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