AGRICULTURAL LAND USE

Agricultural Area

Arable land

Perm crops

Perm past.

1981-83

1991-93

1000 HA

1000 HA

1000 HA

Land Area

%

%

%

%

%

1000 ha.

1000 ha.

Area

1000 ha.

Area

% Change

1981-83

1991-93

Change

1981-83

1991-93

Change

1981-83

1991-93

Change

Antigua & Barbuda

44

11

25.0

12

27.3

9.1

8

8

0.0

3

4

33.3

Bahamas

1,001

11

1.1

12

1.2

9.1

7

8

14.3

2

2

0.0

2

2

0.0

Barbados

43

18

41.9

18

41.9

0.0

16

16

0.0

2

2

0.0

Cuba

10,982

5,880

53.5

6,307

57.4

7.3

2,538

2,609

2.8

675

727

7.8

2,667

2,970

11.4

Dominica

75

19

25.3

19

25.3

0.0

7

7

0.0

10

10

0.0

2

2

0.0

Dominican Rep

4,838

3,520

72.8

3,540

73.2

0.6

1,075

1,000

-7.0

353

449

27.0

2,092

2,091

0.0

Grenada

34

16

48.0

12

35.3

-26.5

5

5

0.0

9

6

-29.6

2

1

-40.0

Guadeloupe

169

56

33.1

53

31.4

-5.4

26

23

-10.4

9

7

-19.2

22

23

4.5

Guyana

19,685

1,718

8.7

1,726

8.8

0.4

480

480

0.0

15

16

6.7

1,223

1,230

0.5

Haiti

2,756

1,404

50.9

1,404

50.9

0.0

550

558

1.5

347

350

0.9

507

495

-2.3

Jamaica

1,083

487

45.0

476

44.0

-2.3

169

155

-8.5

61

64

5.5

257

257

0.0

Martinique

106

39

36.5

35

33.3

-8.6

11

8

-29.4

8

9

12.5

20

18

-6.8

Neth. Antilles

80

8

10.0

8

10.0

0.0

8

8

0.0

St. Kitts & Nevis

36

15

41.7

15

41.7

0.0

8

8

0.0

6

6

0.0

1

1

0.0

St. Lucia

61

20

32.8

21

34.4

5.0

5

5

0.0

12

13

8.3

3

3

0.0

St. Vincent/Grenadines

39

12

29.9

13

33.3

11.4

4

4

-7.7

5

7

31.3

2

2

0.0

Trinidad & Tobago

513

128

24.9

132

25.7

3.1

71

75

4.7

46

47

1.4

11

11

0.0

Caribbean

41,545

13,361

32.2

13,803

33.2

3.3

4,989

4,977

-0.2

1,558

1,713

9.9

6,815

7,113

4.4

Belize

2,280

97

4.2

105

4.6

8.3

46

45

-2.2

7

12

71.4

44

48

9.1

Costa Rica

5,106

2,653

52.0

2,866

56.1

8.0

283

285

0.7

229

245

6.8

2,141

2,337

9.1

El Salvador

2,072

1,335

64.4

1,341

64.7

0.4

560

565

0.9

165

166

0.6

610

610

0.0

Guatemala

10,843

3,107

28.7

4,417

40.7

42.2

1,292

1,308

1.3

484

509

5.2

1,321

2,534

91.8

Honduras

11,189

3,268

29.2

3,415

30.5

4.5

1,568

1,651

5.3

199

253

26.9

1,500

1,511

0.7

Nicaragua

11,875

6,257

52.7

6,755

56.9

8.0

1,088

1,100

1.1

171

172

0.4

4,998

5,483

9.7

Panama

7,443

1,912

25.7

2,145

28.8

12.2

448

500

11.4

124

158

27.7

1,340

1,487

10.9

Central America

50,808

18,629

36.7

21,044

41.4

13.0

5,286

5,454

3.2

1,379

1,515

9.8

11,954

14,010

17.2

Argentina

273,669

170,200

62.2

169,233

61.8

-0.6

25,000

25,000

0.0

2,200

2,200

0.0

143,000

142,033

-0.7

Bolivia

108,438

29,119

26.9

28,889

26.6

-0.8

1,945

2,117

8.8

191

256

34.0

26,983

26,517

-1.7

Brazil

845,651

224,357

26.5

236,326

27.9

5.3

40,167

43,333

7.9

10,223

7,226

-29.3

173,967

185,767

6.8

Chile

74,880

17,380

23.2

17,876

23.9

2.9

4,060

4,029

-0.8

220

264

20.3

13,100

13,583

3.7

Colombia

103,870

43,941

42.3

46,017

44.3

4.7

3,743

3,913

4.5

1,488

1,537

3.3

38,710

40,567

4.8

Ecuador

27,684

6,884

24.9

7,946

28.7

15.4

1,571

1,636

4.1

934

1,376

47.3

4,379

4,934

12.7

French Guiana

8,815

10

0.1

21

0.2

110.0

4

10

172.7

1

2

100.0

6

9

58.8

Paraguay

39,730

18,427

46.4

23,858

60.1

29.5

1,780

2,177

22.3

113

82

-27.7

16,533

21,600

30.6

Peru

128,000

30,723

24.0

30,850

24.1

0.4

3,288

3,400

3.4

316

230

-27.1

27,120

27,120

0.0

Suriname

15,600

74

0.5

89

0.6

19.8

46

57

24.8

9

11

22.2

20

21

6.8

Uruguay

17,481

15,005

85.8

14,824

84.8

-1.2

1,353

1,260

-6.9

46

44

-4.3

13,606

13,520

-0.6

Venezuela

88,205

21,056

23.9

21,695

24.6

3.0

3,080

3,213

4.3

676

698

3.3

17,300

17,783

2.8

South America

1,732,023

577,176

33.3

597,624

34.5

3.5

86,036

90,145

4.8

16,417

13,926

-15.2

474,723

493,454

3.9

Mexico

190,869

99,187

52.0

99,226

52.0

0.0

23,138

23,150

0.1

1,550

1,577

1.7

74,499

74,499

0.0

Latin America

2,015,245

708,353

35.1

741,054

36.8

4.6

106,586

111,007

4.1

22,291

20,382

-8.6

512,263

535,699

4.6