IDA blend - Arable land

Arable land (hectares per person)

The value for Arable land (hectares per person) in IDA blend was 0.156 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.581 in 1965 and a minimum value of 0.156 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 0.572
1962 0.567
1963 0.572
1964 0.571
1965 0.581
1966 0.550
1967 0.554
1968 0.538
1969 0.554
1970 0.522
1971 0.496
1972 0.454
1973 0.481
1974 0.438
1975 0.424
1976 0.410
1977 0.368
1978 0.350
1979 0.334
1980 0.339
1981 0.308
1982 0.314
1983 0.295
1984 0.307
1985 0.309
1986 0.315
1987 0.311
1988 0.298
1989 0.293
1990 0.282
1991 0.282
1992 0.271
1993 0.265
1994 0.262
1995 0.262
1996 0.255
1997 0.251
1998 0.247
1999 0.245
2000 0.239
2001 0.229
2002 0.226
2003 0.224
2004 0.217
2005 0.215
2006 0.212
2007 0.207
2008 0.199
2009 0.185
2010 0.183
2011 0.183
2012 0.181
2013 0.175
2014 0.171
2015 0.167
2016 0.164
2017 0.161
2018 0.156

Arable land (% of land area)

Arable land (% of land area) in IDA blend was 19.57 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 57 years was 20.13 in 2006, while its lowest value was 15.42 in 1981.

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 16.60
1962 16.83
1963 17.41
1964 17.79
1965 18.57
1966 18.02
1967 18.59
1968 18.53
1969 19.59
1970 18.93
1971 18.46
1972 17.38
1973 18.91
1974 17.71
1975 17.62
1976 17.55
1977 16.25
1978 15.92
1979 15.68
1980 16.44
1981 15.42
1982 16.18
1983 15.68
1984 16.83
1985 17.47
1986 18.32
1987 18.63
1988 18.42
1989 18.66
1990 18.45
1991 18.97
1992 18.25
1993 18.28
1994 18.60
1995 19.08
1996 19.04
1997 19.23
1998 19.38
1999 19.74
2000 19.68
2001 19.35
2002 19.57
2003 19.79
2004 19.65
2005 19.86
2006 20.13
2007 20.11
2008 19.77
2009 18.86
2010 19.10
2011 19.60
2012 19.83
2013 19.63
2014 19.62
2015 19.55
2016 19.69
2017 19.73
2018 19.57

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use