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Agricultural land in Jamaica

Agricultural land in Jamaica was 39.1% in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is unchanged from 2023. That is the 102nd highest of 224 countries in 2024.

202439.1% Estimated
Change on 20230 pts
Rank102nd of 224Countries ranked
Series high49.41962
Series low39.12014

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Agricultural land in Jamaica, 1961 to 2024

37.54042.54547.55019611971198119912001201120241961: 49.2 %1962: 49.4 %1963: 49.4 %1964: 49.2 %1965: 46.8 %1966: 47.7 %1967: 47.7 %1968: 47.7 %1969: 47.7 %1970: 46.8 %1971: 46.8 %1972: 46.8 %1973: 46.8 %1974: 46.8 %1975: 46.8 %1976: 46.8 %1977: 46.8 %1978: 46.8 %1979: 45.9 %1980: 45.9 %1981: 45.9 %1982: 45 %1983: 44 %1984: 44 %1985: 44 %1986: 44 %1987: 44 %1988: 44 %1989: 44 %1990: 44 %1991: 44 %1992: 44 %1993: 46.5 %1994: 46.2 %1995: 45.9 %1996: 45.6 %1997: 45.4 %1998: 45.1 %1999: 44.9 %2000: 44.6 %2001: 44.4 %2002: 44.1 %2003: 43.9 %2004: 43.6 %2005: 43.4 %2006: 43.1 %2007: 42.8 %2008: 41.9 %2009: 41.6 %2010: 39.4 %2011: 39.3 %2012: 39.2 %2013: 39.1 %2014: 39.1 %2015: 39.1 %2016: 39.1 %2017: 39.1 %2018: 39.1 %2019: 39.1 %2020: 39.1 %2021: 39.1 %2022: 39.1 %2023: 39.1 %2024: 39.1 %3540455019611983200520241961: 49.2 %1962: 49.4 %1963: 49.4 %1964: 49.2 %1965: 46.8 %1966: 47.7 %1967: 47.7 %1968: 47.7 %1969: 47.7 %1970: 46.8 %1971: 46.8 %1972: 46.8 %1973: 46.8 %1974: 46.8 %1975: 46.8 %1976: 46.8 %1977: 46.8 %1978: 46.8 %1979: 45.9 %1980: 45.9 %1981: 45.9 %1982: 45 %1983: 44 %1984: 44 %1985: 44 %1986: 44 %1987: 44 %1988: 44 %1989: 44 %1990: 44 %1991: 44 %1992: 44 %1993: 46.5 %1994: 46.2 %1995: 45.9 %1996: 45.6 %1997: 45.4 %1998: 45.1 %1999: 44.9 %2000: 44.6 %2001: 44.4 %2002: 44.1 %2003: 43.9 %2004: 43.6 %2005: 43.4 %2006: 43.1 %2007: 42.8 %2008: 41.9 %2009: 41.6 %2010: 39.4 %2011: 39.3 %2012: 39.2 %2013: 39.1 %2014: 39.1 %2015: 39.1 %2016: 39.1 %2017: 39.1 %2018: 39.1 %2019: 39.1 %2020: 39.1 %2021: 39.1 %2022: 39.1 %2023: 39.1 %2024: 39.1 %
%. Source: FAOSTAT, Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-10-02.
All 64 values
Period%
202439.1 Estimated
202339.1 Estimated
202239.1 Estimated
202139.1 Estimated
202039.1 Estimated
201939.1 Estimated
201839.1 Estimated
201739.1 Estimated
201639.1 Estimated
201539.1 Estimated
201439.1 Estimated
201339.1 Estimated
201239.2 Estimated
201139.3 Estimated
201039.4 Estimated
200941.6 Estimated
200841.9 Estimated
200742.8 Estimated
200643.1 Estimated
200543.4 Estimated
200443.6 Estimated
200343.9 Estimated
200244.1 Estimated
200144.4 Estimated
200044.6 Estimated
199944.9 Estimated
199845.1 Estimated
199745.4 Estimated
199645.6 Estimated
199545.9 Estimated
199446.2 Estimated
199346.5 Estimated
199244 Estimated
199144 Estimated
199044 Estimated
198944 Estimated
198844 Estimated
198744 Estimated
198644 Estimated
198544 Estimated
198444 Estimated
198344 Estimated
198245 Estimated
198145.9 Estimated
198045.9 Estimated
197945.9 Estimated
197846.8 Estimated
197746.8 Estimated
197646.8 Estimated
197546.8 Estimated
197446.8 Estimated
197346.8 Estimated
197246.8 Estimated
197146.8 Estimated
197046.8 Estimated
196947.7 Estimated
196847.7 Estimated
196747.7 Estimated
196647.7 Estimated
196546.8 Estimated
196449.2 Estimated
196349.4 Estimated
196249.4 Estimated
196149.2 Estimated

