Algeria - Arable land

Arable land (hectares)

The value for Arable land (hectares) in Algeria was 7,505,017 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 7,673,000 in 1999 and a minimum value of 6,132,000 in 1964.

Definition: 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.

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

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Year Value
1961 6,472,000
1962 6,300,000
1963 6,200,000
1964 6,132,000
1965 6,203,000
1966 6,221,000
1967 6,301,000
1968 6,243,000
1969 6,233,000
1970 6,248,000
1971 6,380,000
1972 6,510,000
1973 6,512,000
1974 6,544,000
1975 6,845,000
1976 7,092,000
1977 6,904,000
1978 6,892,000
1979 6,846,000
1980 6,875,000
1981 6,885,000
1982 6,881,000
1983 6,592,000
1984 6,915,000
1985 6,910,000
1986 6,967,000
1987 7,069,000
1988 7,101,000
1989 7,129,000
1990 7,081,000
1991 7,260,000
1992 7,562,000
1993 7,533,000
1994 7,477,000
1995 7,519,000
1996 7,521,000
1997 7,650,000
1998 7,661,000
1999 7,673,000
2000 7,662,000
2001 7,583,000
2002 7,547,000
2003 7,503,700
2004 7,493,000
2005 7,511,000
2006 7,470,000
2007 7,469,000
2008 7,489,000
2009 7,493,000
2010 7,502,000
2011 7,502,000
2012 7,506,500
2013 7,496,200
2014 7,469,400
2015 7,462,100
2016 7,404,200
2017 7,470,807
2018 7,505,017

Arable land (hectares per person)

The value for Arable land (hectares per person) in Algeria was 0.178 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.571 in 1961 and a minimum value of 0.178 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 0.571
1962 0.542
1963 0.520
1964 0.502
1965 0.494
1966 0.482
1967 0.475
1968 0.457
1969 0.443
1970 0.432
1971 0.429
1972 0.426
1973 0.415
1974 0.405
1975 0.412
1976 0.415
1977 0.393
1978 0.381
1979 0.367
1980 0.358
1981 0.347
1982 0.336
1983 0.312
1984 0.318
1985 0.308
1986 0.302
1987 0.297
1988 0.291
1989 0.284
1990 0.275
1991 0.275
1992 0.280
1993 0.273
1994 0.265
1995 0.261
1996 0.257
1997 0.257
1998 0.254
1999 0.251
2000 0.247
2001 0.241
2002 0.237
2003 0.233
2004 0.229
2005 0.227
2006 0.222
2007 0.219
2008 0.216
2009 0.212
2010 0.209
2011 0.205
2012 0.201
2013 0.197
2014 0.192
2015 0.188
2016 0.183
2017 0.181
2018 0.178

Arable land (% of land area)

Arable land (% of land area) in Algeria was 3.15 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 57 years was 3.22 in 1999, while its lowest value was 2.57 in 1964.

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 2.72
1962 2.65
1963 2.60
1964 2.57
1965 2.60
1966 2.61
1967 2.65
1968 2.62
1969 2.62
1970 2.62
1971 2.68
1972 2.73
1973 2.73
1974 2.75
1975 2.87
1976 2.98
1977 2.90
1978 2.89
1979 2.87
1980 2.89
1981 2.89
1982 2.89
1983 2.77
1984 2.90
1985 2.90
1986 2.93
1987 2.97
1988 2.98
1989 2.99
1990 2.97
1991 3.05
1992 3.17
1993 3.16
1994 3.14
1995 3.16
1996 3.16
1997 3.21
1998 3.22
1999 3.22
2000 3.22
2001 3.18
2002 3.17
2003 3.15
2004 3.15
2005 3.15
2006 3.14
2007 3.14
2008 3.14
2009 3.15
2010 3.15
2011 3.15
2012 3.15
2013 3.15
2014 3.14
2015 3.13
2016 3.11
2017 3.14
2018 3.15

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use