.88 | 6 |
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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 yams — producer price index in Jamaica?
- Yams — producer price index in Jamaica was 427.88 in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — producer price index recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 427.88 in 2025.
- What is the lowest yams — producer price index recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.88 in 1991.
- How does Jamaica rank for yams — producer price index?
- Jamaica ranks 5th out of 41 countries with data for 2025.
- Is yams — producer price index rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 311.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Jamaica data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Yams — Producer Price Index (2014-2016 = 100). 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.