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
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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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Has the world passed peak agricultural land?
Source
Taylor and Rising, and United Nations (2021) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
179 places, 4,296 data points, 1780–2010
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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.