Euro area - Arable land

Arable land (hectares per person)

The value for Arable land (hectares per person) in Euro area was 0.185 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.292 in 1961 and a minimum value of 0.185 in 2018.

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 0.292
1962 0.289
1963 0.286
1964 0.280
1965 0.276
1966 0.270
1967 0.267
1968 0.263
1969 0.261
1970 0.256
1971 0.247
1972 0.244
1973 0.241
1974 0.239
1975 0.238
1976 0.235
1977 0.235
1978 0.234
1979 0.233
1980 0.231
1981 0.231
1982 0.230
1983 0.228
1984 0.228
1985 0.228
1986 0.228
1987 0.227
1988 0.225
1989 0.224
1990 0.223
1991 0.220
1992 0.230
1993 0.229
1994 0.227
1995 0.222
1996 0.222
1997 0.221
1998 0.219
1999 0.218
2000 0.216
2001 0.209
2002 0.207
2003 0.205
2004 0.205
2005 0.203
2006 0.200
2007 0.195
2008 0.195
2009 0.194
2010 0.193
2011 0.193
2012 0.194
2013 0.191
2014 0.190
2015 0.189
2016 0.188
2017 0.188
2018 0.185

Arable land (% of land area)

Arable land (% of land area) in Euro area was 23.57 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 57 years was 30.50 in 1961, while its lowest value was 23.57 in 2018.

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 30.50
1962 30.46
1963 30.39
1964 30.05
1965 29.90
1966 29.49
1967 29.35
1968 29.10
1969 29.10
1970 28.73
1971 27.80
1972 27.68
1973 27.48
1974 27.47
1975 27.40
1976 27.28
1977 27.28
1978 27.37
1979 27.34
1980 27.24
1981 27.25
1982 27.26
1983 27.07
1984 27.15
1985 27.12
1986 27.14
1987 27.17
1988 27.03
1989 27.00
1990 26.95
1991 26.71
1992 26.94
1993 26.97
1994 26.79
1995 26.23
1996 26.38
1997 26.26
1998 26.10
1999 26.03
2000 25.97
2001 25.21
2002 25.10
2003 24.92
2004 25.04
2005 25.03
2006 24.73
2007 24.28
2008 24.41
2009 24.27
2010 24.28
2011 24.12
2012 24.33
2013 24.10
2014 24.02
2015 23.95
2016 23.90
2017 23.88
2018 23.57

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use