Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Somalia
Somalia: Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested, per square kilometre was 0.0294 ha per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Somalia, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per square kilometre.
Analysis
The most recent figure for fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested, per square kilometre in Somalia is 0.0294 ha per square kilometre, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 8.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested, per square kilometre in Somalia peaked at 0.0294 ha per square kilometre in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.0064 ha per square kilometre, in 1974.
Somalia ranks 69th of 117 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.
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Somalia, year by year
| Year | ha per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0239 ha per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 0.0263 ha per square kilometre | +10.0% |
| 1963 | 0.0159 ha per square kilometre | -39.4% |
| 1964 | 0.0159 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 0.0159 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 0.0159 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 0.0159 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 0.0191 ha per square kilometre | +20.0% |
| 1969 | 0.0191 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 0.0191 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 0.0239 ha per square kilometre | +25.0% |
| 1972 | 0.0143 ha per square kilometre | -40.0% |
| 1973 | 0.008 ha per square kilometre | -44.4% |
| 1974 | 0.0064 ha per square kilometre | -20.0% |
| 1975 | 0.0191 ha per square kilometre | +200.0% |
| 1976 | 0.0191 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 0.0191 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 0.0191 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 0.0191 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 0.0191 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 0.0191 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 0.0191 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 0.0191 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 0.0191 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 0.0191 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 0.0191 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 0.025 ha per square kilometre | +30.8% |
| 1988 | 0.0191 ha per square kilometre | -23.6% |
| 1989 | 0.0128 ha per square kilometre | -33.3% |
| 1990 | 0.0128 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 0.0128 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 0.0175 ha per square kilometre | +37.5% |
| 1993 | 0.0239 ha per square kilometre | +36.4% |
| 1994 | 0.0239 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.0239 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 0.0239 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 0.0239 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.0239 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 0.0239 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 0.0239 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 0.0239 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.0239 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.0239 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.0255 ha per square kilometre | +6.7% |
| 2005 | 0.0263 ha per square kilometre | +3.1% |
| 2006 | 0.0263 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.0263 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.0263 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.0271 ha per square kilometre | +3.0% |
| 2010 | 0.0271 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.0271 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.0271 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.0271 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.0287 ha per square kilometre | +5.9% |
| 2015 | 0.0282 ha per square kilometre | -1.6% |
| 2016 | 0.0279 ha per square kilometre | -1.0% |
| 2017 | 0.0281 ha per square kilometre | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 0.0283 ha per square kilometre | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 0.0287 ha per square kilometre | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 0.029 ha per square kilometre | +1.2% |
| 2021 | 0.0294 ha per square kilometre | +1.3% |
| 2022 | 0.0293 ha per square kilometre | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 0.0294 ha per square kilometre | +0.5% |
Somalia compared with similar countries
- Somalia's 0.0294 ha per square kilometre is below the median for low income countries, which is 0.1379 ha per square kilometre, 21% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
- Somalia's 0.0294 ha per square kilometre is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.0884 ha per square kilometre, 33% of the median. (36 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0187 ha per square kilometre | 0.0159 ha per square kilometre | 0.0263 ha per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0167 ha per square kilometre | 0.0064 ha per square kilometre | 0.0239 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0191 ha per square kilometre | 0.0128 ha per square kilometre | 0.025 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.021 ha per square kilometre | 0.0128 ha per square kilometre | 0.0239 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0253 ha per square kilometre | 0.0239 ha per square kilometre | 0.0271 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0278 ha per square kilometre | 0.0271 ha per square kilometre | 0.0287 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0293 ha per square kilometre | 0.029 ha per square kilometre | 0.0294 ha per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Somalia
- 66 Costa Rica 0.0389 ha per square kilometre compare
- 67 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0385 ha per square kilometre compare
- 68 New Zealand 0.0294 ha per square kilometre compare
- 70 Colombia 0.0285 ha per square kilometre compare
- 71 Samoa 0.0281 ha per square kilometre compare
- 72 Sierra Leone 0.0277 ha per square kilometre compare
More agriculture & rural data for Somalia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -13.31 % change on previous year (1990)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.5579 current US$ per US$ of GDP (1990)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 81.24 current US$ per person (1990)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.21 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0007 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4486 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 55.8% (1990)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 55.8% (1990)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.7% (1982)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 7.1% (1982)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested, per square kilometre in Somalia?
- Fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested, per square kilometre in Somalia was 0.0294 ha per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested, per square kilometre recorded in Somalia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0294 ha per square kilometre in 2023.
- What is the lowest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested, per square kilometre recorded in Somalia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0064 ha per square kilometre in 1974.
- How does Somalia rank for fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested, per square kilometre?
- Somalia ranks 69th out of 117 countries with data for 2023.
- Is fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested, per square kilometre rising or falling in Somalia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Somalia data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.