U.K. Arable Land 1961-2021
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.
- U.K. arable land for 2016 was 6,026,010, a 0.25% increase from 2015.
- U.K. arable land for 2015 was 6,011,000, a 3.57% decline from 2014.
- U.K. arable land for 2014 was 6,233,500, a 0.51% decline from 2013.
- U.K. arable land for 2013 was 6,265,400, a 0.86% increase from 2012.
| U.K. Arable Land - Historical Data | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Hectares | Per Capita | Percent |
| 2016 | 6,026,010 | 0.09 | 24.91% |
| 2015 | 6,011,000 | 0.09 | 24.85% |
| 2014 | 6,233,500 | 0.10 | 25.77% |
| 2013 | 6,265,400 | 0.10 | 25.90% |
| 2012 | 6,212,000 | 0.10 | 25.68% |
| 2011 | 6,062,000 | 0.10 | 25.06% |
| 2010 | 5,970,000 | 0.10 | 24.68% |
| 2009 | 6,049,000 | 0.10 | 25.00% |
| 2008 | 6,005,000 | 0.10 | 24.82% |
| 2007 | 6,085,000 | 0.10 | 25.15% |
| 2006 | 6,094,000 | 0.10 | 25.19% |
| 2005 | 5,729,000 | 0.09 | 23.68% |
| 2004 | 5,819,000 | 0.10 | 24.05% |
| 2003 | 5,659,000 | 0.09 | 23.39% |
| 2002 | 5,786,000 | 0.10 | 23.92% |
| 2001 | 5,651,000 | 0.10 | 23.36% |
| 2000 | 5,876,000 | 0.10 | 24.29% |
| 1999 | 5,917,000 | 0.10 | 24.46% |
| 1998 | 6,253,000 | 0.11 | 25.85% |
| 1997 | 6,368,000 | 0.11 | 26.32% |
| 1996 | 6,098,000 | 0.10 | 25.21% |
| 1995 | 5,936,000 | 0.10 | 24.54% |
| 1994 | 5,911,000 | 0.10 | 24.43% |
| 1993 | 6,091,000 | 0.11 | 25.18% |
| 1992 | 6,554,000 | 0.11 | 27.09% |
| 1991 | 6,567,000 | 0.11 | 27.14% |
| 1990 | 6,620,000 | 0.12 | 27.36% |
| 1989 | 6,702,000 | 0.12 | 27.70% |
| 1988 | 6,886,000 | 0.12 | 28.46% |
| 1987 | 6,935,000 | 0.12 | 28.67% |
| 1986 | 6,940,000 | 0.12 | 28.69% |
| 1985 | 6,990,000 | 0.12 | 28.89% |
| 1984 | 6,922,000 | 0.12 | 28.61% |
| 1983 | 6,899,000 | 0.12 | 28.52% |
| 1982 | 6,913,000 | 0.12 | 28.57% |
| 1981 | 6,907,000 | 0.12 | 28.55% |
| 1980 | 6,918,000 | 0.12 | 28.60% |
| 1979 | 6,829,000 | 0.12 | 28.23% |
| 1978 | 6,936,000 | 0.12 | 28.67% |
| 1977 | 6,921,000 | 0.12 | 28.61% |
| 1976 | 6,894,000 | 0.12 | 28.50% |
| 1975 | 6,869,000 | 0.12 | 28.39% |
| 1974 | 7,067,000 | 0.13 | 29.21% |
| 1973 | 7,075,000 | 0.13 | 29.24% |
| 1972 | 7,129,000 | 0.13 | 29.47% |
| 1971 | 7,132,000 | 0.13 | 29.48% |
| 1970 | 7,102,000 | 0.13 | 29.36% |
| 1969 | 7,163,000 | 0.13 | 29.61% |
| 1968 | 7,277,000 | 0.13 | 30.08% |
| 1967 | 7,309,000 | 0.13 | 30.21% |
| 1966 | 7,324,000 | 0.13 | 30.27% |
| 1965 | 7,339,000 | 0.14 | 30.34% |
| 1964 | 7,354,000 | 0.14 | 30.40% |
| 1963 | 7,275,000 | 0.14 | 30.07% |
| 1962 | 7,236,000 | 0.14 | 29.91% |
| 1961 | 7,175,000 | 0.14 | 29.66% |
