Agricultural land (sq. km), per capita in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income): Agricultural land (sq. km), per capita was 0.0102 sq. km per person in 2023. ▼ Falling
Agricultural land (sq. km), per capita in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in sq. km per person.
Analysis
In 2023, agricultural land (sq. km), per capita in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) stood at 0.0102 sq. km per person. That is the lowest value across all 63 years on record.
The figure is down 1.4% on the previous year and down 8.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, agricultural land (sq. km), per capita in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) peaked at 0.0258 sq. km per person in 1961 and was at its lowest, 0.0102 sq. km per person, in 2023.
That places Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 6th out of 47 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Agricultural land (sq. km), per capita in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | sq. km per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0258 sq. km per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0252 sq. km per person | -2.1% |
| 1963 | 0.0247 sq. km per person | -2.1% |
| 1964 | 0.0242 sq. km per person | -2.1% |
| 1965 | 0.0237 sq. km per person | -2.1% |
| 1966 | 0.0231 sq. km per person | -2.1% |
| 1967 | 0.0226 sq. km per person | -2.2% |
| 1968 | 0.0222 sq. km per person | -2.0% |
| 1969 | 0.0217 sq. km per person | -2.1% |
| 1970 | 0.0213 sq. km per person | -1.8% |
| 1971 | 0.021 sq. km per person | -1.5% |
| 1972 | 0.0207 sq. km per person | -1.5% |
| 1973 | 0.0204 sq. km per person | -1.6% |
| 1974 | 0.02 sq. km per person | -1.6% |
| 1975 | 0.0197 sq. km per person | -1.5% |
| 1976 | 0.0195 sq. km per person | -1.3% |
| 1977 | 0.0193 sq. km per person | -1.2% |
| 1978 | 0.019 sq. km per person | -1.3% |
| 1979 | 0.0188 sq. km per person | -1.3% |
| 1980 | 0.0185 sq. km per person | -1.3% |
| 1981 | 0.0182 sq. km per person | -1.7% |
| 1982 | 0.0179 sq. km per person | -1.7% |
| 1983 | 0.0177 sq. km per person | -1.3% |
| 1984 | 0.0174 sq. km per person | -1.5% |
| 1985 | 0.0171 sq. km per person | -1.6% |
| 1986 | 0.0168 sq. km per person | -2.0% |
| 1987 | 0.0164 sq. km per person | -1.9% |
| 1988 | 0.0161 sq. km per person | -2.0% |
| 1989 | 0.0158 sq. km per person | -1.9% |
| 1990 | 0.0155 sq. km per person | -1.9% |
| 1991 | 0.0152 sq. km per person | -1.8% |
| 1992 | 0.0149 sq. km per person | -2.0% |
| 1993 | 0.0147 sq. km per person | -1.8% |
| 1994 | 0.0144 sq. km per person | -1.8% |
| 1995 | 0.0141 sq. km per person | -1.8% |
| 1996 | 0.0139 sq. km per person | -1.5% |
| 1997 | 0.0137 sq. km per person | -1.4% |
| 1998 | 0.0135 sq. km per person | -1.4% |
| 1999 | 0.0133 sq. km per person | -1.4% |
| 2000 | 0.0131 sq. km per person | -1.6% |
| 2001 | 0.0129 sq. km per person | -1.8% |
| 2002 | 0.0127 sq. km per person | -1.3% |
| 2003 | 0.0126 sq. km per person | -1.3% |
| 2004 | 0.0124 sq. km per person | -1.1% |
| 2005 | 0.0123 sq. km per person | -1.0% |
| 2006 | 0.0122 sq. km per person | -1.2% |
| 2007 | 0.012 sq. km per person | -1.0% |
| 2008 | 0.0118 sq. km per person | -1.9% |
| 2009 | 0.0116 sq. km per person | -1.5% |
| 2010 | 0.0115 sq. km per person | -0.8% |
| 2011 | 0.0114 sq. km per person | -1.3% |
| 2012 | 0.0113 sq. km per person | -0.9% |
| 2013 | 0.0112 sq. km per person | -1.0% |
| 2014 | 0.011 sq. km per person | -1.6% |
| 2015 | 0.0109 sq. km per person | -0.8% |
| 2016 | 0.0108 sq. km per person | -1.2% |
| 2017 | 0.0106 sq. km per person | -1.3% |
| 2018 | 0.0105 sq. km per person | -1.0% |
| 2019 | 0.0105 sq. km per person | -0.7% |
| 2020 | 0.0105 sq. km per person | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 0.0104 sq. km per person | -0.6% |
| 2022 | 0.0103 sq. km per person | -0.9% |
| 2023 | 0.0102 sq. km per person | -1.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0237 sq. km per person | 0.0217 sq. km per person | 0.0258 sq. km per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.02 sq. km per person | 0.0188 sq. km per person | 0.0213 sq. km per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0172 sq. km per person | 0.0158 sq. km per person | 0.0185 sq. km per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0143 sq. km per person | 0.0133 sq. km per person | 0.0155 sq. km per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0124 sq. km per person | 0.0116 sq. km per person | 0.0131 sq. km per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.011 sq. km per person | 0.0105 sq. km per person | 0.0115 sq. km per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0104 sq. km per person | 0.0102 sq. km per person | 0.0105 sq. km per person | 4 |
Countries ranked near Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
- 3 Namibia 0.131 sq. km per person compare
- 4 Kazakhstan 0.1054 sq. km per person compare
- 5 Botswana 0.1043 sq. km per person compare
- 6 Mauritania 0.0791 sq. km per person compare
- 7 Turkmenistan 0.0537 sq. km per person compare
- 8 Saudi Arabia 0.0515 sq. km per person compare
- 9 Greenland 0.0428 sq. km per person compare
More agriculture & rural data for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.9% (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 477.34 billion current US$ (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 7.3% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.97 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population 116.59 million (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.6% (2025)
- Rural population 18.6% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0732 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 761.54 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.6002 % change on previous year (2025)
All data for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is agricultural land (sq. km), per capita in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- Agricultural land (sq. km), per capita in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) was 0.0102 sq. km per person in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest agricultural land (sq. km), per capita recorded in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0258 sq. km per person in 1961.
- What is the lowest agricultural land (sq. km), per capita recorded in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0102 sq. km per person in 2023.
- How does Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank for agricultural land (sq. km), per capita?
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 6th out of 47 groups with data for 2023.
- Is agricultural land (sq. km), per capita rising or falling in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Agricultural land (sq. km), per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Agricultural land (sq. km) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Agricultural land (sq. km) ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Agricultural land FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Agricultural land (sq. km) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.