IDA total - Arable land

Arable land (hectares per person)

The value for Arable land (hectares per person) in IDA total was 0.173 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.491 in 1961 and a minimum value of 0.173 in 2018.

Definition: Arable land (hectares per person) 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.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

See also:

Year Value
1961 0.491
1962 0.484
1963 0.483
1964 0.477
1965 0.475
1966 0.457
1967 0.452
1968 0.442
1969 0.442
1970 0.425
1971 0.411
1972 0.394
1973 0.396
1974 0.376
1975 0.366
1976 0.358
1977 0.339
1978 0.330
1979 0.320
1980 0.317
1981 0.302
1982 0.299
1983 0.288
1984 0.288
1985 0.287
1986 0.285
1987 0.279
1988 0.272
1989 0.267
1990 0.260
1991 0.257
1992 0.249
1993 0.244
1994 0.239
1995 0.237
1996 0.233
1997 0.229
1998 0.225
1999 0.222
2000 0.216
2001 0.211
2002 0.208
2003 0.207
2004 0.204
2005 0.201
2006 0.198
2007 0.196
2008 0.193
2009 0.187
2010 0.186
2011 0.194
2012 0.196
2013 0.192
2014 0.189
2015 0.185
2016 0.182
2017 0.178
2018 0.173

Arable land (% of land area)

Arable land (% of land area) in IDA total was 11.54 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 57 years was 11.56 in 2017, while its lowest value was 8.24 in 1961.

Definition: Arable land 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.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

See also:

Year Value
1961 8.24
1962 8.32
1963 8.51
1964 8.61
1965 8.79
1966 8.69
1967 8.81
1968 8.84
1969 9.06
1970 8.95
1971 8.86
1972 8.71
1973 8.96
1974 8.73
1975 8.72
1976 8.75
1977 8.50
1978 8.51
1979 8.47
1980 8.62
1981 8.43
1982 8.59
1983 8.51
1984 8.75
1985 8.94
1986 9.12
1987 9.19
1988 9.21
1989 9.28
1990 9.31
1991 9.45
1992 9.46
1993 9.54
1994 9.59
1995 9.76
1996 9.85
1997 9.94
1998 9.98
1999 10.10
2000 10.07
2001 10.07
2002 10.18
2003 10.40
2004 10.38
2005 10.52
2006 10.60
2007 10.72
2008 10.83
2009 10.75
2010 10.89
2011 11.05
2012 11.39
2013 11.45
2014 11.48
2015 11.50
2016 11.56
2017 11.56
2018 11.54

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use