Spain - Arable land

Arable land (hectares)

The value for Arable land (hectares) in Spain was 12,497,000 as of 2009. As the graph below shows, over the past 48 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 16,339,000 in 1971 and a minimum value of 12,488,000 in 2008.

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 16,246,000
1962 16,296,000
1963 16,205,000
1964 15,919,000
1965 15,966,000
1966 15,509,000
1967 15,740,000
1968 15,692,000
1969 16,082,000
1970 15,690,000
1971 16,339,000
1972 16,288,000
1973 16,054,000
1974 15,918,000
1975 15,821,000
1976 15,657,000
1977 15,630,000
1978 15,640,000
1979 15,578,000
1980 15,558,000
1981 15,569,000
1982 15,565,000
1983 15,592,000
1984 15,651,000
1985 15,564,000
1986 15,565,000
1987 15,584,000
1988 15,577,000
1989 15,512,000
1990 15,335,000
1991 15,258,000
1992 15,201,000
1993 14,982,000
1994 14,806,000
1995 14,045,000
1996 14,450,000
1997 14,285,000
1998 13,684,000
1999 13,463,000
2000 13,400,000
2001 13,064,000
2002 12,909,000
2003 13,017,000
2004 13,025,000
2005 12,913,000
2006 12,720,000
2007 12,586,000
2008 12,488,000
2009 12,497,000

Arable land (hectares per person)

The value for Arable land (hectares per person) in Spain was 0.27 as of 2009. As the graph below shows, over the past 48 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.53 in 1961 and a minimum value of 0.27 in 2009.

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 0.53
1962 0.53
1963 0.52
1964 0.50
1965 0.50
1966 0.48
1967 0.48
1968 0.47
1969 0.48
1970 0.46
1971 0.48
1972 0.47
1973 0.46
1974 0.45
1975 0.45
1976 0.44
1977 0.43
1978 0.42
1979 0.42
1980 0.42
1981 0.41
1982 0.41
1983 0.41
1984 0.41
1985 0.41
1986 0.40
1987 0.40
1988 0.40
1989 0.40
1990 0.39
1991 0.39
1992 0.39
1993 0.38
1994 0.38
1995 0.36
1996 0.37
1997 0.36
1998 0.34
1999 0.34
2000 0.33
2001 0.32
2002 0.31
2003 0.31
2004 0.31
2005 0.30
2006 0.29
2007 0.28
2008 0.27
2009 0.27

Arable land (% of land area)

Arable land (% of land area) in Spain was 25.05 as of 2009. Its highest value over the past 48 years was 32.69 in 1971, while its lowest value was 25.04 in 2008.

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 32.51
1962 32.61
1963 32.42
1964 31.85
1965 31.95
1966 31.03
1967 31.49
1968 31.40
1969 32.18
1970 31.39
1971 32.69
1972 32.59
1973 32.12
1974 31.85
1975 31.67
1976 31.34
1977 31.29
1978 31.31
1979 31.18
1980 31.15
1981 31.17
1982 31.16
1983 31.22
1984 31.34
1985 31.16
1986 31.16
1987 31.20
1988 31.19
1989 31.06
1990 30.70
1991 30.55
1992 30.44
1993 30.00
1994 29.65
1995 28.12
1996 28.93
1997 28.60
1998 27.40
1999 26.96
2000 26.85
2001 26.21
2002 25.87
2003 26.08
2004 26.09
2005 25.87
2006 25.49
2007 25.22
2008 25.04
2009 25.05

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use