Belarus - Arable land

Arable land (hectares)

The value for Arable land (hectares) in Belarus was 5,712,000 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 26 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 6,232,000 in 1995 and a minimum value of 5,516,000 in 2008.

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
1992 6,084,000
1993 6,104,000
1994 6,225,000
1995 6,232,000
1996 6,230,000
1997 6,175,000
1998 6,187,000
1999 6,182,000
2000 6,133,000
2001 5,761,000
2002 5,616,000
2003 5,569,000
2004 5,548,000
2005 5,542,000
2006 5,540,000
2007 5,519,000
2008 5,516,000
2009 5,544,000
2010 5,535,000
2011 5,529,000
2012 5,522,000
2013 5,559,700
2014 5,662,100
2015 5,677,400
2016 5,683,800
2017 5,727,000
2018 5,712,000

Arable land (hectares per person)

The value for Arable land (hectares per person) in Belarus was 0.605 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 26 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.617 in 1999 and a minimum value of 0.568 in 2003.

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
1992 0.596
1993 0.596
1994 0.609
1995 0.611
1996 0.613
1997 0.610
1998 0.614
1999 0.617
2000 0.615
2001 0.580
2002 0.569
2003 0.568
2004 0.570
2005 0.573
2006 0.577
2007 0.577
2008 0.579
2009 0.583
2010 0.584
2011 0.584
2012 0.585
2013 0.589
2014 0.599
2015 0.600
2016 0.600
2017 0.605
2018 0.605

Arable land (% of land area)

Arable land (% of land area) in Belarus was 28.14 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 26 years was 30.72 in 1995, while its lowest value was 27.19 in 2008.

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.

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Year Value
1992 29.99
1993 30.09
1994 30.69
1995 30.72
1996 30.71
1997 30.44
1998 30.50
1999 30.48
2000 30.24
2001 28.40
2002 27.69
2003 27.46
2004 27.36
2005 27.32
2006 27.30
2007 27.20
2008 27.19
2009 27.33
2010 27.28
2011 27.25
2012 27.21
2013 27.40
2014 27.90
2015 27.97
2016 28.00
2017 28.21
2018 28.14

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use