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

107,280 hectares, with Jamaica ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Fiji 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.

Fiji vs Jamaica: Agricultural area over the long-term

Fiji

309,720 hectares

in 2025

Jamaica

417,000 hectares

in 2025

Fiji rank

152nd

Jamaica rank

149th

Agricultural area over the long-term over time

Fiji
Jamaica

How they compare

Jamaica currently reports 417,000 hectares against 309,720 hectares in Fiji, a difference of 107,280 hectares.

That makes Jamaica's figure about 1.3 times Fiji's.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Fiji ahead.

Fiji ranks 152nd and Jamaica ranks 149th of 202 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Fiji	Jamaica	Difference	Ahead
1000s	7,362 hectares	0 hectares	7,362 hectares	Fiji
1100s	7,961 hectares	0 hectares	7,961 hectares	Fiji
1200s	8,587 hectares	0 hectares	8,587 hectares	Fiji
1300s	9,237 hectares	0 hectares	9,237 hectares	Fiji
1400s	9,901 hectares	0 hectares	9,901 hectares	Fiji
1500s	10,566 hectares	60,648 hectares	50,082 hectares	Jamaica
1600s	11,214 hectares	45,958 hectares	34,744 hectares	Jamaica
1700s	11,814 hectares	25,083 hectares	13,269 hectares	Jamaica
1710s	12,364 hectares	29,506 hectares	17,142 hectares	Jamaica
1720s	12,938 hectares	34,706 hectares	21,768 hectares	Jamaica
1730s	13,537 hectares	40,818 hectares	27,281 hectares	Jamaica
1740s	14,162 hectares	48,002 hectares	33,840 hectares	Jamaica
1750s	14,814 hectares	56,446 hectares	41,631 hectares	Jamaica
1760s	15,495 hectares	66,369 hectares	50,874 hectares	Jamaica
1770s	16,205 hectares	78,030 hectares	61,826 hectares	Jamaica
1780s	16,945 hectares	91,733 hectares	74,788 hectares	Jamaica
1790s	17,716 hectares	107,817 hectares	90,100 hectares	Jamaica
1800s	18,521 hectares	126,748 hectares	108,227 hectares	Jamaica
1810s	19,358 hectares	149,818 hectares	130,460 hectares	Jamaica
1820s	20,287 hectares	155,862 hectares	135,575 hectares	Jamaica
1830s	21,257 hectares	162,118 hectares	140,861 hectares	Jamaica
1840s	22,270 hectares	168,594 hectares	146,324 hectares	Jamaica
1850s	322,671 hectares	175,297 hectares	147,374 hectares	Fiji
1860s	330,530 hectares	173,322 hectares	157,208 hectares	Fiji
1870s	330,805 hectares	188,787 hectares	142,018 hectares	Fiji
1880s	329,833 hectares	205,356 hectares	124,477 hectares	Fiji
1890s	331,907 hectares	222,941 hectares	108,966 hectares	Fiji
1900s	331,217 hectares	111,891 hectares	219,326 hectares	Fiji
1910s	334,616 hectares	138,668 hectares	195,948 hectares	Fiji
1920s	334,142 hectares	171,433 hectares	162,709 hectares	Fiji
1930s	328,217 hectares	234,363 hectares	93,854 hectares	Fiji
1940s	370,973 hectares	311,466 hectares	59,507 hectares	Fiji
1950s	365,927 hectares	380,933 hectares	15,006 hectares	Jamaica
1960s	224,400 hectares	389,900 hectares	165,500 hectares	Jamaica
1970s	248,700 hectares	375,807 hectares	127,107 hectares	Jamaica
1980s	338,500 hectares	358,193 hectares	19,693 hectares	Jamaica
1990s	401,720 hectares	373,577 hectares	28,143 hectares	Fiji
2000s	345,720 hectares	421,445 hectares	75,725 hectares	Jamaica
2010s	315,950 hectares	418,326 hectares	102,376 hectares	Jamaica
2020s	310,910 hectares	417,000 hectares	106,090 hectares	Jamaica

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher agricultural area over the long-term, Fiji or Jamaica?: Jamaica, at 417,000 hectares against 309,720 hectares in Fiji as of 2025.
What is the difference in agricultural area over the long-term between Fiji and Jamaica?: 107,280 hectares, with Jamaica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Fiji and Jamaica?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Fiji and Jamaica rank globally for agricultural area over the long-term?: Fiji ranks 152nd 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.