What is the highest arable land recorded in Haiti?

The highest recorded value was 1.18 million hectares in 2010.

What is the lowest arable land recorded in Haiti?

The lowest recorded value was 768,000 hectares in 1972.

How does Haiti rank for arable land?

Haiti ranks 108th out of 206 countries with data for 2023.

Is arable land rising or falling in Haiti?

Over the last ten years it is down 14.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Arable land in Haiti

Name: Arable land in Haiti
Creator: 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)
License: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)

Haiti: Arable land was 1.00 million hectares in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)

1.00 million hectares

Change on year

unchanged

World rank

108th

of 206 countries

All-time high

1.18 million hectares

in 2010

All-time low

768,000 hectares

in 1972

Years of data

1961–2023

Arable land in Haiti, 1961–2023

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.

Analysis

Haiti recorded 1.00 million hectares for arable land in 2023.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 14.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, arable land in Haiti peaked at 1.18 million hectares in 2010 and was at its lowest, 768,000 hectares, in 1972.

Haiti ranks 108th of 206 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.

Arable land in Haiti, year by year

Annual values for Arable land (hectares) in Haiti, 1961 to 2023.
Year	hectares	Change
1961	900,000 hectares	—
1962	900,000 hectares	+0.0%
1963	900,000 hectares	+0.0%
1964	900,000 hectares	+0.0%
1965	900,000 hectares	+0.0%
1966	900,000 hectares	+0.0%
1967	900,000 hectares	+0.0%
1968	900,000 hectares	+0.0%
1969	900,000 hectares	+0.0%
1970	900,000 hectares	+0.0%
1971	900,000 hectares	+0.0%
1972	768,000 hectares	-14.7%
1973	768,000 hectares	+0.0%
1974	768,000 hectares	+0.0%
1975	768,000 hectares	+0.0%
1976	770,000 hectares	+0.3%
1977	770,000 hectares	+0.0%
1978	780,000 hectares	+1.3%
1979	780,000 hectares	+0.0%
1980	780,000 hectares	+0.0%
1981	780,000 hectares	+0.0%
1982	780,000 hectares	+0.0%
1983	780,000 hectares	+0.0%
1984	780,000 hectares	+0.0%
1985	780,000 hectares	+0.0%
1986	780,000 hectares	+0.0%
1987	780,000 hectares	+0.0%
1988	780,000 hectares	+0.0%
1989	780,000 hectares	+0.0%
1990	780,000 hectares	+0.0%
1991	780,000 hectares	+0.0%
1992	780,000 hectares	+0.0%
1993	780,000 hectares	+0.0%
1994	800,000 hectares	+2.6%
1995	800,000 hectares	+0.0%
1996	800,000 hectares	+0.0%
1997	900,000 hectares	+12.5%
1998	900,000 hectares	+0.0%
1999	900,000 hectares	+0.0%
2000	900,000 hectares	+0.0%
2001	900,000 hectares	+0.0%
2002	900,000 hectares	+0.0%
2003	900,000 hectares	+0.0%
2004	900,000 hectares	+0.0%
2005	1.00 million hectares	+11.1%
2006	1.00 million hectares	+0.0%
2007	1.00 million hectares	+0.0%
2008	1.00 million hectares	+0.0%
2009	1.03 million hectares	+2.6%
2010	1.18 million hectares	+15.0%
2011	1.18 million hectares	+0.0%
2012	1.18 million hectares	+0.0%
2013	1.18 million hectares	+0.0%
2014	1.18 million hectares	+0.0%
2015	1.18 million hectares	+0.0%
2016	1.18 million hectares	+0.0%
2017	1.18 million hectares	+0.0%
2018	1.18 million hectares	+0.0%
2019	1.00 million hectares	-15.3%
2020	1.00 million hectares	+0.0%
2021	1.00 million hectares	+0.5%
2022	1.00 million hectares	+0.0%
2023	1.00 million hectares	+0.0%

Haiti compared with similar countries

Haiti's 1.00 million hectares is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2.60 million hectares, 39% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
Haiti's 1.00 million hectares is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 167,133 hectares, 6.0× the median. (39 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1960s	900,000 hectares	900,000 hectares	900,000 hectares	9
1970s	797,200 hectares	768,000 hectares	900,000 hectares	10
1980s	780,000 hectares	780,000 hectares	780,000 hectares	10
1990s	822,000 hectares	780,000 hectares	900,000 hectares	10
2000s	952,633 hectares	900,000 hectares	1.03 million hectares	10
2010s	1.16 million hectares	1.00 million hectares	1.18 million hectares	10
2020s	1.00 million hectares	1.00 million hectares	1.00 million hectares	4

Countries ranked near Haiti

105 Ecuador 1.03 million hectares compare
106 Honduras 1.02 million hectares compare
107 Netherlands 1.01 million hectares compare
109 Dominican Republic 975,760 hectares compare
110 Portugal 927,263 hectares compare
111 Croatia 868,000 hectares compare

See the full ranking of 206 places →

More agriculture & rural data for Haiti

Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 26.66 % change on previous year (2025)
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1581 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 425.88 current US$ per person (2025)
Rural population, annual growth rate -0.1649 % change on previous year (2025)
Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Rural population, per capita 0.4439 units per person (2025)
Share of GDP from agriculture 15.8% (2025)
Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 15.8% (2025)
Agricultural raw materials exports 0.2% (2016)
Agricultural raw materials imports 1.6% (2016)

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Frequently asked questions

What is arable land in Haiti?: Arable land in Haiti was 1.00 million hectares 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 Haiti?: The highest recorded value was 1.18 million hectares in 2010.
What is the lowest arable land recorded in Haiti?: The lowest recorded value was 768,000 hectares in 1972.
How does Haiti rank for arable land?: Haiti ranks 108th out of 206 countries with data for 2023.
Is arable land rising or falling in Haiti?: Over the last ten years it is down 14.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Haiti 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). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator: Arable land (hectares)
Unit: hectares
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)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 206 places, 11,871 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed: 01 October 2026

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.