Cropland — Area per capita in Aruba
Aruba: Cropland — Area per capita was 0.02 ha/cap in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cropland — Area per capita in Aruba, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha/cap.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cropland — area per capita in Aruba is 0.02 ha/cap, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, cropland — area per capita in Aruba peaked at 0.04 ha/cap in 1961 and was at its lowest, 0.02 ha/cap, in 1997.
That places Aruba 226th out of 250 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Cropland — Area per capita in Aruba, year by year
| Year | ha/cap | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.04 ha/cap | — |
| 1962 | 0.04 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 0.04 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 0.03 ha/cap | -25.0% |
| 1965 | 0.03 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 0.03 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 0.03 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 0.03 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 0.03 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 0.03 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 0.03 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 0.03 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 0.03 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 0.03 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 0.03 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 0.03 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 0.03 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 0.03 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 0.03 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 0.03 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 0.03 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 0.03 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 0.03 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 0.03 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 0.03 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 0.03 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 0.03 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 0.03 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 0.03 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 0.03 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 0.03 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 0.03 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 0.03 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 0.03 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.03 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 0.03 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 0.02 ha/cap | -33.3% |
| 1998 | 0.02 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 0.02 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 0.02 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 0.02 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.02 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.02 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.02 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.02 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.02 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.02 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.02 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.02 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.02 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.02 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.02 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.02 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.02 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.02 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.02 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.02 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.02 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.02 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.02 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.02 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.02 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.02 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.02 ha/cap | +0.0% |
Aruba compared with similar countries
- Aruba's 0.02 ha/cap is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.1 ha/cap, 20% of the median. (75 countries reporting)
- Aruba's 0.02 ha/cap is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.11 ha/cap, 18% of the median. (37 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0333 ha/cap | 0.03 ha/cap | 0.04 ha/cap | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.03 ha/cap | 0.03 ha/cap | 0.03 ha/cap | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.03 ha/cap | 0.03 ha/cap | 0.03 ha/cap | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.027 ha/cap | 0.02 ha/cap | 0.03 ha/cap | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.02 ha/cap | 0.02 ha/cap | 0.02 ha/cap | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.02 ha/cap | 0.02 ha/cap | 0.02 ha/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.02 ha/cap | 0.02 ha/cap | 0.02 ha/cap | 5 |
Countries ranked near Aruba
- 226 Jordan 0.02 ha/cap compare
- 226 Micronesia (Federated States of) 0.02 ha/cap compare
- 226 Oman 0.02 ha/cap compare
- 226 Palestine 0.02 ha/cap compare
- 226 Puerto Rico 0.02 ha/cap compare
- 226 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.02 ha/cap compare
- 226 Palestine 0.02 ha/cap compare
More environment data for Aruba
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -16.08 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2020)
- Standard Deviation 0.339 °C (2020)
- Temperature change 1.63 °C (2020)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Agricultural Use 0 t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Agricultural Use 0 t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per area of cropland 0 kg/ha (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per capita 0 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per area of cropland 0 kg/ha (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per capita 0 kg/cap (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cropland — area per capita in Aruba?
- Cropland — area per capita in Aruba was 0.02 ha/cap in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cropland — area per capita recorded in Aruba?
- The highest recorded value was 0.04 ha/cap in 1961.
- What is the lowest cropland — area per capita recorded in Aruba?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.02 ha/cap in 1997.
- How does Aruba rank for cropland — area per capita?
- Aruba ranks 226th out of 250 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cropland — area per capita rising or falling in Aruba?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Aruba data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cropland — Area per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.