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Arable land — Samoa

Arable land in Samoa in 2023 — 10,710 ha. Ranked 168 in the world out of 206. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 7.1%.

2023 10,710 ha −5.14% vs 2022
World rank 168of 206
Period maximum 32,460 ha2015
Period minimum 7,900 ha2009

Trend over time

1961–2023 · hectares

Arable land — Samoa, 1961–2023010,00020,00030,00040,00019611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 10,000 ha1963: 11,000 ha1965: 11,000 ha1967: 11,000 ha1969: 12,000 ha1971: 13,000 ha1973: 13,000 ha1975: 14,000 ha1977: 15,000 ha1979: 15,500 ha1981: 16,000 ha1983: 16,600 ha1985: 17,000 ha1987: 17,700 ha1989: 18,500 ha1991: 19,000 ha1993: 17,000 ha1995: 17,000 ha1997: 17,000 ha1999: 16,300 ha2001: 14,000 ha2003: 13,000 ha2005: 11,000 ha2007: 10,000 ha2009: 7,900 ha2011: 16,000 ha2013: 24,000 ha2015: 32,460 ha2017: 19,060 ha2019: 11,290 ha2021: 11,290 ha2023: 10,710 ha
Change over the period: +710 (+7.1%) Average annual rate: 0.11 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Samoa 10,710 ha
World computed 1.38B ha
East Asia & Pacific computed 213M ha
Lower-middle-income countries computed 403M ha
Arable land — Samoa, by year Samoa All countries CSV XLSX
Year ha Change Change, %
2023 10,710 −580 −5.14%
2022 11,290 +0 +0%
2021 11,290 +0 +0%
2020 11,290 +0 +0%
2019 11,290 −1,060 −8.58%
2018 12,350 −6,710 −35.2%
2017 19,060 −6,700 −26.01%
2016 25,760 −6,700 −20.64%
2015 32,460 +4,460 +15.93%
2014 28,000 +4,000 +16.67%
2013 24,000 +4,000 +20%
2012 20,000 +4,000 +25%
2011 16,000 +4,000 +33.33%
2010 12,000 +4,100 +51.9%
2009 7,900 −1,100 −12.22%
2008 9,000 −1,000 −10%
2007 10,000 −400 −3.85%
2006 10,400 −600 −5.45%
2005 11,000 −1,000 −8.33%
2004 12,000 −1,000 −7.69%
2003 13,000 +0 +0%
2002 13,000 −1,000 −7.14%
2001 14,000 +0 +0%
2000 14,000 −2,300 −14.11%
1999 16,300 −700 −4.12%
1998 17,000 +0 +0%
1997 17,000 +0 +0%
1996 17,000 +0 +0%
1995 17,000 +0 +0%
1994 17,000 +0 +0%
1993 17,000 +0 +0%
1992 17,000 −2,000 −10.53%
1991 19,000 +0 +0%
1990 19,000 +500 +2.7%
1989 18,500 +500 +2.78%
1988 18,000 +300 +1.69%
1987 17,700 +300 +1.72%
1986 17,400 +400 +2.35%
1985 17,000 +0 +0%
1984 17,000 +400 +2.41%
1983 16,600 +600 +3.75%
1982 16,000 +0 +0%
1981 16,000 +0 +0%
1980 16,000 +500 +3.23%
1979 15,500 +500 +3.33%
1978 15,000 +0 +0%
1977 15,000 +0 +0%
1976 15,000 +1,000 +7.14%
1975 14,000 +1,000 +7.69%
1974 13,000 +0 +0%
1973 13,000 +0 +0%
1972 13,000 +0 +0%
1971 13,000 +500 +4%
1970 12,500 +500 +4.17%
1969 12,000 +0 +0%
1968 12,000 +1,000 +9.09%
1967 11,000 +0 +0%
1966 11,000 +0 +0%
1965 11,000 +0 +0%
1964 11,000 +0 +0%
1963 11,000 +0 +0%
1962 11,000 +1,000 +10%
1961 10,000 — —

Polynesia, 2023

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

TO Tonga 20,000 WS Samoa 10,710 PF French Polynesia 2,500 AS American Samoa 1,030
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About the indicator

The area of arable land: land under annual crops, temporary meadows, kitchen gardens and land lying fallow for up to five years. It differs from agricultural land in excluding pasture and permanent crops — and since pasture makes up most of agricultural land, arable land is usually about a third the size. The world area of arable land has barely grown since the 1990s: the added output of recent decades came from yields, not from an expansion of fields.

Important: Land lying fallow for up to five years is included, abandoned land is not. Permanent crops — orchards, vineyards, plantations — do not count as arable land.

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

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