Is agricultural land expanding? Change over the prior decade in Marshall Islands
Marshall Islands: Is agricultural land expanding? Change over the prior decade was 0.0% in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Is agricultural land expanding? Change over the prior decade in Marshall Islands, 2001–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Marshall Islands recorded 0.0% for is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade in 2023. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 100.0% on the previous year and up 100.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade in Marshall Islands peaked at 0.0% in 2001 and was at its lowest, -17.6%, in 2013.
Marshall Islands ranks 91st of 225 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Is agricultural land expanding? Change over the prior decade in Marshall Islands, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 0.0% | — |
| 2002 | 0.0% | — |
| 2003 | 0.0% | — |
| 2004 | 0.0% | — |
| 2005 | 0.0% | — |
| 2006 | 0.0% | — |
| 2007 | 0.0% | — |
| 2008 | 0.0% | — |
| 2009 | 0.0% | — |
| 2010 | 0.0% | — |
| 2011 | 0.0% | — |
| 2012 | -11.8% | — |
| 2013 | -17.6% | +50.0% |
| 2014 | -17.6% | -0.0% |
| 2015 | -17.6% | -0.0% |
| 2016 | -17.6% | -0.0% |
| 2017 | -17.6% | -0.0% |
| 2018 | -17.6% | -0.0% |
| 2019 | -17.6% | -0.0% |
| 2020 | -17.6% | -0.0% |
| 2021 | -17.6% | -0.0% |
| 2022 | -6.7% | -62.2% |
| 2023 | 0.0% | -100.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 9 |
| 2010s | -13.5% | -17.6% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | -10.5% | -17.6% | 0.0% | 4 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Marshall Islands
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.74 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1994 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,513 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -5.06 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2089 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 19.9% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 19.9% (2024)
- Rural population 20.9% (2025)
- Rural population growth -5.2% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade in Marshall Islands?
- Is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade in Marshall Islands was 0.0% in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade recorded in Marshall Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0% in 2001.
- What is the lowest is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade recorded in Marshall Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was -17.6% in 2013.
- How does Marshall Islands rank for is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade?
- Marshall Islands ranks 91st out of 225 countries with data for 2023.
- Is is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade rising or falling in Marshall Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is up 100.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Marshall Islands data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Is agricultural land expanding? Change over the prior decade. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Percentage change in surface area devoted to agriculture with respect to 10 years before. Negative values imply that surface area has decreased with respect to the previous decade. This data is used to assess which countries may have already peaked in their agricultural land use.