Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) - Arable land

Arable land (hectares per person)

The value for Arable land (hectares per person) in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) was 0.220 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.561 in 1961 and a minimum value of 0.220 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.

See also:

Year Value
1961 0.561
1962 0.552
1963 0.549
1964 0.540
1965 0.531
1966 0.520
1967 0.509
1968 0.504
1969 0.495
1970 0.483
1971 0.475
1972 0.465
1973 0.453
1974 0.439
1975 0.431
1976 0.423
1977 0.413
1978 0.408
1979 0.399
1980 0.389
1981 0.379
1982 0.371
1983 0.364
1984 0.357
1985 0.352
1986 0.344
1987 0.334
1988 0.327
1989 0.319
1990 0.315
1991 0.309
1992 0.303
1993 0.296
1994 0.288
1995 0.284
1996 0.282
1997 0.277
1998 0.271
1999 0.266
2000 0.258
2001 0.254
2002 0.251
2003 0.253
2004 0.249
2005 0.247
2006 0.241
2007 0.239
2008 0.240
2009 0.237
2010 0.234
2011 0.250
2012 0.254
2013 0.251
2014 0.245
2015 0.238
2016 0.232
2017 0.226
2018 0.220

Arable land (% of land area)

Arable land (% of land area) in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) was 8.87 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 57 years was 8.87 in 2018, while its lowest value was 5.06 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 5.06
1962 5.10
1963 5.19
1964 5.23
1965 5.28
1966 5.30
1967 5.32
1968 5.40
1969 5.44
1970 5.45
1971 5.50
1972 5.53
1973 5.53
1974 5.50
1975 5.54
1976 5.59
1977 5.59
1978 5.67
1979 5.69
1980 5.70
1981 5.69
1982 5.72
1983 5.75
1984 5.77
1985 5.85
1986 5.87
1987 5.86
1988 5.90
1989 5.92
1990 6.00
1991 6.07
1992 6.13
1993 6.22
1994 6.22
1995 6.34
1996 6.47
1997 6.53
1998 6.57
1999 6.63
2000 6.61
2001 6.69
2002 6.80
2003 7.04
2004 7.07
2005 7.22
2006 7.25
2007 7.39
2008 7.63
2009 7.77
2010 7.89
2011 8.27
2012 8.66
2013 8.79
2014 8.82
2015 8.83
2016 8.87
2017 8.85
2018 8.87

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use