Afghanistan - Arable land

Arable land (hectares)

The value for Arable land (hectares) in Afghanistan was 7,703,000 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 7,910,000 in 1992 and a minimum value of 7,647,000 in 1996.

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 7,650,000
1962 7,700,000
1963 7,750,000
1964 7,800,000
1965 7,800,000
1966 7,835,000
1967 7,844,000
1968 7,844,000
1969 7,860,000
1970 7,870,000
1971 7,900,000
1972 7,910,000
1973 7,910,000
1974 7,910,000
1975 7,910,000
1976 7,910,000
1977 7,910,000
1978 7,910,000
1979 7,910,000
1980 7,910,000
1981 7,910,000
1982 7,910,000
1983 7,910,000
1984 7,910,000
1985 7,910,000
1986 7,910,000
1987 7,910,000
1988 7,910,000
1989 7,910,000
1990 7,910,000
1991 7,910,000
1992 7,910,000
1993 7,824,000
1994 7,703,000
1995 7,653,000
1996 7,647,000
1997 7,685,000
1998 7,757,000
1999 7,653,000
2000 7,683,000
2001 7,683,000
2002 7,678,000
2003 7,772,000
2004 7,816,000
2005 7,805,000
2006 7,794,000
2007 7,794,000
2008 7,794,000
2009 7,793,000
2010 7,793,000
2011 7,791,000
2012 7,790,000
2013 7,785,000
2014 7,771,000
2015 7,765,000
2016 7,729,000
2017 7,699,000
2018 7,703,000

Arable land (hectares per person)

The value for Arable land (hectares per person) in Afghanistan was 0.207 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.834 in 1961 and a minimum value of 0.207 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.

See also:

Year Value
1961 0.834
1962 0.823
1963 0.812
1964 0.800
1965 0.783
1966 0.770
1967 0.754
1968 0.737
1969 0.722
1970 0.704
1971 0.688
1972 0.671
1973 0.653
1974 0.637
1975 0.623
1976 0.611
1977 0.601
1978 0.593
1979 0.590
1980 0.592
1981 0.601
1982 0.614
1983 0.631
1984 0.648
1985 0.663
1986 0.674
1987 0.682
1988 0.681
1989 0.666
1990 0.637
1991 0.595
1992 0.546
1993 0.495
1994 0.451
1995 0.423
1996 0.406
1997 0.397
1998 0.393
1999 0.379
2000 0.370
2001 0.356
2002 0.340
2003 0.328
2004 0.316
2005 0.304
2006 0.295
2007 0.288
2008 0.281
2009 0.274
2010 0.267
2011 0.259
2012 0.250
2013 0.241
2014 0.233
2015 0.226
2016 0.218
2017 0.212
2018 0.207

Arable land (% of land area)

Arable land (% of land area) in Afghanistan was 11.80 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 57 years was 12.12 in 1992, while its lowest value was 11.71 in 1996.

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 11.72
1962 11.79
1963 11.87
1964 11.95
1965 11.95
1966 12.00
1967 12.01
1968 12.01
1969 12.04
1970 12.05
1971 12.10
1972 12.12
1973 12.12
1974 12.12
1975 12.12
1976 12.12
1977 12.12
1978 12.12
1979 12.12
1980 12.12
1981 12.12
1982 12.12
1983 12.12
1984 12.12
1985 12.12
1986 12.12
1987 12.12
1988 12.12
1989 12.12
1990 12.12
1991 12.12
1992 12.12
1993 11.98
1994 11.80
1995 11.72
1996 11.71
1997 11.77
1998 11.88
1999 11.72
2000 11.77
2001 11.77
2002 11.76
2003 11.90
2004 11.97
2005 11.96
2006 11.94
2007 11.94
2008 11.94
2009 11.94
2010 11.94
2011 11.93
2012 11.93
2013 11.92
2014 11.90
2015 11.89
2016 11.84
2017 11.79
2018 11.80

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use