Trinidad and Tobago - Arable land

Arable land (hectares)

The value for Arable land (hectares) in Trinidad and Tobago was 25,000 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 70,000 in 1974 and a minimum value of 25,000 in 2005.

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 57,000
1962 57,000
1963 57,000
1964 57,000
1965 57,000
1966 57,000
1967 57,000
1968 57,000
1969 57,000
1970 57,000
1971 60,000
1972 60,000
1973 69,000
1974 70,000
1975 65,000
1976 65,000
1977 65,000
1978 65,000
1979 65,000
1980 60,000
1981 52,000
1982 45,000
1983 38,000
1984 38,000
1985 35,000
1986 35,000
1987 35,000
1988 36,000
1989 36,000
1990 36,000
1991 40,000
1992 40,000
1993 40,000
1994 40,000
1995 40,000
1996 40,000
1997 35,000
1998 35,000
1999 35,000
2000 35,000
2001 30,000
2002 30,000
2003 30,000
2004 26,000
2005 25,000
2006 25,000
2007 25,000
2008 25,000
2009 25,000
2010 25,000
2011 25,000
2012 25,000
2013 25,000
2014 25,000
2015 25,000
2016 25,000
2017 25,000
2018 25,000

Arable land (hectares per person)

The value for Arable land (hectares per person) in Trinidad and Tobago was 0.018 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.070 in 1973 and a minimum value of 0.018 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 0.066
1962 0.065
1963 0.064
1964 0.063
1965 0.063
1966 0.062
1967 0.062
1968 0.061
1969 0.061
1970 0.060
1971 0.063
1972 0.062
1973 0.070
1974 0.070
1975 0.064
1976 0.063
1977 0.063
1978 0.062
1979 0.061
1980 0.055
1981 0.047
1982 0.040
1983 0.033
1984 0.033
1985 0.030
1986 0.030
1987 0.029
1988 0.030
1989 0.030
1990 0.029
1991 0.033
1992 0.032
1993 0.032
1994 0.032
1995 0.032
1996 0.032
1997 0.028
1998 0.028
1999 0.028
2000 0.028
2001 0.024
2002 0.023
2003 0.023
2004 0.020
2005 0.019
2006 0.019
2007 0.019
2008 0.019
2009 0.019
2010 0.019
2011 0.019
2012 0.019
2013 0.018
2014 0.018
2015 0.018
2016 0.018
2017 0.018
2018 0.018

Arable land (% of land area)

Arable land (% of land area) in Trinidad and Tobago was 4.87 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 57 years was 13.65 in 1974, while its lowest value was 4.87 in 2005.

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 11.11
1962 11.11
1963 11.11
1964 11.11
1965 11.11
1966 11.11
1967 11.11
1968 11.11
1969 11.11
1970 11.11
1971 11.70
1972 11.70
1973 13.45
1974 13.65
1975 12.67
1976 12.67
1977 12.67
1978 12.67
1979 12.67
1980 11.70
1981 10.14
1982 8.77
1983 7.41
1984 7.41
1985 6.82
1986 6.82
1987 6.82
1988 7.02
1989 7.02
1990 7.02
1991 7.80
1992 7.80
1993 7.80
1994 7.80
1995 7.80
1996 7.80
1997 6.82
1998 6.82
1999 6.82
2000 6.82
2001 5.85
2002 5.85
2003 5.85
2004 5.07
2005 4.87
2006 4.87
2007 4.87
2008 4.87
2009 4.87
2010 4.87
2011 4.87
2012 4.87
2013 4.87
2014 4.87
2015 4.87
2016 4.87
2017 4.87
2018 4.87

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use