Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Samoa
Samoa: Fruit Primary — Area harvested was 6,683 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Samoa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Samoa recorded 6,683 ha for fruit primary — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 0.8% on the previous year and down 22.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fruit primary — area harvested in Samoa peaked at 13,533 ha in 1962 and was at its lowest, 4,208 ha, in 1989.
Samoa ranks 147th of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Samoa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 11,484 ha | — |
| 1962 | 13,533 ha | +17.8% |
| 1963 | 11,575 ha | -14.5% |
| 1964 | 12,828 ha | +10.8% |
| 1965 | 11,560 ha | -9.9% |
| 1966 | 9,610 ha | -16.9% |
| 1967 | 9,157 ha | -4.7% |
| 1968 | 8,705 ha | -4.9% |
| 1969 | 9,243 ha | +6.2% |
| 1970 | 9,774 ha | +5.7% |
| 1971 | 10,673 ha | +9.2% |
| 1972 | 10,835 ha | +1.5% |
| 1973 | 9,859 ha | -9.0% |
| 1974 | 8,876 ha | -10.0% |
| 1975 | 7,902 ha | -11.0% |
| 1976 | 7,921 ha | +0.2% |
| 1977 | 7,421 ha | -6.3% |
| 1978 | 7,421 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 7,121 ha | -4.0% |
| 1980 | 7,111 ha | -0.1% |
| 1981 | 6,944 ha | -2.3% |
| 1982 | 6,786 ha | -2.3% |
| 1983 | 6,628 ha | -2.3% |
| 1984 | 6,532 ha | -1.4% |
| 1985 | 6,342 ha | -2.9% |
| 1986 | 6,200 ha | -2.2% |
| 1987 | 6,110 ha | -1.5% |
| 1988 | 5,980 ha | -2.1% |
| 1989 | 4,208 ha | -29.6% |
| 1990 | 4,405 ha | +4.7% |
| 1991 | 4,299 ha | -2.4% |
| 1992 | 4,307 ha | +0.2% |
| 1993 | 4,480 ha | +4.0% |
| 1994 | 4,692 ha | +4.7% |
| 1995 | 5,595 ha | +19.2% |
| 1996 | 6,200 ha | +10.8% |
| 1997 | 6,653 ha | +7.3% |
| 1998 | 7,355 ha | +10.6% |
| 1999 | 8,079 ha | +9.8% |
| 2000 | 7,833 ha | -3.0% |
| 2001 | 7,942 ha | +1.4% |
| 2002 | 8,281 ha | +4.3% |
| 2003 | 8,331 ha | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 8,404 ha | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 8,358 ha | -0.5% |
| 2006 | 8,419 ha | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 8,480 ha | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 8,668 ha | +2.2% |
| 2009 | 9,140 ha | +5.4% |
| 2010 | 9,001 ha | -1.5% |
| 2011 | 8,917 ha | -0.9% |
| 2012 | 9,188 ha | +3.0% |
| 2013 | 8,759 ha | -4.7% |
| 2014 | 8,599 ha | -1.8% |
| 2015 | 8,299 ha | -3.5% |
| 2016 | 7,890 ha | -4.9% |
| 2017 | 7,448 ha | -5.6% |
| 2018 | 6,974 ha | -6.4% |
| 2019 | 6,556 ha | -6.0% |
| 2020 | 7,029 ha | +7.2% |
| 2021 | 6,727 ha | -4.3% |
| 2022 | 6,668 ha | -0.9% |
| 2023 | 6,739 ha | +1.1% |
| 2024 | 6,683 ha | -0.8% |
Samoa compared with similar countries
- Samoa's 6,683 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 70,344 ha, 10% of the median. (51 countries reporting)
- Samoa's 6,683 ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 22,152 ha, 30% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10,855 ha | 8,705 ha | 13,533 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 8,780 ha | 7,121 ha | 10,835 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,284 ha | 4,208 ha | 7,111 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,606 ha | 4,299 ha | 8,079 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,386 ha | 7,833 ha | 9,140 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,163 ha | 6,556 ha | 9,188 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,769 ha | 6,668 ha | 7,029 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 fruit primary — area harvested in Samoa?
- Fruit primary — area harvested in Samoa was 6,683 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fruit primary — area harvested recorded in Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 13,533 ha in 1962.
- What is the lowest fruit primary — area harvested recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,208 ha in 1989.
- How does Samoa rank for fruit primary — area harvested?
- Samoa ranks 147th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fruit primary — area harvested rising or falling in Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 22.3%. 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 Fruit Primary — 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.