Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested in Samoa
Samoa: Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested was 77 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested in Samoa, 1991–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested in Samoa is 77 ha, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 34 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.3% on the previous year and down 3.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested in Samoa peaked at 100 ha in 1991 and was at its lowest, 77 ha, in 2024.
Samoa ranks 108th of 133 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 34 years of available data.
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested in Samoa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 100 ha | — |
| 1992 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 90 ha | -10.0% |
| 2005 | 90 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 90 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 90 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 85 ha | -5.6% |
| 2009 | 80 ha | -5.9% |
| 2010 | 80 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 85 ha | +6.2% |
| 2012 | 85 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 85 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 80 ha | -5.9% |
| 2015 | 80 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 80 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 80 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 80 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 80 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 80 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 80 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 80 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 78 ha | -2.5% |
| 2024 | 77 ha | -1.3% |
Samoa compared with similar countries
- Samoa's 77 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 11,010 ha, 1% of the median. (34 countries reporting)
- Samoa's 77 ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 138,288 ha, 0% of the median. (11 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 100 ha | 100 ha | 100 ha | 9 |
| 2000s | 92.5 ha | 80 ha | 100 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 81.5 ha | 80 ha | 85 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 79 ha | 77 ha | 80 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Samoa
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 fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested in Samoa?
- Fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested in Samoa was 77 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested recorded in Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 100 ha in 1991.
- What is the lowest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 77 ha in 2024.
- How does Samoa rank for fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested?
- Samoa ranks 108th out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Samoa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — 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.