American Samoa - Arable land

Arable land (hectares)

The value for Arable land (hectares) in American Samoa was 3,000 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 3,340 in 2003 and a minimum value of 1,000 in 1961.

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 1,000
1962 1,000
1963 1,000
1964 1,000
1965 1,000
1966 1,000
1967 1,000
1968 1,000
1969 1,000
1970 1,000
1971 1,000
1972 1,000
1973 1,000
1974 1,000
1975 1,000
1976 1,000
1977 1,000
1978 1,000
1979 1,000
1980 1,000
1981 1,000
1982 1,000
1983 1,000
1984 1,000
1985 1,000
1986 1,000
1987 1,000
1988 1,000
1989 1,000
1990 1,000
1991 1,000
1992 1,200
1993 1,200
1994 1,200
1995 1,500
1996 2,000
1997 2,000
1998 2,400
1999 2,500
2000 2,500
2001 2,500
2002 2,500
2003 3,340
2004 3,300
2005 3,300
2006 3,300
2007 3,000
2008 2,960
2009 3,000
2010 3,000
2011 3,000
2012 3,000
2013 3,000
2014 3,000
2015 3,000
2016 3,000
2017 3,000
2018 3,000

Arable land (hectares per person)

The value for Arable land (hectares per person) in American Samoa was 0.054 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.056 in 2003 and a minimum value of 0.021 in 1991.

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 0.049
1962 0.047
1963 0.045
1964 0.044
1965 0.042
1966 0.041
1967 0.040
1968 0.038
1969 0.037
1970 0.037
1971 0.036
1972 0.035
1973 0.034
1974 0.034
1975 0.033
1976 0.033
1977 0.032
1978 0.032
1979 0.031
1980 0.031
1981 0.030
1982 0.029
1983 0.027
1984 0.026
1985 0.025
1986 0.024
1987 0.023
1988 0.023
1989 0.022
1990 0.021
1991 0.021
1992 0.024
1993 0.024
1994 0.023
1995 0.028
1996 0.037
1997 0.036
1998 0.043
1999 0.044
2000 0.043
2001 0.043
2002 0.042
2003 0.056
2004 0.055
2005 0.055
2006 0.056
2007 0.051
2008 0.051
2009 0.053
2010 0.053
2011 0.054
2012 0.054
2013 0.054
2014 0.054
2015 0.054
2016 0.054
2017 0.054
2018 0.054

Arable land (% of land area)

Arable land (% of land area) in American Samoa was 15.00 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 57 years was 16.70 in 2003, while its lowest value was 5.00 in 1961.

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 5.00
1962 5.00
1963 5.00
1964 5.00
1965 5.00
1966 5.00
1967 5.00
1968 5.00
1969 5.00
1970 5.00
1971 5.00
1972 5.00
1973 5.00
1974 5.00
1975 5.00
1976 5.00
1977 5.00
1978 5.00
1979 5.00
1980 5.00
1981 5.00
1982 5.00
1983 5.00
1984 5.00
1985 5.00
1986 5.00
1987 5.00
1988 5.00
1989 5.00
1990 5.00
1991 5.00
1992 6.00
1993 6.00
1994 6.00
1995 7.50
1996 10.00
1997 10.00
1998 12.00
1999 12.50
2000 12.50
2001 12.50
2002 12.50
2003 16.70
2004 16.50
2005 16.50
2006 16.50
2007 15.00
2008 14.80
2009 15.00
2010 15.00
2011 15.00
2012 15.00
2013 15.00
2014 15.00
2015 15.00
2016 15.00
2017 15.00
2018 15.00

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use