Cropland — Area per capita in Lithuania
Lithuania: Cropland — Area per capita was 0.81 ha/cap in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cropland — Area per capita in Lithuania, 1992–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha/cap.
Analysis
Lithuania recorded 0.81 ha/cap for cropland — area per capita in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.2% on the previous year and unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, cropland — area per capita in Lithuania peaked at 0.85 ha/cap in 1999 and was at its lowest, 0.46 ha/cap, in 2003.
Lithuania ranks 10th of 250 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.
Cropland — Area per capita in Lithuania, year by year
| Year | ha/cap | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 0.79 ha/cap | — |
| 1993 | 0.78 ha/cap | -1.3% |
| 1994 | 0.72 ha/cap | -7.7% |
| 1995 | 0.8 ha/cap | +11.1% |
| 1996 | 0.81 ha/cap | +1.3% |
| 1997 | 0.82 ha/cap | +1.2% |
| 1998 | 0.83 ha/cap | +1.2% |
| 1999 | 0.85 ha/cap | +2.4% |
| 2000 | 0.83 ha/cap | -2.4% |
| 2001 | 0.48 ha/cap | -42.2% |
| 2002 | 0.49 ha/cap | +2.1% |
| 2003 | 0.46 ha/cap | -6.1% |
| 2004 | 0.49 ha/cap | +6.5% |
| 2005 | 0.59 ha/cap | +20.4% |
| 2006 | 0.59 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.58 ha/cap | -1.7% |
| 2008 | 0.59 ha/cap | +1.7% |
| 2009 | 0.66 ha/cap | +11.9% |
| 2010 | 0.7 ha/cap | +6.1% |
| 2011 | 0.73 ha/cap | +4.3% |
| 2012 | 0.77 ha/cap | +5.5% |
| 2013 | 0.79 ha/cap | +2.6% |
| 2014 | 0.81 ha/cap | +2.5% |
| 2015 | 0.76 ha/cap | -6.2% |
| 2016 | 0.76 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.76 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.77 ha/cap | +1.3% |
| 2019 | 0.8 ha/cap | +3.9% |
| 2020 | 0.82 ha/cap | +2.5% |
| 2021 | 0.83 ha/cap | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 0.83 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.82 ha/cap | -1.2% |
| 2024 | 0.81 ha/cap | -1.2% |
Lithuania compared with similar countries
- Lithuania's 0.81 ha/cap is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.1 ha/cap, 8.1× the median. (75 countries reporting)
- Lithuania's 0.81 ha/cap is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.24 ha/cap, 3.4× the median. (52 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cropland — Area per capita in Lithuania changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | -42.2% | 0.83 ha/cap | 0.48 ha/cap |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.8 ha/cap | 0.72 ha/cap | 0.85 ha/cap | 8 |
| 2000s | 0.576 ha/cap | 0.46 ha/cap | 0.83 ha/cap | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.765 ha/cap | 0.7 ha/cap | 0.81 ha/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.822 ha/cap | 0.81 ha/cap | 0.83 ha/cap | 5 |
Countries ranked near Lithuania
More environment data for Lithuania
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.889 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.41 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 22.46 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual -0.1849 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate -0.1333 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cropland — area per capita in Lithuania?
- Cropland — area per capita in Lithuania was 0.81 ha/cap in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cropland — area per capita recorded in Lithuania?
- The highest recorded value was 0.85 ha/cap in 1999.
- What is the lowest cropland — area per capita recorded in Lithuania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.46 ha/cap in 2003.
- How does Lithuania rank for cropland — area per capita?
- Lithuania ranks 10th out of 250 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cropland — area per capita rising or falling in Lithuania?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Lithuania 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.