Arable land — Share in Agricultural land in Samoa
Samoa: Arable land — Share in Agricultural land was 22.85 % in 2024. ▲ Rising
Arable land — Share in Agricultural land in Samoa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for arable land — share in agricultural land in Samoa is 22.85 %, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 1.2% on the previous year and down 43.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, arable land — share in agricultural land in Samoa peaked at 42.93 % in 2015 and was at its lowest, 17.74 %, in 1965.
Samoa ranks 151st of 231 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 18.56 % | 17.74 % | 19.3 % | 9 |
| 1970s | 20.76 % | 19.69 % | 21.74 % | 10 |
| 1980s | 23.09 % | 20.78 % | 34.13 % | 10 |
| 1990s | 33.45 % | 32.09 % | 35.19 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 26.78 % | 22.64 % | 29.17 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 33.37 % | 22.38 % | 42.93 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 22.9 % | 22.85 % | 23.12 % | 5 |
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More environment data for Samoa
- Inland waters — Area 1 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 2.31 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 12.97 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 6.41 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 64.18 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 31.71 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Area 11.29 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Area per capita 0.2 ha/cap (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Land area 15.47 % (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Agricultural land 87.03 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is arable land — share in agricultural land in Samoa?
- Arable land — share in agricultural land in Samoa was 22.85 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest arable land — share in agricultural land recorded in Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 42.93 % in 2015.
- What is the lowest arable land — share in agricultural land recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 17.74 % in 1965.
- How does Samoa rank for arable land — share in agricultural land?
- Samoa ranks 151st out of 231 countries with data for 2024.
- Is arable land — share in agricultural land rising or falling in Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 43.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Samoa 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.