Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Jamaica
Jamaica: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops was 0.7152 in 2023. ▼ Falling
Latest (2023)
0.7152
Change on year
up 4.9%
World rank
39th
of 163 countries
All-time high
1
in 1962
All-time low
0.6818
in 2022
Years of data
63
1961–2023
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Jamaica, 1961–2023
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.
Analysis
The most recent figure for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Jamaica is 0.7152, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of up 4.9% on the previous year and down 5.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Jamaica peaked at 1 in 1962 and was at its lowest, 0.6818, in 2022.
Jamaica ranks 39th of 163 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Jamaica, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1 | — |
| 1962 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 0.929 | -7.1% |
| 1964 | 0.895 | -3.7% |
| 1965 | 0.7814 | -12.7% |
| 1966 | 0.7773 | -0.5% |
| 1967 | 0.8466 | +8.9% |
| 1968 | 0.9177 | +8.4% |
| 1969 | 0.9902 | +7.9% |
| 1970 | 0.8899 | -10.1% |
| 1971 | 0.8258 | -7.2% |
| 1972 | 0.8255 | -0.0% |
| 1973 | 0.9415 | +14.0% |
| 1974 | 0.9213 | -2.1% |
| 1975 | 0.956 | +3.8% |
| 1976 | 0.9375 | -1.9% |
| 1977 | 0.9522 | +1.6% |
| 1978 | 0.8637 | -9.3% |
| 1979 | 0.8654 | +0.2% |
| 1980 | 0.8842 | +2.2% |
| 1981 | 0.9102 | +2.9% |
| 1982 | 0.8774 | -3.6% |
| 1983 | 0.8025 | -8.5% |
| 1984 | 0.7414 | -7.6% |
| 1985 | 0.7576 | +2.2% |
| 1986 | 0.754 | -0.5% |
| 1987 | 0.7436 | -1.4% |
| 1988 | 0.7329 | -1.4% |
| 1989 | 0.8347 | +13.9% |
| 1990 | 0.7922 | -5.1% |
| 1991 | 0.8133 | +2.7% |
| 1992 | 0.8098 | -0.4% |
| 1993 | 0.9571 | +18.2% |
| 1994 | 0.8282 | -13.5% |
| 1995 | 0.796 | -3.9% |
| 1996 | 0.7481 | -6.0% |
| 1997 | 0.803 | +7.3% |
| 1998 | 0.8126 | +1.2% |
| 1999 | 0.7822 | -3.7% |
| 2000 | 0.8612 | +10.1% |
| 2001 | 0.8122 | -5.7% |
| 2002 | 0.8155 | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 0.7796 | -4.4% |
| 2004 | 0.8037 | +3.1% |
| 2005 | 0.8489 | +5.6% |
| 2006 | 0.7492 | -11.7% |
| 2007 | 0.7272 | -2.9% |
| 2008 | 0.7886 | +8.4% |
| 2009 | 0.739 | -6.3% |
| 2010 | 0.8203 | +11.0% |
| 2011 | 0.7564 | -7.8% |
| 2012 | 0.7492 | -1.0% |
| 2013 | 0.7599 | +1.4% |
| 2014 | 0.7607 | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 0.784 | +3.1% |
| 2016 | 0.7451 | -5.0% |
| 2017 | 0.7685 | +3.1% |
| 2018 | 0.7415 | -3.5% |
| 2019 | 0.7602 | +2.5% |
| 2020 | 0.7828 | +3.0% |
| 2021 | 0.7369 | -5.9% |
| 2022 | 0.6818 | -7.5% |
| 2023 | 0.7152 | +4.9% |
Jamaica compared with similar countries
- Jamaica's 0.7152 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.3111, 2.3× the median. (43 countries reporting)
- Jamaica's 0.7152 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.5184, 1.4× the median. (34 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.9042 | 0.7773 | 1 | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.8979 | 0.8255 | 0.956 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.8038 | 0.7329 | 0.9102 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8143 | 0.7481 | 0.9571 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.7925 | 0.7272 | 0.8612 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.7646 | 0.7415 | 0.8203 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.7292 | 0.6818 | 0.7828 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Jamaica
More reference data data for Jamaica
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.045 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.1808 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.2582 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0003 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.2582 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.1508 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.0583 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.8486 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 1.19 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0015 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Jamaica?
- Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Jamaica was 0.7152 in 2023, according to 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.
- What is the highest arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 1 in 1962.
- What is the lowest arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6818 in 2022.
- How does Jamaica rank for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?
- Jamaica ranks 39th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Jamaica data come from?
- The figures 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 part of Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Index of arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops (where values in 1961 are equal to 1.0).