El Salvador vs Jamaica: Agricultural land use per person
El Salvador
0.1479 hectares per person
in 2025
Jamaica
0.1459 hectares per person
in 2025
El Salvador rank
145th
Jamaica rank
147th
Agricultural land use per person over time
- El Salvador
- Jamaica
How they compare
El Salvador currently reports 0.1479 hectares per person against 0.1459 hectares per person in Jamaica, a difference of 0.002 hectares per person.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was El Salvador ahead.
El Salvador ranks 145th and Jamaica ranks 147th of 202 countries.
El Salvador has averaged higher in every one of the 40 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | El Salvador | Jamaica | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 0.868 hectares per person | 0 hectares per person | 0.868 hectares per person | El Salvador |
| 1100s | 0.8374 hectares per person | 0 hectares per person | 0.8374 hectares per person | El Salvador |
| 1200s | 0.8044 hectares per person | 0 hectares per person | 0.8044 hectares per person | El Salvador |
| 1300s | 0.7684 hectares per person | 0 hectares per person | 0.7684 hectares per person | El Salvador |
| 1400s | 0.7287 hectares per person | 0 hectares per person | 0.7287 hectares per person | El Salvador |
| 1500s | 0.6841 hectares per person | 0.2117 hectares per person | 0.4723 hectares per person | El Salvador |
| 1600s | 0.7923 hectares per person | 0.3209 hectares per person | 0.4714 hectares per person | El Salvador |
| 1700s | 0.7824 hectares per person | 0.3503 hectares per person | 0.4322 hectares per person | El Salvador |
| 1710s | 0.7807 hectares per person | 0.3532 hectares per person | 0.4275 hectares per person | El Salvador |
| 1720s | 0.7788 hectares per person | 0.3561 hectares per person | 0.4227 hectares per person | El Salvador |
| 1730s | 0.7767 hectares per person | 0.3589 hectares per person | 0.4177 hectares per person | El Salvador |
| 1740s | 0.7744 hectares per person | 0.3618 hectares per person | 0.4126 hectares per person | El Salvador |
| 1750s | 0.7719 hectares per person | 0.3647 hectares per person | 0.4072 hectares per person | El Salvador |
| 1760s | 0.7691 hectares per person | 0.3675 hectares per person | 0.4016 hectares per person | El Salvador |
| 1770s | 0.7661 hectares per person | 0.3704 hectares per person | 0.3958 hectares per person | El Salvador |
| 1780s | 0.7629 hectares per person | 0.3732 hectares per person | 0.3897 hectares per person | El Salvador |
| 1790s | 0.7594 hectares per person | 0.376 hectares per person | 0.3834 hectares per person | El Salvador |
| 1800s | 0.7555 hectares per person | 0.3789 hectares per person | 0.3767 hectares per person | El Salvador |
| 1810s | 0.7543 hectares per person | 0.3839 hectares per person | 0.3705 hectares per person | El Salvador |
| 1820s | 0.7527 hectares per person | 0.3888 hectares per person | 0.3639 hectares per person | El Salvador |
| 1830s | 0.7507 hectares per person | 0.3938 hectares per person | 0.3569 hectares per person | El Salvador |
| 1840s | 0.7482 hectares per person | 0.3987 hectares per person | 0.3495 hectares per person | El Salvador |
| 1850s | 0.7453 hectares per person | 0.4037 hectares per person | 0.3416 hectares per person | El Salvador |
| 1860s | 0.7144 hectares per person | 0.3886 hectares per person | 0.3258 hectares per person | El Salvador |
| 1870s | 0.6829 hectares per person | 0.3735 hectares per person | 0.3094 hectares per person | El Salvador |
| 1880s | 0.6506 hectares per person | 0.3585 hectares per person | 0.2921 hectares per person | El Salvador |
| 1890s | 0.6174 hectares per person | 0.3434 hectares per person | 0.274 hectares per person | El Salvador |
| 1900s | 0.5831 hectares per person | 0.1521 hectares per person | 0.431 hectares per person | El Salvador |
| 1910s | 0.5474 hectares per person | 0.1663 hectares per person | 0.3811 hectares per person | El Salvador |
| 1920s | 0.5101 hectares per person | 0.1805 hectares per person | 0.3296 hectares per person | El Salvador |
| 1930s | 0.5006 hectares per person | 0.2167 hectares per person | 0.2839 hectares per person | El Salvador |
| 1940s | 0.3891 hectares per person | 0.2529 hectares per person | 0.1362 hectares per person | El Salvador |
| 1950s | 0.2993 hectares per person | 0.2511 hectares per person | 0.0482 hectares per person | El Salvador |
| 1960s | 0.2381 hectares per person | 0.2245 hectares per person | 0.0135 hectares per person | El Salvador |
| 1970s | 0.1936 hectares per person | 0.1875 hectares per person | 0.0061 hectares per person | El Salvador |
| 1980s | 0.1745 hectares per person | 0.1556 hectares per person | 0.0189 hectares per person | El Salvador |
| 1990s | 0.1653 hectares per person | 0.1479 hectares per person | 0.0174 hectares per person | El Salvador |
| 2000s | 0.1548 hectares per person | 0.1541 hectares per person | 0.0007 hectares per person | El Salvador |
| 2010s | 0.1486 hectares per person | 0.148 hectares per person | 0.0005 hectares per person | El Salvador |
| 2020s | 0.148 hectares per person | 0.1465 hectares per person | 0.0015 hectares per person | El Salvador |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher agricultural land use per person, El Salvador or Jamaica?
- El Salvador, at 0.1479 hectares per person against 0.1459 hectares per person in Jamaica as of 2025.
- What is the difference in agricultural land use per person between El Salvador and Jamaica?
- 0.002 hectares per person, with El Salvador ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Jamaica?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do El Salvador and Jamaica rank globally for agricultural land use per person?
- El Salvador ranks 145th and Jamaica ranks 147th of 202 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- HYDE (2025) β with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Agricultural land use per person. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Total agricultural land per person for each separate country over time.