Caribbean small states - Arable land

Arable land (hectares per person)

The value for Arable land (hectares per person) in Caribbean small states was 0.103 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.164 in 1961 and a minimum value of 0.103 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
1961 0.164
1962 0.161
1963 0.159
1964 0.157
1965 0.151
1966 0.150
1967 0.148
1968 0.146
1969 0.144
1970 0.142
1971 0.141
1972 0.138
1973 0.139
1974 0.138
1975 0.136
1976 0.140
1977 0.144
1978 0.148
1979 0.150
1980 0.148
1981 0.146
1982 0.141
1983 0.137
1984 0.136
1985 0.134
1986 0.133
1987 0.133
1988 0.133
1989 0.133
1990 0.132
1991 0.133
1992 0.134
1993 0.139
1994 0.135
1995 0.133
1996 0.132
1997 0.130
1998 0.128
1999 0.127
2000 0.121
2001 0.120
2002 0.117
2003 0.118
2004 0.116
2005 0.108
2006 0.108
2007 0.106
2008 0.105
2009 0.107
2010 0.106
2011 0.105
2012 0.104
2013 0.104
2014 0.104
2015 0.105
2016 0.104
2017 0.103
2018 0.103

Arable land (% of land area)

Arable land (% of land area) in Caribbean small states was 1.86 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 57 years was 2.12 in 1993, while its lowest value was 1.71 in 1965.

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 1.73
1962 1.73
1963 1.74
1964 1.74
1965 1.71
1966 1.72
1967 1.72
1968 1.72
1969 1.72
1970 1.71
1971 1.73
1972 1.71
1973 1.75
1974 1.75
1975 1.74
1976 1.82
1977 1.89
1978 1.96
1979 2.01
1980 2.01
1981 2.00
1982 1.96
1983 1.92
1984 1.93
1985 1.92
1986 1.93
1987 1.94
1988 1.94
1989 1.96
1990 1.96
1991 1.99
1992 2.02
1993 2.12
1994 2.08
1995 2.07
1996 2.06
1997 2.04
1998 2.03
1999 2.03
2000 1.95
2001 1.94
2002 1.91
2003 1.93
2004 1.91
2005 1.81
2006 1.81
2007 1.79
2008 1.78
2009 1.83
2010 1.82
2011 1.83
2012 1.82
2013 1.84
2014 1.85
2015 1.87
2016 1.87
2017 1.86
2018 1.86

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use