St. Kitts and Nevis - Arable land

Arable land (hectares)

The value for Arable land (hectares) in St. Kitts and Nevis was 5,000 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 10,000 in 1968 and a minimum value of 3,970 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 10,000
1962 10,000
1963 10,000
1964 10,000
1965 10,000
1966 10,000
1967 10,000
1968 10,000
1969 8,000
1970 8,000
1971 8,000
1972 8,000
1973 8,000
1974 8,000
1975 8,000
1976 8,000
1977 8,000
1978 8,000
1979 8,000
1980 8,000
1981 8,000
1982 8,000
1983 8,000
1984 8,000
1985 8,000
1986 8,000
1987 8,000
1988 8,000
1989 8,000
1990 8,000
1991 8,000
1992 8,000
1993 8,000
1994 7,000
1995 7,000
1996 6,000
1997 6,000
1998 6,000
1999 7,000
2000 7,000
2001 7,000
2002 7,000
2003 7,000
2004 7,000
2005 3,970
2006 3,980
2007 3,990
2008 4,000
2009 4,000
2010 4,500
2011 5,000
2012 5,000
2013 5,000
2014 5,000
2015 5,000
2016 5,000
2017 5,000
2018 5,000

Arable land (hectares per person)

The value for Arable land (hectares per person) in St. Kitts and Nevis was 0.095 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.216 in 1968 and a minimum value of 0.082 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 0.195
1962 0.196
1963 0.198
1964 0.200
1965 0.203
1966 0.207
1967 0.211
1968 0.216
1969 0.176
1970 0.178
1971 0.180
1972 0.181
1973 0.181
1974 0.180
1975 0.181
1976 0.181
1977 0.182
1978 0.183
1979 0.184
1980 0.185
1981 0.186
1982 0.187
1983 0.188
1984 0.190
1985 0.191
1986 0.193
1987 0.195
1988 0.197
1989 0.198
1990 0.199
1991 0.198
1992 0.197
1993 0.194
1994 0.168
1995 0.166
1996 0.141
1997 0.140
1998 0.139
1999 0.160
2000 0.159
2001 0.157
2002 0.155
2003 0.153
2004 0.151
2005 0.085
2006 0.084
2007 0.084
2008 0.083
2009 0.082
2010 0.092
2011 0.101
2012 0.100
2013 0.099
2014 0.098
2015 0.098
2016 0.097
2017 0.096
2018 0.095

Arable land (% of land area)

Arable land (% of land area) in St. Kitts and Nevis was 19.23 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 57 years was 30.77 in 1993, while its lowest value was 15.27 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 28.57
1962 28.57
1963 28.57
1964 28.57
1965 28.57
1966 28.57
1967 28.57
1968 28.57
1969 22.86
1970 22.86
1971 22.86
1972 22.86
1973 22.86
1974 22.86
1975 22.86
1976 22.86
1977 22.86
1978 22.86
1979 22.86
1980 30.77
1981 30.77
1982 30.77
1983 30.77
1984 30.77
1985 30.77
1986 30.77
1987 30.77
1988 30.77
1989 30.77
1990 30.77
1991 30.77
1992 30.77
1993 30.77
1994 26.92
1995 26.92
1996 23.08
1997 23.08
1998 23.08
1999 26.92
2000 26.92
2001 26.92
2002 26.92
2003 26.92
2004 26.92
2005 15.27
2006 15.31
2007 15.35
2008 15.38
2009 15.38
2010 17.31
2011 19.23
2012 19.23
2013 19.23
2014 19.23
2015 19.23
2016 19.23
2017 19.23
2018 19.23

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use