China - Arable land

Arable land (hectares)

The value for Arable land (hectares) in China was 105,720,000 as of 2013. As the graph below shows, over the past 52 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 124,875,000 in 1991 and a minimum value of 96,175,000 in 1980.

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 102,600,000
1962 102,300,000
1963 102,100,000
1964 101,900,000
1965 101,650,000
1966 101,200,000
1967 100,720,000
1968 100,240,000
1969 99,760,000
1970 99,280,000
1971 98,850,000
1972 98,390,000
1973 97,920,000
1974 98,460,000
1975 96,990,000
1976 96,860,000
1977 96,720,000
1978 96,430,000
1979 96,452,000
1980 96,175,000
1981 96,790,000
1982 101,700,000
1983 107,300,000
1984 114,000,000
1985 120,100,000
1986 120,500,000
1987 120,200,000
1988 120,900,000
1989 122,200,000
1990 123,800,000
1991 124,875,000
1992 122,900,000
1993 121,300,000
1994 120,700,000
1995 119,580,000
1996 119,339,000
1997 119,500,000
1998 119,850,000
1999 119,300,000
2000 118,170,000
2001 116,082,000
2002 114,500,000
2003 111,700,000
2004 111,600,000
2005 112,250,000
2006 108,700,000
2007 108,485,000
2008 108,116,000
2009 107,720,000
2010 107,220,000
2011 106,520,000
2012 105,920,000
2013 105,720,000

Arable land (hectares per person)

The value for Arable land (hectares per person) in China was 0.078 as of 2013. As the graph below shows, over the past 52 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.155 in 1961 and a minimum value of 0.078 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.

See also:

Year Value
1961 0.155
1962 0.154
1963 0.150
1964 0.146
1965 0.142
1966 0.138
1967 0.133
1968 0.129
1969 0.125
1970 0.121
1971 0.118
1972 0.114
1973 0.111
1974 0.109
1975 0.106
1976 0.104
1977 0.103
1978 0.101
1979 0.100
1980 0.098
1981 0.097
1982 0.101
1983 0.105
1984 0.110
1985 0.114
1986 0.113
1987 0.111
1988 0.110
1989 0.109
1990 0.109
1991 0.109
1992 0.105
1993 0.103
1994 0.101
1995 0.099
1996 0.098
1997 0.097
1998 0.097
1999 0.095
2000 0.094
2001 0.091
2002 0.089
2003 0.087
2004 0.086
2005 0.086
2006 0.083
2007 0.082
2008 0.082
2009 0.081
2010 0.080
2011 0.079
2012 0.078
2013 0.078

Arable land (% of land area)

Arable land (% of land area) in China was 11.26 as of 2013. Its highest value over the past 52 years was 13.30 in 1991, while its lowest value was 10.24 in 1980.

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 10.93
1962 10.90
1963 10.88
1964 10.85
1965 10.83
1966 10.78
1967 10.73
1968 10.68
1969 10.63
1970 10.57
1971 10.53
1972 10.48
1973 10.43
1974 10.49
1975 10.33
1976 10.32
1977 10.30
1978 10.27
1979 10.27
1980 10.24
1981 10.31
1982 10.83
1983 11.43
1984 12.14
1985 12.79
1986 12.84
1987 12.80
1988 12.88
1989 13.02
1990 13.19
1991 13.30
1992 13.09
1993 12.92
1994 12.86
1995 12.74
1996 12.71
1997 12.73
1998 12.77
1999 12.71
2000 12.59
2001 12.36
2002 12.20
2003 11.90
2004 11.89
2005 11.96
2006 11.58
2007 11.56
2008 11.52
2009 11.47
2010 11.42
2011 11.35
2012 11.28
2013 11.26

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use