Arable land — Share in Agricultural land in Oceania
Oceania: Arable land — Share in Agricultural land was 8.6 % in 2024. ▲ Rising
Arable land — Share in Agricultural land in Oceania, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Oceania recorded 8.6 % for arable land — share in agricultural land in 2024.
The figure is up 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, arable land — share in agricultural land in Oceania peaked at 8.89 % in 2015 and was at its lowest, 2.76 %, in 1975.
Oceania ranks 31st of 32 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Arable land — Share in Agricultural land in Oceania, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3.07 % | — |
| 1962 | 3.29 % | +7.2% |
| 1963 | 3.24 % | -1.5% |
| 1964 | 3.41 % | +5.2% |
| 1965 | 3.58 % | +5.0% |
| 1966 | 3.87 % | +8.1% |
| 1967 | 3.94 % | +1.8% |
| 1968 | 4.17 % | +5.8% |
| 1969 | 3.85 % | -7.7% |
| 1970 | 3.76 % | -2.3% |
| 1971 | 3.4 % | -9.6% |
| 1972 | 3.43 % | +0.9% |
| 1973 | 3.03 % | -11.7% |
| 1974 | 2.99 % | -1.3% |
| 1975 | 2.76 % | -7.7% |
| 1976 | 2.94 % | +6.5% |
| 1977 | 3.06 % | +4.1% |
| 1978 | 3.39 % | +10.8% |
| 1979 | 3.54 % | +4.4% |
| 1980 | 3.62 % | +2.3% |
| 1981 | 3.71 % | +2.5% |
| 1982 | 3.99 % | +7.5% |
| 1983 | 4.01 % | +0.5% |
| 1984 | 4.49 % | +12.0% |
| 1985 | 4.34 % | -3.3% |
| 1986 | 4.44 % | +2.3% |
| 1987 | 4.19 % | -5.6% |
| 1988 | 3.88 % | -7.4% |
| 1989 | 3.79 % | -2.3% |
| 1990 | 3.7 % | -2.4% |
| 1991 | 3.77 % | +1.9% |
| 1992 | 3.54 % | -6.1% |
| 1993 | 3.77 % | +6.5% |
| 1994 | 3.85 % | +2.1% |
| 1995 | 3.69 % | -4.2% |
| 1996 | 4.17 % | +13.0% |
| 1997 | 4.55 % | +9.1% |
| 1998 | 4.63 % | +1.8% |
| 1999 | 5.09 % | +9.9% |
| 2000 | 5.17 % | +1.6% |
| 2001 | 5.33 % | +3.1% |
| 2002 | 5.33 % | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 5.32 % | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 6.51 % | +22.4% |
| 2005 | 6.43 % | -1.2% |
| 2006 | 5.93 % | -7.8% |
| 2007 | 5.83 % | -1.7% |
| 2008 | 6.19 % | +6.2% |
| 2009 | 7.06 % | +14.1% |
| 2010 | 6.81 % | -3.5% |
| 2011 | 7.97 % | +17.0% |
| 2012 | 8.15 % | +2.3% |
| 2013 | 8.38 % | +2.8% |
| 2014 | 8.53 % | +1.8% |
| 2015 | 8.89 % | +4.2% |
| 2016 | 8.75 % | -1.6% |
| 2017 | 8.25 % | -5.7% |
| 2018 | 8.61 % | +4.4% |
| 2019 | 8.43 % | -2.1% |
| 2020 | 8.6 % | +2.0% |
| 2021 | 8.61 % | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 8.6 % | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 8.6 % | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 8.6 % | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3.6 % | 3.07 % | 4.17 % | 9 |
| 1970s | 3.23 % | 2.76 % | 3.76 % | 10 |
| 1980s | 4.05 % | 3.62 % | 4.49 % | 10 |
| 1990s | 4.08 % | 3.54 % | 5.09 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 5.91 % | 5.17 % | 7.06 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.28 % | 6.81 % | 8.89 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.6 % | 8.6 % | 8.61 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Oceania
More environment data for Oceania
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -3.36 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -4.4 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Temperature change 1.36 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.316 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 2.98 million t (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Production 3.18 million t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Production 2.93 million t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 5.00 million t (2024)
- Agricultural land — Area 375,588 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is arable land — share in agricultural land in Oceania?
- Arable land — share in agricultural land in Oceania was 8.6 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest arable land — share in agricultural land recorded in Oceania?
- The highest recorded value was 8.89 % in 2015.
- What is the lowest arable land — share in agricultural land recorded in Oceania?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.76 % in 1975.
- How does Oceania rank for arable land — share in agricultural land?
- Oceania ranks 31st out of 32 groups with data for 2024.
- Is arable land — share in agricultural land rising or falling in Oceania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Oceania data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Arable land — Share in Agricultural land. 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.