Guatemala - Arable land

Arable land (hectares)

The value for Arable land (hectares) in Guatemala was 862,000 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,938,000 in 2003 and a minimum value of 862,000 in 2015.

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
1961 1,100,000
1962 1,100,000
1963 1,100,000
1964 1,100,000
1965 1,100,000
1966 1,100,000
1967 1,110,000
1968 1,110,000
1969 1,100,000
1970 1,100,000
1971 1,100,000
1972 1,120,000
1973 1,150,000
1974 1,170,000
1975 1,170,000
1976 1,200,000
1977 1,250,000
1978 1,250,000
1979 1,249,000
1980 1,270,000
1981 1,275,000
1982 1,300,000
1983 1,300,000
1984 1,300,000
1985 1,300,000
1986 1,300,000
1987 1,300,000
1988 1,300,000
1989 1,300,000
1990 1,300,000
1991 1,300,000
1992 1,300,000
1993 1,324,000
1994 1,354,000
1995 1,355,000
1996 1,361,000
1997 1,370,000
1998 1,380,000
1999 1,390,000
2000 1,395,000
2001 1,405,000
2002 1,425,000
2003 1,938,000
2004 1,600,000
2005 1,400,000
2006 1,506,000
2007 1,576,000
2008 1,325,000
2009 1,260,540
2010 1,196,080
2011 1,131,620
2012 1,067,160
2013 1,002,700
2014 933,800
2015 862,000
2016 862,000
2017 862,000
2018 862,000

Arable land (hectares per person)

The value for Arable land (hectares per person) in Guatemala was 0.053 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.259 in 1961 and a minimum value of 0.053 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 0.259
1962 0.251
1963 0.244
1964 0.237
1965 0.230
1966 0.224
1967 0.220
1968 0.214
1969 0.207
1970 0.202
1971 0.197
1972 0.196
1973 0.196
1974 0.195
1975 0.191
1976 0.191
1977 0.195
1978 0.190
1979 0.186
1980 0.184
1981 0.180
1982 0.179
1983 0.174
1984 0.169
1985 0.165
1986 0.160
1987 0.156
1988 0.152
1989 0.148
1990 0.144
1991 0.140
1992 0.136
1993 0.135
1994 0.135
1995 0.132
1996 0.129
1997 0.127
1998 0.125
1999 0.123
2000 0.120
2001 0.118
2002 0.117
2003 0.156
2004 0.126
2005 0.108
2006 0.114
2007 0.117
2008 0.096
2009 0.090
2010 0.084
2011 0.078
2012 0.072
2013 0.067
2014 0.061
2015 0.055
2016 0.054
2017 0.054
2018 0.053

Arable land (% of land area)

Arable land (% of land area) in Guatemala was 8.04 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 57 years was 18.09 in 2003, while its lowest value was 8.04 in 2015.

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 10.27
1962 10.27
1963 10.27
1964 10.27
1965 10.27
1966 10.27
1967 10.36
1968 10.36
1969 10.27
1970 10.27
1971 10.27
1972 10.45
1973 10.73
1974 10.92
1975 10.92
1976 11.20
1977 11.66
1978 11.66
1979 11.66
1980 11.85
1981 11.90
1982 12.13
1983 12.13
1984 12.13
1985 12.13
1986 12.13
1987 12.13
1988 12.13
1989 12.13
1990 12.13
1991 12.13
1992 12.13
1993 12.36
1994 12.64
1995 12.64
1996 12.70
1997 12.78
1998 12.88
1999 12.97
2000 13.02
2001 13.11
2002 13.30
2003 18.09
2004 14.93
2005 13.06
2006 14.05
2007 14.71
2008 12.36
2009 11.76
2010 11.16
2011 10.56
2012 9.96
2013 9.36
2014 8.71
2015 8.04
2016 8.04
2017 8.04
2018 8.04

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use