Agricultural land — Share in Land area in Samoa

Samoa: Agricultural land — Share in Land area was 17.77 % in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
17.77 %
Change on year
up 1.2%
World rank
181st
of 237 countries
All-time high
27.7 %
in 1986
All-time low
12.33 %
in 2009
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Agricultural land — Share in Land area in Samoa, 1961–2024

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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 181st of 237 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest 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

  1. 178 Niue 18.53 % compare
  2. 179 Montenegro 18.46 % compare
  3. 180 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 17.99 % compare
  4. 182 Algeria 17.35 % compare
  5. 183 Fiji 17 % compare
  6. 184 Polynesia 16.48 % compare

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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 181st out of 237 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

Indicator
Agricultural land — Share in Land area
Unit
%
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
273 places, 16,066 data points, 1961–2024
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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.