Permanent crops — Area, per capita in Samoa
Samoa: Permanent crops — Area, per capita was 0.0001 1000 ha per person in 2024. ▼ Falling
Permanent crops — Area, per capita in Samoa, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in 1000 ha per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for permanent crops — area, per capita in Samoa is 0.0001 1000 ha per person, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.6% on the previous year and down 1.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, permanent crops — area, per capita in Samoa peaked at 0.0004 1000 ha per person in 1965 and was at its lowest, 0.0001 1000 ha per person, in 2009.
That places Samoa 10th out of 178 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Permanent crops — Area, per capita in Samoa, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0004 1000 ha per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0004 1000 ha per person | -2.6% |
| 1963 | 0.0004 1000 ha per person | -2.6% |
| 1964 | 0.0004 1000 ha per person | -2.5% |
| 1965 | 0.0004 1000 ha per person | +8.4% |
| 1966 | 0.0004 1000 ha per person | -2.4% |
| 1967 | 0.0004 1000 ha per person | -2.0% |
| 1968 | 0.0004 1000 ha per person | -1.7% |
| 1969 | 0.0004 1000 ha per person | -1.6% |
| 1970 | 0.0004 1000 ha per person | -1.5% |
| 1971 | 0.0004 1000 ha per person | -1.5% |
| 1972 | 0.0003 1000 ha per person | -1.4% |
| 1973 | 0.0003 1000 ha per person | -1.3% |
| 1974 | 0.0003 1000 ha per person | -2.0% |
| 1975 | 0.0003 1000 ha per person | -2.6% |
| 1976 | 0.0003 1000 ha per person | +3.5% |
| 1977 | 0.0003 1000 ha per person | +2.1% |
| 1978 | 0.0003 1000 ha per person | -1.0% |
| 1979 | 0.0003 1000 ha per person | +2.7% |
| 1980 | 0.0003 1000 ha per person | -0.9% |
| 1981 | 0.0004 1000 ha per person | +4.4% |
| 1982 | 0.0004 1000 ha per person | -0.5% |
| 1983 | 0.0004 1000 ha per person | -0.1% |
| 1984 | 0.0004 1000 ha per person | -0.0% |
| 1985 | 0.0004 1000 ha per person | -0.0% |
| 1986 | 0.0004 1000 ha per person | -0.1% |
| 1987 | 0.0003 1000 ha per person | -3.7% |
| 1988 | 0.0003 1000 ha per person | -0.4% |
| 1989 | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | -42.0% |
| 1990 | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | -2.2% |
| 1991 | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | -0.2% |
| 1992 | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | -0.6% |
| 1993 | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | -0.8% |
| 1994 | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | -3.8% |
| 1995 | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | -0.8% |
| 1996 | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | -0.9% |
| 1997 | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | -0.8% |
| 1998 | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | -0.8% |
| 1999 | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | -0.8% |
| 2000 | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | -3.9% |
| 2001 | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | -0.8% |
| 2002 | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | -0.7% |
| 2003 | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | -6.9% |
| 2004 | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | -3.9% |
| 2005 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | -3.9% |
| 2006 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | -4.8% |
| 2007 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | -5.6% |
| 2008 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | -6.8% |
| 2009 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | -5.0% |
| 2010 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | +6.0% |
| 2011 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | +5.5% |
| 2012 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | +5.0% |
| 2013 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | +4.7% |
| 2014 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | +4.4% |
| 2015 | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | +4.4% |
| 2016 | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | +3.3% |
| 2017 | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | +3.0% |
| 2018 | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | +2.8% |
| 2019 | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | -10.3% |
| 2020 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | -1.0% |
| 2021 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | -0.9% |
| 2022 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | -0.6% |
| 2024 | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | -0.6% |
Samoa compared with similar countries
- Samoa's 0.0001 1000 ha per person is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0 1000 ha per person, 4.4× the median. (52 countries reporting)
- Samoa's 0.0001 1000 ha per person is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.0001 1000 ha per person, 2.2× the median. (27 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Permanent crops — Area, 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 | -42.0% | 0.0003 1000 ha per person | 0.0002 1000 ha per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0004 1000 ha per person | 0.0004 1000 ha per person | 0.0004 1000 ha per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0003 1000 ha per person | 0.0003 1000 ha per person | 0.0004 1000 ha per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0003 1000 ha per person | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | 0.0004 1000 ha per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Samoa
- 7 Marshall Islands 0.0002 1000 ha per person compare
- 8 Tunisia 0.0002 1000 ha per person compare
- 9 Sao Tome and Principe 0.0002 1000 ha per person compare
- 11 Palau 0.0001 1000 ha per person compare
- 12 Guinea-Bissau 0.0001 1000 ha per person compare
- 13 Spain 0.0001 1000 ha 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)
- Cropland — Area, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cropland — Area, per unit of GDP 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Cropland — Area, per capita 0.0002 1000 ha per person (2024)
- Arable land — Area, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Arable land — Area, per unit of GDP 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is permanent crops — area, per capita in Samoa?
- Permanent crops — area, per capita in Samoa was 0.0001 1000 ha per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest permanent crops — area, per capita recorded in Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0004 1000 ha per person in 1965.
- What is the lowest permanent crops — area, per capita recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0001 1000 ha per person in 2009.
- How does Samoa rank for permanent crops — area, per capita?
- Samoa ranks 10th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is permanent crops — area, per capita rising or falling in Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.4%. 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 Permanent crops — Area, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Permanent crops — Area divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Permanent crops — Area ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Permanent crops — Area Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- 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
Permanent crops — Area divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.