UAE Arable Land 1960-2024

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.
  • UAE arable land for 2022 was 0, a 100% decline from 2021.
  • UAE arable land for 2021 was 50,300, a 2.65% increase from 2020.
  • UAE arable land for 2020 was 49,000, a 1.8% decline from 2019.
  • UAE arable land for 2019 was 49,900, a 17.97% increase from 2018.
Data Source: World Bank

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UAE Arable Land - Historical Data
Year Hectares Per Capita Percent
2022 0 0.00 0.00%
2021 50,300 0.01 0.71%
2020 49,000 0.01 0.69%
2019 49,900 0.01 0.70%
2018 42,300 0.00 0.60%
2017 44,500 0.00 0.63%
2016 44,500 0.00 0.63%
2015 44,100 0.00 0.62%
2014 44,000 0.01 0.62%
2013 37,500 0.00 0.53%
2012 37,100 0.00 0.52%
2011 45,100 0.01 0.64%
2010 50,600 0.01 0.71%
2009 49,900 0.01 0.70%
2008 51,600 0.01 0.73%
2007 44,600 0.01 0.63%
2006 50,600 0.01 0.71%
2005 68,000 0.02 0.96%
2004 63,000 0.02 0.89%
2003 64,000 0.02 0.90%
2002 75,000 0.02 1.06%
2001 71,000 0.02 1.00%
2000 60,000 0.02 0.84%
1999 43,000 0.01 0.61%
1998 36,000 0.01 0.51%
1997 45,000 0.02 0.63%
1996 46,000 0.02 0.65%
1995 43,000 0.02 0.61%
1994 42,000 0.02 0.59%
1993 40,000 0.02 0.56%
1992 38,000 0.02 0.54%
1991 35,000 0.02 0.49%
1990 35,000 0.02 0.49%
1989 29,000 0.02 0.41%
1988 29,000 0.02 0.41%
1987 29,000 0.02 0.41%
1986 29,000 0.02 0.41%
1985 26,000 0.02 0.37%
1984 24,000 0.02 0.34%
1983 23,000 0.02 0.32%
1982 18,000 0.02 0.25%
1981 19,000 0.02 0.27%
1980 16,000 0.02 0.23%
1979 12,000 0.01 0.17%
1978 12,000 0.01 0.17%
1977 12,000 0.02 0.17%
1976 11,000 0.02 0.15%
1975 11,000 0.02 0.15%
1974 9,000 0.02 0.13%
1973 8,000 0.02 0.11%
1972 7,000 0.02 0.10%
1971 7,000 0.02 0.10%
1970 7,000 0.02 0.10%
1969 6,000 0.02 0.08%
1968 6,000 0.03 0.08%
1967 6,000 0.03 0.08%
1966 6,000 0.03 0.08%
1965 5,000 0.03 0.07%
1964 5,000 0.03 0.07%
1963 5,000 0.03 0.07%
1962 5,000 0.03 0.07%
1961 5,000 0.04 0.07%
1960 0 0.00 0.00%