What is the highest arable land recorded in French Polynesia?

The highest recorded value was 0.0234 hectares per person in 1961.

What is the lowest arable land recorded in French Polynesia?

The lowest recorded value was 0.0089 hectares per person in 2023.

How does French Polynesia rank for arable land?

French Polynesia ranks 189th out of 206 countries with data for 2023.

Is arable land rising or falling in French Polynesia?

Over the last ten years it is down 2.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.

Arable land in French Polynesia

Name: Arable land in French Polynesia
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)

French Polynesia: Arable land was 0.0089 hectares per person in 2023. ▼ Falling

Latest (2023)

0.0089 hectares per person

Change on year

down 0.3%

World rank

189th

of 206 countries

All-time high

0.0234 hectares per person

in 1961

All-time low

0.0089 hectares per person

in 2023

Years of data

1961–2023

Arable land in French Polynesia, 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

French Polynesia recorded 0.0089 hectares per person for arable land in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 63 years on record.

The figure is down 0.3% on the previous year and down 2.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, arable land in French Polynesia peaked at 0.0234 hectares per person in 1961 and was at its lowest, 0.0089 hectares per person, in 2023.

That places French Polynesia 189th 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	0.0208 hectares per person	0.0182 hectares per person	0.0234 hectares per person	9
1970s	0.0152 hectares per person	0.0132 hectares per person	0.0175 hectares per person	10
1980s	0.0113 hectares per person	0.01 hectares per person	0.0128 hectares per person	10
1990s	0.0104 hectares per person	0.0093 hectares per person	0.0114 hectares per person	10
2000s	0.0098 hectares per person	0.0093 hectares per person	0.0104 hectares per person	10
2010s	0.0091 hectares per person	0.0089 hectares per person	0.0092 hectares per person	10
2020s	0.0089 hectares per person	0.0089 hectares per person	0.009 hectares per person	4

Countries ranked near French Polynesia

186 Malta 0.0132 hectares per person compare
187 Marshall Islands 0.0129 hectares per person compare
188 Andorra 0.0091 hectares per person compare
190 Brunei 0.0087 hectares per person compare
191 United States Virgin Islands 0.0086 hectares per person compare
192 Palestine 0.0081 hectares per person compare

See the full ranking of 253 places →

More agriculture & rural data for French Polynesia

Agricultural raw materials exports 0.8% (2024)
Agricultural raw materials imports 0.9% (2024)
Rural population 38.2% (2025)
Rural population growth 0.1% (2025)
Rural population 108,019 (2025)
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 2.2% (2020)
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 123.52 million current US$ (2020)
Agricultural land 300.65 sq. km (2023)
Permanent cropland 7.5% (2023)
Fertilizer consumption 130.4 kilograms per hectare of arable land (2023)

All data for French Polynesia →

Frequently asked questions

What is arable land in French Polynesia?: Arable land in French Polynesia was 0.0089 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 French Polynesia?: The highest recorded value was 0.0234 hectares per person in 1961.
What is the lowest arable land recorded in French Polynesia?: The lowest recorded value was 0.0089 hectares per person in 2023.
How does French Polynesia rank for arable land?: French Polynesia ranks 189th out of 206 countries with data for 2023.
Is arable land rising or falling in French Polynesia?: Over the last ten years it is down 2.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this French Polynesia 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.