Finland - Arable land

Arable land (hectares)

The value for Arable land (hectares) in Finland was 2,244,000 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2,745,100 in 1968 and a minimum value of 2,123,400 in 1996.

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 2,664,700
1962 2,679,100
1963 2,695,500
1964 2,709,600
1965 2,720,500
1966 2,733,400
1967 2,742,400
1968 2,745,100
1969 2,611,500
1970 2,573,200
1971 2,552,700
1972 2,462,700
1973 2,433,100
1974 2,445,400
1975 2,451,800
1976 2,461,900
1977 2,418,600
1978 2,410,100
1979 2,399,500
1980 2,369,000
1981 2,352,700
1982 2,324,700
1983 2,311,400
1984 2,289,700
1985 2,274,800
1986 2,259,600
1987 2,279,200
1988 2,246,400
1989 2,260,700
1990 2,268,900
1991 2,299,700
1992 2,284,400
1993 2,275,600
1994 2,299,700
1995 2,143,500
1996 2,123,400
1997 2,125,600
1998 2,167,200
1999 2,177,100
2000 2,188,100
2001 2,193,300
2002 2,205,100
2003 2,213,800
2004 2,220,700
2005 2,236,500
2006 2,260,500
2007 2,256,700
2008 2,259,100
2009 2,258,300
2010 2,254,800
2011 2,250,500
2012 2,249,100
2013 2,224,100
2014 2,230,800
2015 2,242,300
2016 2,246,000
2017 2,242,000
2018 2,244,000

Arable land (hectares per person)

The value for Arable land (hectares per person) in Finland was 0.407 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.597 in 1961 and a minimum value of 0.407 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 0.597
1962 0.596
1963 0.596
1964 0.596
1965 0.596
1966 0.597
1967 0.595
1968 0.593
1969 0.565
1970 0.559
1971 0.553
1972 0.531
1973 0.521
1974 0.521
1975 0.520
1976 0.521
1977 0.510
1978 0.507
1979 0.504
1980 0.496
1981 0.490
1982 0.482
1983 0.476
1984 0.469
1985 0.464
1986 0.459
1987 0.462
1988 0.454
1989 0.455
1990 0.455
1991 0.459
1992 0.453
1993 0.449
1994 0.452
1995 0.420
1996 0.414
1997 0.414
1998 0.421
1999 0.421
2000 0.423
2001 0.423
2002 0.424
2003 0.425
2004 0.425
2005 0.426
2006 0.429
2007 0.427
2008 0.425
2009 0.423
2010 0.420
2011 0.418
2012 0.415
2013 0.409
2014 0.408
2015 0.409
2016 0.409
2017 0.407
2018 0.407

Arable land (% of land area)

Arable land (% of land area) in Finland was 7.38 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 57 years was 9.01 in 1968, while its lowest value was 6.97 in 1996.

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 8.75
1962 8.80
1963 8.85
1964 8.90
1965 8.93
1966 8.97
1967 9.00
1968 9.01
1969 8.57
1970 8.45
1971 8.38
1972 8.09
1973 7.99
1974 8.03
1975 8.05
1976 8.08
1977 7.94
1978 7.91
1979 7.88
1980 7.78
1981 7.72
1982 7.63
1983 7.59
1984 7.52
1985 7.47
1986 7.42
1987 7.48
1988 7.38
1989 7.42
1990 7.45
1991 7.55
1992 7.50
1993 7.47
1994 7.55
1995 7.04
1996 6.97
1997 6.98
1998 7.12
1999 7.15
2000 7.18
2001 7.20
2002 7.24
2003 7.27
2004 7.29
2005 7.34
2006 7.43
2007 7.42
2008 7.43
2009 7.43
2010 7.42
2011 7.41
2012 7.40
2013 7.32
2014 7.34
2015 7.38
2016 7.39
2017 7.38
2018 7.38

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use