Arable land in Haiti
Haiti: Arable land was 1.00 million hectares in 2023. ▲ Rising
Arable land in Haiti, 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.
Analysis
Haiti recorded 1.00 million hectares for arable land in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 14.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, arable land in Haiti peaked at 1.18 million hectares in 2010 and was at its lowest, 768,000 hectares, in 1972.
Haiti ranks 108th of 206 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 900,000 hectares | 900,000 hectares | 900,000 hectares | 9 |
| 1970s | 797,200 hectares | 768,000 hectares | 900,000 hectares | 10 |
| 1980s | 780,000 hectares | 780,000 hectares | 780,000 hectares | 10 |
| 1990s | 822,000 hectares | 780,000 hectares | 900,000 hectares | 10 |
| 2000s | 952,633 hectares | 900,000 hectares | 1.03 million hectares | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.16 million hectares | 1.00 million hectares | 1.18 million hectares | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.00 million hectares | 1.00 million hectares | 1.00 million hectares | 4 |
Countries ranked near Haiti
More agriculture & rural data for Haiti
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.2% (2016)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.6% (2016)
- Rural population 44.4% (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.2% (2025)
- Rural population 5.28 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 15.8% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 5.07 billion current US$ (2025)
- Land under cereal production 310,565 hectares (2023)
- Cereal yield 1,063 kg per hectare (2023)
- Cereal production 330,000 metric tons (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is arable land in Haiti?
- Arable land in Haiti was 1.00 million hectares 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 Haiti?
- The highest recorded value was 1.18 million hectares in 2010.
- What is the lowest arable land recorded in Haiti?
- The lowest recorded value was 768,000 hectares in 1972.
- How does Haiti rank for arable land?
- Haiti ranks 108th out of 206 countries with data for 2023.
- Is arable land rising or falling in Haiti?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Haiti 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). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Arable land (in hectares) 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.