World Bank · Agriculture

Virgin Islands, British: Arable land (% of land area)

13.25percent · 2024-0.7% since 2014

Arable land 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. Annual figures for Virgin Islands, British from 1961 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

Year	Value (percent)	Note
2024	13.245
2023	13.245
2022	13.245
2021	13.333
2020	13.333
2019	13.333
2018	13.333
2017	13.333
2016	13.333
2015	13.333
2014	13.333
2013	13.333
2012	13.333
2011	13.333
2010	13.333
2009	13.333
2008	13.333
2007	13.333
2006	13.333
2005	13.333
2004	13.333
2003	13.333
2002	13.333
2001	13.333
2000	13.333
1999	13.333
1998	13.333
1997	13.333
1996	13.333
1995	13.333
1994	13.333
1993	13.333
1992	13.333
1991	13.333
1990	13.333
1989	20
1988	20
1987	20
1986	20
1985	20
1984	20
1983	20
1982	20
1981	13.333
1980	13.333
1979	13.333
1978	13.333
1977	13.333
1976	13.333
1975	13.333
1974	13.333
1973	13.333
1972	13.333
1971	13.333
1970	13.333
1969	13.333
1968	13.333
1967	13.333
1966	13.333
1965	6.667
1964	6.667
1963	6.667
1962	6.667
1961	6.667

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by Food and Agriculture Organization. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Arable land (% of land area). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-arable-land-zs (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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