Agricultural land — Share in Land area in Bahamas
Bahamas: Agricultural land — Share in Land area was 1.3 % in 2024. ▲ Rising
Agricultural land — Share in Land area in Bahamas, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, agricultural land — share in land area in Bahamas stood at 1.3 %. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, agricultural land — share in land area in Bahamas peaked at 1.3 % in 2011 and was at its lowest, 1 %, in 1961.
That places Bahamas 215th out of 220 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1 % | 1 % | 1 % | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.04 % | 1 % | 1.1 % | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.1 % | 1.1 % | 1.1 % | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.04 % | 1 % | 1.1 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.1 % | 1.1 % | 1.1 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.29 % | 1.2 % | 1.3 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.3 % | 1.3 % | 1.3 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Bahamas
- 212 Brunei Darussalam 2.9 % compare
- 213 Norway 2.7 % compare
- 214 Northern Mariana Islands 2.28 % compare
- 216 Turks and Caicos Islands 1.05 % compare
- 217 Singapore 0.91 % compare
- 218 Greenland 0.59 % compare
More environment data for Bahamas
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -5.18 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -8.33 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.262 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.27 °C (2025)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import 83.33 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import 0.0001 t per person (2024)
- Exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 2.27 Percentage change (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 189.78 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 0.0013 1000 USD per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is agricultural land — share in land area in Bahamas?
- Agricultural land — share in land area in Bahamas was 1.3 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest agricultural land — share in land area recorded in Bahamas?
- The highest recorded value was 1.3 % in 2011.
- What is the lowest agricultural land — share in land area recorded in Bahamas?
- The lowest recorded value was 1 % in 1961.
- How does Bahamas rank for agricultural land — share in land area?
- Bahamas ranks 215th out of 220 countries with data for 2024.
- Is agricultural land — share in land area rising or falling in Bahamas?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bahamas data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Agricultural land — Share in Land area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT Land Use domain contains data on twenty-one land use categories and twenty-three categories of irrigation and agricultural practices. Data are available yearly and by country, regional and global levels. The domain includes Land Use Indicators providing information on the percentage share of agricultural and forest land, and their sub-components, including irrigated areas and areas under organic agriculture, within a country land use matrix. Data are available at country, regional and global level, for the following elements: (in percentage) i) Share in Land area; ii) Share in Agricultural land, iii) Share in Cropland; and iv) Share in Forest land; (in ha/pc) v) Area per capita.