Pakistan - Arable land

Arable land (hectares)

The value for Arable land (hectares) in Pakistan was 30,507,000 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 33,140,000 in 1982 and a minimum value of 29,390,000 in 2010.

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 30,580,000
1962 30,690,000
1963 30,730,000
1964 31,200,000
1965 32,080,000
1966 32,260,000
1967 32,310,000
1968 32,010,000
1969 30,540,000
1970 30,700,000
1971 30,320,000
1972 30,340,000
1973 31,210,000
1974 30,530,000
1975 30,800,000
1976 30,460,000
1977 30,640,000
1978 31,150,000
1979 31,050,000
1980 32,110,000
1981 31,160,000
1982 33,140,000
1983 31,040,000
1984 32,110,000
1985 31,710,000
1986 30,140,000
1987 31,250,000
1988 29,920,000
1989 30,410,000
1990 29,750,000
1991 29,810,000
1992 29,920,000
1993 30,230,000
1994 30,250,000
1995 30,460,000
1996 30,550,000
1997 31,040,000
1998 31,120,000
1999 31,110,000
2000 31,040,000
2001 31,300,000
2002 31,220,000
2003 31,190,000
2004 30,310,000
2005 30,170,000
2006 30,320,000
2007 30,180,000
2008 29,460,000
2009 29,420,000
2010 29,390,000
2011 30,100,000
2012 30,240,000
2013 30,470,000
2014 30,440,000
2015 30,400,000
2016 30,990,000
2017 31,210,000
2018 30,507,000

Arable land (hectares per person)

The value for Arable land (hectares per person) in Pakistan was 0.144 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.664 in 1961 and a minimum value of 0.144 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 0.664
1962 0.650
1963 0.635
1964 0.629
1965 0.630
1966 0.617
1967 0.602
1968 0.581
1969 0.540
1970 0.528
1971 0.508
1972 0.494
1973 0.495
1974 0.470
1975 0.461
1976 0.443
1977 0.432
1978 0.426
1979 0.411
1980 0.411
1981 0.386
1982 0.397
1983 0.360
1984 0.360
1985 0.344
1986 0.317
1987 0.318
1988 0.295
1989 0.291
1990 0.276
1991 0.269
1992 0.263
1993 0.258
1994 0.251
1995 0.246
1996 0.240
1997 0.237
1998 0.231
1999 0.224
2000 0.218
2001 0.214
2002 0.209
2003 0.204
2004 0.193
2005 0.188
2006 0.185
2007 0.180
2008 0.172
2009 0.168
2010 0.164
2011 0.164
2012 0.161
2013 0.159
2014 0.156
2015 0.152
2016 0.152
2017 0.150
2018 0.144

Arable land (% of land area)

Arable land (% of land area) in Pakistan was 39.57 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 57 years was 42.99 in 1982, while its lowest value was 38.13 in 2010.

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 39.67
1962 39.81
1963 39.86
1964 40.47
1965 41.61
1966 41.85
1967 41.91
1968 41.52
1969 39.62
1970 39.82
1971 39.33
1972 39.36
1973 40.49
1974 39.60
1975 39.95
1976 39.51
1977 39.75
1978 40.41
1979 40.28
1980 41.65
1981 40.42
1982 42.99
1983 40.27
1984 41.65
1985 41.13
1986 39.10
1987 40.54
1988 38.81
1989 39.45
1990 38.59
1991 38.67
1992 38.81
1993 39.21
1994 39.24
1995 39.51
1996 39.63
1997 40.27
1998 40.37
1999 40.36
2000 40.27
2001 40.60
2002 40.50
2003 40.46
2004 39.32
2005 39.14
2006 39.33
2007 39.15
2008 38.22
2009 38.16
2010 38.13
2011 39.05
2012 39.23
2013 39.53
2014 39.49
2015 39.44
2016 40.20
2017 40.49
2018 39.57

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use