Germany - Arable land

Arable land (hectares)

The value for Arable land (hectares) in Germany was 11,945,000 as of 2009. As the graph below shows, over the past 48 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 12,220,000 in 1961 and a minimum value of 11,467,000 in 1992.

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 12,220,000
1962 12,185,000
1963 12,165,000
1964 12,161,000
1965 12,153,000
1966 12,155,000
1967 12,049,000
1968 12,032,000
1969 12,001,000
1970 11,952,000
1971 11,965,000
1972 12,004,000
1973 11,990,000
1974 12,020,000
1975 12,041,000
1976 12,087,000
1977 12,071,000
1978 12,086,000
1979 12,057,000
1980 12,030,000
1981 12,004,000
1982 11,975,000
1983 11,967,000
1984 11,952,000
1985 11,957,000
1986 11,960,000
1987 11,945,000
1988 11,948,000
1989 11,949,000
1990 11,971,000
1991 11,559,000
1992 11,467,000
1993 11,676,000
1994 11,805,000
1995 11,835,000
1996 11,835,000
1997 11,832,000
1998 11,879,000
1999 11,822,000
2000 11,804,000
2001 11,813,000
2002 11,791,000
2003 11,827,000
2004 11,898,000
2005 11,904,000
2006 11,866,000
2007 11,877,000
2008 11,933,000
2009 11,945,000

Arable land (hectares per person)

The value for Arable land (hectares per person) in Germany was 0.15 as of 2009. As the graph below shows, over the past 48 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.17 in 1961 and a minimum value of 0.14 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 0.17
1962 0.16
1963 0.16
1964 0.16
1965 0.16
1966 0.16
1967 0.16
1968 0.16
1969 0.15
1970 0.15
1971 0.15
1972 0.15
1973 0.15
1974 0.15
1975 0.15
1976 0.15
1977 0.15
1978 0.15
1979 0.15
1980 0.15
1981 0.15
1982 0.15
1983 0.15
1984 0.15
1985 0.15
1986 0.15
1987 0.15
1988 0.15
1989 0.15
1990 0.15
1991 0.14
1992 0.14
1993 0.14
1994 0.14
1995 0.14
1996 0.14
1997 0.14
1998 0.14
1999 0.14
2000 0.14
2001 0.14
2002 0.14
2003 0.14
2004 0.14
2005 0.14
2006 0.14
2007 0.14
2008 0.15
2009 0.15

Arable land (% of land area)

Arable land (% of land area) in Germany was 34.26 as of 2009. Its highest value over the past 48 years was 35.00 in 1961, while its lowest value was 32.84 in 1992.

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 35.00
1962 34.90
1963 34.84
1964 34.83
1965 34.81
1966 34.82
1967 34.51
1968 34.46
1969 34.37
1970 34.23
1971 34.27
1972 34.38
1973 34.34
1974 34.43
1975 34.49
1976 34.62
1977 34.57
1978 34.62
1979 34.53
1980 34.46
1981 34.38
1982 34.30
1983 34.28
1984 34.23
1985 34.25
1986 34.26
1987 34.21
1988 34.22
1989 34.23
1990 34.29
1991 33.11
1992 32.84
1993 33.44
1994 33.81
1995 33.90
1996 33.90
1997 33.90
1998 34.04
1999 33.88
2000 33.83
2001 33.86
2002 33.80
2003 33.91
2004 34.11
2005 34.13
2006 34.03
2007 34.06
2008 34.23
2009 34.26

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use