Iceland - Arable land

Arable land (hectares)

The value for Arable land (hectares) in Iceland was 121,000 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 136,000 in 1992 and a minimum value of 120,000 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.

See also:

Year Value
1961 120,000
1962 120,000
1963 120,000
1964 120,000
1965 120,000
1966 120,000
1967 120,000
1968 120,000
1969 120,000
1970 121,000
1971 122,000
1972 123,000
1973 124,000
1974 125,000
1975 126,000
1976 127,000
1977 129,000
1978 130,000
1979 131,000
1980 133,000
1981 133,000
1982 134,000
1983 134,000
1984 134,000
1985 134,000
1986 135,000
1987 135,000
1988 135,000
1989 135,000
1990 136,000
1991 136,000
1992 136,000
1993 135,000
1994 135,000
1995 135,000
1996 134,000
1997 133,000
1998 130,000
1999 129,000
2000 129,000
2001 129,000
2002 129,000
2003 129,000
2004 129,000
2005 129,000
2006 129,000
2007 125,000
2008 125,000
2009 124,000
2010 123,000
2011 122,200
2012 121,200
2013 121,200
2014 121,200
2015 121,000
2016 121,000
2017 121,000
2018 121,000

Arable land (hectares per person)

The value for Arable land (hectares per person) in Iceland was 0.343 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.670 in 1961 and a minimum value of 0.343 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 0.670
1962 0.658
1963 0.646
1964 0.635
1965 0.624
1966 0.614
1967 0.604
1968 0.596
1969 0.590
1970 0.592
1971 0.592
1972 0.588
1973 0.584
1974 0.581
1975 0.578
1976 0.577
1977 0.582
1978 0.582
1979 0.580
1980 0.583
1981 0.576
1982 0.573
1983 0.565
1984 0.559
1985 0.555
1986 0.555
1987 0.549
1988 0.541
1989 0.534
1990 0.534
1991 0.528
1992 0.521
1993 0.512
1994 0.507
1995 0.505
1996 0.498
1997 0.491
1998 0.474
1999 0.465
2000 0.459
2001 0.453
2002 0.449
2003 0.446
2004 0.442
2005 0.435
2006 0.425
2007 0.401
2008 0.394
2009 0.389
2010 0.387
2011 0.383
2012 0.378
2013 0.374
2014 0.370
2015 0.366
2016 0.361
2017 0.352
2018 0.343

Arable land (% of land area)

Arable land (% of land area) in Iceland was 1.20 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 57 years was 1.36 in 1992, while its lowest value was 1.20 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 1.20
1962 1.20
1963 1.20
1964 1.20
1965 1.20
1966 1.20
1967 1.20
1968 1.20
1969 1.20
1970 1.21
1971 1.22
1972 1.23
1973 1.24
1974 1.25
1975 1.26
1976 1.27
1977 1.29
1978 1.30
1979 1.31
1980 1.33
1981 1.33
1982 1.34
1983 1.34
1984 1.34
1985 1.34
1986 1.35
1987 1.35
1988 1.35
1989 1.35
1990 1.36
1991 1.36
1992 1.36
1993 1.35
1994 1.35
1995 1.35
1996 1.34
1997 1.33
1998 1.30
1999 1.29
2000 1.29
2001 1.29
2002 1.29
2003 1.29
2004 1.29
2005 1.29
2006 1.29
2007 1.25
2008 1.25
2009 1.24
2010 1.23
2011 1.22
2012 1.21
2013 1.21
2014 1.21
2015 1.21
2016 1.21
2017 1.21
2018 1.20

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use