Arable land in Micronesia (country)
Micronesia (country): Arable land was 0.0178 hectares per person in 2023. ▼ Falling
Arable land in Micronesia (country), 1991–2023
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
Micronesia (country) recorded 0.0178 hectares per person for arable land in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 33 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.5% on the previous year and down 4.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, arable land in Micronesia (country) peaked at 0.0243 hectares per person in 1991 and was at its lowest, 0.0178 hectares per person, in 2023.
Micronesia (country) ranks 178th of 206 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 33 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.023 hectares per person | 0.0224 hectares per person | 0.0243 hectares per person | 9 |
| 2000s | 0.0221 hectares per person | 0.0185 hectares per person | 0.0229 hectares per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0184 hectares per person | 0.0181 hectares per person | 0.0186 hectares per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0179 hectares per person | 0.0178 hectares per person | 0.018 hectares per person | 4 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Micronesia (country)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2013)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2013)
- Rural population 77.5% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.4% (2025)
- Rural population 88,126 (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 24.2% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 121.25 million current US$ (2025)
- Land under cereal production 169 hectares (2024)
- Cereal yield 1,716 kg per hectare (2024)
- Cereal production 289.81 metric tons (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is arable land in Micronesia (country)?
- Arable land in Micronesia (country) was 0.0178 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 Micronesia (country)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0243 hectares per person in 1991.
- What is the lowest arable land recorded in Micronesia (country)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0178 hectares per person in 2023.
- How does Micronesia (country) rank for arable land?
- Micronesia (country) ranks 178th out of 206 countries with data for 2023.
- Is arable land rising or falling in Micronesia (country)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Micronesia (country) 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
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.