Colombia - Arable land

Arable land (hectares)

The value for Arable land (hectares) in Colombia was 6,021,000 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 6,021,000 in 2018 and a minimum value of 1,578,000 in 2012.

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 3,532,000
1962 3,532,000
1963 3,550,000
1964 3,550,000
1965 3,560,000
1966 3,570,000
1967 3,570,000
1968 3,570,000
1969 3,572,000
1970 3,572,000
1971 3,573,000
1972 3,588,000
1973 3,604,000
1974 3,619,000
1975 3,635,000
1976 3,650,000
1977 3,666,000
1978 3,681,000
1979 3,697,000
1980 3,712,000
1981 3,728,000
1982 3,743,000
1983 3,759,000
1984 3,774,000
1985 3,790,000
1986 3,805,000
1987 3,824,000
1988 3,639,000
1989 3,472,000
1990 3,305,000
1991 3,038,000
1992 3,070,000
1993 2,923,000
1994 2,832,000
1995 2,399,000
1996 2,433,000
1997 2,539,000
1998 2,551,000
1999 2,536,000
2000 2,818,000
2001 2,434,000
2002 2,211,000
2003 2,264,000
2004 2,238,000
2005 2,026,000
2006 1,904,600
2007 1,998,000
2008 1,830,000
2009 1,775,000
2010 1,763,000
2011 1,586,000
2012 1,578,000
2013 1,682,000
2014 1,706,700
2015 1,731,500
2016 1,756,200
2017 6,019,000
2018 6,021,000

Arable land (hectares per person)

The value for Arable land (hectares per person) in Colombia was 0.121 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.213 in 1961 and a minimum value of 0.034 in 2012.

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 0.213
1962 0.207
1963 0.201
1964 0.195
1965 0.190
1966 0.185
1967 0.180
1968 0.175
1969 0.171
1970 0.166
1971 0.162
1972 0.159
1973 0.157
1974 0.154
1975 0.151
1976 0.148
1977 0.146
1978 0.143
1979 0.141
1980 0.138
1981 0.136
1982 0.133
1983 0.131
1984 0.129
1985 0.127
1986 0.124
1987 0.123
1988 0.114
1989 0.107
1990 0.100
1991 0.090
1992 0.089
1993 0.083
1994 0.079
1995 0.066
1996 0.066
1997 0.067
1998 0.066
1999 0.065
2000 0.071
2001 0.060
2002 0.054
2003 0.055
2004 0.053
2005 0.048
2006 0.044
2007 0.046
2008 0.041
2009 0.040
2010 0.039
2011 0.035
2012 0.034
2013 0.036
2014 0.036
2015 0.036
2016 0.036
2017 0.123
2018 0.121

Arable land (% of land area)

Arable land (% of land area) in Colombia was 5.43 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 57 years was 5.43 in 2018, while its lowest value was 1.42 in 2012.

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 3.18
1962 3.18
1963 3.20
1964 3.20
1965 3.21
1966 3.22
1967 3.22
1968 3.22
1969 3.22
1970 3.22
1971 3.22
1972 3.23
1973 3.25
1974 3.26
1975 3.28
1976 3.29
1977 3.30
1978 3.32
1979 3.33
1980 3.35
1981 3.36
1982 3.37
1983 3.39
1984 3.40
1985 3.42
1986 3.43
1987 3.45
1988 3.28
1989 3.13
1990 2.98
1991 2.74
1992 2.77
1993 2.63
1994 2.55
1995 2.16
1996 2.19
1997 2.29
1998 2.30
1999 2.29
2000 2.54
2001 2.19
2002 1.99
2003 2.04
2004 2.02
2005 1.83
2006 1.72
2007 1.80
2008 1.65
2009 1.60
2010 1.59
2011 1.43
2012 1.42
2013 1.52
2014 1.54
2015 1.56
2016 1.58
2017 5.42
2018 5.43

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use