Pacific island small states - Arable land

Arable land (hectares per person)

The value for Arable land (hectares per person) in Pacific island small states was 0.108 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 27 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.144 in 1992 and a minimum value of 0.108 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.

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Year Value
1991 0.143
1992 0.144
1993 0.142
1994 0.139
1995 0.138
1996 0.136
1997 0.133
1998 0.127
1999 0.126
2000 0.123
2001 0.122
2002 0.120
2003 0.119
2004 0.118
2005 0.116
2006 0.115
2007 0.113
2008 0.111
2009 0.109
2010 0.109
2011 0.110
2012 0.111
2013 0.111
2014 0.112
2015 0.113
2016 0.112
2017 0.110
2018 0.108

Arable land (% of land area)

Arable land (% of land area) in Pacific island small states was 4.11 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 57 years was 4.11 in 2018, while its lowest value was 1.89 in 1968.

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.

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Year Value
1961 2.12
1962 2.17
1963 2.12
1964 2.12
1965 2.10
1966 2.10
1967 2.07
1968 1.89
1969 1.93
1970 1.97
1971 1.97
1972 2.02
1973 2.02
1974 2.02
1975 2.13
1976 2.21
1977 2.32
1978 2.42
1979 2.44
1980 2.45
1981 2.55
1982 2.64
1983 2.75
1984 2.83
1985 2.99
1986 3.00
1987 3.12
1988 3.28
1989 3.46
1990 3.63
1991 3.78
1992 3.89
1993 3.89
1994 3.89
1995 3.91
1996 3.91
1997 3.89
1998 3.75
1999 3.76
2000 3.72
2001 3.74
2002 3.72
2003 3.74
2004 3.74
2005 3.72
2006 3.73
2007 3.71
2008 3.71
2009 3.69
2010 3.73
2011 3.79
2012 3.89
2013 3.95
2014 4.03
2015 4.11
2016 4.11
2017 4.11
2018 4.11

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use