Fragile and conflict affected situations - Arable land

Arable land (hectares per person)

The value for Arable land (hectares per person) in Fragile and conflict affected situations was 0.203 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.556 in 1961 and a minimum value of 0.203 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 0.556
1962 0.551
1963 0.552
1964 0.545
1965 0.545
1966 0.520
1967 0.518
1968 0.509
1969 0.524
1970 0.496
1971 0.479
1972 0.452
1973 0.457
1974 0.428
1975 0.413
1976 0.404
1977 0.375
1978 0.361
1979 0.350
1980 0.348
1981 0.328
1982 0.324
1983 0.316
1984 0.317
1985 0.316
1986 0.322
1987 0.313
1988 0.307
1989 0.298
1990 0.293
1991 0.293
1992 0.283
1993 0.277
1994 0.270
1995 0.269
1996 0.266
1997 0.261
1998 0.257
1999 0.253
2000 0.246
2001 0.239
2002 0.237
2003 0.237
2004 0.233
2005 0.233
2006 0.229
2007 0.227
2008 0.221
2009 0.210
2010 0.209
2011 0.225
2012 0.228
2013 0.224
2014 0.220
2015 0.215
2016 0.211
2017 0.207
2018 0.203

Arable land (% of land area)

Arable land (% of land area) in Fragile and conflict affected situations was 9.15 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 57 years was 9.15 in 2018, while its lowest value was 6.09 in 1981.

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 6.27
1962 6.36
1963 6.52
1964 6.60
1965 6.75
1966 6.59
1967 6.74
1968 6.78
1969 7.15
1970 6.94
1971 6.88
1972 6.65
1973 6.90
1974 6.63
1975 6.56
1976 6.60
1977 6.29
1978 6.21
1979 6.18
1980 6.30
1981 6.09
1982 6.16
1983 6.15
1984 6.33
1985 6.45
1986 6.74
1987 6.72
1988 6.74
1989 6.71
1990 6.81
1991 7.00
1992 7.11
1993 7.19
1994 7.21
1995 7.38
1996 7.50
1997 7.53
1998 7.59
1999 7.65
2000 7.62
2001 7.59
2002 7.71
2003 7.93
2004 7.91
2005 8.12
2006 8.18
2007 8.34
2008 8.29
2009 8.08
2010 8.25
2011 8.65
2012 8.98
2013 9.04
2014 9.09
2015 9.11
2016 9.14
2017 9.14
2018 9.15

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use