What is the difference in cropland per person over the long-term between Bhutan and Jamaica?

0.008 hectares per person, with Jamaica ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Bhutan and Jamaica?

108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.

Where does this data come from?

HYDE (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Cropland per person over the long-term. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Bhutan vs Jamaica: Cropland per person over the long-term

Bhutan

0.0578 hectares per person

in 2025

Jamaica

0.0658 hectares per person

in 2025

Bhutan rank

156th

Jamaica rank

153rd

Cropland per person over the long-term over time

Bhutan
Jamaica

How they compare

Jamaica currently reports 0.0658 hectares per person against 0.0578 hectares per person in Bhutan, a difference of 0.008 hectares per person.

That makes Jamaica's figure about 1.1 times Bhutan's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Bhutan ahead.

Bhutan ranks 156th and Jamaica ranks 153rd of 202 countries.

Bhutan has averaged higher in every one of the 40 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Bhutan	Jamaica	Difference	Ahead
1000s	0.244 hectares per person	0 hectares per person	0.244 hectares per person	Bhutan
1100s	0.2416 hectares per person	0 hectares per person	0.2416 hectares per person	Bhutan
1200s	0.2392 hectares per person	0 hectares per person	0.2392 hectares per person	Bhutan
1300s	0.2369 hectares per person	0 hectares per person	0.2369 hectares per person	Bhutan
1400s	0.2345 hectares per person	0 hectares per person	0.2345 hectares per person	Bhutan
1500s	0.2322 hectares per person	0.2117 hectares per person	0.0205 hectares per person	Bhutan
1600s	0.2299 hectares per person	0.204 hectares per person	0.0259 hectares per person	Bhutan
1700s	0.2276 hectares per person	0.1956 hectares per person	0.0321 hectares per person	Bhutan
1710s	0.2395 hectares per person	0.1947 hectares per person	0.0447 hectares per person	Bhutan
1720s	0.252 hectares per person	0.1938 hectares per person	0.0582 hectares per person	Bhutan
1730s	0.2653 hectares per person	0.1929 hectares per person	0.0724 hectares per person	Bhutan
1740s	0.2795 hectares per person	0.192 hectares per person	0.0874 hectares per person	Bhutan
1750s	0.2945 hectares per person	0.1911 hectares per person	0.1034 hectares per person	Bhutan
1760s	0.3105 hectares per person	0.1902 hectares per person	0.1203 hectares per person	Bhutan
1770s	0.3274 hectares per person	0.1893 hectares per person	0.1381 hectares per person	Bhutan
1780s	0.3454 hectares per person	0.1883 hectares per person	0.1571 hectares per person	Bhutan
1790s	0.3645 hectares per person	0.1874 hectares per person	0.1772 hectares per person	Bhutan
1800s	0.3848 hectares per person	0.1864 hectares per person	0.1984 hectares per person	Bhutan
1810s	0.4064 hectares per person	0.1854 hectares per person	0.221 hectares per person	Bhutan
1820s	0.4377 hectares per person	0.1845 hectares per person	0.2532 hectares per person	Bhutan
1830s	0.4467 hectares per person	0.1835 hectares per person	0.2632 hectares per person	Bhutan
1840s	0.4894 hectares per person	0.1825 hectares per person	0.3069 hectares per person	Bhutan
1850s	0.4808 hectares per person	0.1815 hectares per person	0.2994 hectares per person	Bhutan
1860s	0.4638 hectares per person	0.1804 hectares per person	0.2833 hectares per person	Bhutan
1870s	0.4484 hectares per person	0.1794 hectares per person	0.269 hectares per person	Bhutan
1880s	0.453 hectares per person	0.1784 hectares per person	0.2746 hectares per person	Bhutan
1890s	0.4228 hectares per person	0.1773 hectares per person	0.2455 hectares per person	Bhutan
1900s	0.4216 hectares per person	0 hectares per person	0.4216 hectares per person	Bhutan
1910s	0.4608 hectares per person	0.0283 hectares per person	0.4325 hectares per person	Bhutan
1920s	0.4661 hectares per person	0.0565 hectares per person	0.4096 hectares per person	Bhutan
1930s	0.4547 hectares per person	0.0848 hectares per person	0.3699 hectares per person	Bhutan
1940s	0.4262 hectares per person	0.113 hectares per person	0.3132 hectares per person	Bhutan
1950s	0.3813 hectares per person	0.1539 hectares per person	0.2274 hectares per person	Bhutan
1960s	0.4521 hectares per person	0.1544 hectares per person	0.2977 hectares per person	Bhutan
1970s	0.371 hectares per person	0.1242 hectares per person	0.2468 hectares per person	Bhutan
1980s	0.3265 hectares per person	0.0978 hectares per person	0.2287 hectares per person	Bhutan
1990s	0.3009 hectares per person	0.1 hectares per person	0.2009 hectares per person	Bhutan
2000s	0.2529 hectares per person	0.0872 hectares per person	0.1657 hectares per person	Bhutan
2010s	0.1377 hectares per person	0.067 hectares per person	0.0707 hectares per person	Bhutan
2020s	0.0801 hectares per person	0.066 hectares per person	0.014 hectares per person	Bhutan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cropland per person over the long-term, Bhutan or Jamaica?: Jamaica, at 0.0658 hectares per person against 0.0578 hectares per person in Bhutan as of 2025.
What is the difference in cropland per person over the long-term between Bhutan and Jamaica?: 0.008 hectares per person, with Jamaica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bhutan and Jamaica?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Bhutan and Jamaica rank globally for cropland per person over the long-term?: Bhutan ranks 156th and Jamaica ranks 153rd of 202 countries.
Where does this data come from?: HYDE (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Cropland per person over the long-term. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Cropland per person over the long-term
Unit: hectares per person
Source: HYDE (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 202 places, 21,784 data points, 1000–2025
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

Total cropland area for per person each separate country over time.