Land use hidden — Cropland, per capita in Samoa
Samoa: Land use hidden — Cropland, per capita was 0.002 Square kilometres per person in 2023. ▼ Falling
Latest (2023)
0.002 Square kilometres per person
Change on year
down 2.0%
World rank
65th
of 177 countries
All-time high
0.0048 Square kilometres per person
in 1965
All-time low
0.0016 Square kilometres per person
in 2009
Years of data
63
1961–2023
Land use hidden — Cropland, per capita in Samoa, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in Square kilometres per person.
Analysis
In 2023, land use hidden — cropland, per capita in Samoa stood at 0.002 Square kilometres per person.
That represents a change of down 2.0% on the previous year and down 25.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, land use hidden — cropland, per capita in Samoa peaked at 0.0048 Square kilometres per person in 1965 and was at its lowest, 0.0016 Square kilometres per person, in 2009.
Samoa ranks 65th of 177 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Land use hidden — Cropland, per capita in Samoa, year by year
| Year | Square kilometres per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0048 Square kilometres per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0047 Square kilometres per person | -0.8% |
| 1963 | 0.0046 Square kilometres per person | -2.6% |
| 1964 | 0.0045 Square kilometres per person | -2.5% |
| 1965 | 0.0048 Square kilometres per person | +6.3% |
| 1966 | 0.0047 Square kilometres per person | -2.4% |
| 1967 | 0.0046 Square kilometres per person | -2.0% |
| 1968 | 0.0046 Square kilometres per person | -0.0% |
| 1969 | 0.0045 Square kilometres per person | -1.6% |
| 1970 | 0.0045 Square kilometres per person | -0.7% |
| 1971 | 0.0044 Square kilometres per person | -0.7% |
| 1972 | 0.0044 Square kilometres per person | -1.4% |
| 1973 | 0.0043 Square kilometres per person | -1.4% |
| 1974 | 0.0042 Square kilometres per person | -2.0% |
| 1975 | 0.0042 Square kilometres per person | -1.0% |
| 1976 | 0.0043 Square kilometres per person | +3.7% |
| 1977 | 0.0044 Square kilometres per person | +1.2% |
| 1978 | 0.0043 Square kilometres per person | -1.0% |
| 1979 | 0.0045 Square kilometres per person | +2.6% |
| 1980 | 0.0044 Square kilometres per person | -0.2% |
| 1981 | 0.0046 Square kilometres per person | +3.3% |
| 1982 | 0.0046 Square kilometres per person | -0.5% |
| 1983 | 0.0046 Square kilometres per person | +0.7% |
| 1984 | 0.0046 Square kilometres per person | +0.5% |
| 1985 | 0.0046 Square kilometres per person | -0.0% |
| 1986 | 0.0046 Square kilometres per person | +0.4% |
| 1987 | 0.0045 Square kilometres per person | -2.5% |
| 1988 | 0.0045 Square kilometres per person | -0.0% |
| 1989 | 0.0031 Square kilometres per person | -31.5% |
| 1990 | 0.0031 Square kilometres per person | -0.5% |
| 1991 | 0.0031 Square kilometres per person | -0.2% |
| 1992 | 0.0029 Square kilometres per person | -4.4% |
| 1993 | 0.0029 Square kilometres per person | -0.8% |
| 1994 | 0.0028 Square kilometres per person | -2.8% |
| 1995 | 0.0028 Square kilometres per person | -0.8% |
| 1996 | 0.0028 Square kilometres per person | -0.9% |
| 1997 | 0.0028 Square kilometres per person | -0.8% |
| 1998 | 0.0027 Square kilometres per person | -0.8% |
| 1999 | 0.0027 Square kilometres per person | -2.2% |
| 2000 | 0.0025 Square kilometres per person | -7.6% |
| 2001 | 0.0025 Square kilometres per person | -0.8% |
| 2002 | 0.0024 Square kilometres per person | -2.9% |
| 2003 | 0.0023 Square kilometres per person | -5.0% |
| 2004 | 0.0021 Square kilometres per person | -5.2% |
| 2005 | 0.002 Square kilometres per person | -5.4% |
| 2006 | 0.0019 Square kilometres per person | -5.1% |
| 2007 | 0.0018 Square kilometres per person | -5.2% |
| 2008 | 0.0017 Square kilometres per person | -7.9% |
| 2009 | 0.0016 Square kilometres per person | -7.2% |
| 2010 | 0.0018 Square kilometres per person | +17.8% |
| 2011 | 0.0021 Square kilometres per person | +14.5% |
| 2012 | 0.0024 Square kilometres per person | +12.4% |
| 2013 | 0.0026 Square kilometres per person | +10.8% |
| 2014 | 0.0029 Square kilometres per person | +9.6% |
| 2015 | 0.0031 Square kilometres per person | +9.5% |
| 2016 | 0.0029 Square kilometres per person | -9.3% |
| 2017 | 0.0026 Square kilometres per person | -10.1% |
| 2018 | 0.0023 Square kilometres per person | -11.2% |
| 2019 | 0.002 Square kilometres per person | -10.1% |
| 2020 | 0.002 Square kilometres per person | -1.0% |
| 2021 | 0.002 Square kilometres per person | -0.9% |
| 2022 | 0.002 Square kilometres per person | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 0.002 Square kilometres per person | -2.0% |
Samoa compared with similar countries
- Samoa's 0.002 Square kilometres per person is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.0018 Square kilometres per person, 1.1× the median. (49 countries reporting)
- Samoa's 0.002 Square kilometres per person is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.0013 Square kilometres per person, 1.5× the median. (30 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Land use hidden — Cropland, per capita in Samoa 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | -31.5% | 0.0045 Square kilometres per person | 0.0031 Square kilometres per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0046 Square kilometres per person | 0.0045 Square kilometres per person | 0.0048 Square kilometres per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0043 Square kilometres per person | 0.0042 Square kilometres per person | 0.0045 Square kilometres per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0044 Square kilometres per person | 0.0031 Square kilometres per person | 0.0046 Square kilometres per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0029 Square kilometres per person | 0.0027 Square kilometres per person | 0.0031 Square kilometres per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0021 Square kilometres per person | 0.0016 Square kilometres per person | 0.0025 Square kilometres per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0025 Square kilometres per person | 0.0018 Square kilometres per person | 0.0031 Square kilometres per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.002 Square kilometres per person | 0.002 Square kilometres per person | 0.002 Square kilometres per person | 4 |
Countries ranked near Samoa
- 62 Gabon 0.002 Square kilometres per person compare
- 63 Malawi 0.002 Square kilometres per person compare
- 64 South Africa 0.002 Square kilometres per person compare
- 66 Afghanistan 0.002 Square kilometres per person compare
- 67 Iran 0.0019 Square kilometres per person compare
- 68 Nigeria 0.0019 Square kilometres per person compare
More environment data for Samoa
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 0.3482 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 0.3183 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.23 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.919 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.68 % 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 -2.51 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is land use hidden — cropland, per capita in Samoa?
- Land use hidden — cropland, per capita in Samoa was 0.002 Square kilometres per person in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest land use hidden — cropland, per capita recorded in Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0048 Square kilometres per person in 1965.
- What is the lowest land use hidden — cropland, per capita recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0016 Square kilometres per person in 2009.
- How does Samoa rank for land use hidden — cropland, per capita?
- Samoa ranks 65th out of 177 countries with data for 2023.
- Is land use hidden — cropland, per capita rising or falling in Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Samoa data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Land use hidden — Cropland, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Land use hidden — Cropland divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Land use hidden — Cropland ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Land use hidden — Cropland Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Land use hidden — Cropland divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.