Brazil - Arable land

Arable land (hectares)

The value for Arable land (hectares) in Brazil was 55,762,000 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 55,762,000 in 2018 and a minimum value of 23,628,000 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 23,628,000
1962 24,157,000
1963 24,687,000
1964 25,216,000
1965 25,745,000
1966 26,274,000
1967 26,803,000
1968 27,332,000
1969 27,861,000
1970 28,206,000
1971 29,329,000
1972 30,452,000
1973 31,574,000
1974 32,697,000
1975 33,822,000
1976 36,567,000
1977 39,311,000
1978 42,056,000
1979 44,800,000
1980 47,546,210
1981 48,543,000
1982 49,540,000
1983 50,537,000
1984 51,534,000
1985 52,907,710
1986 51,794,000
1987 50,681,000
1988 49,567,000
1989 48,454,000
1990 47,340,000
1991 46,226,000
1992 45,113,000
1993 43,999,000
1994 42,886,000
1995 42,563,000
1996 43,140,000
1997 43,717,000
1998 44,294,000
1999 44,871,000
2000 45,448,000
2001 46,025,000
2002 46,602,000
2003 47,179,000
2004 47,756,000
2005 48,333,000
2006 48,914,000
2007 49,537,000
2008 50,159,000
2009 50,782,000
2010 51,405,000
2011 52,027,000
2012 52,650,000
2013 53,272,000
2014 53,895,000
2015 54,518,000
2016 55,140,000
2017 55,762,000
2018 55,762,000

Arable land (hectares per person)

The value for Arable land (hectares per person) in Brazil was 0.266 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.394 in 1980 and a minimum value of 0.259 in 2003.

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 0.318
1962 0.316
1963 0.313
1964 0.311
1965 0.309
1966 0.307
1967 0.304
1968 0.302
1969 0.300
1970 0.297
1971 0.301
1972 0.305
1973 0.309
1974 0.312
1975 0.315
1976 0.333
1977 0.350
1978 0.365
1979 0.380
1980 0.394
1981 0.393
1982 0.392
1983 0.390
1984 0.389
1985 0.391
1986 0.375
1987 0.360
1988 0.345
1989 0.331
1990 0.318
1991 0.305
1992 0.292
1993 0.281
1994 0.269
1995 0.263
1996 0.262
1997 0.261
1998 0.261
1999 0.260
2000 0.260
2001 0.260
2002 0.260
2003 0.259
2004 0.260
2005 0.260
2006 0.260
2007 0.261
2008 0.261
2009 0.262
2010 0.263
2011 0.263
2012 0.264
2013 0.265
2014 0.266
2015 0.267
2016 0.267
2017 0.268
2018 0.266

Arable land (% of land area)

Arable land (% of land area) in Brazil was 6.67 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 57 years was 6.67 in 2018, while its lowest value was 2.83 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 2.83
1962 2.89
1963 2.95
1964 3.02
1965 3.08
1966 3.14
1967 3.21
1968 3.27
1969 3.33
1970 3.37
1971 3.51
1972 3.64
1973 3.78
1974 3.91
1975 4.05
1976 4.38
1977 4.70
1978 5.03
1979 5.36
1980 5.69
1981 5.81
1982 5.93
1983 6.05
1984 6.17
1985 6.33
1986 6.20
1987 6.06
1988 5.93
1989 5.80
1990 5.66
1991 5.53
1992 5.40
1993 5.26
1994 5.13
1995 5.09
1996 5.16
1997 5.23
1998 5.30
1999 5.37
2000 5.44
2001 5.51
2002 5.58
2003 5.64
2004 5.71
2005 5.78
2006 5.85
2007 5.93
2008 6.00
2009 6.08
2010 6.15
2011 6.22
2012 6.30
2013 6.37
2014 6.45
2015 6.52
2016 6.60
2017 6.67
2018 6.67

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use