Jamaica vs Qatar: Has the world passed peak agricultural land?
Jamaica
25,445
in 2010
Qatar
43,121
in 2010
Jamaica rank
159th
Qatar rank
158th
Has the world passed peak agricultural land? over time
- Jamaica
- Qatar
How they compare
Qatar currently reports 43,121 against 25,445 in Jamaica, a difference of 17,676.
That makes Qatar's figure about 1.7 times Jamaica's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 24 shared years of data; in 1780 it was Jamaica ahead.
Jamaica ranks 159th and Qatar ranks 158th of 179 countries.
Across the 24 decades both report, Jamaica averaged higher in 18 and Qatar in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Jamaica | Qatar | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1780s | 28,185 | 9,448 | 18,737 | Jamaica |
| 1790s | 28,185 | 9,978 | 18,207 | Jamaica |
| 1800s | 28,185 | 10,536 | 17,650 | Jamaica |
| 1810s | 28,185 | 11,121 | 17,064 | Jamaica |
| 1820s | 28,185 | 11,763 | 16,423 | Jamaica |
| 1830s | 28,185 | 12,488 | 15,697 | Jamaica |
| 1840s | 28,185 | 13,241 | 14,944 | Jamaica |
| 1850s | 28,185 | 14,078 | 14,107 | Jamaica |
| 1860s | 28,185 | 14,971 | 13,214 | Jamaica |
| 1870s | 28,185 | 15,391 | 12,794 | Jamaica |
| 1880s | 28,185 | 15,839 | 12,346 | Jamaica |
| 1890s | 28,185 | 16,371 | 11,815 | Jamaica |
| 1900s | 28,185 | 16,986 | 11,199 | Jamaica |
| 1910s | 28,185 | 17,630 | 10,555 | Jamaica |
| 1920s | 28,185 | 19,278 | 8,908 | Jamaica |
| 1930s | 28,185 | 21,205 | 6,981 | Jamaica |
| 1940s | 28,185 | 23,355 | 4,830 | Jamaica |
| 1950s | 25,888 | 25,730 | 157.7 | Jamaica |
| 1960s | 25,828 | 43,632 | 17,804 | Qatar |
| 1970s | 25,827 | 43,630 | 17,803 | Qatar |
| 1980s | 25,827 | 45,668 | 19,841 | Qatar |
| 1990s | 25,471 | 46,223 | 20,752 | Qatar |
| 2000s | 25,446 | 41,537 | 16,091 | Qatar |
| 2010s | 25,445 | 43,121 | 17,675 | Qatar |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher has the world passed peak agricultural land?, Jamaica or Qatar?
- Qatar, at 43,121 against 25,445 in Jamaica as of 2010.
- What is the difference in has the world passed peak agricultural land? between Jamaica and Qatar?
- 17,676, with Qatar ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Jamaica and Qatar?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 1780 to 2010.
- How do Jamaica and Qatar rank globally for has the world passed peak agricultural land??
- Jamaica ranks 159th and Qatar ranks 158th 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.