Agricultural land — Share in Land area in Samoa
Samoa: Agricultural land — Share in Land area was 17.77 % in 2024. ▼ Falling
Agricultural land — Share in Land area in Samoa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Samoa recorded 17.77 % for agricultural land — share in land area in 2024.
The figure is up 1.2% on the previous year and down 26.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, agricultural land — share in land area in Samoa peaked at 27.7 % in 1986 and was at its lowest, 12.33 %, in 2009.
Samoa ranks 191st of 255 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Agricultural land — Share in Land area in Samoa, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 19.79 % | — |
| 1962 | 20.14 % | +1.8% |
| 1963 | 20.14 % | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 20.14 % | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 21.91 % | +8.8% |
| 1966 | 21.91 % | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 21.91 % | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 22.26 % | +1.6% |
| 1969 | 22.26 % | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 22.44 % | +0.8% |
| 1971 | 22.61 % | +0.8% |
| 1972 | 22.61 % | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 22.61 % | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 22.61 % | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 22.97 % | +1.6% |
| 1976 | 24.38 % | +6.1% |
| 1977 | 25.09 % | +2.9% |
| 1978 | 25.09 % | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 25.97 % | +3.5% |
| 1980 | 26.15 % | +0.7% |
| 1981 | 27.21 % | +4.1% |
| 1982 | 27.21 % | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 27.42 % | +0.8% |
| 1984 | 27.56 % | +0.5% |
| 1985 | 27.56 % | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 27.7 % | +0.5% |
| 1987 | 27.1 % | -2.2% |
| 1988 | 27.21 % | +0.4% |
| 1989 | 19.15 % | -29.6% |
| 1990 | 19.08 % | -0.4% |
| 1991 | 19.08 % | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 18.37 % | -3.7% |
| 1993 | 18.37 % | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 18.02 % | -1.9% |
| 1995 | 18.02 % | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 18.02 % | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 18.02 % | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 18.02 % | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 17.95 % | -0.4% |
| 2000 | 16.96 % | -5.5% |
| 2001 | 16.96 % | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 16.61 % | -2.1% |
| 2003 | 15.9 % | -4.3% |
| 2004 | 15.19 % | -4.5% |
| 2005 | 14.84 % | -2.3% |
| 2006 | 14.2 % | -4.3% |
| 2007 | 13.6 % | -4.2% |
| 2008 | 13.07 % | -3.9% |
| 2009 | 12.33 % | -5.7% |
| 2010 | 14.73 % | +19.5% |
| 2011 | 17.13 % | +16.3% |
| 2012 | 19.53 % | +14.0% |
| 2013 | 21.92 % | +12.2% |
| 2014 | 24.32 % | +10.9% |
| 2015 | 26.72 % | +9.9% |
| 2016 | 24.31 % | -9.0% |
| 2017 | 22.3 % | -8.3% |
| 2018 | 19.85 % | -11.0% |
| 2019 | 17.77 % | -10.5% |
| 2020 | 17.77 % | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 17.77 % | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 17.77 % | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 17.56 % | -1.2% |
| 2024 | 17.77 % | +1.2% |
Samoa compared with similar countries
- Samoa's 17.77 % is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 39.07 %, 45% of the median. (55 countries reporting)
- Samoa's 17.77 % is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 21.45 %, 83% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Agricultural land — Share in Land area 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 | -29.6% | 27.21 % | 19.15 % |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 21.16 % | 19.79 % | 22.26 % | 9 |
| 1970s | 23.64 % | 22.44 % | 25.97 % | 10 |
| 1980s | 26.43 % | 19.15 % | 27.7 % | 10 |
| 1990s | 18.29 % | 17.95 % | 19.08 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 14.97 % | 12.33 % | 16.96 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 20.86 % | 14.73 % | 26.72 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 17.73 % | 17.56 % | 17.77 % | 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)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.68 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate -2.51 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is agricultural land — share in land area in Samoa?
- Agricultural land — share in land area in Samoa was 17.77 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest agricultural land — share in land area recorded in Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 27.7 % in 1986.
- What is the lowest agricultural land — share in land area recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 12.33 % in 2009.
- How does Samoa rank for agricultural land — share in land area?
- Samoa ranks 191st out of 255 countries with data for 2024.
- Is agricultural land — share in land area rising or falling in Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 26.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Samoa 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.