Arab World - Arable land

Arable land (hectares per person)

The value for Arable land (hectares per person) in Arab World was 0.140 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.405 in 1961 and a minimum value of 0.118 in 2010.

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 0.405
1962 0.393
1963 0.384
1964 0.377
1965 0.370
1966 0.358
1967 0.350
1968 0.338
1969 0.330
1970 0.323
1971 0.324
1972 0.312
1973 0.303
1974 0.298
1975 0.289
1976 0.284
1977 0.273
1978 0.266
1979 0.257
1980 0.248
1981 0.242
1982 0.236
1983 0.228
1984 0.223
1985 0.218
1986 0.214
1987 0.210
1988 0.205
1989 0.200
1990 0.196
1991 0.194
1992 0.194
1993 0.193
1994 0.185
1995 0.179
1996 0.176
1997 0.171
1998 0.167
1999 0.163
2000 0.156
2001 0.152
2002 0.150
2003 0.148
2004 0.143
2005 0.140
2006 0.134
2007 0.131
2008 0.125
2009 0.120
2010 0.118
2011 0.159
2012 0.156
2013 0.154
2014 0.150
2015 0.147
2016 0.144
2017 0.143
2018 0.140

Arable land (% of land area)

Arable land (% of land area) in Arab World was 4.46 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 57 years was 4.46 in 2013, while its lowest value was 3.14 in 1962.

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 3.14
1962 3.14
1963 3.15
1964 3.17
1965 3.20
1966 3.19
1967 3.20
1968 3.18
1969 3.20
1970 3.21
1971 3.31
1972 3.27
1973 3.27
1974 3.30
1975 3.30
1976 3.34
1977 3.32
1978 3.34
1979 3.33
1980 3.32
1981 3.35
1982 3.36
1983 3.34
1984 3.38
1985 3.40
1986 3.42
1987 3.46
1988 3.47
1989 3.48
1990 3.53
1991 3.59
1992 3.66
1993 3.71
1994 3.66
1995 3.66
1996 3.67
1997 3.64
1998 3.64
1999 3.62
2000 3.54
2001 3.53
2002 3.56
2003 3.59
2004 3.53
2005 3.53
2006 3.48
2007 3.47
2008 3.39
2009 3.35
2010 3.37
2011 4.41
2012 4.44
2013 4.46
2014 4.45
2015 4.46
2016 4.45
2017 4.45
2018 4.46

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use