Herbaceous crops — Area from CCI_LC in Jamaica
Jamaica: Herbaceous crops — Area from CCI_LC was 93.32 1000 ha in 2022. ▲ Rising
Herbaceous crops — Area from CCI_LC in Jamaica, 1992–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
In 2022, herbaceous crops — area from cci_lc in Jamaica stood at 93.32 1000 ha.
The figure is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 7.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, herbaceous crops — area from cci_lc in Jamaica peaked at 93.4 1000 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 56.82 1000 ha, in 1992.
That places Jamaica 160th out of 241 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 60.78 1000 ha | 56.82 1000 ha | 65.34 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 72.74 1000 ha | 70.9 1000 ha | 75.02 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 89.2 1000 ha | 85.29 1000 ha | 92.22 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 93.32 1000 ha | 93.25 1000 ha | 93.4 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Jamaica
- 157 Belize 122.23 1000 ha compare
- 158 Equatorial Guinea 116.09 1000 ha compare
- 159 Mauritius 107.51 1000 ha compare
- 161 Palestine 82.5 1000 ha compare
- 162 Luxembourg 74.46 1000 ha compare
- 163 Puerto Rico 69.17 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Jamaica
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 23.65 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 45.85 1000 ha (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 16 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 21.14 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 54.15 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 229 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 16.29 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 68.9 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 29.56 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 125 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is herbaceous crops — area from cci_lc in Jamaica?
- Herbaceous crops — area from cci_lc in Jamaica was 93.32 1000 ha in 2022, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest herbaceous crops — area from cci_lc recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 93.4 1000 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest herbaceous crops — area from cci_lc recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 56.82 1000 ha in 1992.
- How does Jamaica rank for herbaceous crops — area from cci_lc?
- Jamaica ranks 160th out of 241 countries with data for 2022.
- Is herbaceous crops — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Jamaica data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Herbaceous crops — Area from CCI_LC. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT domain on Land Cover data under the Agri-Environmental Indicators section contains land cover information organized by the land cover classes of the international standard system for Environmental and Economic Accounting Central Framework (SEEA CF). The land cover information is compiled from publicly available Global Land Cover (GLC) maps: a) MODIS land cover types based on the Land Cover Classification System, LCCS; b) The European Spatial Agency (ESA) Climate Change Initiative (CCI) annual land cover maps produced by the Université catholique de Louvain (UCL)-Geomatics and now under the European Copernicus Program; c) The annual land cover maps which were produced under the European Copernicus Global Land Service (CGLS) (CGLS land cover, containing discrete land cover categorization), with spatial resolution 100m; and d) the WorldCover maps of the European Space Agency, produced at 10m resolution.