New Zealand arable land for 2023 was 520,000, a 2.44% decline from 2022.
New Zealand arable land for 2022 was 533,000, a 13.47% decline from 2021.
New Zealand arable land for 2021 was 616,000, a 16.89% increase from 2020.
New Zealand arable land for 2020 was 527,000, a 3.48% decline from 2019.
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. The full historical dataset is available for download here: New Zealand Arable Land | Historical Data | 1961 - 2023.