Arable land in Micronesia (country)
Micronesia (country): Arable land was 0.0178 hectares per person in 2023. ▼ Falling
Arable land in Micronesia (country), 1991–2023
Source: 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). Measured in hectares per person.
Analysis
Micronesia (country) recorded 0.0178 hectares per person for arable land in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 33 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.5% on the previous year and down 4.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, arable land in Micronesia (country) peaked at 0.0243 hectares per person in 1991 and was at its lowest, 0.0178 hectares per person, in 2023.
Micronesia (country) ranks 178th of 206 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 33 years of available data.
Arable land in Micronesia (country), year by year
| Year | hectares per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 0.0243 hectares per person | — |
| 1992 | 0.0239 hectares per person | -2.0% |
| 1993 | 0.0234 hectares per person | -2.1% |
| 1994 | 0.0229 hectares per person | -1.8% |
| 1995 | 0.0227 hectares per person | -1.0% |
| 1996 | 0.0226 hectares per person | -0.4% |
| 1997 | 0.0225 hectares per person | -0.3% |
| 1998 | 0.0224 hectares per person | -0.3% |
| 1999 | 0.0224 hectares per person | -0.3% |
| 2000 | 0.0223 hectares per person | -0.3% |
| 2001 | 0.0222 hectares per person | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 0.0222 hectares per person | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 0.0223 hectares per person | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 0.0223 hectares per person | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 0.0224 hectares per person | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 0.0226 hectares per person | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 0.0228 hectares per person | +0.8% |
| 2008 | 0.0229 hectares per person | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 0.0185 hectares per person | -19.3% |
| 2010 | 0.0186 hectares per person | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 0.0186 hectares per person | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 0.0185 hectares per person | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 0.0185 hectares per person | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 0.0185 hectares per person | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 0.0184 hectares per person | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 0.0183 hectares per person | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 0.0183 hectares per person | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 0.0182 hectares per person | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 0.0181 hectares per person | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 0.018 hectares per person | -0.6% |
| 2021 | 0.0179 hectares per person | -0.6% |
| 2022 | 0.0178 hectares per person | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 0.0178 hectares per person | -0.5% |
Micronesia (country) compared with similar countries
- Micronesia (country)'s 0.0178 hectares per person is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.1102 hectares per person, 16% of the median. (57 countries reporting)
- Micronesia (country)'s 0.0178 hectares per person is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.0406 hectares per person, 44% of the median. (34 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.023 hectares per person | 0.0224 hectares per person | 0.0243 hectares per person | 9 |
| 2000s | 0.0221 hectares per person | 0.0185 hectares per person | 0.0229 hectares per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0184 hectares per person | 0.0181 hectares per person | 0.0186 hectares per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0179 hectares per person | 0.0178 hectares per person | 0.018 hectares per person | 4 |
Countries ranked near Micronesia (country)
More agriculture & rural data for Micronesia (country)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2416 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population 88,126 (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 24.2% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 121.25 million current US$ (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7752 units per person (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.4% (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.4308 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,067 current US$ per person (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2013)
Frequently asked questions
- What is arable land in Micronesia (country)?
- Arable land in Micronesia (country) was 0.0178 hectares per person in 2023, according to 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).
- What is the highest arable land recorded in Micronesia (country)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0243 hectares per person in 1991.
- What is the lowest arable land recorded in Micronesia (country)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0178 hectares per person in 2023.
- How does Micronesia (country) rank for arable land?
- Micronesia (country) ranks 178th out of 206 countries with data for 2023.
- Is arable land rising or falling in Micronesia (country)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Micronesia (country) data come from?
- The figures come from 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), published as part of Arable land (hectares per person). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.