What is the highest arable land recorded in Bahamas?

The highest recorded value was 0.0573 hectares per person in 1961.

What is the lowest arable land recorded in Bahamas?

The lowest recorded value was 0.0188 hectares per person in 1999.

How does Bahamas rank for arable land?

Bahamas ranks 173rd out of 206 countries with data for 2023.

Is arable land rising or falling in Bahamas?

Over the last ten years it is down 5.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.

Arable land in Bahamas

Name: Arable land in Bahamas
Creator: FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
License: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)

Bahamas: Arable land was 0.02 hectares per person in 2023. ▼ Falling

Latest (2023)

0.02 hectares per person

Change on year

down 0.5%

World rank

173rd

of 206 countries

All-time high

0.0573 hectares per person

in 1961

All-time low

0.0188 hectares per person

in 1999

Years of data

1961–2023

Arable land in Bahamas, 1961–2023

Source: FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Measured in hectares per person.

Analysis

Bahamas recorded 0.02 hectares per person for arable land in 2023.

The figure is down 0.5% on the previous year and down 5.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, arable land in Bahamas peaked at 0.0573 hectares per person in 1961 and was at its lowest, 0.0188 hectares per person, in 1999.

That places Bahamas 173rd out of 206 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1960s	0.0477 hectares per person	0.0393 hectares per person	0.0573 hectares per person	9
1970s	0.0339 hectares per person	0.0307 hectares per person	0.0378 hectares per person	10
1980s	0.0279 hectares per person	0.0258 hectares per person	0.0301 hectares per person	10
1990s	0.0216 hectares per person	0.0188 hectares per person	0.0254 hectares per person	10
2000s	0.0205 hectares per person	0.0193 hectares per person	0.0216 hectares per person	10
2010s	0.0206 hectares per person	0.019 hectares per person	0.0215 hectares per person	10
2020s	0.0201 hectares per person	0.02 hectares per person	0.0202 hectares per person	4

Countries ranked near Bahamas

170 American Samoa 0.0217 hectares per person compare
171 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.0216 hectares per person compare
172 New Caledonia 0.0206 hectares per person compare
174 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0197 hectares per person compare
175 Aruba 0.0186 hectares per person compare
176 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0183 hectares per person compare

See the full ranking of 253 places →

More agriculture & rural data for Bahamas

Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2024)
Rural population 18.7% (2025)
Rural population growth 0.4% (2025)
Rural population 75,243 (2025)
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 0.5% (2024)
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 81.50 million current US$ (2024)
Land under cereal production 78 hectares (2024)
Cereal yield 7,737 kg per hectare (2024)
Cereal production 604.91 metric tons (2024)

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Frequently asked questions

What is arable land in Bahamas?: Arable land in Bahamas was 0.02 hectares per person in 2023, according to FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
What is the highest arable land recorded in Bahamas?: The highest recorded value was 0.0573 hectares per person in 1961.
What is the lowest arable land recorded in Bahamas?: The lowest recorded value was 0.0188 hectares per person in 1999.
How does Bahamas rank for arable land?: Bahamas ranks 173rd out of 206 countries with data for 2023.
Is arable land rising or falling in Bahamas?: Over the last ten years it is down 5.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Bahamas data come from?: The figures come from FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), published as part of Arable land (hectares per person). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator: Arable land (hectares per person)
Unit: hectares per person
Source: FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 253 places, 14,649 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Arable land (hectares per person) includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.