Cropland — Area per capita in Montserrat
Montserrat: Cropland — Area per capita was 0.46 ha/cap in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cropland — Area per capita in Montserrat, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha/cap.
Analysis
Montserrat recorded 0.46 ha/cap for cropland — area per capita in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 2.2% on the previous year and up 9.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cropland — area per capita in Montserrat peaked at 0.46 ha/cap in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.09 ha/cap, in 1973.
That places Montserrat 26th out of 250 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cropland — Area per capita in Montserrat, year by year
| Year | ha/cap | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.33 ha/cap | — |
| 1962 | 0.34 ha/cap | +3.0% |
| 1963 | 0.34 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 0.26 ha/cap | -23.5% |
| 1965 | 0.17 ha/cap | -34.6% |
| 1966 | 0.17 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 0.17 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 0.17 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 0.18 ha/cap | +5.9% |
| 1970 | 0.18 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 0.18 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 0.18 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 0.09 ha/cap | -50.0% |
| 1974 | 0.09 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 0.09 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 0.09 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 0.09 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 0.09 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 0.09 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 0.09 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 0.09 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 0.18 ha/cap | +100.0% |
| 1983 | 0.18 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 0.18 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 0.18 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 0.18 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 0.18 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 0.18 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 0.19 ha/cap | +5.6% |
| 1990 | 0.19 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 0.19 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 0.2 ha/cap | +5.3% |
| 1993 | 0.21 ha/cap | +5.0% |
| 1994 | 0.23 ha/cap | +9.5% |
| 1995 | 0.24 ha/cap | +4.3% |
| 1996 | 0.26 ha/cap | +8.3% |
| 1997 | 0.29 ha/cap | +11.5% |
| 1998 | 0.32 ha/cap | +10.3% |
| 1999 | 0.35 ha/cap | +9.4% |
| 2000 | 0.4 ha/cap | +14.3% |
| 2001 | 0.44 ha/cap | +10.0% |
| 2002 | 0.45 ha/cap | +2.3% |
| 2003 | 0.45 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.44 ha/cap | -2.2% |
| 2005 | 0.44 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.44 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.43 ha/cap | -2.3% |
| 2008 | 0.43 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.42 ha/cap | -2.3% |
| 2010 | 0.42 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.41 ha/cap | -2.4% |
| 2012 | 0.42 ha/cap | +2.4% |
| 2013 | 0.42 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.42 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.43 ha/cap | +2.4% |
| 2016 | 0.43 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.43 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.44 ha/cap | +2.3% |
| 2019 | 0.44 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.44 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.45 ha/cap | +2.3% |
| 2022 | 0.45 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.45 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.46 ha/cap | +2.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.2367 ha/cap | 0.17 ha/cap | 0.34 ha/cap | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.117 ha/cap | 0.09 ha/cap | 0.18 ha/cap | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.163 ha/cap | 0.09 ha/cap | 0.19 ha/cap | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.248 ha/cap | 0.19 ha/cap | 0.35 ha/cap | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.434 ha/cap | 0.4 ha/cap | 0.45 ha/cap | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.426 ha/cap | 0.41 ha/cap | 0.44 ha/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.45 ha/cap | 0.44 ha/cap | 0.46 ha/cap | 5 |
Countries ranked near Montserrat
- 23 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 0.51 ha/cap compare
- 24 Guinea 0.49 ha/cap compare
- 25 Serbia and Montenegro 0.47 ha/cap compare
- 26 Romania 0.46 ha/cap compare
- 28 United States 0.45 ha/cap compare
- 29 Hungary 0.44 ha/cap compare
More environment data for Montserrat
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -23.7 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.27 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.19 °C (2025)
- Value Added Deflator (Agriculture, forestry and fishery) — Value US$ 159.81 USD (2024)
- Agricultural land — Area 3 1000 ha (2024)
- Land area — Area 10.2 1000 ha (2024)
- Country area — Area 10.2 1000 ha (2024)
- Pesticides (total) — Import value 336.22 1000 USD (2024)
- Pesticides (total) — Export value 0.437 1000 USD (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cropland — area per capita in Montserrat?
- Cropland — area per capita in Montserrat was 0.46 ha/cap in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cropland — area per capita recorded in Montserrat?
- The highest recorded value was 0.46 ha/cap in 2024.
- What is the lowest cropland — area per capita recorded in Montserrat?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.09 ha/cap in 1973.
- How does Montserrat rank for cropland — area per capita?
- Montserrat ranks 26th out of 250 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cropland — area per capita rising or falling in Montserrat?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Montserrat 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.