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Reading no. 2025/339

EnvironmentObserved dataAnnual fixture: World Soil Day

Share of arable land in land area, Pacific

27.8% of land area

Pacific

TongaFijiAustraliaSamoaMicronesiaMarshall IslandsKiribatiNew Zealand

Share of arable land in land area, latest known year of each territory up to 2023: the top ten of the Pacific.

  1. Tonga27.8
  2. Fiji4.2
  3. Australia4.0
  4. Samoa3.9
  5. Micronesia2.9
  6. Marshall Islands2.8
  7. Kiribati2.5
  8. New Zealand2.0
  9. Guam1.9
  10. Vanuatu1.6

In the first territory of the ranking, Tonga, arable land covers 27.8% of the land area.

Observation

Method

World Bank indicator AG.LND.ARBL.ZS, read for seventeen territories of the Pacific from 2016 to 2023. The latest published value of each is kept, then the ten highest are ranked.

Source

Nature

Observed data

Value read at the source and reproduced without processing.

Recurring annual series. This reading is published every year on this date.

Confidence

Medium

See also

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