Australia - Arable land

Arable land (hectares)

The value for Arable land (hectares) in Australia was 30,974,000 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 31,960,300 in 2014 and a minimum value of 13,573,000 in 1975.

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 14,378,590
1962 15,515,790
1963 15,383,460
1964 16,296,060
1965 17,327,640
1966 18,785,360
1967 19,273,840
1968 21,411,460
1969 19,636,040
1970 18,493,980
1971 16,857,000
1972 17,047,000
1973 14,924,000
1974 14,778,000
1975 13,573,000
1976 14,472,000
1977 14,843,000
1978 16,635,000
1979 17,270,000
1980 17,786,000
1981 18,226,000
1982 19,443,000
1983 19,249,000
1984 21,739,000
1985 20,963,000
1986 20,677,000
1987 19,600,000
1988 18,136,000
1989 17,527,000
1990 16,956,000
1991 17,208,000
1992 16,226,000
1993 17,111,000
1994 17,843,000
1995 16,837,000
1996 19,193,000
1997 20,904,000
1998 21,350,000
1999 22,994,000
2000 23,473,000
2001 24,200,000
2002 23,735,000
2003 23,240,000
2004 25,743,000
2005 26,402,000
2006 24,228,000
2007 23,125,000
2008 23,994,100
2009 27,141,600
2010 25,450,200
2011 31,694,900
2012 31,637,400
2013 31,220,800
2014 31,960,300
2015 31,090,700
2016 30,057,000
2017 30,752,000
2018 30,974,000

Arable land (hectares per person)

The value for Arable land (hectares per person) in Australia was 1.24 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1.78 in 1968 and a minimum value of 0.93 in 1992.

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 1.37
1962 1.44
1963 1.40
1964 1.46
1965 1.52
1966 1.61
1967 1.63
1968 1.78
1969 1.60
1970 1.48
1971 1.30
1972 1.29
1973 1.12
1974 1.08
1975 0.98
1976 1.03
1977 1.05
1978 1.16
1979 1.19
1980 1.21
1981 1.22
1982 1.28
1983 1.25
1984 1.40
1985 1.33
1986 1.29
1987 1.21
1988 1.10
1989 1.04
1990 0.99
1991 1.00
1992 0.93
1993 0.97
1994 1.00
1995 0.93
1996 1.05
1997 1.13
1998 1.14
1999 1.21
2000 1.23
2001 1.25
2002 1.21
2003 1.17
2004 1.28
2005 1.29
2006 1.17
2007 1.11
2008 1.13
2009 1.25
2010 1.16
2011 1.42
2012 1.39
2013 1.35
2014 1.36
2015 1.31
2016 1.24
2017 1.25
2018 1.24

Arable land (% of land area)

Arable land (% of land area) in Australia was 4.03 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 57 years was 4.16 in 2014, while its lowest value was 1.77 in 1975.

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 1.87
1962 2.02
1963 2.00
1964 2.12
1965 2.26
1966 2.45
1967 2.51
1968 2.79
1969 2.56
1970 2.41
1971 2.19
1972 2.22
1973 1.94
1974 1.92
1975 1.77
1976 1.88
1977 1.93
1978 2.17
1979 2.25
1980 2.32
1981 2.37
1982 2.53
1983 2.51
1984 2.83
1985 2.73
1986 2.69
1987 2.55
1988 2.36
1989 2.28
1990 2.21
1991 2.24
1992 2.11
1993 2.23
1994 2.32
1995 2.19
1996 2.50
1997 2.72
1998 2.78
1999 2.99
2000 3.06
2001 3.15
2002 3.09
2003 3.03
2004 3.35
2005 3.44
2006 3.15
2007 3.01
2008 3.12
2009 3.53
2010 3.31
2011 4.13
2012 4.12
2013 4.06
2014 4.16
2015 4.05
2016 3.91
2017 4.00
2018 4.03

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use