Land use hidden — Forest in American Samoa
American Samoa: Land use hidden — Forest was 170.4 Square kilometres in 2023. ▼ Falling
Land use hidden — Forest in American Samoa, 1990–2023
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Square kilometres.
Analysis
American Samoa recorded 170.4 Square kilometres for land use hidden — forest in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 34 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.2% on the previous year and down 1.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, land use hidden — forest in American Samoa peaked at 180.7 Square kilometres in 1990 and was at its lowest, 170.4 Square kilometres, in 2023.
That places American Samoa 159th out of 199 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 34 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 179.17 Square kilometres | 177.64 Square kilometres | 180.7 Square kilometres | 10 |
| 2000s | 175.95 Square kilometres | 174.6 Square kilometres | 177.3 Square kilometres | 10 |
| 2010s | 172.95 Square kilometres | 171.6 Square kilometres | 174.3 Square kilometres | 10 |
| 2020s | 170.85 Square kilometres | 170.4 Square kilometres | 171.3 Square kilometres | 4 |
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More environment data for American Samoa
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.25 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1 °C (2025)
- Cropland — Share in Land area 13.41 % (2024)
- Total fisheries production 1,527 metric tons (2024)
- Cropland — Area per capita 0.06 ha/cap (2024)
- Arable land — Area 1.68 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 62.07 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 1.26 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 0.99 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is land use hidden — forest in American Samoa?
- Land use hidden — forest in American Samoa was 170.4 Square kilometres in 2023, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest land use hidden — forest recorded in American Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 180.7 Square kilometres in 1990.
- What is the lowest land use hidden — forest recorded in American Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 170.4 Square kilometres in 2023.
- How does American Samoa rank for land use hidden — forest?
- American Samoa ranks 159th out of 199 countries with data for 2023.
- Is land use hidden — forest rising or falling in American Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this American Samoa data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Land use hidden — Forest. 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: June 3, 2024 Database documentation Countries metadata