Russia - Arable land

Arable land (hectares)

The value for Arable land (hectares) in Russia was 121,750,000 as of 2009. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 132,008,000 in 1992 and a minimum value of 121,574,000 in 2006.

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
1992 132,008,000
1993 129,538,000
1994 128,422,000
1995 127,500,000
1996 126,024,000
1997 127,466,000
1998 126,132,000
1999 124,975,000
2000 124,374,000
2001 123,860,000
2002 123,465,000
2003 122,559,000
2004 122,146,000
2005 121,781,000
2006 121,574,000
2007 121,574,000
2008 121,649,000
2009 121,750,000

Arable land (hectares per person)

The value for Arable land (hectares per person) in Russia was 0.86 as of 2009. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.89 in 1992 and a minimum value of 0.85 in 2003.

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
1992 0.89
1993 0.87
1994 0.87
1995 0.86
1996 0.85
1997 0.87
1998 0.86
1999 0.85
2000 0.85
2001 0.85
2002 0.85
2003 0.85
2004 0.85
2005 0.85
2006 0.85
2007 0.86
2008 0.86
2009 0.86

Arable land (% of land area)

Arable land (% of land area) in Russia was 7.43 as of 2009. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 8.05 in 1992, while its lowest value was 7.42 in 2006.

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
1992 8.05
1993 7.91
1994 7.84
1995 7.78
1996 7.69
1997 7.78
1998 7.70
1999 7.63
2000 7.59
2001 7.56
2002 7.54
2003 7.48
2004 7.46
2005 7.43
2006 7.42
2007 7.42
2008 7.43
2009 7.43

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use