How many years of comparable data are there for Fiji and Jamaica?

63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Fiji vs Jamaica: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops

Fiji

0.6696

in 2023

Jamaica

0.7152

in 2023

Fiji rank

42nd

Jamaica rank

39th

Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops over time

Fiji
Jamaica

How they compare

Jamaica currently reports 0.7152 against 0.6696 in Fiji, a difference of 0.0456.

That makes Jamaica's figure about 1.1 times Fiji's.

The two have swapped places 14 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Jamaica ahead.

Fiji ranks 42nd and Jamaica ranks 39th of 163 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Fiji averaged higher in 3 and Jamaica in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Fiji	Jamaica	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.7313	0.9042	0.1728	Jamaica
1970s	0.6997	0.8979	0.1981	Jamaica
1980s	0.8671	0.8038	0.0632	Fiji
1990s	1.06	0.8143	0.2408	Fiji
2000s	0.6851	0.7925	0.1074	Jamaica
2010s	0.7931	0.7646	0.0285	Fiji
2020s	0.7274	0.7292	0.0017	Jamaica

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops, Fiji or Jamaica?: Jamaica, at 0.7152 against 0.6696 in Fiji as of 2023.
What is the difference in arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops between Fiji and Jamaica?: 0.0456, with Jamaica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Fiji and Jamaica?: 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Fiji and Jamaica rank globally for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?: Fiji ranks 42nd and Jamaica ranks 39th of 163 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 163 places, 10,097 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

Index of arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops (where values in 1961 are equal to 1.0).