U.K. 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.
  • U.K. arable land for 2022 was 0, a 100% decline from 2021.
  • U.K. arable land for 2021 was 6,009,804, a 0.52% increase from 2020.
  • U.K. arable land for 2020 was 5,978,502, a 1.76% decline from 2019.
  • U.K. arable land for 2019 was 6,085,598, a 0.79% increase from 2018.
Data Source: World Bank

MLA Citation:
U.K. Arable Land - Historical Data
Year Hectares Per Capita Percent
2022 0 0.00 0.00%
2021 6,009,804 0.09 24.84%
2020 5,978,502 0.09 24.71%
2019 6,085,598 0.09 25.15%
2018 6,037,787 0.09 24.96%
2017 6,082,879 0.09 25.14%
2016 6,026,011 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%
1960 0 0.00 0.00%