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Arable land share — Jamaica

Arable land share in Jamaica in 2023 — 11.08%. Ranked 95 in the world out of 206. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 4.25 pp.

2023 11.08% +0 pp vs 2022
World rank 95of 206
Period maximum 16.07%1993
Period minimum 10.62%1983

Trend over time

1961–2023 · % of land area

Arable land share — Jamaica, 1961–2023101214161819611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 15.33%1963: 15.33%1965: 13.85%1967: 14.31%1969: 14.31%1971: 13.39%1973: 13.39%1975: 13.39%1977: 13.39%1979: 12.47%1981: 12.47%1983: 10.62%1985: 10.62%1987: 10.62%1989: 11.08%1991: 11.63%1993: 16.07%1995: 14.59%1997: 13.85%1999: 13.2%2001: 12.93%2003: 12.47%2005: 11.82%2007: 11.54%2009: 11.08%2011: 11.08%2013: 11.08%2015: 11.08%2017: 11.08%2019: 11.08%2021: 11.08%2023: 11.08%
Change over the period: −4.25 pp Annual average: -0.07 pp

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Jamaica

Jamaica 11.08%
World 10.67%
Latin America & Caribbean 7.52%
Caribbean computed 23.36%
Upper-middle-income countries computed 9.15%
Arable land share — Jamaica, by year Jamaica All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 11.08 +0 pp
2022 11.08 +0 pp
2021 11.08 +0 pp
2020 11.08 +0 pp
2019 11.08 +0 pp
2018 11.08 +0 pp
2017 11.08 +0 pp
2016 11.08 +0 pp
2015 11.08 +0 pp
2014 11.08 +0 pp
2013 11.08 +0 pp
2012 11.08 +0 pp
2011 11.08 +0 pp
2010 11.08 +0 pp
2009 11.08 +0 pp
2008 11.08 −0.46 pp
2007 11.54 −0.28 pp
2006 11.82 +0 pp
2005 11.82 −0.46 pp
2004 12.28 −0.18 pp
2003 12.47 +0 pp
2002 12.47 −0.46 pp
2001 12.93 +0 pp
2000 12.93 −0.28 pp
1999 13.2 −0.18 pp
1998 13.39 −0.46 pp
1997 13.85 −0.46 pp
1996 14.31 −0.28 pp
1995 14.59 −0.28 pp
1994 14.87 −1.2 pp
1993 16.07 +3.51 pp
1992 12.56 +0.92 pp
1991 11.63 +0.65 pp
1990 10.99 −0.09 pp
1989 11.08 +0.46 pp
1988 10.62 +0 pp
1987 10.62 +0 pp
1986 10.62 +0 pp
1985 10.62 +0 pp
1984 10.62 +0 pp
1983 10.62 −0.92 pp
1982 11.54 −0.92 pp
1981 12.47 +0 pp
1980 12.47 +0 pp
1979 12.47 −0.92 pp
1978 13.39 +0 pp
1977 13.39 +0 pp
1976 13.39 +0 pp
1975 13.39 +0 pp
1974 13.39 +0 pp
1973 13.39 +0 pp
1972 13.39 +0 pp
1971 13.39 +0 pp
1970 13.39 −0.92 pp
1969 14.31 +0 pp
1968 14.31 +0 pp
1967 14.31 +0.46 pp
1966 13.85 +0 pp
1965 13.85 −1.48 pp
1964 15.33 +0 pp
1963 15.33 +0 pp
1962 15.33 +0 pp
1961 15.33 —

Caribbean, 2023

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

HT Haiti 36.47 CU Cuba 28.02 DO Dominican Republic 20.24 KN Saint Kitts and Nevis 19.23 BB Barbados 16.28 AW Aruba 11.11 JM Jamaica 11.08 AG Antigua and Barbuda 9.09 GD Grenada 8.82 DM Dominica 8 VG British Virgin Islands 6.67 PR Puerto Rico 5.66 VC Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 5.13 TT Trinidad and Tobago 4.87 LC Saint Lucia 4.38 VI United States Virgin Islands 2.57 TC Turks and Caicos Islands 1.05 KY Cayman Islands 0.83 BS Bahamas 0.8
Full table for all countries

About the indicator

The share of arable land in land area: land under annual crops, temporary meadows, kitchen gardens and land lying fallow for less than five years. It excludes permanent crops and permanent pasture, so the indicator reflects more precisely the resource available for growing grain and other field crops.

Important: The aggregate for country groups is weighted by land area.

Source: FAOSTAT (FAO), license CC BY 4.0.

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