Cassava, fresh — Area harvested in Samoa
Samoa: Cassava, fresh — Area harvested was 38 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cassava, fresh — Area harvested in Samoa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cassava, fresh — area harvested in Samoa stood at 38 ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 8.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cassava, fresh — area harvested in Samoa peaked at 38 ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 2 ha, in 1961.
That places Samoa 80th out of 93 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cassava, fresh — Area harvested in Samoa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2 ha | — |
| 1962 | 3 ha | +50.0% |
| 1963 | 5 ha | +66.7% |
| 1964 | 12 ha | +140.0% |
| 1965 | 12 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 8 ha | -33.3% |
| 1967 | 8 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 8 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 8 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 8 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 8 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 8 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 8 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 8 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 8 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 20 ha | +150.0% |
| 1977 | 20 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 30 ha | +50.0% |
| 1979 | 30 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 30 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 30 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 30 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 30 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 30 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 30 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 20 ha | -33.3% |
| 1987 | 20 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 20 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 19 ha | -5.0% |
| 1990 | 20 ha | +5.3% |
| 1991 | 20 ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 20 ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 20 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 20 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 20 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 21 ha | +5.0% |
| 1997 | 22 ha | +4.8% |
| 1998 | 22 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 24 ha | +9.1% |
| 2000 | 24 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 24 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 24 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 24 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 24 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 25 ha | +4.2% |
| 2006 | 25 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 30 ha | +20.0% |
| 2008 | 29 ha | -3.3% |
| 2009 | 30 ha | +3.4% |
| 2010 | 30 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 32 ha | +6.7% |
| 2012 | 35 ha | +9.4% |
| 2013 | 35 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 35 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 35 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 36 ha | +2.9% |
| 2017 | 37 ha | +2.8% |
| 2018 | 37 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 38 ha | +2.7% |
| 2020 | 38 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 38 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 38 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 38 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 38 ha | +0.0% |
Samoa compared with similar countries
- Samoa's 38 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 6,817 ha, 1% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Samoa's 38 ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 6,817 ha, 1% of the median. (15 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7.33 ha | 2 ha | 12 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 14.8 ha | 8 ha | 30 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 25.9 ha | 19 ha | 30 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 20.9 ha | 20 ha | 24 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 25.9 ha | 24 ha | 30 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 35 ha | 30 ha | 38 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 38 ha | 38 ha | 38 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Samoa
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1.65 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0909 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 533.81 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.586 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.8249 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 9.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 9.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cassava, fresh — area harvested in Samoa?
- Cassava, fresh — area harvested in Samoa was 38 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cassava, fresh — area harvested recorded in Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 38 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest cassava, fresh — area harvested recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 2 ha in 1961.
- How does Samoa rank for cassava, fresh — area harvested?
- Samoa ranks 80th out of 93 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cassava, fresh — area harvested rising or falling in Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Samoa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cassava, fresh — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.