Isle of Man: Arable land (hectares)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2024, Isle of Man's arable land (hectares) fell 1.1% on 2023 (from 23,440 to 23,173).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was +1% and a typical year strayed about 10.7% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 57% in 2006 and the biggest yearly fall was 6.1% in 2009. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2015 to 2024 the straight-line trend is downward, about 134.94 a year. A straight line explains 99% of the movement over 10 observed years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

A straight-line projection, tested first

Extending that straight line gives about 22,873 for 2027. We show this only because the same method, fitted on earlier years, predicted 2022 to 2024 better than "no change" would have: its average miss was 48.09, against 295.73 for assuming no change. Treat it as a continuation of the recent pattern, not a forecast of events: it cannot see a recession, a policy change or a revision to the data.

See how a linear trend forecast works and the guide on forecasting without fooling yourself.

How it compares

In 2024, Isle of Man had the 163rd highest value of the 205 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Isle of Man in the 2024 ranking

• West Bank and Gaza — 160th of 205: 41,900
• Trinidad and Tobago — 161st of 205: 29,990
• Solomon Islands — 162nd of 205: 23,300
• Tonga — 164th of 205: 21,790
• Qatar — 165th of 205: 20,930
• Vanuatu — 166th of 205: 20,000

What this measures

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.

Limitations: The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) tries to impose standard definitions and reporting methods, but complete consistency across countries and over time is not possible. Thus, data on agricultural land in different climates may not be comparable. For example, permanent pastures are quite different in nature and intensity in African countries and dry Middle Eastern countries. The data collected by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations from official national sources through the questionnaire are supplemented with information from official secondary data sources.

All 64 values

Arable land (hectares) in nearby economies

• Albania — 589,660 (2024)
• Andorra — 144.3 (2024)
• Armenia — 441,600 (2024)
• Austria — 1.32 million (2024)
• Azerbaijan — 2.09 million (2024)
• Belarus — 5.52 million (2024)
• Belgium — 863,291 (2024)
• Bosnia and Herzegovina — 411,110 (2024)
• Bulgaria — 3.49 million (2024)
• Croatia — 852,000 (2024)
• Cyprus — 96,305 (2024)
• Czechia — 2.53 million (2024)

More environment data for Isle of Man

• Rural population — 40,262 (2025)
• Rural population (% of total population) — 47.86% (2025)
• Urban population — 43,856 (2025)
• Urban population (% of total population) — 52.14% (2025)
• Aquaculture production (metric tons) — 8 (2024)
• Capture fisheries production (metric tons) — 3,506 (2024)
• Total fisheries production (metric tons) — 3,514 (2024)
• Rural population growth (annual %) — 0.00745% (2025)
• Urban population growth (annual %) — -0.1% (2025)
• Agricultural land (sq. km) — 390.76 (2024)

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Questions people ask

What is Isle of Man's arable land (hectares)?

23,173 in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1961?

It is down 7.31% from 25,000 in 1961 (0.12% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 27,960 in 2006 and the lowest 17,570 in 2003.

How does Isle of Man rank?

163rd highest of 205 economies with data for 2024.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator AG.LND.ARBL.HA, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original 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) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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