Jamaica vs New Caledonia: Has the world passed peak agricultural land?
Has the world passed peak agricultural land? over time
- Jamaica
- New Caledonia
How they compare
Jamaica currently reports 25,445 against 21,320 in New Caledonia, a difference of 4,125.
That makes Jamaica's figure about 1.2 times New Caledonia's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 24 shared years of data; in 1780 it was New Caledonia ahead.
Jamaica ranks 159th and New Caledonia ranks 160th of 179 countries.
Across the 24 decades both report, Jamaica averaged higher in 1 and New Caledonia in 23.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Jamaica | New Caledonia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1780s | 28,185 | 83,311 | 55,126 | New Caledonia |
| 1790s | 28,185 | 83,311 | 55,126 | New Caledonia |
| 1800s | 28,185 | 83,311 | 55,126 | New Caledonia |
| 1810s | 28,185 | 83,311 | 55,126 | New Caledonia |
| 1820s | 28,185 | 83,311 | 55,126 | New Caledonia |
| 1830s | 28,185 | 83,311 | 55,126 | New Caledonia |
| 1840s | 28,185 | 83,311 | 55,126 | New Caledonia |
| 1850s | 28,185 | 83,311 | 55,126 | New Caledonia |
| 1860s | 28,185 | 83,311 | 55,126 | New Caledonia |
| 1870s | 28,185 | 83,311 | 55,126 | New Caledonia |
| 1880s | 28,185 | 83,311 | 55,126 | New Caledonia |
| 1890s | 28,185 | 83,311 | 55,126 | New Caledonia |
| 1900s | 28,185 | 83,311 | 55,126 | New Caledonia |
| 1910s | 28,185 | 83,311 | 55,126 | New Caledonia |
| 1920s | 28,185 | 83,311 | 55,126 | New Caledonia |
| 1930s | 28,185 | 83,311 | 55,126 | New Caledonia |
| 1940s | 28,185 | 83,311 | 55,126 | New Caledonia |
| 1950s | 25,888 | 82,536 | 56,648 | New Caledonia |
| 1960s | 25,828 | 82,191 | 56,363 | New Caledonia |
| 1970s | 25,827 | 81,631 | 55,804 | New Caledonia |
| 1980s | 25,827 | 81,044 | 55,217 | New Caledonia |
| 1990s | 25,471 | 81,040 | 55,569 | New Caledonia |
| 2000s | 25,446 | 72,018 | 46,572 | New Caledonia |
| 2010s | 25,445 | 21,320 | 4,125 | Jamaica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher has the world passed peak agricultural land?, Jamaica or New Caledonia?
- Jamaica, at 25,445 against 21,320 in New Caledonia as of 2010.
- What is the difference in has the world passed peak agricultural land? between Jamaica and New Caledonia?
- 4,125, with Jamaica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Jamaica and New Caledonia?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 1780 to 2010.
- How do Jamaica and New Caledonia rank globally for has the world passed peak agricultural land??
- Jamaica ranks 159th and New Caledonia ranks 160th of 179 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Taylor and Rising, and United Nations (2021) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Has the world passed peak agricultural land?. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Agricultural land is the sum of cropland and pasture used for grazing livestock. This is shown for three sources, which use different methods of estimation. While they disagree on how much land is used for agriculture, and the exact date that it peaked, they do all agree that we have passed the peak.