Arable land — Area in Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha
Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha: Arable land — Area was 4 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Arable land — Area in Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for arable land — area in Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha is 4 1000 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, arable land — area in Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha peaked at 4 1000 ha in 1995 and was at its lowest, 2 1000 ha, in 1961.
That places Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha 180th out of 214 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 | 2 1000 ha | 2 1000 ha | 2 1000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2 1000 ha | 2 1000 ha | 2 1000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2 1000 ha | 2 1000 ha | 2 1000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3.1 1000 ha | 2 1000 ha | 4 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4 1000 ha | 4 1000 ha | 4 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4 1000 ha | 4 1000 ha | 4 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4 1000 ha | 4 1000 ha | 4 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha
- 177 Dominica 5.5 1000 ha compare
- 178 Saint Kitts and Nevis 5 1000 ha compare
- 179 Pacific Islands Trust Territory 4.3 1000 ha compare
- 180 Antigua and Barbuda 4 1000 ha compare
- 180 Brunei Darussalam 4 1000 ha compare
- 180 Sao Tome and Principe 4 1000 ha compare
- 180 Western Sahara 4 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.219 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.42 °C (2025)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 20.54 % (2024)
- Cropland — Area per capita 0.76 ha/cap (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 33.33 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 8 1000 ha (2024)
- Pesticides (total) — Export value 15.15 1000 USD (2024)
- Pesticides (total) — Import value 55.89 1000 USD (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 66.67 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is arable land — area in Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha?
- Arable land — area in Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha was 4 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest arable land — area recorded in Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha?
- The highest recorded value was 4 1000 ha in 1995.
- What is the lowest arable land — area recorded in Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha?
- The lowest recorded value was 2 1000 ha in 1961.
- How does Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha rank for arable land — area?
- Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha ranks 180th out of 214 countries with data for 2024.
- Is arable land — area rising or falling in Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Arable 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.