Dominica - Arable land

Arable land (hectares)

The value for Arable land (hectares) in Dominica was 6,000 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 8,000 in 1965 and a minimum value of 3,000 in 1995.

Definition: Arable land (in hectares) includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

See also:

Year Value
1961 7,000
1962 8,000
1963 8,000
1964 8,000
1965 8,000
1966 7,000
1967 7,000
1968 7,000
1969 7,000
1970 7,000
1971 7,000
1972 7,000
1973 7,000
1974 7,000
1975 7,000
1976 7,000
1977 7,000
1978 7,000
1979 7,000
1980 7,000
1981 7,000
1982 6,000
1983 6,000
1984 6,000
1985 6,000
1986 6,000
1987 6,000
1988 5,000
1989 5,000
1990 5,000
1991 4,000
1992 4,000
1993 4,000
1994 4,000
1995 3,000
1996 3,000
1997 3,000
1998 3,000
1999 4,000
2000 5,000
2001 5,000
2002 5,000
2003 5,000
2004 5,000
2005 5,000
2006 5,000
2007 5,000
2008 5,000
2009 6,000
2010 6,000
2011 6,000
2012 6,000
2013 6,000
2014 6,000
2015 6,000
2016 6,000
2017 6,000
2018 6,000

Arable land (hectares per person)

The value for Arable land (hectares per person) in Dominica was 0.084 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.129 in 1962 and a minimum value of 0.042 in 1995.

Definition: Arable land (hectares per person) includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

See also:

Year Value
1961 0.115
1962 0.129
1963 0.127
1964 0.125
1965 0.123
1966 0.106
1967 0.103
1968 0.101
1969 0.100
1970 0.098
1971 0.098
1972 0.098
1973 0.098
1974 0.097
1975 0.097
1976 0.096
1977 0.095
1978 0.094
1979 0.093
1980 0.093
1981 0.093
1982 0.080
1983 0.081
1984 0.081
1985 0.082
1986 0.083
1987 0.084
1988 0.070
1989 0.071
1990 0.071
1991 0.057
1992 0.057
1993 0.056
1994 0.056
1995 0.042
1996 0.042
1997 0.042
1998 0.043
1999 0.057
2000 0.072
2001 0.072
2002 0.072
2003 0.071
2004 0.071
2005 0.071
2006 0.071
2007 0.071
2008 0.071
2009 0.085
2010 0.085
2011 0.085
2012 0.085
2013 0.084
2014 0.084
2015 0.084
2016 0.084
2017 0.084
2018 0.084

Arable land (% of land area)

Arable land (% of land area) in Dominica was 8.00 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 57 years was 10.67 in 1965, while its lowest value was 4.00 in 1995.

Definition: Arable land includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

See also:

Year Value
1961 9.33
1962 10.67
1963 10.67
1964 10.67
1965 10.67
1966 9.33
1967 9.33
1968 9.33
1969 9.33
1970 9.33
1971 9.33
1972 9.33
1973 9.33
1974 9.33
1975 9.33
1976 9.33
1977 9.33
1978 9.33
1979 9.33
1980 9.33
1981 9.33
1982 8.00
1983 8.00
1984 8.00
1985 8.00
1986 8.00
1987 8.00
1988 6.67
1989 6.67
1990 6.67
1991 5.33
1992 5.33
1993 5.33
1994 5.33
1995 4.00
1996 4.00
1997 4.00
1998 4.00
1999 5.33
2000 6.67
2001 6.67
2002 6.67
2003 6.67
2004 6.67
2005 6.67
2006 6.67
2007 6.67
2008 6.67
2009 8.00
2010 8.00
2011 8.00
2012 8.00
2013 8.00
2014 8.00
2015 8.00
2016 8.00
2017 8.00
2018 8.00

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use