Jamaica compared with nearby places

United Arab Emirates: 5.6 %Afghanistan: 58.4 %Antigua and Barbuda: 21.1 %Albania: 41.1 %Armenia: 59.4 %Angola: 36.3 %Argentina: 45.8 %Austria: 31.1 %Australia: 47.3 %Azerbaijan: 57.8 %Bosnia and Herzegovina: 22.4 %Bangladesh: 72.2 %Belgium: 44.4 %Burkina Faso: 62.6 %Bulgaria: 46.2 %Burundi: 74.2 %Benin: 43.1 %Brunei: 2.9 %Bolivia: 36.1 %Brazil: 28.4 %Bahamas: 1.3 %Bhutan: 13.8 %Botswana: 45.6 %Belarus: 39.1 %Belize: 8.2 %Canada: 6.5 %Democratic Republic of the Congo: 16.2 %Central African Republic: 9.3 %Republic of the Congo: 31.2 %Switzerland: 37.7 %Côte d’Ivoire: 83.9 %Chile: 14.4 %Cameroon: 21.1 %China: 41.7 %Colombia: 36.5 %Costa Rica: 31.4 %Cuba: 61.7 %Cape Verde: 24.8 %Cyprus: 13.6 %Czechia: 45.8 %Germany: 47.4 %Djibouti: 73.5 %Denmark: 65.1 %Dominican Republic: 51.5 %Algeria: 17.4 %Ecuador: 20.3 %Estonia: 23 %Egypt: 4.3 %Western Sahara: 18.8 %Eritrea: 62.8 %Spain: 49.3 %Ethiopia: 34.3 %Finland: 7.4 %Fiji: 17 %Falkland Islands: 93.2 %Faroe Islands: 70.1 %France: 52.8 %Gabon: 6.9 %United Kingdom: 69.2 %Georgia: 33.7 %Ghana: 55.4 %Greenland: 0.6 %Gambia: 76.1 %Guinea: 73.2 %Equatorial Guinea: 3.4 %Greece: 38.9 %Guatemala: 46 %Guinea-Bissau: 31.4 %Guyana: 3.4 %Hong Kong: 3.8 %Honduras: 28.5 %Croatia: 26.2 %Haiti: 65.1 %Hungary: 55.5 %Indonesia: 28.9 %Ireland: 65.2 %Israel: 23.8 %Isle of Man: 68.3 %India: 59.9 %Iraq: 21.7 %Iran: 29 %Iceland: 16.3 %Italy: 43.6 %Jamaica: 39.1 %Jordan: 11.6 %Japan: 12.6 %Kenya: 50 %Kyrgyzstan: 54 %Cambodia: 34.7 %Kiribati: 41.9 %North Korea: 21.6 %South Korea: 16 %Kuwait: 8.4 %Cayman Islands: 11.3 %Kazakhstan: 79.2 %Laos: 9.5 %Lebanon: 63.7 %Sri Lanka: 48.8 %Liberia: 20.1 %Lesotho: 92.9 %Lithuania: 45.7 %Luxembourg: 51.7 %Latvia: 31.7 %Libya: 8.7 %Morocco: 67.2 %Moldova: 73.2 %Montenegro: 18.5 %Madagascar: 70.4 %North Macedonia: 49.2 %Mali: 34.2 %Myanmar: 19.9 %Mongolia: 68.8 %Mauritania: 38.5 %Mauritius: 40.9 %Malawi: 65 %Mexico: 50.6 %Malaysia: 24.8 %Mozambique: 56.1 %Namibia: 47.1 %New Caledonia: 9.8 %Niger: 36.8 %Nigeria: 77.1 %Netherlands: 53.4 %Norway: 2.7 %Nepal: 26.1 %New Zealand: 36.8 %Oman: 4.8 %Panama: 23.1 %Peru: 19 %French Polynesia: 8.1 %Papua New Guinea: 3.1 %Philippines: 42.8 %Pakistan: 47.2 %Poland: 46.2 %Puerto Rico: 18.5 %Palestine: 64.9 %Portugal: 41.3 %Palau: 9.4 %Paraguay: 54.1 %Qatar: 6.4 %Romania: 55.2 %Serbia: 38.1 %Russia: 13.2 %Rwanda: 75.7 %Saudi Arabia: 81.7 %Solomon Islands: 4.1 %Sudan: 60.3 %Sweden: 7.3 %Singapore: 0.9 %Slovenia: 30.4 %Slovakia: 37.8 %Sierra Leone: 55.2 %Senegal: 49.4 %Somalia: 70.3 %Suriname: 0.5 %South Sudan: 44.7 %El Salvador: 57.3 %Syria: 74.1 %Eswatini: 69.6 %Chad: 40 %Togo: 69.1 %Thailand: 43.3 %Tajikistan: 28 %Timor-Leste: 23 %Turkmenistan: 84.3 %Tunisia: 62.1 %Türkiye: 50.2 %Trinidad and Tobago: 11.6 %Taiwan: 21.9 %Tanzania: 45.1 %Ukraine: 71.3 %Uganda: 80.3 %United States: 46.1 %Uruguay: 87.4 %Uzbekistan: 59 %Venezuela: 24.4 %Vietnam: 39.2 %Vanuatu: 13.3 %Samoa: 17.8 %Yemen: 44.4 %South Africa: 79.4 %Zambia: 32.1 %Zimbabwe: 48.1 %
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Agricultural land, 2024, %. Jamaica is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

