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Arable land (hectares)

The value for Arable land (hectares) in British Virgin Islands was 1,000 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 3,000 in 1989 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.

Year	Value
1961	1,000
1962	1,000
1963	1,000
1964	1,000
1965	1,000
1966	2,000
1967	2,000
1968	2,000
1969	2,000
1970	2,000
1971	2,000
1972	2,000
1973	2,000
1974	2,000
1975	2,000
1976	2,000
1977	2,000
1978	2,000
1979	2,000
1980	2,000
1981	2,000
1982	3,000
1983	3,000
1984	3,000
1985	3,000
1986	3,000
1987	3,000
1988	3,000
1989	3,000
1990	2,000
1991	2,000
1992	2,000
1993	2,000
1994	2,000
1995	2,000
1996	2,000
1997	2,000
1998	2,000
1999	1,000
2000	1,000
2001	1,000
2002	1,000
2003	1,000
2004	1,000
2005	1,000
2006	1,000
2007	1,000
2008	1,000
2009	1,000
2010	1,000
2011	1,000
2012	1,000
2013	1,000
2014	1,000
2015	1,000
2016	1,000
2017	1,000
2018	1,000

Arable land (hectares per person)

The value for Arable land (hectares per person) in British Virgin Islands was 0.034 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.245 in 1982 and a minimum value of 0.034 in 2018.

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.

Year	Value
1961	0.122
1962	0.120
1963	0.118
1964	0.116
1965	0.113
1966	0.222
1967	0.217
1968	0.212
1969	0.208
1970	0.203
1971	0.200
1972	0.196
1973	0.192
1974	0.190
1975	0.187
1976	0.185
1977	0.183
1978	0.181
1979	0.178
1980	0.174
1981	0.169
1982	0.245
1983	0.235
1984	0.225
1985	0.215
1986	0.205
1987	0.195
1988	0.186
1989	0.178
1990	0.114
1991	0.111
1992	0.108
1993	0.106
1994	0.105
1995	0.104
1996	0.103
1997	0.102
1998	0.101
1999	0.050
2000	0.049
2001	0.048
2002	0.047
2003	0.046
2004	0.045
2005	0.043
2006	0.042
2007	0.040
2008	0.038
2009	0.037
2010	0.036
2011	0.035
2012	0.035
2013	0.035
2014	0.035
2015	0.034
2016	0.034
2017	0.034
2018	0.034

Arable land (% of land area)

Arable land (% of land area) in British Virgin Islands was 6.67 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 57 years was 20.00 in 1989, while its lowest value was 6.67 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.

Year	Value
1961	6.67
1962	6.67
1963	6.67
1964	6.67
1965	6.67
1966	13.33
1967	13.33
1968	13.33
1969	13.33
1970	13.33
1971	13.33
1972	13.33
1973	13.33
1974	13.33
1975	13.33
1976	13.33
1977	13.33
1978	13.33
1979	13.33
1980	13.33
1981	13.33
1982	20.00
1983	20.00
1984	20.00
1985	20.00
1986	20.00
1987	20.00
1988	20.00
1989	20.00
1990	13.33
1991	13.33
1992	13.33
1993	13.33
1994	13.33
1995	13.33
1996	13.33
1997	13.33
1998	13.33
1999	6.67
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	6.67
2010	6.67
2011	6.67
2012	6.67
2013	6.67
2014	6.67
2015	6.67
2016	6.67
2017	6.67
2018	6.67

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use