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

0.0075 hectares per person, with Jamaica ahead.

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

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.

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

Jamaica

0.0658 hectares per person

in 2025

Netherlands

0.0583 hectares per person

in 2025

Jamaica rank

153rd

Netherlands rank

155th

Cropland per person over the long-term over time

Jamaica
Netherlands

How they compare

Jamaica currently reports 0.0658 hectares per person against 0.0583 hectares per person in Netherlands, a difference of 0.0075 hectares per person.

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

The two have swapped places 3 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Netherlands ahead.

Jamaica ranks 153rd and Netherlands ranks 155th of 202 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Jamaica averaged higher in 31 and Netherlands in 9.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Jamaica	Netherlands	Difference	Ahead
1000s	0 hectares per person	0.2202 hectares per person	0.2202 hectares per person	Netherlands
1100s	0 hectares per person	0.2202 hectares per person	0.2202 hectares per person	Netherlands
1200s	0 hectares per person	0.2202 hectares per person	0.2202 hectares per person	Netherlands
1300s	0 hectares per person	0.2202 hectares per person	0.2202 hectares per person	Netherlands
1400s	0 hectares per person	0.2202 hectares per person	0.2202 hectares per person	Netherlands
1500s	0.2117 hectares per person	0.194 hectares per person	0.0177 hectares per person	Jamaica
1600s	0.204 hectares per person	0.1833 hectares per person	0.0207 hectares per person	Jamaica
1700s	0.1956 hectares per person	0.1775 hectares per person	0.0181 hectares per person	Jamaica
1710s	0.1947 hectares per person	0.1775 hectares per person	0.0172 hectares per person	Jamaica
1720s	0.1938 hectares per person	0.1775 hectares per person	0.0163 hectares per person	Jamaica
1730s	0.1929 hectares per person	0.1775 hectares per person	0.0155 hectares per person	Jamaica
1740s	0.192 hectares per person	0.1775 hectares per person	0.0145 hectares per person	Jamaica
1750s	0.1911 hectares per person	0.1775 hectares per person	0.0136 hectares per person	Jamaica
1760s	0.1902 hectares per person	0.1775 hectares per person	0.0127 hectares per person	Jamaica
1770s	0.1893 hectares per person	0.1775 hectares per person	0.0118 hectares per person	Jamaica
1780s	0.1883 hectares per person	0.1775 hectares per person	0.0108 hectares per person	Jamaica
1790s	0.1874 hectares per person	0.1775 hectares per person	0.0099 hectares per person	Jamaica
1800s	0.1864 hectares per person	0.1775 hectares per person	0.0089 hectares per person	Jamaica
1810s	0.1854 hectares per person	0.1775 hectares per person	0.008 hectares per person	Jamaica
1820s	0.1845 hectares per person	0.1775 hectares per person	0.007 hectares per person	Jamaica
1830s	0.1835 hectares per person	0.179 hectares per person	0.0045 hectares per person	Jamaica
1840s	0.1825 hectares per person	0.1796 hectares per person	0.0029 hectares per person	Jamaica
1850s	0.1815 hectares per person	0.1797 hectares per person	0.0017 hectares per person	Jamaica
1860s	0.1804 hectares per person	0.1788 hectares per person	0.0016 hectares per person	Jamaica
1870s	0.1794 hectares per person	0.1774 hectares per person	0.002 hectares per person	Jamaica
1880s	0.1784 hectares per person	0.1743 hectares per person	0.0041 hectares per person	Jamaica
1890s	0.1773 hectares per person	0.1701 hectares per person	0.0072 hectares per person	Jamaica
1900s	0 hectares per person	0.1672 hectares per person	0.1672 hectares per person	Netherlands
1910s	0.0283 hectares per person	0.1482 hectares per person	0.1199 hectares per person	Netherlands
1920s	0.0565 hectares per person	0.1322 hectares per person	0.0757 hectares per person	Netherlands
1930s	0.0848 hectares per person	0.1184 hectares per person	0.0336 hectares per person	Netherlands
1940s	0.113 hectares per person	0.1067 hectares per person	0.0063 hectares per person	Jamaica
1950s	0.1539 hectares per person	0.0984 hectares per person	0.0555 hectares per person	Jamaica
1960s	0.1544 hectares per person	0.08 hectares per person	0.0744 hectares per person	Jamaica
1970s	0.1242 hectares per person	0.0633 hectares per person	0.0609 hectares per person	Jamaica
1980s	0.0978 hectares per person	0.0622 hectares per person	0.0356 hectares per person	Jamaica
1990s	0.1 hectares per person	0.0627 hectares per person	0.0373 hectares per person	Jamaica
2000s	0.0872 hectares per person	0.0675 hectares per person	0.0196 hectares per person	Jamaica
2010s	0.067 hectares per person	0.0629 hectares per person	0.0041 hectares per person	Jamaica
2020s	0.066 hectares per person	0.0594 hectares per person	0.0066 hectares per person	Jamaica

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cropland per person over the long-term, Jamaica or Netherlands?: Jamaica, at 0.0658 hectares per person against 0.0583 hectares per person in Netherlands as of 2025.
What is the difference in cropland per person over the long-term between Jamaica and Netherlands?: 0.0075 hectares per person, with Jamaica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Jamaica and Netherlands?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Jamaica and Netherlands rank globally for cropland per person over the long-term?: Jamaica ranks 153rd and Netherlands ranks 155th 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: 28 August 2026

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