Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Samoa
Samoa: Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested was 21,712 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Samoa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Samoa recorded 21,712 ha for oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.8% on the previous year and down 19.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Samoa peaked at 48,440 ha in 1987 and was at its lowest, 15,189 ha, in 2017.
Samoa ranks 122nd of 184 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Samoa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 18,411 ha | — |
| 1962 | 18,411 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 17,197 ha | -6.6% |
| 1964 | 17,197 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 29,200 ha | +69.8% |
| 1966 | 33,200 ha | +13.7% |
| 1967 | 23,200 ha | -30.1% |
| 1968 | 31,200 ha | +34.5% |
| 1969 | 35,200 ha | +12.8% |
| 1970 | 28,200 ha | -19.9% |
| 1971 | 30,200 ha | +7.1% |
| 1972 | 30,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 32,200 ha | +6.6% |
| 1974 | 33,200 ha | +3.1% |
| 1975 | 34,200 ha | +3.0% |
| 1976 | 36,200 ha | +5.8% |
| 1977 | 38,200 ha | +5.5% |
| 1978 | 40,200 ha | +5.2% |
| 1979 | 42,200 ha | +5.0% |
| 1980 | 43,200 ha | +2.4% |
| 1981 | 43,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 44,200 ha | +2.3% |
| 1983 | 45,200 ha | +2.3% |
| 1984 | 46,200 ha | +2.2% |
| 1985 | 47,200 ha | +2.2% |
| 1986 | 48,200 ha | +2.1% |
| 1987 | 48,440 ha | +0.5% |
| 1988 | 48,200 ha | -0.5% |
| 1989 | 23,500 ha | -51.2% |
| 1990 | 23,281 ha | -0.9% |
| 1991 | 23,229 ha | -0.2% |
| 1992 | 23,139 ha | -0.4% |
| 1993 | 22,949 ha | -0.8% |
| 1994 | 22,859 ha | -0.4% |
| 1995 | 22,670 ha | -0.8% |
| 1996 | 24,980 ha | +10.2% |
| 1997 | 24,391 ha | -2.4% |
| 1998 | 25,401 ha | +4.1% |
| 1999 | 21,912 ha | -13.7% |
| 2000 | 23,422 ha | +6.9% |
| 2001 | 24,193 ha | +3.3% |
| 2002 | 24,305 ha | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 24,477 ha | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 24,464 ha | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 25,470 ha | +4.1% |
| 2006 | 24,789 ha | -2.7% |
| 2007 | 22,653 ha | -8.6% |
| 2008 | 24,549 ha | +8.4% |
| 2009 | 27,049 ha | +10.2% |
| 2010 | 26,934 ha | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 27,490 ha | +2.1% |
| 2012 | 27,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 27,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 26,986 ha | -1.9% |
| 2015 | 15,528 ha | -42.5% |
| 2016 | 15,535 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 15,189 ha | -2.2% |
| 2018 | 17,033 ha | +12.1% |
| 2019 | 20,713 ha | +21.6% |
| 2020 | 20,721 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 20,713 ha | -0.0% |
| 2022 | 20,716 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 20,717 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 21,712 ha | +4.8% |
Samoa compared with similar countries
- Samoa's 21,712 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 21,712 ha, 1.0× the median. (51 countries reporting)
- Samoa's 21,712 ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 79,726 ha, 27% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Samoa changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | +69.8% | 17,197 ha | 29,200 ha |
| 1989 | -51.2% | 48,200 ha | 23,500 ha |
| 2015 | -42.5% | 26,986 ha | 15,528 ha |
| 1968 | +34.5% | 23,200 ha | 31,200 ha |
| 1967 | -30.1% | 33,200 ha | 23,200 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 24,802 ha | 17,197 ha | 35,200 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 34,500 ha | 28,200 ha | 42,200 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 43,754 ha | 23,500 ha | 48,440 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 23,481 ha | 21,912 ha | 25,401 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 24,537 ha | 22,653 ha | 27,049 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 22,041 ha | 15,189 ha | 27,500 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 20,916 ha | 20,713 ha | 21,712 ha | 5 |
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- 124 Bosnia and Herzegovina 19,150 ha compare
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More agriculture & rural data for Samoa
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate -2.15 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.1802 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate -2.51 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 0.2043 hectares per person (2025)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Samoa?
- Oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Samoa was 21,712 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested recorded in Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 48,440 ha in 1987.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 15,189 ha in 2017.
- How does Samoa rank for oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested?
- Samoa ranks 122nd out of 184 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.5%. 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 Oilcrops, Cake 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.