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Definition

Agricultural land as a share of land area: cropland (arable land and permanent crops) plus permanent meadows and pastures. Land area excludes inland waters. FAOSTAT land use domain, element "Share in Land area".

Many countries report land use rarely, so FAO often carries the last figure forward and recent years can repeat earlier ones. This is the FAO series the World Bank republishes as AG.LND.AGRI.ZS. FAO fills gaps in national reporting with its own estimates and imputations, which are marked as estimated, and revises past years when countries send new figures.

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FAO. 2026. FAOSTAT: Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209). Accessed on 2026-10-12. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip Licence: CC-BY-4.0. FAO does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. (2026). Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209) (Agricultural land, Jamaica, 1961 to 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip

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Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209), Agricultural land, Jamaica, 1961 to 2024. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2 Oct. 2026, https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/agricultural-land-share/jamaica. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 2026. Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209). Agricultural land, Jamaica, 1961 to 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/agricultural-land-share/jamaica.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209), Agricultural land, Jamaica, 1961 to 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/agricultural-land-share/jamaica (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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}
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What is the agricultural land in Jamaica?

Agricultural land in Jamaica was 39.1% in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is unchanged from 2023. That is the 102nd highest of 224 countries in 2024.

Where does this figure come from?

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest agricultural land in Jamaica?

49.4% in 1962, the highest value since 1961 in this series.

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