IDA only - Arable land

Arable land (hectares per person)

The value for Arable land (hectares per person) in IDA only was 0.182 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.454 in 1961 and a minimum value of 0.182 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 0.454
1962 0.446
1963 0.442
1964 0.434
1965 0.426
1966 0.415
1967 0.406
1968 0.398
1969 0.390
1970 0.381
1971 0.372
1972 0.366
1973 0.356
1974 0.347
1975 0.339
1976 0.333
1977 0.325
1978 0.321
1979 0.313
1980 0.306
1981 0.298
1982 0.292
1983 0.285
1984 0.279
1985 0.276
1986 0.270
1987 0.263
1988 0.259
1989 0.253
1990 0.250
1991 0.244
1992 0.238
1993 0.233
1994 0.227
1995 0.224
1996 0.222
1997 0.218
1998 0.213
1999 0.210
2000 0.204
2001 0.201
2002 0.198
2003 0.199
2004 0.196
2005 0.194
2006 0.191
2007 0.190
2008 0.190
2009 0.189
2010 0.187
2011 0.200
2012 0.203
2013 0.201
2014 0.198
2015 0.194
2016 0.191
2017 0.186
2018 0.182

Arable land (% of land area)

Arable land (% of land area) in IDA only was 9.78 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 57 years was 9.78 in 2018, while its lowest value was 6.38 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 6.38
1962 6.42
1963 6.52
1964 6.56
1965 6.61
1966 6.60
1967 6.63
1968 6.68
1969 6.71
1970 6.73
1971 6.72
1972 6.78
1973 6.74
1974 6.72
1975 6.73
1976 6.78
1977 6.77
1978 6.86
1979 6.87
1980 6.88
1981 6.87
1982 6.90
1983 6.92
1984 6.94
1985 7.04
1986 7.06
1987 7.08
1988 7.15
1989 7.18
1990 7.28
1991 7.33
1992 7.32
1993 7.42
1994 7.41
1995 7.50
1996 7.62
1997 7.68
1998 7.70
1999 7.76
2000 7.74
2001 7.82
2002 7.90
2003 8.11
2004 8.15
2005 8.26
2006 8.31
2007 8.45
2008 8.67
2009 8.79
2010 8.91
2011 9.18
2012 9.55
2013 9.67
2014 9.70
2015 9.73
2016 9.77
2017 9.77
2018 9.78

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use