Peru - Arable land

Arable land (hectares)

The value for Arable land (hectares) in Peru was 3,429,700 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 4,410,000 in 2000 and a minimum value of 1,796,000 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.

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Year Value
1961 1,796,000
1962 1,929,000
1963 2,200,000
1964 2,419,000
1965 2,511,000
1966 2,417,000
1967 2,426,000
1968 2,450,000
1969 2,461,000
1970 2,558,000
1971 2,558,000
1972 2,850,000
1973 2,900,000
1974 2,900,000
1975 2,910,000
1976 3,000,000
1977 3,103,000
1978 3,145,000
1979 3,171,000
1980 3,220,000
1981 3,245,000
1982 3,285,000
1983 3,333,000
1984 3,374,000
1985 3,376,000
1986 3,385,000
1987 3,400,000
1988 3,400,000
1989 3,400,000
1990 3,500,000
1991 3,550,000
1992 3,600,000
1993 3,600,000
1994 3,602,000
1995 3,740,000
1996 3,860,000
1997 3,960,000
1998 4,115,000
1999 4,225,000
2000 4,410,000
2001 4,280,000
2002 3,815,000
2003 3,835,000
2004 3,740,000
2005 3,930,000
2006 3,980,000
2007 4,010,000
2008 4,030,000
2009 4,135,000
2010 4,085,000
2011 4,030,000
2012 4,156,000
2013 4,195,000
2014 3,600,000
2015 3,155,000
2016 3,508,000
2017 3,488,000
2018 3,429,700

Arable land (hectares per person)

The value for Arable land (hectares per person) in Peru was 0.107 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.214 in 1965 and a minimum value of 0.104 in 2015.

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 0.172
1962 0.179
1963 0.199
1964 0.213
1965 0.214
1966 0.201
1967 0.196
1968 0.192
1969 0.188
1970 0.190
1971 0.185
1972 0.200
1973 0.198
1974 0.193
1975 0.189
1976 0.189
1977 0.191
1978 0.189
1979 0.185
1980 0.184
1981 0.180
1982 0.178
1983 0.177
1984 0.175
1985 0.171
1986 0.167
1987 0.164
1988 0.161
1989 0.157
1990 0.159
1991 0.158
1992 0.157
1993 0.154
1994 0.151
1995 0.154
1996 0.156
1997 0.157
1998 0.160
1999 0.162
2000 0.167
2001 0.160
2002 0.141
2003 0.140
2004 0.135
2005 0.141
2006 0.142
2007 0.142
2008 0.141
2009 0.144
2010 0.141
2011 0.138
2012 0.141
2013 0.141
2014 0.120
2015 0.104
2016 0.113
2017 0.111
2018 0.107

Arable land (% of land area)

Arable land (% of land area) in Peru was 2.68 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 57 years was 3.45 in 2000, while its lowest value was 1.40 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 1.40
1962 1.51
1963 1.72
1964 1.89
1965 1.96
1966 1.89
1967 1.90
1968 1.91
1969 1.92
1970 2.00
1971 2.00
1972 2.23
1973 2.27
1974 2.27
1975 2.27
1976 2.34
1977 2.42
1978 2.46
1979 2.48
1980 2.52
1981 2.54
1982 2.57
1983 2.60
1984 2.64
1985 2.64
1986 2.64
1987 2.66
1988 2.66
1989 2.66
1990 2.73
1991 2.77
1992 2.81
1993 2.81
1994 2.81
1995 2.92
1996 3.02
1997 3.09
1998 3.21
1999 3.30
2000 3.45
2001 3.34
2002 2.98
2003 3.00
2004 2.92
2005 3.07
2006 3.11
2007 3.13
2008 3.15
2009 3.23
2010 3.19
2011 3.15
2012 3.25
2013 3.28
2014 2.81
2015 2.46
2016 2.74
2017 2.73
2018 2.68

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use