Barbados vs Jamaica: Fertilizer use vs. GDP per capita
Barbados
17.61 kilograms per hectare
in 2023
Jamaica
18.88 kilograms per hectare
in 2023
Barbados rank
132nd
Jamaica rank
130th
Fertilizer use vs. GDP per capita over time
- Barbados
- Jamaica
How they compare
Jamaica currently reports 18.88 kilograms per hectare against 17.61 kilograms per hectare in Barbados, a difference of 1.27 kilograms per hectare.
That makes Jamaica's figure about 1.1 times Barbados's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Barbados ahead.
Barbados ranks 132nd and Jamaica ranks 130th of 201 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Barbados averaged higher in 6 and Jamaica in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Barbados | Jamaica | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 194.46 kilograms per hectare | 30.67 kilograms per hectare | 163.79 kilograms per hectare | Barbados |
| 1970s | 106.69 kilograms per hectare | 32.1 kilograms per hectare | 74.59 kilograms per hectare | Barbados |
| 1980s | 95.23 kilograms per hectare | 42.14 kilograms per hectare | 53.09 kilograms per hectare | Barbados |
| 1990s | 101.25 kilograms per hectare | 31.13 kilograms per hectare | 70.13 kilograms per hectare | Barbados |
| 2000s | 89.91 kilograms per hectare | 29.42 kilograms per hectare | 60.48 kilograms per hectare | Barbados |
| 2010s | 58.51 kilograms per hectare | 24.31 kilograms per hectare | 34.2 kilograms per hectare | Barbados |
| 2020s | 19.01 kilograms per hectare | 20.03 kilograms per hectare | 1.02 kilograms per hectare | Jamaica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertilizer use vs. gdp per capita, Barbados or Jamaica?
- Jamaica, at 18.88 kilograms per hectare against 17.61 kilograms per hectare in Barbados as of 2023.
- What is the difference in fertilizer use vs. gdp per capita between Barbados and Jamaica?
- 1.27 kilograms per hectare, with Jamaica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Jamaica?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Barbados and Jamaica rank globally for fertilizer use vs. gdp per capita?
- Barbados ranks 132nd and Jamaica ranks 130th of 201 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) β with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Fertilizer use vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Average fertilizer use, measured in kilograms per hectare of cropland versus GDP per capita, adjusted for inflation and differences in living costs between countries.