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

76,160 hectares, with Jamaica ahead.

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

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.

Jamaica vs East Timor: Agricultural area over the long-term

Jamaica

417,000 hectares

in 2025

East Timor

340,840 hectares

in 2025

Jamaica rank

149th

East Timor rank

151st

Agricultural area over the long-term over time

Jamaica
East Timor

How they compare

Jamaica currently reports 417,000 hectares against 340,840 hectares in East Timor, a difference of 76,160 hectares.

That makes Jamaica's figure about 1.2 times East Timor's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was East Timor ahead.

Jamaica ranks 149th and East Timor ranks 151st of 202 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Jamaica averaged higher in 13 and East Timor in 27.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Jamaica	East Timor	Difference	Ahead
1000s	0 hectares	28,491 hectares	28,491 hectares	East Timor
1100s	0 hectares	35,150 hectares	35,150 hectares	East Timor
1200s	0 hectares	43,356 hectares	43,356 hectares	East Timor
1300s	0 hectares	53,469 hectares	53,469 hectares	East Timor
1400s	0 hectares	65,959 hectares	65,959 hectares	East Timor
1500s	60,648 hectares	81,406 hectares	20,758 hectares	East Timor
1600s	45,958 hectares	100,452 hectares	54,494 hectares	East Timor
1700s	25,083 hectares	123,826 hectares	98,743 hectares	East Timor
1710s	29,506 hectares	124,220 hectares	94,714 hectares	East Timor
1720s	34,706 hectares	127,259 hectares	92,554 hectares	East Timor
1730s	40,818 hectares	128,080 hectares	87,262 hectares	East Timor
1740s	48,002 hectares	128,881 hectares	80,879 hectares	East Timor
1750s	56,446 hectares	129,661 hectares	73,216 hectares	East Timor
1760s	66,369 hectares	130,422 hectares	64,053 hectares	East Timor
1770s	78,030 hectares	131,166 hectares	53,136 hectares	East Timor
1780s	91,733 hectares	131,951 hectares	40,218 hectares	East Timor
1790s	107,817 hectares	132,798 hectares	24,981 hectares	East Timor
1800s	126,748 hectares	133,627 hectares	6,879 hectares	East Timor
1810s	149,818 hectares	134,333 hectares	15,485 hectares	Jamaica
1820s	155,862 hectares	143,948 hectares	11,914 hectares	Jamaica
1830s	162,118 hectares	157,323 hectares	4,795 hectares	Jamaica
1840s	168,594 hectares	169,100 hectares	506 hectares	East Timor
1850s	175,297 hectares	181,727 hectares	6,430 hectares	East Timor
1860s	173,322 hectares	195,262 hectares	21,940 hectares	East Timor
1870s	188,787 hectares	201,379 hectares	12,592 hectares	East Timor
1880s	205,356 hectares	207,658 hectares	2,302 hectares	East Timor
1890s	222,941 hectares	214,192 hectares	8,749 hectares	Jamaica
1900s	111,891 hectares	221,022 hectares	109,131 hectares	East Timor
1910s	138,668 hectares	228,034 hectares	89,366 hectares	East Timor
1920s	171,433 hectares	234,654 hectares	63,221 hectares	East Timor
1930s	234,363 hectares	241,110 hectares	6,747 hectares	East Timor
1940s	311,466 hectares	252,539 hectares	58,927 hectares	Jamaica
1950s	380,933 hectares	262,968 hectares	117,965 hectares	Jamaica
1960s	389,900 hectares	230,698 hectares	159,202 hectares	Jamaica
1970s	375,807 hectares	255,292 hectares	120,516 hectares	Jamaica
1980s	358,193 hectares	291,400 hectares	66,793 hectares	Jamaica
1990s	373,577 hectares	335,600 hectares	37,977 hectares	Jamaica
2000s	421,445 hectares	335,000 hectares	86,445 hectares	Jamaica
2010s	418,326 hectares	340,220 hectares	78,106 hectares	Jamaica
2020s	417,000 hectares	341,190 hectares	75,810 hectares	Jamaica

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher agricultural area over the long-term, Jamaica or East Timor?: Jamaica, at 417,000 hectares against 340,840 hectares in East Timor as of 2025.
What is the difference in agricultural area over the long-term between Jamaica and East Timor?: 76,160 hectares, with Jamaica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Jamaica and East Timor?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Jamaica and East Timor rank globally for agricultural area over the long-term?: Jamaica ranks 149th and East Timor ranks 151st 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: 09 October 2026

Total agricultural area for each separate country over time.