Is agricultural land expanding? Change over the prior decade in Northern Mariana Islands
Northern Mariana Islands: Is agricultural land expanding? Change over the prior decade was -68.2% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Is agricultural land expanding? Change over the prior decade in Northern Mariana Islands, 2001–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade in Northern Mariana Islands is -68.2%, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 23 years on record.
That represents a change of down 57.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade in Northern Mariana Islands peaked at 0.0% in 2017 and was at its lowest, -68.2%, in 2018.
Northern Mariana Islands ranks 225th of 225 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 23 years of available data.
Is agricultural land expanding? Change over the prior decade in Northern Mariana Islands, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | -25.0% | — |
| 2002 | -25.0% | -0.0% |
| 2003 | -25.0% | -0.0% |
| 2004 | -25.0% | -0.0% |
| 2005 | -25.0% | -0.0% |
| 2006 | -25.0% | -0.0% |
| 2007 | -57.5% | +130.0% |
| 2008 | -43.3% | -24.6% |
| 2009 | -43.3% | -0.0% |
| 2010 | -43.3% | -0.0% |
| 2011 | -43.3% | -0.0% |
| 2012 | -43.3% | -0.0% |
| 2013 | -43.3% | -0.0% |
| 2014 | -43.3% | -0.0% |
| 2015 | -43.3% | -0.0% |
| 2016 | -43.3% | -0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.0% | -100.0% |
| 2018 | -68.2% | — |
| 2019 | -68.2% | -0.0% |
| 2020 | -68.2% | -0.0% |
| 2021 | -68.2% | -0.0% |
| 2022 | -68.2% | -0.0% |
| 2023 | -68.2% | -0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | -32.7% | -57.5% | -25.0% | 9 |
| 2010s | -44.0% | -68.2% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | -68.2% | -68.2% | -68.2% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Northern Mariana Islands
More agriculture & rural data for Northern Mariana Islands
- Rural population, annual growth rate -2.94 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2022)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0782 units per person (2025)
- Rural population 7.8% (2025)
- Rural population growth -3.0% (2025)
- Rural population 3,406 (2025)
- Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture 11 metric tons (2024)
- Aquaculture production 11 metric tons (2024)
- Share of land area used for arable agriculture 0.2% (2023)
- Agricultural land use 540 hectares (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade in Northern Mariana Islands?
- Is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade in Northern Mariana Islands was -68.2% 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 Northern Mariana Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0% in 2017.
- What is the lowest is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade recorded in Northern Mariana Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was -68.2% in 2018.
- How does Northern Mariana Islands rank for is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade?
- Northern Mariana Islands ranks 225th out of 225 countries with data for 2023.
- Is is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade rising or falling in Northern Mariana Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is down 57.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Northern Mariana 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.