Italy - Arable land

Arable land (hectares)

The value for Arable land (hectares) in Italy was 6,723,000 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 12,862,000 in 1961 and a minimum value of 6,601,000 in 2015.

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 12,862,000
1962 12,795,000
1963 12,674,000
1964 12,598,000
1965 12,524,000
1966 12,444,000
1967 12,389,000
1968 12,346,000
1969 12,221,000
1970 11,984,000
1971 9,511,000
1972 9,393,000
1973 9,288,000
1974 9,319,000
1975 9,330,000
1976 9,364,000
1977 9,359,000
1978 9,451,000
1979 9,476,000
1980 9,483,000
1981 9,466,000
1982 9,458,000
1983 9,128,000
1984 9,097,000
1985 9,050,000
1986 9,086,000
1987 9,065,000
1988 8,958,000
1989 8,993,000
1990 9,012,000
1991 8,900,000
1992 8,750,000
1993 8,550,000
1994 8,329,000
1995 8,283,000
1996 8,332,000
1997 8,253,000
1998 8,329,000
1999 8,545,000
2000 8,479,000
2001 8,339,000
2002 8,287,000
2003 7,959,000
2004 7,979,000
2005 7,780,000
2006 7,376,000
2007 7,171,000
2008 7,498,000
2009 6,981,000
2010 7,042,000
2011 6,720,000
2012 7,118,000
2013 6,827,000
2014 6,728,000
2015 6,601,000
2016 6,697,000
2017 6,736,270
2018 6,723,000

Arable land (hectares per person)

The value for Arable land (hectares per person) in Italy was 0.111 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.255 in 1961 and a minimum value of 0.109 in 2015.

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 0.255
1962 0.251
1963 0.247
1964 0.244
1965 0.240
1966 0.237
1967 0.234
1968 0.232
1969 0.228
1970 0.223
1971 0.176
1972 0.173
1973 0.170
1974 0.169
1975 0.168
1976 0.168
1977 0.167
1978 0.168
1979 0.168
1980 0.168
1981 0.168
1982 0.167
1983 0.161
1984 0.161
1985 0.160
1986 0.161
1987 0.160
1988 0.158
1989 0.159
1990 0.159
1991 0.157
1992 0.154
1993 0.150
1994 0.147
1995 0.146
1996 0.147
1997 0.145
1998 0.146
1999 0.150
2000 0.149
2001 0.146
2002 0.145
2003 0.139
2004 0.138
2005 0.134
2006 0.127
2007 0.123
2008 0.127
2009 0.118
2010 0.119
2011 0.113
2012 0.120
2013 0.113
2014 0.111
2015 0.109
2016 0.110
2017 0.111
2018 0.111

Arable land (% of land area)

Arable land (% of land area) in Italy was 22.58 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 57 years was 43.73 in 1961, while its lowest value was 22.44 in 2015.

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 43.73
1962 43.50
1963 43.09
1964 42.83
1965 42.58
1966 42.31
1967 42.12
1968 41.98
1969 41.55
1970 40.75
1971 32.34
1972 31.94
1973 31.58
1974 31.69
1975 31.72
1976 31.84
1977 31.82
1978 32.13
1979 32.22
1980 32.24
1981 32.19
1982 32.16
1983 31.04
1984 30.93
1985 30.77
1986 30.89
1987 30.82
1988 30.46
1989 30.58
1990 30.64
1991 30.26
1992 29.75
1993 29.07
1994 28.32
1995 28.16
1996 28.33
1997 28.06
1998 28.32
1999 29.05
2000 28.83
2001 28.35
2002 28.18
2003 27.06
2004 27.13
2005 26.45
2006 25.08
2007 24.38
2008 25.49
2009 23.73
2010 23.94
2011 22.85
2012 24.20
2013 23.21
2014 22.87
2015 22.44
2016 22.77
2017 22.90
2018 22.58

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use