How many years of comparable data are there for Haiti 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.

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

Haiti

0.722

in 2023

Jamaica

0.7152

in 2023

Haiti rank

38th

Jamaica rank

39th

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

Haiti
Jamaica

How they compare

Haiti currently reports 0.722 against 0.7152 in Jamaica, a difference of 0.0068.

The two have swapped places 13 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Jamaica ahead.

Haiti ranks 38th and Jamaica ranks 39th of 163 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Haiti	Jamaica	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.9544	0.9042	0.0503	Haiti
1970s	0.7154	0.8979	0.1825	Jamaica
1980s	0.6223	0.8038	0.1815	Jamaica
1990s	0.777	0.8143	0.0372	Jamaica
2000s	0.8091	0.7925	0.0166	Haiti
2010s	0.6953	0.7646	0.0693	Jamaica
2020s	0.7307	0.7292	0.0015	Haiti

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, Haiti or Jamaica?: Haiti, at 0.722 against 0.7152 in Jamaica as of 2023.
What is the difference in arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops between Haiti and Jamaica?: 0.0068, with Haiti ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Haiti and Jamaica?: 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Haiti and Jamaica rank globally for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?: Haiti ranks 38th 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).