Argentina - Arable land

Arable land (hectares)

The value for Arable land (hectares) in Argentina was 39,200,000 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 39,754,000 in 2012 and a minimum value of 18,597,000 in 1961.

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 18,597,000
1962 19,180,000
1963 19,600,000
1964 20,000,000
1965 20,461,000
1966 21,608,000
1967 22,341,000
1968 23,851,000
1969 25,897,000
1970 26,000,000
1971 26,000,000
1972 26,000,000
1973 26,000,000
1974 26,000,000
1975 26,000,000
1976 26,000,000
1977 26,000,000
1978 26,000,000
1979 26,000,000
1980 26,000,000
1981 26,000,000
1982 27,000,000
1983 27,000,000
1984 27,000,000
1985 27,000,000
1986 27,000,000
1987 26,800,000
1988 26,367,000
1989 26,470,000
1990 26,575,000
1991 26,680,000
1992 26,785,000
1993 26,890,000
1994 26,998,000
1995 27,105,000
1996 27,212,000
1997 27,320,000
1998 27,425,000
1999 27,532,000
2000 27,640,000
2001 27,746,000
2002 27,862,000
2003 28,683,500
2004 30,775,000
2005 32,897,500
2006 34,854,000
2007 36,433,000
2008 35,261,000
2009 34,292,000
2010 37,981,000
2011 38,781,000
2012 39,754,000
2013 39,699,000
2014 39,200,000
2015 39,200,000
2016 39,200,000
2017 39,200,000
2018 39,200,000

Arable land (hectares per person)

The value for Arable land (hectares per person) in Argentina was 0.88 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1.10 in 1969 and a minimum value of 0.74 in 2002.

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 0.89
1962 0.91
1963 0.91
1964 0.92
1965 0.92
1966 0.96
1967 0.98
1968 1.03
1969 1.10
1970 1.09
1971 1.07
1972 1.05
1973 1.04
1974 1.02
1975 1.01
1976 0.99
1977 0.98
1978 0.96
1979 0.95
1980 0.93
1981 0.92
1982 0.94
1983 0.92
1984 0.91
1985 0.89
1986 0.88
1987 0.86
1988 0.83
1989 0.82
1990 0.81
1991 0.81
1992 0.80
1993 0.79
1994 0.78
1995 0.78
1996 0.77
1997 0.77
1998 0.76
1999 0.75
2000 0.75
2001 0.74
2002 0.74
2003 0.75
2004 0.80
2005 0.85
2006 0.89
2007 0.92
2008 0.88
2009 0.85
2010 0.93
2011 0.94
2012 0.95
2013 0.94
2014 0.92
2015 0.91
2016 0.90
2017 0.89
2018 0.88

Arable land (% of land area)

Arable land (% of land area) in Argentina was 14.32 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 57 years was 14.53 in 2012, while its lowest value was 6.80 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 6.80
1962 7.01
1963 7.16
1964 7.31
1965 7.48
1966 7.90
1967 8.16
1968 8.72
1969 9.46
1970 9.50
1971 9.50
1972 9.50
1973 9.50
1974 9.50
1975 9.50
1976 9.50
1977 9.50
1978 9.50
1979 9.50
1980 9.50
1981 9.50
1982 9.87
1983 9.87
1984 9.87
1985 9.87
1986 9.87
1987 9.79
1988 9.63
1989 9.67
1990 9.71
1991 9.75
1992 9.79
1993 9.83
1994 9.87
1995 9.90
1996 9.94
1997 9.98
1998 10.02
1999 10.06
2000 10.10
2001 10.14
2002 10.18
2003 10.48
2004 11.25
2005 12.02
2006 12.74
2007 13.31
2008 12.88
2009 12.53
2010 13.88
2011 14.17
2012 14.53
2013 14.51
2014 14.32
2015 14.32
2016 14.32
2017 14.32
2018 14.32

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use