Palau's permanent cropland (% of land area) was 4.35% in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is unchanged since 2014.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 4.35% | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | 4.35% | 2019 |
| Ten years earlier | 4.35% | 2014 |
| Highest | 4.36% | 2020 |
| Lowest | 4.35% | 1991 |
| Average since 2015 | 4.35% | 2015–2024 |
| First recorded | 4.35% | 1991 |
What the numbers say
In 2024, Palau's permanent cropland (% of land area) fell 0.01 percentage points on 2023 (from 4.36% to 4.35%).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was +0 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 5.7 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 0.01 percentage points in 2020 and the biggest yearly fall was 0.01 percentage points in 2024. 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 upward, about 0.000919 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 32% 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.
How it compares
In 2024, Palau had the 59th highest value of the 198 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.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Palau | 4.35% | 2024 |
| World | 1.5% | 2024 |
| East Asia & Pacific | 3.07% | 2024 |
| High income | 0.39% | 2024 |
Closest to Palau in the 2024 ranking
What this measures
Permanent cropland is land cultivated with crops that occupy the land for long periods and need not be replanted after each harvest, such as cocoa, coffee, and rubber. This category includes land under flowering shrubs, fruit trees, nut trees, and vines, but excludes land under trees grown for wood or timber.
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. True comparability of the data is limited by variations in definitions, statistical methods, and quality of data. Countries use different definitions of land use.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 34 values
| Year | Permanent cropland (% of land area) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 4.35 |
| 2023 | 4.36 |
| 2022 | 4.36 |
| 2021 | 4.36 |
| 2020 | 4.36 |
| 2019 | 4.35 |
| 2018 | 4.35 |
| 2017 | 4.35 |
| 2016 | 4.35 |
| 2015 | 4.35 |
| 2014 |
Permanent cropland (% of land area) in nearby economies
- American Samoa — 4.97% (2024)
- Australia — 0.05% (2024)
- Brunei Darussalam — 1.5% (2024)
- Cambodia — 2.83% (2024)
- China — 2.15% (2024)
- Fiji — 3.37% (2024)
- French Polynesia — 6.98% (2024)
- Guam — 12.94% (2024)
- Hong Kong SAR, China — 0.95% (2024)
- Indonesia — 13.77% (2024)
- Japan
More environment data for Palau
- Rural population — 3,659 (2025)
- Rural population (% of total population) — 20.72% (2025)
- Urban population — 14,004 (2025)
- Urban population (% of total population) — 79.28% (2025)
- Aquaculture production (metric tons) — 11 (2024)
- Capture fisheries production (metric tons) — 803.11 (2024)
- Total fisheries production (metric tons) — 814.11 (2024)
- Rural population growth (annual %) — -0.55% (2025)
- Urban population growth (annual %) — -0.09% (2025)
- Agricultural land (sq. km) — 43 (2024)
- Surface area (sq. km)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Palau's permanent cropland (% of land area)?
- 4.35% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1991?
- It is unchanged since 1991. The highest value was 4.36% in 2020 and the lowest 4.35% in 1991.
- How does Palau rank?
- 59th highest of 198 economies with data for 2024.
- Is the latest change in permanent cropland (% of land area) unusual for Palau?
- In 2024, Palau's permanent cropland (% of land area) fell 0.01 percentage points on 2023 (from 4.36% to 4.35%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was +0 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 5.7 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator AG.LND.CROP.ZS, 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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