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Arable land — Jamaica

Arable land in Jamaica in 2023 — 120,000 ha. Ranked 145 in the world out of 206. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 27.7%.

2023 120,000 ha +0% vs 2022
World rank 145of 206
Period maximum 174,000 ha1993
Period minimum 115,000 ha1983

Trend over time

1961–2023 · hectares

Arable land — Jamaica, 1961–2023100,000120,000140,000160,000180,00019611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 166,000 ha1963: 166,000 ha1965: 150,000 ha1967: 155,000 ha1969: 155,000 ha1971: 145,000 ha1973: 145,000 ha1975: 145,000 ha1977: 145,000 ha1979: 135,000 ha1981: 135,000 ha1983: 115,000 ha1985: 115,000 ha1987: 115,000 ha1989: 120,000 ha1991: 126,000 ha1993: 174,000 ha1995: 158,000 ha1997: 150,000 ha1999: 143,000 ha2001: 140,000 ha2003: 135,000 ha2005: 128,000 ha2007: 125,000 ha2009: 120,000 ha2011: 120,000 ha2013: 120,000 ha2015: 120,000 ha2017: 120,000 ha2019: 120,000 ha2021: 120,000 ha2023: 120,000 ha
Change over the period: −46,000 (−27.71%) Average annual rate: -0.52 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Jamaica 120,000 ha
World computed 1.38B ha
Latin America & Caribbean computed 151M ha
Caribbean computed 5.13M ha
Upper-middle-income countries computed 374M ha
Arable land — Jamaica, by year Jamaica All countries CSV XLSX
Year ha Change Change, %
2023 120,000 +0 +0%
2022 120,000 +0 +0%
2021 120,000 +0 +0%
2020 120,000 +0 +0%
2019 120,000 +0 +0%
2018 120,000 +0 +0%
2017 120,000 +0 +0%
2016 120,000 +0 +0%
2015 120,000 +0 +0%
2014 120,000 +0 +0%
2013 120,000 +0 +0%
2012 120,000 +0 +0%
2011 120,000 +0 +0%
2010 120,000 +0 +0%
2009 120,000 +0 +0%
2008 120,000 −5,000 −4%
2007 125,000 −3,000 −2.34%
2006 128,000 +0 +0%
2005 128,000 −5,000 −3.76%
2004 133,000 −2,000 −1.48%
2003 135,000 +0 +0%
2002 135,000 −5,000 −3.57%
2001 140,000 +0 +0%
2000 140,000 −3,000 −2.1%
1999 143,000 −2,000 −1.38%
1998 145,000 −5,000 −3.33%
1997 150,000 −5,000 −3.23%
1996 155,000 −3,000 −1.9%
1995 158,000 −3,000 −1.86%
1994 161,000 −13,000 −7.47%
1993 174,000 +38,000 +27.94%
1992 136,000 +10,000 +7.94%
1991 126,000 +7,000 +5.88%
1990 119,000 −1,000 −0.83%
1989 120,000 +5,000 +4.35%
1988 115,000 +0 +0%
1987 115,000 +0 +0%
1986 115,000 +0 +0%
1985 115,000 +0 +0%
1984 115,000 +0 +0%
1983 115,000 −10,000 −8%
1982 125,000 −10,000 −7.41%
1981 135,000 +0 +0%
1980 135,000 +0 +0%
1979 135,000 −10,000 −6.9%
1978 145,000 +0 +0%
1977 145,000 +0 +0%
1976 145,000 +0 +0%
1975 145,000 +0 +0%
1974 145,000 +0 +0%
1973 145,000 +0 +0%
1972 145,000 +0 +0%
1971 145,000 +0 +0%
1970 145,000 −10,000 −6.45%
1969 155,000 +0 +0%
1968 155,000 +0 +0%
1967 155,000 +5,000 +3.33%
1966 150,000 +0 +0%
1965 150,000 −16,000 −9.64%
1964 166,000 +0 +0%
1963 166,000 +0 +0%
1962 166,000 +0 +0%
1961 166,000 — —

Caribbean, 2023

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

CU Cuba 2.91M HT Haiti 1.01M DO Dominican Republic 975,760 JM Jamaica 120,000 PR Puerto Rico 50,200 TT Trinidad and Tobago 25,000 BS Bahamas 8,000 BB Barbados 7,000 DM Dominica 6,000 KN Saint Kitts and Nevis 5,000 AG Antigua and Barbuda 4,000 GD Grenada 3,000 LC Saint Lucia 2,670 AW Aruba 2,000 VC Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2,000 TC Turks and Caicos Islands 1,000 VG British Virgin Islands 1,000 VI United States Virgin Islands 900 KY Cayman Islands 200
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About the indicator

The area of arable land: land under annual crops, temporary meadows, kitchen gardens and land lying fallow for up to five years. It differs from agricultural land in excluding pasture and permanent crops — and since pasture makes up most of agricultural land, arable land is usually about a third the size. The world area of arable land has barely grown since the 1990s: the added output of recent decades came from yields, not from an expansion of fields.

Important: Land lying fallow for up to five years is included, abandoned land is not. Permanent crops — orchards, vineyards, plantations — do not count as arable land.

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

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