What is the difference in agricultural area over the long-term between Bhutan and Jamaica?

50,153 hectares, with Bhutan ahead.

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

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 Agricultural area over the long-term. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Bhutan vs Jamaica: Agricultural area over the long-term

Bhutan

467,153 hectares

in 2025

Jamaica

417,000 hectares

in 2025

Bhutan rank

148th

Jamaica rank

149th

Agricultural area over the long-term over time

Bhutan
Jamaica

How they compare

Bhutan currently reports 467,153 hectares against 417,000 hectares in Jamaica, a difference of 50,153 hectares.

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

The two have swapped places 6 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Bhutan ahead.

Bhutan ranks 148th and Jamaica ranks 149th of 202 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Bhutan averaged higher in 24 and Jamaica in 16.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Bhutan	Jamaica	Difference	Ahead
1000s	45,801 hectares	0 hectares	45,801 hectares	Bhutan
1100s	44,243 hectares	0 hectares	44,243 hectares	Bhutan
1200s	42,564 hectares	0 hectares	42,564 hectares	Bhutan
1300s	44,809 hectares	0 hectares	44,809 hectares	Bhutan
1400s	46,464 hectares	0 hectares	46,464 hectares	Bhutan
1500s	54,688 hectares	60,648 hectares	5,960 hectares	Jamaica
1600s	67,714 hectares	45,958 hectares	21,757 hectares	Bhutan
1700s	76,870 hectares	25,083 hectares	51,786 hectares	Bhutan
1710s	84,290 hectares	29,506 hectares	54,783 hectares	Bhutan
1720s	85,201 hectares	34,706 hectares	50,495 hectares	Bhutan
1730s	86,112 hectares	40,818 hectares	45,295 hectares	Bhutan
1740s	87,023 hectares	48,002 hectares	39,021 hectares	Bhutan
1750s	87,932 hectares	56,446 hectares	31,487 hectares	Bhutan
1760s	88,838 hectares	66,369 hectares	22,470 hectares	Bhutan
1770s	89,740 hectares	78,030 hectares	11,710 hectares	Bhutan
1780s	90,636 hectares	91,733 hectares	1,097 hectares	Jamaica
1790s	91,522 hectares	107,817 hectares	16,295 hectares	Jamaica
1800s	92,398 hectares	126,748 hectares	34,350 hectares	Jamaica
1810s	93,258 hectares	149,818 hectares	56,560 hectares	Jamaica
1820s	100,723 hectares	155,862 hectares	55,139 hectares	Jamaica
1830s	107,822 hectares	162,118 hectares	54,296 hectares	Jamaica
1840s	116,729 hectares	168,594 hectares	51,865 hectares	Jamaica
1850s	123,873 hectares	175,297 hectares	51,424 hectares	Jamaica
1860s	130,793 hectares	173,322 hectares	42,529 hectares	Jamaica
1870s	140,945 hectares	188,787 hectares	47,842 hectares	Jamaica
1880s	152,723 hectares	205,356 hectares	52,633 hectares	Jamaica
1890s	162,647 hectares	222,941 hectares	60,294 hectares	Jamaica
1900s	174,671 hectares	111,891 hectares	62,780 hectares	Bhutan
1910s	190,196 hectares	138,668 hectares	51,528 hectares	Bhutan
1920s	219,187 hectares	171,433 hectares	47,754 hectares	Bhutan
1930s	248,665 hectares	234,363 hectares	14,302 hectares	Bhutan
1940s	276,217 hectares	311,466 hectares	35,249 hectares	Jamaica
1950s	313,329 hectares	380,933 hectares	67,604 hectares	Jamaica
1960s	365,500 hectares	389,900 hectares	24,400 hectares	Jamaica
1970s	392,100 hectares	375,807 hectares	16,293 hectares	Bhutan
1980s	438,300 hectares	358,193 hectares	80,107 hectares	Bhutan
1990s	532,700 hectares	373,577 hectares	159,123 hectares	Bhutan
2000s	567,830 hectares	421,445 hectares	146,385 hectares	Bhutan
2010s	518,800 hectares	418,326 hectares	100,474 hectares	Bhutan
2020s	484,936 hectares	417,000 hectares	67,936 hectares	Bhutan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher agricultural area over the long-term, Bhutan or Jamaica?: Bhutan, at 467,153 hectares against 417,000 hectares in Jamaica as of 2025.
What is the difference in agricultural area over the long-term between Bhutan and Jamaica?: 50,153 hectares, with Bhutan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bhutan and Jamaica?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Bhutan and Jamaica rank globally for agricultural area over the long-term?: Bhutan ranks 148th and Jamaica ranks 149th of 202 countries.
Where does this data come from?: HYDE (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Agricultural area over the long-term. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Agricultural area over the long-term
Unit: hectares
Source: HYDE (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 202 places, 21,816 data points, 1000–2025
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Total agricultural area for each separate country over time.