Central Europe and the Baltics - Arable land

Arable land (hectares per person)

The value for Arable land (hectares per person) in Central Europe and the Baltics was 0.355 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 26 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.419 in 1992 and a minimum value of 0.351 in 2013.

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
1992 0.419
1993 0.402
1994 0.398
1995 0.394
1996 0.394
1997 0.395
1998 0.390
1999 0.391
2000 0.387
2001 0.372
2002 0.367
2003 0.362
2004 0.359
2005 0.360
2006 0.362
2007 0.355
2008 0.359
2009 0.363
2010 0.356
2011 0.359
2012 0.357
2013 0.351
2014 0.353
2015 0.353
2016 0.352
2017 0.352
2018 0.355

Arable land (% of land area)

Arable land (% of land area) in Central Europe and the Baltics was 32.92 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 57 years was 47.80 in 1961, while its lowest value was 32.70 in 2017.

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.

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Year Value
1961 47.80
1962 47.60
1963 47.36
1964 47.36
1965 46.99
1966 46.96
1967 46.73
1968 46.69
1969 46.43
1970 46.33
1971 46.15
1972 45.93
1973 45.78
1974 45.70
1975 45.59
1976 45.54
1977 45.48
1978 45.42
1979 45.31
1980 45.18
1981 45.06
1992 40.41
1993 40.00
1994 39.65
1995 39.15
1996 39.05
1997 39.16
1998 38.59
1999 38.58
2000 37.99
2001 36.20
2002 35.56
2003 34.97
2004 34.63
2005 34.57
2006 34.73
2007 33.90
2008 34.16
2009 34.43
2010 33.65
2011 33.83
2012 33.64
2013 32.93
2014 33.06
2015 32.94
2016 32.75
2017 32.70
2018 32.92

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use