Yams — Producer Price in Jamaica
Jamaica: Yams — Producer Price was 3,104 USD in 2024. ▲ Rising
Yams — Producer Price in Jamaica, 1991–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in USD.
Analysis
In 2024, yams — producer price in Jamaica stood at 3,104 USD. That is the highest value across all 34 years on record.
That represents a change of up 21.0% on the previous year and up 178.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — producer price in Jamaica peaked at 3,104 USD in 2024 and was at its lowest, 524.8 USD, in 1992.
That places Jamaica 5th out of 35 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Yams — Producer Price in Jamaica, year by year
| Year | USD | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 658.6 USD | — |
| 1992 | 524.8 USD | -20.3% |
| 1993 | 589.2 USD | +12.3% |
| 1994 | 684.9 USD | +16.2% |
| 1995 | 862.5 USD | +25.9% |
| 1996 | 672.2 USD | -22.1% |
| 1997 | 1,004 USD | +49.4% |
| 1998 | 1,000 USD | -0.4% |
| 1999 | 856.7 USD | -14.4% |
| 2000 | 1,257 USD | +46.8% |
| 2001 | 1,087 USD | -13.6% |
| 2002 | 1,057 USD | -2.7% |
| 2003 | 840.7 USD | -20.5% |
| 2004 | 972.1 USD | +15.6% |
| 2005 | 1,326 USD | +36.4% |
| 2006 | 1,054 USD | -20.5% |
| 2007 | 994.1 USD | -5.7% |
| 2008 | 1,318 USD | +32.5% |
| 2009 | 1,285 USD | -2.5% |
| 2010 | 1,186 USD | -7.7% |
| 2011 | 1,300 USD | +9.6% |
| 2012 | 1,207 USD | -7.1% |
| 2013 | 1,198 USD | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 1,114 USD | -7.1% |
| 2015 | 1,207 USD | +8.4% |
| 2016 | 1,138 USD | -5.7% |
| 2017 | 1,279 USD | +12.4% |
| 2018 | 1,566 USD | +22.5% |
| 2019 | 1,386 USD | -11.5% |
| 2020 | 1,932 USD | +39.4% |
| 2021 | 1,657 USD | -14.2% |
| 2022 | 1,637 USD | -1.2% |
| 2023 | 2,565 USD | +56.7% |
| 2024 | 3,104 USD | +21.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 761.48 USD | 524.8 USD | 1,004 USD | 9 |
| 2000s | 1,119 USD | 840.7 USD | 1,326 USD | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,258 USD | 1,114 USD | 1,566 USD | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,179 USD | 1,637 USD | 3,104 USD | 5 |
Countries ranked near Jamaica
- 2 Tonga 5,056 USD compare
- 3 Antigua and Barbuda 4,015 USD compare
- 4 Barbados 3,906 USD compare
- 6 Saint Lucia 3,027 USD compare
- 7 Costa Rica 2,718 USD compare
- 8 Samoa 2,545 USD compare
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 in Jamaica?
- Yams — producer price in Jamaica was 3,104 USD in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — producer price recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 3,104 USD in 2024.
- What is the lowest yams — producer price recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 524.8 USD in 1992.
- How does Jamaica rank for yams — producer price?
- Jamaica ranks 5th out of 35 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yams — producer price rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 178.7%. 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 — 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.