Agricultural land — Share in Land area in Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands: Agricultural land — Share in Land area was 4.14 % in 2024. ▲ Rising
Agricultural land — Share in Land area in Solomon Islands, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for agricultural land — share in land area in Solomon Islands is 4.14 %, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 2.5% on the previous year and up 15.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, agricultural land — share in land area in Solomon Islands peaked at 4.14 % in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1.96 %, in 1961.
Solomon Islands ranks 202nd of 216 countries on this measure, 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 | 1.96 % | 1.96 % | 1.96 % | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.99 % | 1.96 % | 2.11 % | 10 |
| 1980s | 2.27 % | 2.11 % | 2.43 % | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.57 % | 2.43 % | 2.72 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 3.17 % | 2.72 % | 3.64 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.59 % | 3.31 % | 3.83 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.01 % | 3.87 % | 4.14 % | 5 |
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- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.193 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.34 °C (2025)
- Exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 1.13 Percentage change (2024)
- Exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 0.4193 Percentage change (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value -1.04 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 0.0002 1000 USD per person (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 191 1000 USD (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is agricultural land — share in land area in Solomon Islands?
- Agricultural land — share in land area in Solomon Islands was 4.14 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest agricultural land — share in land area recorded in Solomon Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 4.14 % in 2024.
- What is the lowest agricultural land — share in land area recorded in Solomon Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.96 % in 1961.
- How does Solomon Islands rank for agricultural land — share in land area?
- Solomon Islands ranks 202nd out of 216 countries with data for 2024.
- Is agricultural land — share in land area rising or falling in Solomon Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Solomon Islands 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.