Land use — Agriculture area under organic agriculture in Suriname
Suriname: Land use — Agriculture area under organic agriculture was 1.1 Square kilometres in 2024. ▲ Rising
Land use — Agriculture area under organic agriculture in Suriname, 2014–2024
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Square kilometres.
Analysis
Suriname recorded 1.1 Square kilometres for land use — agriculture area under organic agriculture in 2024. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 120.0% on the previous year and up 175.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, land use — agriculture area under organic agriculture in Suriname peaked at 1.1 Square kilometres in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.4 Square kilometres, in 2014.
Suriname ranks 135th of 152 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Land use — Agriculture area under organic agriculture in Suriname, year by year
| Year | Square kilometres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 0.4 Square kilometres | — |
| 2015 | 0.4 Square kilometres | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.5 Square kilometres | +25.0% |
| 2017 | 0.6 Square kilometres | +20.0% |
| 2018 | 0.9 Square kilometres | +50.0% |
| 2019 | 1.1 Square kilometres | +22.2% |
| 2020 | 0.5 Square kilometres | -54.5% |
| 2021 | 0.5 Square kilometres | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.5 Square kilometres | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.5 Square kilometres | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 1.1 Square kilometres | +120.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.65 Square kilometres | 0.4 Square kilometres | 1.1 Square kilometres | 6 |
| 2020s | 0.62 Square kilometres | 0.5 Square kilometres | 1.1 Square kilometres | 5 |
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More environment data for Suriname
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 1.4 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 1.91 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.222 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.86 °C (2025)
- Paper and paperboard — Import value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import value, per capita 0.0077 1000 USD per person (2024)
- Graphic papers — Import quantity, annual growth rate -0.0643 % change on previous year (2024)
- Graphic papers — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Graphic papers — Import quantity, per capita 0.0024 t per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is land use — agriculture area under organic agriculture in Suriname?
- Land use — agriculture area under organic agriculture in Suriname was 1.1 Square kilometres in 2024, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest land use — agriculture area under organic agriculture recorded in Suriname?
- The highest recorded value was 1.1 Square kilometres in 2019.
- What is the lowest land use — agriculture area under organic agriculture recorded in Suriname?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4 Square kilometres in 2014.
- How does Suriname rank for land use — agriculture area under organic agriculture?
- Suriname ranks 135th out of 152 countries with data for 2024.
- Is land use — agriculture area under organic agriculture rising or falling in Suriname?
- Over the last ten years it is up 175.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Suriname data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Land use — Agriculture area under organic agriculture. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Land resources are one of the four components of the natural environment: water, air, land and living resources. In this context land is both: a physical "milieu" necessary for the development of natural vegetation as well as cultivated vegetation; a resource for human activities. The data presented here give information concerning land use state and changes (e.g. agricultural land, forest land). Data source(s): Food and Agriculture Organization of the U.N., (FAOSTAT) Contact: ENV.Stat@oecd.org Dataset release date: August 5, 2026 Database documentation Countries metadata