Middle income - Arable land

Arable land (hectares per person)

The value for Arable land (hectares per person) in Middle income was 0.161 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.300 in 1961 and a minimum value of 0.161 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.

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Year Value
1961 0.300
1962 0.296
1963 0.292
1964 0.286
1965 0.282
1966 0.275
1967 0.270
1968 0.265
1969 0.262
1970 0.254
1971 0.248
1972 0.242
1973 0.240
1974 0.233
1975 0.229
1976 0.225
1977 0.220
1978 0.217
1979 0.213
1980 0.210
1981 0.205
1982 0.204
1983 0.202
1984 0.202
1985 0.202
1986 0.199
1987 0.196
1988 0.192
1989 0.189
1990 0.185
1991 0.182
1992 0.220
1993 0.216
1994 0.211
1995 0.208
1996 0.205
1997 0.202
1998 0.199
1999 0.197
2000 0.193
2001 0.190
2002 0.188
2003 0.187
2004 0.185
2005 0.183
2006 0.181
2007 0.180
2008 0.177
2009 0.175
2010 0.173
2011 0.172
2012 0.170
2013 0.168
2014 0.166
2015 0.165
2016 0.164
2017 0.163
2018 0.161

Arable land (% of land area)

Arable land (% of land area) in Middle income was 11.68 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 57 years was 11.83 in 1991, while its lowest value was 10.03 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 10.03
1962 10.08
1963 10.19
1964 10.25
1965 10.34
1966 10.34
1967 10.42
1968 10.47
1969 10.60
1970 10.58
1971 10.56
1972 10.56
1973 10.72
1974 10.68
1975 10.69
1976 10.75
1977 10.72
1978 10.78
1979 10.84
1980 10.89
1981 10.87
1982 11.05
1983 11.13
1984 11.40
1985 11.64
1986 11.71
1987 11.77
1988 11.76
1989 11.79
1990 11.79
1991 11.83
1992 11.40
1993 11.35
1994 11.32
1995 11.32
1996 11.29
1997 11.32
1998 11.32
1999 11.35
2000 11.30
2001 11.28
2002 11.28
2003 11.34
2004 11.38
2005 11.40
2006 11.42
2007 11.45
2008 11.43
2009 11.41
2010 11.45
2011 11.48
2012 11.52
2013 11.53
2014 11.52
2015 11.55
2016 11.59
2017 11.69
2018 11.68

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use