Agricultural land — Area, per capita in Samoa
Samoa: Agricultural land — Area, per capita was 0.0002 1000 ha per person in 2024. ▼ Falling
Agricultural land — Area, per capita in Samoa, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in 1000 ha per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for agricultural land — area, per capita in Samoa is 0.0002 1000 ha per person, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.6% on the previous year and down 34.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, agricultural land — area, per capita in Samoa peaked at 0.0005 1000 ha per person in 1961 and was at its lowest, 0.0002 1000 ha per person, in 2009.
That places Samoa 122nd out of 186 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Agricultural land — Area, per capita in Samoa, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0005 1000 ha per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0005 1000 ha per person | -0.9% |
| 1963 | 0.0005 1000 ha per person | -2.6% |
| 1964 | 0.0005 1000 ha per person | -2.5% |
| 1965 | 0.0005 1000 ha per person | +6.2% |
| 1966 | 0.0005 1000 ha per person | -2.4% |
| 1967 | 0.0005 1000 ha per person | -2.0% |
| 1968 | 0.0005 1000 ha per person | -0.1% |
| 1969 | 0.0005 1000 ha per person | -1.6% |
| 1970 | 0.0005 1000 ha per person | -0.8% |
| 1971 | 0.0004 1000 ha per person | -0.7% |
| 1972 | 0.0004 1000 ha per person | -1.4% |
| 1973 | 0.0004 1000 ha per person | -1.4% |
| 1974 | 0.0004 1000 ha per person | -2.0% |
| 1975 | 0.0004 1000 ha per person | -1.0% |
| 1976 | 0.0004 1000 ha per person | +3.6% |
| 1977 | 0.0004 1000 ha per person | +1.2% |
| 1978 | 0.0004 1000 ha per person | -1.0% |
| 1979 | 0.0005 1000 ha per person | +2.6% |
| 1980 | 0.0005 1000 ha per person | -0.2% |
| 1981 | 0.0005 1000 ha per person | +3.2% |
| 1982 | 0.0005 1000 ha per person | -0.5% |
| 1983 | 0.0005 1000 ha per person | +0.6% |
| 1984 | 0.0005 1000 ha per person | +0.5% |
| 1985 | 0.0005 1000 ha per person | -0.0% |
| 1986 | 0.0005 1000 ha per person | +0.4% |
| 1987 | 0.0005 1000 ha per person | -2.5% |
| 1988 | 0.0005 1000 ha per person | -0.0% |
| 1989 | 0.0003 1000 ha per person | -29.8% |
| 1990 | 0.0003 1000 ha per person | -0.5% |
| 1991 | 0.0003 1000 ha per person | -0.2% |
| 1992 | 0.0003 1000 ha per person | -4.2% |
| 1993 | 0.0003 1000 ha per person | -0.8% |
| 1994 | 0.0003 1000 ha per person | -2.7% |
| 1995 | 0.0003 1000 ha per person | -0.8% |
| 1996 | 0.0003 1000 ha per person | -0.9% |
| 1997 | 0.0003 1000 ha per person | -0.8% |
| 1998 | 0.0003 1000 ha per person | -0.8% |
| 1999 | 0.0003 1000 ha per person | -1.1% |
| 2000 | 0.0003 1000 ha per person | -6.2% |
| 2001 | 0.0003 1000 ha per person | -0.8% |
| 2002 | 0.0003 1000 ha per person | -2.8% |
| 2003 | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | -4.8% |
| 2004 | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | -4.9% |
| 2005 | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | -2.7% |
| 2006 | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | -4.7% |
| 2007 | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | -4.8% |
| 2008 | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | -4.6% |
| 2009 | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | -6.4% |
| 2010 | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | +18.5% |
| 2011 | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | +15.3% |
| 2012 | 0.0003 1000 ha per person | +13.0% |
| 2013 | 0.0003 1000 ha per person | +11.3% |
| 2014 | 0.0003 1000 ha per person | +9.9% |
| 2015 | 0.0004 1000 ha per person | +8.9% |
| 2016 | 0.0003 1000 ha per person | -9.8% |
| 2017 | 0.0003 1000 ha per person | -10.7% |
| 2018 | 0.0003 1000 ha per person | -11.9% |
| 2019 | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | -11.4% |
| 2020 | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | -1.0% |
| 2021 | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | -0.9% |
| 2022 | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | -1.8% |
| 2024 | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | +0.6% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Agricultural land — Area, per capita in Samoa changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | -29.8% | 0.0005 1000 ha per person | 0.0003 1000 ha per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0005 1000 ha per person | 0.0005 1000 ha per person | 0.0005 1000 ha per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0004 1000 ha per person | 0.0004 1000 ha per person | 0.0005 1000 ha per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0004 1000 ha per person | 0.0003 1000 ha per person | 0.0005 1000 ha per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0003 1000 ha per person | 0.0003 1000 ha per person | 0.0003 1000 ha per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | 0.0003 1000 ha per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0003 1000 ha per person | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | 0.0004 1000 ha per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Samoa
More environment data for Samoa
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 0.3482 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 0.3183 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.23 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.919 °C (2025)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Agricultural Use, gaps filled 0 t (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Agricultural Use, annual growth rate -100 % change on previous year (2023)
- Country area — Area, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Country area — Area, per unit of GDP 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Country area — Area, per capita 0.0013 1000 ha per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is agricultural land — area, per capita in Samoa?
- Agricultural land — area, per capita in Samoa was 0.0002 1000 ha per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest agricultural land — area, per capita recorded in Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0005 1000 ha per person in 1961.
- What is the lowest agricultural land — area, per capita recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0002 1000 ha per person in 2009.
- How does Samoa rank for agricultural land — area, per capita?
- Samoa ranks 122nd out of 186 countries with data for 2024.
- Is agricultural land — area, per capita rising or falling in Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 34.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Samoa data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Agricultural land — Area, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Agricultural land — Area divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Agricultural land — Area ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Agricultural land — Area Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Agricultural land — Area divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.