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

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.

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

Jamaica

0.7152

in 2023

Suriname

0.7008

in 2023

Jamaica rank

39th

Suriname rank

41st

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

Jamaica
Suriname

How they compare

Jamaica currently reports 0.7152 against 0.7008 in Suriname, a difference of 0.0144.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Suriname ahead.

Jamaica ranks 39th and Suriname ranks 41st of 163 countries.

Jamaica has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Jamaica	Suriname	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.9042	0.7449	0.1592	Jamaica
1970s	0.8979	0.5354	0.3625	Jamaica
1980s	0.8038	0.5365	0.2673	Jamaica
1990s	0.8143	0.6808	0.1335	Jamaica
2000s	0.7925	0.7096	0.0829	Jamaica
2010s	0.7646	0.5788	0.1858	Jamaica
2020s	0.7292	0.7049	0.0242	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, Jamaica or Suriname?: Jamaica, at 0.7152 against 0.7008 in Suriname as of 2023.
What is the difference in arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops between Jamaica and Suriname?: 0.0144, with Jamaica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Jamaica and Suriname?: 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Jamaica and Suriname rank globally for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?: Jamaica ranks 39th and Suriname ranks 41st 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).