What is the highest arable land recorded in Trinidad and Tobago?

The highest recorded value was 0.0673 hectares per person in 1974.

What is the lowest arable land recorded in Trinidad and Tobago?

The lowest recorded value was 0.0183 hectares per person in 2021.

How does Trinidad and Tobago rank for arable land?

Trinidad and Tobago ranks 176th out of 206 countries with data for 2023.

Is arable land rising or falling in Trinidad and Tobago?

Over the last ten years it is down 2.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.

Arable land in Trinidad and Tobago

Name: Arable land in Trinidad and Tobago
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)

Trinidad and Tobago: Arable land was 0.0183 hectares per person in 2023. ▼ Falling

Latest (2023)

0.0183 hectares per person

Change on year

down 0.1%

World rank

176th

of 206 countries

All-time high

0.0673 hectares per person

in 1974

All-time low

0.0183 hectares per person

in 2021

Years of data

1961–2023

Arable land in Trinidad and Tobago, 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

Trinidad and Tobago recorded 0.0183 hectares per person for arable land in 2023.

That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and down 2.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, arable land in Trinidad and Tobago peaked at 0.0673 hectares per person in 1974 and was at its lowest, 0.0183 hectares per person, in 2021.

Trinidad and Tobago ranks 176th of 206 countries on this measure, 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	0.0617 hectares per person	0.0581 hectares per person	0.066 hectares per person	9
1970s	0.0612 hectares per person	0.0575 hectares per person	0.0673 hectares per person	10
1980s	0.0349 hectares per person	0.0288 hectares per person	0.0535 hectares per person	10
1990s	0.0296 hectares per person	0.0266 hectares per person	0.0317 hectares per person	10
2000s	0.0209 hectares per person	0.0191 hectares per person	0.0265 hectares per person	10
2010s	0.0186 hectares per person	0.0183 hectares per person	0.019 hectares per person	10
2020s	0.0183 hectares per person	0.0183 hectares per person	0.0183 hectares per person	4

Countries ranked near Trinidad and Tobago

173 Bahamas 0.02 hectares per person compare
174 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0197 hectares per person compare
175 Aruba 0.0186 hectares per person compare
177 Jordan 0.0178 hectares per person compare
178 Micronesia (country) 0.0178 hectares per person compare
179 Sao Tome and Principe 0.0173 hectares per person compare

See the full ranking of 253 places →

More agriculture & rural data for Trinidad and Tobago

Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2024)
Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2024)
Rural population 46.0% (2025)
Rural population growth -0.1% (2025)
Rural population 629,587 (2025)
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 0.8% (2024)
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 199.33 million current US$ (2024)
Land under cereal production 3,328 hectares (2023)
Cereal yield 1,600 kg per hectare (2023)
Cereal production 5,326 metric tons (2023)

All data for Trinidad and Tobago →

Frequently asked questions

What is arable land in Trinidad and Tobago?: Arable land in Trinidad and Tobago was 0.0183 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 Trinidad and Tobago?: The highest recorded value was 0.0673 hectares per person in 1974.
What is the lowest arable land recorded in Trinidad and Tobago?: The lowest recorded value was 0.0183 hectares per person in 2021.
How does Trinidad and Tobago rank for arable land?: Trinidad and Tobago ranks 176th out of 206 countries with data for 2023.
Is arable land rising or falling in Trinidad and Tobago?: Over the last ten years it is down 2.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Trinidad and Tobago 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.