Jamaica - Arable land

Arable land (hectares)

The value for Arable land (hectares) in Jamaica was 120,000 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 174,000 in 1993 and a minimum value of 115,000 in 1983.

Definition: Arable land (in hectares) includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

See also:

Year Value
1961 166,000
1962 166,000
1963 166,000
1964 166,000
1965 150,000
1966 150,000
1967 155,000
1968 155,000
1969 155,000
1970 145,000
1971 145,000
1972 145,000
1973 145,000
1974 145,000
1975 145,000
1976 145,000
1977 145,000
1978 145,000
1979 135,000
1980 135,000
1981 135,000
1982 125,000
1983 115,000
1984 115,000
1985 115,000
1986 115,000
1987 115,000
1988 115,000
1989 120,000
1990 119,000
1991 126,000
1992 136,000
1993 174,000
1994 161,000
1995 158,000
1996 155,000
1997 150,000
1998 145,000
1999 143,000
2000 140,000
2001 140,000
2002 135,000
2003 135,000
2004 133,000
2005 128,000
2006 128,000
2007 125,000
2008 120,000
2009 120,000
2010 120,000
2011 120,000
2012 120,000
2013 120,000
2014 120,000
2015 120,000
2016 120,000
2017 120,000
2018 120,000

Arable land (hectares per person)

The value for Arable land (hectares per person) in Jamaica was 0.041 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.101 in 1961 and a minimum value of 0.041 in 2018.

Definition: Arable land (hectares per person) includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

See also:

Year Value
1961 0.101
1962 0.099
1963 0.097
1964 0.096
1965 0.085
1966 0.084
1967 0.086
1968 0.085
1969 0.084
1970 0.077
1971 0.076
1972 0.075
1973 0.074
1974 0.073
1975 0.071
1976 0.071
1977 0.070
1978 0.069
1979 0.063
1980 0.062
1981 0.061
1982 0.056
1983 0.051
1984 0.050
1985 0.049
1986 0.049
1987 0.048
1988 0.048
1989 0.050
1990 0.049
1991 0.052
1992 0.055
1993 0.070
1994 0.064
1995 0.062
1996 0.061
1997 0.058
1998 0.056
1999 0.054
2000 0.053
2001 0.052
2002 0.050
2003 0.050
2004 0.049
2005 0.047
2006 0.046
2007 0.045
2008 0.043
2009 0.043
2010 0.043
2011 0.042
2012 0.042
2013 0.042
2014 0.042
2015 0.042
2016 0.041
2017 0.041
2018 0.041

Arable land (% of land area)

Arable land (% of land area) in Jamaica was 11.08 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 57 years was 16.07 in 1993, while its lowest value was 10.62 in 1983.

Definition: Arable land includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

See also:

Year Value
1961 15.33
1962 15.33
1963 15.33
1964 15.33
1965 13.85
1966 13.85
1967 14.31
1968 14.31
1969 14.31
1970 13.39
1971 13.39
1972 13.39
1973 13.39
1974 13.39
1975 13.39
1976 13.39
1977 13.39
1978 13.39
1979 12.47
1980 12.47
1981 12.47
1982 11.54
1983 10.62
1984 10.62
1985 10.62
1986 10.62
1987 10.62
1988 10.62
1989 11.08
1990 10.99
1991 11.63
1992 12.56
1993 16.07
1994 14.87
1995 14.59
1996 14.31
1997 13.85
1998 13.39
1999 13.20
2000 12.93
2001 12.93
2002 12.47
2003 12.47
2004 12.28
2005 11.82
2006 11.82
2007 11.54
2008 11.08
2009 11.08
2010 11.08
2011 11.08
2012 11.08
2013 11.08
2014 11.08
2015 11.08
2016 11.08
2017 11.08
2018 11.08

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use