Upper middle income - Arable land
Arable land (hectares per person)
The value for Arable land (hectares per person) in Upper middle income was 0.200 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.253 in 1961 and a minimum value of 0.180 in 1991.
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 | 0.253 |
| 1962 | 0.251 |
| 1963 | 0.247 |
| 1964 | 0.242 |
| 1965 | 0.237 |
| 1966 | 0.232 |
| 1967 | 0.227 |
| 1968 | 0.223 |
| 1969 | 0.220 |
| 1970 | 0.214 |
| 1971 | 0.209 |
| 1972 | 0.206 |
| 1973 | 0.203 |
| 1974 | 0.200 |
| 1975 | 0.197 |
| 1976 | 0.195 |
| 1977 | 0.195 |
| 1978 | 0.194 |
| 1979 | 0.193 |
| 1980 | 0.192 |
| 1981 | 0.190 |
| 1982 | 0.191 |
| 1983 | 0.193 |
| 1984 | 0.195 |
| 1985 | 0.197 |
| 1986 | 0.194 |
| 1987 | 0.190 |
| 1988 | 0.187 |
| 1989 | 0.184 |
| 1990 | 0.182 |
| 1991 | 0.180 |
| 1992 | 0.248 |
| 1993 | 0.243 |
| 1994 | 0.239 |
| 1995 | 0.235 |
| 1996 | 0.231 |
| 1997 | 0.229 |
| 1998 | 0.226 |
| 1999 | 0.224 |
| 2000 | 0.221 |
| 2001 | 0.219 |
| 2002 | 0.217 |
| 2003 | 0.215 |
| 2004 | 0.214 |
| 2005 | 0.214 |
| 2006 | 0.213 |
| 2007 | 0.212 |
| 2008 | 0.210 |
| 2009 | 0.208 |
| 2010 | 0.208 |
| 2011 | 0.206 |
| 2012 | 0.205 |
| 2013 | 0.204 |
| 2014 | 0.202 |
| 2015 | 0.201 |
| 2016 | 0.200 |
| 2017 | 0.201 |
| 2018 | 0.200 |
Arable land (% of land area)
Arable land (% of land area) in Upper middle income was 9.30 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 26 years was 9.30 in 2017, while its lowest value was 8.94 in 2002.
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 |
|---|---|
| 1992 | 9.26 |
| 1993 | 9.17 |
| 1994 | 9.12 |
| 1995 | 9.07 |
| 1996 | 9.03 |
| 1997 | 9.04 |
| 1998 | 9.02 |
| 1999 | 9.01 |
| 2000 | 8.97 |
| 2001 | 8.96 |
| 2002 | 8.94 |
| 2003 | 8.95 |
| 2004 | 8.97 |
| 2005 | 9.03 |
| 2006 | 9.08 |
| 2007 | 9.10 |
| 2008 | 9.06 |
| 2009 | 9.04 |
| 2010 | 9.11 |
| 2011 | 9.10 |
| 2012 | 9.11 |
| 2013 | 9.13 |
| 2014 | 9.12 |
| 2015 | 9.15 |
| 2016 | 9.19 |
| 2017 | 9.30 |
| 2018 | 9.30 |
Classification
Topic: Environment Indicators
Sub-Topic: Land use
