The Bahamas - Arable land

Arable land (hectares)

The value for Arable land (hectares) in The Bahamas was 8,000 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 9,000 in 2010 and a minimum value of 6,000 in 1994.

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 7,000
1962 7,000
1963 7,000
1964 7,000
1965 7,000
1966 7,000
1967 7,000
1968 7,000
1969 7,000
1970 7,000
1971 7,000
1972 7,000
1973 7,000
1974 7,000
1975 7,000
1976 7,000
1977 7,000
1978 7,000
1979 7,000
1980 7,000
1981 7,000
1982 7,000
1983 7,000
1984 7,000
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 6,000
1995 6,000
1996 6,000
1997 6,000
1998 6,000
1999 6,000
2000 7,000
2001 7,000
2002 7,000
2003 7,000
2004 7,000
2005 7,000
2006 7,000
2007 7,000
2008 7,000
2009 9,000
2010 9,000
2011 8,000
2012 8,000
2013 8,000
2014 8,000
2015 8,000
2016 8,000
2017 8,000
2018 8,000

Arable land (hectares per person)

The value for Arable land (hectares per person) in The Bahamas was 0.021 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.061 in 1961 and a minimum value of 0.020 in 2008.

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 0.061
1962 0.058
1963 0.055
1964 0.052
1965 0.050
1966 0.048
1967 0.046
1968 0.044
1969 0.043
1970 0.041
1971 0.040
1972 0.039
1973 0.039
1974 0.038
1975 0.037
1976 0.036
1977 0.036
1978 0.035
1979 0.034
1980 0.033
1981 0.033
1982 0.032
1983 0.031
1984 0.030
1985 0.034
1986 0.033
1987 0.033
1988 0.032
1989 0.032
1990 0.031
1991 0.031
1992 0.030
1993 0.030
1994 0.022
1995 0.021
1996 0.021
1997 0.021
1998 0.021
1999 0.020
2000 0.023
2001 0.023
2002 0.023
2003 0.022
2004 0.022
2005 0.022
2006 0.021
2007 0.021
2008 0.020
2009 0.026
2010 0.025
2011 0.022
2012 0.022
2013 0.022
2014 0.022
2015 0.021
2016 0.021
2017 0.021
2018 0.021

Arable land (% of land area)

Arable land (% of land area) in The Bahamas was 0.799 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 57 years was 0.899 in 2010, while its lowest value was 0.599 in 1994.

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 0.699
1962 0.699
1963 0.699
1964 0.699
1965 0.699
1966 0.699
1967 0.699
1968 0.699
1969 0.699
1970 0.699
1971 0.699
1972 0.699
1973 0.699
1974 0.699
1975 0.699
1976 0.699
1977 0.699
1978 0.699
1979 0.699
1980 0.699
1981 0.699
1982 0.699
1983 0.699
1984 0.699
1985 0.799
1986 0.799
1987 0.799
1988 0.799
1989 0.799
1990 0.799
1991 0.799
1992 0.799
1993 0.799
1994 0.599
1995 0.599
1996 0.599
1997 0.599
1998 0.599
1999 0.599
2000 0.699
2001 0.699
2002 0.699
2003 0.699
2004 0.699
2005 0.699
2006 0.699
2007 0.699
2008 0.699
2009 0.899
2010 0.899
2011 0.799
2012 0.799
2013 0.799
2014 0.799
2015 0.799
2016 0.799
2017 0.799
2018 0.799

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use