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Arable land share — Puerto Rico

Arable land share in Puerto Rico in 2023 — 5.66%. Ranked 129 in the world out of 206. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 19.59 pp.

2023 5.66% +0 pp vs 2022
World rank 129of 206
Period maximum 25.25%1961
Period minimum 3.61%1993

Trend over time

1961–2023 · % of land area

Arable land share — Puerto Rico, 1961–2023010203019611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 25.25%1963: 23.9%1965: 24.24%1967: 19.17%1969: 18.71%1971: 14.66%1973: 10.71%1975: 10.6%1977: 10.82%1979: 10.94%1981: 7.67%1983: 7.22%1985: 7.1%1987: 7.1%1989: 7.89%1991: 6.2%1993: 3.61%1995: 3.72%1997: 4.17%1999: 6.16%2001: 7.32%2003: 6.9%2005: 5.7%2007: 4.16%2009: 5.08%2011: 5.9%2013: 6.11%2015: 5.91%2017: 5.7%2019: 5.66%2021: 5.66%2023: 5.66%
Change over the period: −19.59 pp Annual average: -0.32 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

Puerto Rico 5.66%
World 10.67%
Latin America & Caribbean 7.52%
Caribbean computed 23.36%
High-income countries computed 8.94%
Arable land share — Puerto Rico, by year Puerto Rico All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 5.66 +0 pp
2022 5.66 +0 pp
2021 5.66 +0 pp
2020 5.66 +0 pp
2019 5.66 +0 pp
2018 5.66 −0.05 pp
2017 5.7 −0.1 pp
2016 5.81 −0.1 pp
2015 5.91 −0.1 pp
2014 6.01 −0.1 pp
2013 6.11 −0.1 pp
2012 6.21 +0.32 pp
2011 5.9 +0.35 pp
2010 5.55 +0.46 pp
2009 5.08 +0.46 pp
2008 4.62 +0.46 pp
2007 4.16 −0.78 pp
2006 4.94 −0.77 pp
2005 5.7 −0.54 pp
2004 6.25 −0.65 pp
2003 6.9 −0.77 pp
2002 7.67 +0.35 pp
2001 7.32 +0.59 pp
2000 6.73 +0.57 pp
1999 6.16 +0.35 pp
1998 5.81 +1.63 pp
1997 4.17 +0.45 pp
1996 3.72 +0 pp
1995 3.72 +0 pp
1994 3.72 +0.11 pp
1993 3.61 −2.25 pp
1992 5.86 −0.34 pp
1991 6.2 −1.13 pp
1990 7.33 −0.56 pp
1989 7.89 −0.79 pp
1988 8.68 +1.58 pp
1987 7.1 −0.11 pp
1986 7.22 +0.11 pp
1985 7.1 −0.34 pp
1984 7.44 +0.23 pp
1983 7.22 −0.34 pp
1982 7.55 −0.11 pp
1981 7.67 −0.68 pp
1980 8.34 −2.59 pp
1979 10.94 −0.11 pp
1978 11.05 +0.23 pp
1977 10.82 +0.23 pp
1976 10.6 +0 pp
1975 10.6 −0.11 pp
1974 10.71 +0 pp
1973 10.71 −2.25 pp
1972 12.97 −1.69 pp
1971 14.66 −2.48 pp
1970 17.14 −1.58 pp
1969 18.71 +0.23 pp
1968 18.49 −0.68 pp
1967 19.17 −1.92 pp
1966 21.08 −3.16 pp
1965 24.24 +2.71 pp
1964 21.53 −2.37 pp
1963 23.9 −0.11 pp
1962 24.01 −1.24 pp
1961 25.25 —

Caribbean, 2023

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

HT Haiti 36.47 CU Cuba 28.02 DO Dominican Republic 20.24 KN Saint Kitts and Nevis 19.23 BB Barbados 16.28 AW Aruba 11.11 JM Jamaica 11.08 AG Antigua and Barbuda 9.09 GD Grenada 8.82 DM Dominica 8 VG British Virgin Islands 6.67 PR Puerto Rico 5.66 VC Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 5.13 TT Trinidad and Tobago 4.87 LC Saint Lucia 4.38 VI United States Virgin Islands 2.57 TC Turks and Caicos Islands 1.05 KY Cayman Islands 0.83 BS Bahamas 0.8
Full table for all countries

About the indicator

The share of arable land in land area: land under annual crops, temporary meadows, kitchen gardens and land lying fallow for less than five years. It excludes permanent crops and permanent pasture, so the indicator reflects more precisely the resource available for growing grain and other field crops.

Important: The aggregate for country groups is weighted by land area.

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

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The area of a country excluding inland water bodies — the denominator for every land share.

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