Liberia - Arable land

Arable land (hectares)

The value for Arable land (hectares) in Liberia was 500,000 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 500,000 in 2018 and a minimum value of 350,000 in 1990.

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 378,000
1962 376,000
1963 376,000
1964 373,000
1965 373,000
1966 370,000
1967 370,000
1968 368,000
1969 368,000
1970 366,000
1971 366,000
1972 366,000
1973 366,000
1974 366,000
1975 366,000
1976 366,000
1977 371,000
1978 371,000
1979 371,000
1980 371,000
1981 371,000
1982 375,000
1983 380,000
1984 380,000
1985 380,000
1986 390,000
1987 390,000
1988 400,000
1989 400,000
1990 350,000
1991 350,000
1992 350,000
1993 350,000
1994 350,000
1995 350,000
1996 350,000
1997 370,000
1998 380,000
1999 400,000
2000 400,000
2001 400,000
2002 400,000
2003 400,000
2004 400,000
2005 400,000
2006 400,000
2007 400,000
2008 430,000
2009 470,000
2010 480,000
2011 500,000
2012 500,000
2013 500,000
2014 500,000
2015 500,000
2016 500,000
2017 500,000
2018 500,000

Arable land (hectares per person)

The value for Arable land (hectares per person) in Liberia was 0.104 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.331 in 1961 and a minimum value of 0.104 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.

See also:

Year Value
1961 0.331
1962 0.322
1963 0.315
1964 0.306
1965 0.300
1966 0.291
1967 0.284
1968 0.276
1969 0.269
1970 0.261
1971 0.255
1972 0.248
1973 0.242
1974 0.235
1975 0.229
1976 0.222
1977 0.219
1978 0.213
1979 0.207
1980 0.200
1981 0.193
1982 0.188
1983 0.185
1984 0.180
1985 0.177
1986 0.181
1987 0.181
1988 0.187
1989 0.190
1990 0.169
1991 0.172
1992 0.175
1993 0.177
1994 0.176
1995 0.171
1996 0.162
1997 0.159
1998 0.151
1999 0.148
2000 0.140
2001 0.135
2002 0.132
2003 0.130
2004 0.128
2005 0.124
2006 0.120
2007 0.116
2008 0.119
2009 0.125
2010 0.123
2011 0.124
2012 0.121
2013 0.118
2014 0.115
2015 0.112
2016 0.109
2017 0.106
2018 0.104

Arable land (% of land area)

Arable land (% of land area) in Liberia was 5.19 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 57 years was 5.19 in 2018, while its lowest value was 3.63 in 1990.

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 3.92
1962 3.90
1963 3.90
1964 3.87
1965 3.87
1966 3.84
1967 3.84
1968 3.82
1969 3.82
1970 3.80
1971 3.80
1972 3.80
1973 3.80
1974 3.80
1975 3.80
1976 3.80
1977 3.85
1978 3.85
1979 3.85
1980 3.85
1981 3.85
1982 3.89
1983 3.95
1984 3.95
1985 3.95
1986 4.05
1987 4.05
1988 4.15
1989 4.15
1990 3.63
1991 3.63
1992 3.63
1993 3.63
1994 3.63
1995 3.63
1996 3.63
1997 3.84
1998 3.95
1999 4.15
2000 4.15
2001 4.15
2002 4.15
2003 4.15
2004 4.15
2005 4.15
2006 4.15
2007 4.15
2008 4.46
2009 4.88
2010 4.98
2011 5.19
2012 5.19
2013 5.19
2014 5.19
2015 5.19
2016 5.19
2017 5.19
2018 5.19

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use