Virgin Islands - Arable land

Arable land (hectares)

The value for Arable land (hectares) in 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 6,000 in 1966 and a minimum value of 1,000 in 2006.

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 4,000
1962 4,000
1963 6,000
1964 6,000
1965 6,000
1966 6,000
1967 5,000
1968 5,000
1969 5,000
1970 5,000
1971 5,000
1972 5,000
1973 5,000
1974 5,000
1975 5,000
1976 5,000
1977 5,000
1978 5,000
1979 5,000
1980 5,000
1981 5,000
1982 5,000
1983 5,000
1984 5,000
1985 4,000
1986 4,000
1987 4,000
1988 4,000
1989 4,000
1990 4,000
1991 4,000
1992 4,000
1993 4,000
1994 3,000
1995 3,000
1996 3,000
1997 3,000
1998 3,000
1999 2,000
2000 2,000
2001 2,000
2002 2,000
2003 2,000
2004 2,000
2005 2,000
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 Virgin Islands was 0.009 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.151 in 1963 and a minimum value of 0.009 in 2009.

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 0.117
1962 0.114
1963 0.151
1964 0.147
1965 0.138
1966 0.130
1967 0.102
1968 0.090
1969 0.083
1970 0.079
1971 0.070
1972 0.066
1973 0.059
1974 0.056
1975 0.053
1976 0.052
1977 0.054
1978 0.052
1979 0.052
1980 0.050
1981 0.050
1982 0.050
1983 0.050
1984 0.050
1985 0.040
1986 0.040
1987 0.040
1988 0.040
1989 0.040
1990 0.038
1991 0.038
1992 0.038
1993 0.038
1994 0.028
1995 0.028
1996 0.028
1997 0.028
1998 0.028
1999 0.018
2000 0.018
2001 0.018
2002 0.018
2003 0.018
2004 0.018
2005 0.018
2006 0.009
2007 0.009
2008 0.009
2009 0.009
2010 0.009
2011 0.009
2012 0.009
2013 0.009
2014 0.009
2015 0.009
2016 0.009
2017 0.009
2018 0.009

Arable land (% of land area)

Arable land (% of land area) in Virgin Islands was 2.86 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 57 years was 17.14 in 1966, while its lowest value was 2.86 in 2006.

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 11.43
1962 11.43
1963 17.14
1964 17.14
1965 17.14
1966 17.14
1967 14.29
1968 14.29
1969 14.29
1970 14.29
1971 14.29
1972 14.29
1973 14.29
1974 14.29
1975 14.29
1976 14.29
1977 14.29
1978 14.29
1979 14.29
1980 14.29
1981 14.29
1982 14.29
1983 14.29
1984 14.29
1985 11.43
1986 11.43
1987 11.43
1988 11.43
1989 11.43
1990 11.43
1991 11.43
1992 11.43
1993 11.43
1994 8.57
1995 8.57
1996 8.57
1997 8.57
1998 8.57
1999 5.71
2000 5.71
2001 5.71
2002 5.71
2003 5.71
2004 5.71
2005 5.71
2006 2.86
2007 2.86
2008 2.86
2009 2.86
2010 2.86
2011 2.86
2012 2.86
2013 2.86
2014 2.86
2015 2.86
2016 2.86
2017 2.86
2018 2.86

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use