Cropland — Area per capita in Caribbean
Caribbean: Cropland — Area per capita was 0.15 ha/cap in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cropland — Area per capita in Caribbean, 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 Caribbean is 0.15 ha/cap, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of down 6.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cropland — area per capita in Caribbean peaked at 0.23 ha/cap in 1970 and was at its lowest, 0.15 ha/cap, in 2016.
Caribbean ranks 114th of 232 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.2144 ha/cap | 0.2 ha/cap | 0.22 ha/cap | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.225 ha/cap | 0.22 ha/cap | 0.23 ha/cap | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.213 ha/cap | 0.21 ha/cap | 0.22 ha/cap | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.197 ha/cap | 0.19 ha/cap | 0.2 ha/cap | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.179 ha/cap | 0.17 ha/cap | 0.19 ha/cap | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.16 ha/cap | 0.15 ha/cap | 0.17 ha/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.15 ha/cap | 0.15 ha/cap | 0.15 ha/cap | 5 |
Countries ranked near Caribbean
More environment data for Caribbean
- Agricultural land — Value of agricultural production (Int. $) per Area 1,207 USD_PPP/ha (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita 0.68 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 2.16 g/Int$ (2024)
- Country area — Area 33,179 1000 ha (2024)
- Land area — Area 22,277 1000 ha (2024)
- Agriculture — Area 11,108 1000 ha (2024)
- Agricultural land — Area 11,507 1000 ha (2024)
- Agricultural land — Share in Land area 51.65 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 1,395 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 45.59 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cropland — area per capita in Caribbean?
- Cropland — area per capita in Caribbean was 0.15 ha/cap in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cropland — area per capita recorded in Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 0.23 ha/cap in 1970.
- What is the lowest cropland — area per capita recorded in Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.15 ha/cap in 2016.
- How does Caribbean rank for cropland — area per capita?
- Caribbean ranks 114th out of 232 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cropland — area per capita rising or falling in Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Caribbean 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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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.