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Jamaica (JAM)

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IndicatorValueRankYear
Prevalence of undernourishment7.71042023
Cereal yield1,1401572024
Agricultural land38.51032023
Food production index113.26682022
Employment in agriculture13.94912025

What each indicator means

Prevalence of undernourishment
Share of the population whose food intake is persistently below the energy needed for a healthy life.
Cereal yield
Cereal harvested per hectare of land — a measure of how productive the land is.
Agricultural land
Share of land area used as cropland, permanent crops or pasture.
Food production index
Output of edible crops and livestock, indexed to a base period of 100.
Employment in agriculture
Share of employment in agriculture, forestry and fishing. It tends to fall as incomes rise.

Where this country stands

For each indicator below, the country's figure is placed against all 210 countries and areas covered by the same source. The median is the middle value once every country is ordered by that indicator.

IndicatorValueRankMedianRanked 1stRanked last
Prevalence of undernourishment7.7 %104 / 1695.3 %Algeria 2.5Haiti 54.2
Cereal yield1,140 kg/ha157 / 1813,310 kg/haOman 29,147Cape Verde 40.3
Agricultural land38.5 %103 / 21037.96 %Côte d’Ivoire 86.48Suriname 0.45
Food production index113.26 index68 / 195106.08 indexSenegal 177.49Gambia 71.08
Employment in agriculture13.94 %91 / 18714.39 %Singapore 0.1Burundi 85.34

Countries ranked next to it: Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Burundi, Liberia, Mauritania, San Marino, Bosnia, South Africa