World 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.
  • World arable land for 2022 was 0, a NAN% decline from 2021.
  • World arable land for 2021 was 0, a NAN% decline from 2020.
  • World arable land for 2020 was 0, a NAN% decline from 2019.
  • World arable land for 2019 was 0, a NAN% decline from 2018.
Data Source: World Bank

MLA Citation:
World Arable Land - Historical Data
Year Hectares Per Capita Percent
2022 0 0.00 0.00%
2021 0 0.18 10.80%
2020 0 0.18 10.76%
2019 0 0.18 10.74%
2018 0 0.18 10.75%
2017 0 0.18 10.75%
2016 0 0.19 10.73%
2015 0 0.19 10.72%
2014 0 0.19 10.69%
2013 0 0.19 10.68%
2012 0 0.19 10.66%
2011 0 0.20 10.63%
2010 0 0.20 10.57%
2009 0 0.20 10.57%
2008 0 0.20 10.53%
2007 0 0.20 10.53%
2006 0 0.21 10.54%
2005 0 0.21 10.55%
2004 0 0.21 10.53%
2003 0 0.21 10.52%
2002 0 0.22 10.50%
2001 0 0.22 10.51%
2000 0 0.22 10.51%
1999 0 0.23 10.53%
1998 0 0.23 10.52%
1997 0 0.23 10.52%
1996 0 0.23 10.49%
1995 0 0.24 10.50%
1994 0 0.24 10.50%
1993 0 0.25 10.53%
1992 0 0.25 10.52%
1991 0 0.22 10.55%
1990 0 0.23 10.53%
1989 0 0.23 10.53%
1988 0 0.24 10.52%
1987 0 0.24 10.53%
1986 0 0.25 10.53%
1985 0 0.25 10.53%
1984 0 0.25 10.42%
1983 0 0.25 10.28%
1982 0 0.26 10.24%
1981 0 0.26 10.15%
1980 0 0.26 10.12%
1979 0 0.27 10.10%
1978 0 0.27 10.05%
1977 0 0.27 9.95%
1976 0 0.28 9.91%
1975 0 0.28 9.86%
1974 0 0.29 9.86%
1973 0 0.29 9.85%
1972 0 0.30 9.83%
1971 0 0.30 9.79%
1970 0 0.31 9.82%
1969 0 0.32 9.84%
1968 0 0.32 9.77%
1967 0 0.32 9.66%
1966 0 0.33 9.65%
1965 0 0.34 9.63%
1964 0 0.34 9.60%
1963 0 0.35 9.58%
1962 0 0.36 9.51%
1961 0 0.36 9.50%
1960 0 0.00 0.00%