Arable land — all countries

Arable land — Suriname

Arable land in Suriname in 2023 — 52,965 ha. Ranked 157 in the world out of 206. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 89.2%.

2023 52,965 ha +5.93% vs 2022
World rank 157of 206
Period maximum 65,000 ha2014
Period minimum 28,000 ha1961

Trend over time

1961–2023 · hectares

Arable land — Suriname, 1961–202320,00030,00040,00050,00060,00070,00019611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 28,000 ha1963: 29,000 ha1965: 32,000 ha1967: 30,000 ha1969: 30,000 ha1971: 33,000 ha1973: 35,000 ha1975: 35,000 ha1977: 36,000 ha1979: 37,000 ha1981: 43,000 ha1983: 48,000 ha1985: 52,000 ha1987: 57,000 ha1989: 57,000 ha1991: 57,000 ha1993: 57,000 ha1995: 57,000 ha1997: 57,000 ha1999: 57,000 ha2001: 57,000 ha2003: 55,000 ha2005: 49,000 ha2007: 46,000 ha2009: 58,000 ha2011: 58,000 ha2013: 60,000 ha2015: 65,000 ha2017: 62,000 ha2019: 62,000 ha2021: 58,000 ha2023: 52,965 ha
Change over the period: +24,965 (+89.16%) Average annual rate: 1.03 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Suriname 52,965 ha
World computed 1.38B ha
Latin America & Caribbean computed 151M ha
South America computed 120M ha
Arable land — Suriname, by year Suriname All countries CSV XLSX
Year ha Change Change, %
2023 52,965 +2,965 +5.93%
2022 50,000 −8,000 −13.79%
2021 58,000 −2,000 −3.33%
2020 60,000 −2,000 −3.23%
2019 62,000 +0 +0%
2018 62,000 +0 +0%
2017 62,000 −3,000 −4.62%
2016 65,000 +0 +0%
2015 65,000 +0 +0%
2014 65,000 +5,000 +8.33%
2013 60,000 +8,000 +15.38%
2012 52,000 −6,000 −10.34%
2011 58,000 +3,000 +5.45%
2010 55,000 −3,000 −5.17%
2009 58,000 +11,000 +23.4%
2008 47,000 +1,000 +2.17%
2007 46,000 −3,000 −6.12%
2006 49,000 +0 +0%
2005 49,000 −4,000 −7.55%
2004 53,000 −2,000 −3.64%
2003 55,000 +10,000 +22.22%
2002 45,000 −12,000 −21.05%
2001 57,000 +0 +0%
2000 57,000 +0 +0%
1999 57,000 +0 +0%
1998 57,000 +0 +0%
1997 57,000 +0 +0%
1996 57,000 +0 +0%
1995 57,000 +0 +0%
1994 57,000 +0 +0%
1993 57,000 +0 +0%
1992 57,000 +0 +0%
1991 57,000 +0 +0%
1990 57,000 +0 +0%
1989 57,000 +0 +0%
1988 57,000 +0 +0%
1987 57,000 +3,000 +5.56%
1986 54,000 +2,000 +3.85%
1985 52,000 +2,000 +4%
1984 50,000 +2,000 +4.17%
1983 48,000 +2,000 +4.35%
1982 46,000 +3,000 +6.98%
1981 43,000 +3,000 +7.5%
1980 40,000 +3,000 +8.11%
1979 37,000 +1,000 +2.78%
1978 36,000 +0 +0%
1977 36,000 +1,000 +2.86%
1976 35,000 +0 +0%
1975 35,000 +0 +0%
1974 35,000 +0 +0%
1973 35,000 +2,000 +6.06%
1972 33,000 +0 +0%
1971 33,000 +3,000 +10%
1970 30,000 +0 +0%
1969 30,000 +0 +0%
1968 30,000 +0 +0%
1967 30,000 −1,000 −3.23%
1966 31,000 −1,000 −3.13%
1965 32,000 +0 +0%
1964 32,000 +3,000 +10.34%
1963 29,000 +0 +0%
1962 29,000 +1,000 +3.57%
1961 28,000

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.