IBRD only - Arable land

Arable land (hectares per person)

The value for Arable land (hectares per person) in IBRD only was 0.165 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.285 in 1961 and a minimum value of 0.165 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 0.285
1962 0.281
1963 0.276
1964 0.271
1965 0.265
1966 0.260
1967 0.255
1968 0.250
1969 0.245
1970 0.239
1971 0.234
1972 0.230
1973 0.226
1974 0.222
1975 0.217
1976 0.214
1977 0.212
1978 0.209
1979 0.207
1980 0.203
1981 0.200
1982 0.198
1983 0.197
1984 0.196
1985 0.196
1986 0.192
1987 0.189
1988 0.185
1989 0.182
1990 0.179
1991 0.176
1992 0.220
1993 0.215
1994 0.211
1995 0.207
1996 0.204
1997 0.201
1998 0.199
1999 0.196
2000 0.193
2001 0.190
2002 0.188
2003 0.187
2004 0.185
2005 0.183
2006 0.182
2007 0.180
2008 0.178
2009 0.176
2010 0.175
2011 0.173
2012 0.172
2013 0.170
2014 0.168
2015 0.167
2016 0.166
2017 0.166
2018 0.165

Arable land (% of land area)

Arable land (% of land area) in IBRD only was 11.10 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 57 years was 11.39 in 1987, while its lowest value was 9.81 in 1961.

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 9.81
1962 9.85
1963 9.90
1964 9.93
1965 9.97
1966 10.01
1967 10.05
1968 10.10
1969 10.16
1970 10.15
1971 10.19
1972 10.25
1973 10.31
1974 10.36
1975 10.37
1976 10.44
1977 10.51
1978 10.58
1979 10.66
1980 10.65
1981 10.71
1982 10.84
1983 10.97
1984 11.17
1985 11.37
1986 11.38
1987 11.39
1988 11.37
1989 11.38
1990 11.38
1991 11.39
1992 11.07
1993 11.01
1994 10.94
1995 10.90
1996 10.86
1997 10.88
1998 10.87
1999 10.86
2000 10.82
2001 10.81
2002 10.79
2003 10.83
2004 10.87
2005 10.87
2006 10.88
2007 10.90
2008 10.88
2009 10.89
2010 10.91
2011 10.92
2012 10.93
2013 10.94
2014 10.92
2015 10.96
2016 10.99
2017 11.09
2018 11.10

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use