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Agricultural land — Samoa

Agricultural land in Samoa in 2023 — 488 km². Ranked 172 in the world out of 209. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 12.8%.

2023 488 km² −1.17% vs 2022
World rank 172of 209
Period maximum 784 km²1986
Period minimum 349 km²2009

Trend over time

1961–2023 · km²

Agricultural land — Samoa, 1961–202320040060080019611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 560 km²1963: 570 km²1965: 620 km²1967: 620 km²1969: 630 km²1971: 640 km²1973: 640 km²1975: 650 km²1977: 710 km²1979: 735 km²1981: 770 km²1983: 776 km²1985: 780 km²1987: 767 km²1989: 542 km²1991: 540 km²1993: 520 km²1995: 510 km²1997: 510 km²1999: 508 km²2001: 480 km²2003: 450 km²2005: 420 km²2007: 385 km²2009: 349 km²2011: 480 km²2013: 610 km²2015: 756 km²2017: 620 km²2019: 494 km²2021: 494 km²2023: 488 km²
Change over the period: −72 (−12.8%) Average annual rate: -0.22 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Samoa

Samoa 488 km²
World 47.92M km²
East Asia & Pacific 11.45M km²
Lower-middle-income countries computed 9.72M km²
Agricultural land — Samoa, by year Samoa All countries CSV XLSX
Year km² Change Change, %
2023 488 −6 −1.17%
2022 494 +0 +0%
2021 494 +0 +0%
2020 494 +0 +0%
2019 494 −58 −10.44%
2018 552 −68 −11.02%
2017 620 −68 −9.9%
2016 688 −68 −9.01%
2015 756 +81 +12.03%
2014 675 +65 +10.66%
2013 610 +65 +11.93%
2012 545 +65 +13.54%
2011 480 +65 +15.66%
2010 415 +66 +18.91%
2009 349 −21 −5.68%
2008 370 −15 −3.9%
2007 385 −17 −4.23%
2006 402 −18 −4.29%
2005 420 −10 −2.33%
2004 430 −20 −4.44%
2003 450 −20 −4.26%
2002 470 −10 −2.08%
2001 480 +0 +0%
2000 480 −28 −5.51%
1999 508 −2 −0.39%
1998 510 +0 +0%
1997 510 +0 +0%
1996 510 +0 +0%
1995 510 +0 +0%
1994 510 −10 −1.92%
1993 520 +0 +0%
1992 520 −20 −3.7%
1991 540 +0 +0%
1990 540 −2 −0.37%
1989 542 −228 −29.61%
1988 770 +3 +0.39%
1987 767 −17 −2.17%
1986 784 +4 +0.51%
1985 780 +0 +0%
1984 780 +4 +0.52%
1983 776 +6 +0.78%
1982 770 +0 +0%
1981 770 +30 +4.05%
1980 740 +5 +0.68%
1979 735 +25 +3.52%
1978 710 +0 +0%
1977 710 +20 +2.9%
1976 690 +40 +6.15%
1975 650 +10 +1.56%
1974 640 +0 +0%
1973 640 +0 +0%
1972 640 +0 +0%
1971 640 +5 +0.79%
1970 635 +5 +0.79%
1969 630 +0 +0%
1968 630 +10 +1.61%
1967 620 +0 +0%
1966 620 +0 +0%
1965 620 +50 +8.77%
1964 570 +0 +0%
1963 570 +0 +0%
1962 570 +10 +1.79%
1961 560 — —

Polynesia, 2023

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

WS Samoa 488 TO Tonga 350 PF French Polynesia 301 AS American Samoa 30 TV Tuvalu 18
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About the indicator

The area of agricultural land: arable land, land under permanent crops, and permanent meadows and pastures. Pasture makes up most of this figure almost everywhere, so the largest agricultural countries by area turn out to be not the main grain producers but countries with vast dry rangelands — Australia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia. The indicator serves as the denominator for the share of irrigated land.

Important: Pasture is included and usually predominates, so the figure is far larger than the area of arable land. FAO estimates for pasture in arid countries are approximate: the boundary between rangeland and wasteland is a matter of convention.

Source: FAOSTAT (FAO), license CC BY 4.0.

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