Arable land — all countries

Arable land — Caribbean

Arable land in the Caribbean in 2023 — 5,127,330 ha. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 42.9%.

2023 5.13M ha +0.64% vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 5.88M ha2002
Period minimum 3.59M ha1961

Trend over time

1961–2023 · hectares

Arable land — Caribbean, 1961–20233M4M5M6M19611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 3,589,200 ha1963: 3,741,200 ha1965: 3,775,200 ha1967: 3,827,200 ha1969: 4,106,200 ha1971: 4,408,200 ha1973: 4,793,200 ha1975: 4,924,200 ha1977: 5,164,200 ha1979: 5,161,900 ha1981: 5,175,500 ha1983: 5,235,900 ha1985: 5,297,500 ha1987: 5,373,610 ha1989: 5,449,973 ha1991: 5,460,220 ha1993: 5,663,567 ha1995: 5,700,313 ha1997: 5,717,660 ha1999: 5,692,807 ha2001: 5,820,600 ha2003: 5,694,083 ha2005: 5,691,909 ha2007: 5,596,623 ha2009: 5,529,388 ha2011: 5,577,583 ha2013: 5,412,261 ha2015: 5,241,229 ha2017: 5,202,296 ha2019: 5,072,966 ha2021: 5,055,032 ha2023: 5,127,330 ha
Change over the period: +1.54M (+42.85%) Average annual rate: 0.58 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Caribbean 5.13M ha
World computed 1.38B ha
Arable land — Caribbean, by year Caribbean All countries CSV XLSX
Year ha Change Change, %
2023 5.13M +32,560 +0.64%
2022 5.09M +39,738 +0.79%
2021 5.06M +9,244 +0.18%
2020 5.05M −27,178 −0.54%
2019 5.07M −186,138 −3.54%
2018 5.26M +56,808 +1.09%
2017 5.2M −56,454 −1.07%
2016 5.26M +17,521 +0.33%
2015 5.24M −85,598 −1.61%
2014 5.33M −85,434 −1.58%
2013 5.41M +27,072 +0.5%
2012 5.39M −192,393 −3.45%
2011 5.58M −28,672 −0.51%
2010 5.61M +76,867 +1.39%
2009 5.53M +33,519 +0.61%
2008 5.5M −100,753 −1.8%
2007 5.6M −37,341 −0.66%
2006 5.63M −57,945 −1.02%
2005 5.69M +82,421 +1.47%
2004 5.61M −84,595 −1.49%
2003 5.69M −184,367 −3.14%
2002 5.88M +57,850 +0.99%
2001 5.82M +237,950 +4.26%
2000 5.58M −110,157 −1.94%
1999 5.69M +27,823 +0.49%
1998 5.66M −52,677 −0.92%
1997 5.72M +228,723 +4.17%
1996 5.49M −211,377 −3.71%
1995 5.7M −15,777 −0.28%
1994 5.72M +52,523 +0.93%
1993 5.66M +64,723 +1.16%
1992 5.6M +138,623 +2.54%
1991 5.46M +35,623 +0.66%
1990 5.42M −25,377 −0.47%
1989 5.45M +12,473 +0.23%
1988 5.44M +63,890 +1.19%
1987 5.37M −6,890 −0.13%
1986 5.38M +83,000 +1.57%
1985 5.3M +53,800 +1.03%
1984 5.24M +7,800 +0.15%
1983 5.24M +29,700 +0.57%
1982 5.21M +30,700 +0.59%
1981 5.18M +10,800 +0.21%
1980 5.16M +2,800 +0.05%
1979 5.16M −43,300 −0.83%
1978 5.21M +41,000 +0.79%
1977 5.16M +36,000 +0.7%
1976 5.13M +204,000 +4.14%
1975 4.92M +257,700 +5.52%
1974 4.67M −126,700 −2.64%
1973 4.79M +177,000 +3.83%
1972 4.62M +208,000 +4.72%
1971 4.41M −46,000 −1.03%
1970 4.45M +348,000 +8.47%
1969 4.11M +31,000 +0.76%
1968 4.08M +248,000 +6.48%
1967 3.83M +139,000 +3.77%
1966 3.69M −87,000 −2.3%
1965 3.78M −125,000 −3.2%
1964 3.9M +159,000 +4.25%
1963 3.74M +98,000 +2.69%
1962 3.64M +54,000 +1.5%
1961 3.59M

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.