Ireland - Arable land

Arable land (hectares)

The value for Arable land (hectares) in Ireland was 451,000 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,590,000 in 1961 and a minimum value of 438,840 in 2010.

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 1,590,000
1962 1,567,000
1963 1,561,000
1964 1,526,000
1965 1,492,000
1966 1,429,000
1967 1,424,000
1968 1,394,000
1969 1,381,000
1970 1,377,000
1971 1,363,000
1972 1,333,000
1973 1,283,000
1974 1,253,000
1975 1,234,000
1976 1,208,000
1977 1,183,000
1978 1,158,000
1979 1,133,000
1980 1,108,000
1981 1,083,000
1982 1,058,000
1983 1,017,000
1984 1,041,000
1985 1,029,000
1986 1,007,000
1987 980,000
1988 1,027,000
1989 1,052,000
1990 1,041,000
1991 1,029,000
1992 1,003,000
1993 1,023,000
1994 1,014,000
1995 1,030,000
1996 1,059,000
1997 1,035,000
1998 1,085,000
1999 1,076,000
2000 1,077,000
2001 1,188,000
2002 1,177,000
2003 1,182,000
2004 1,205,000
2005 1,184,000
2006 1,153,000
2007 465,450
2008 485,650
2009 462,590
2010 438,840
2011 459,140
2012 482,610
2013 474,040
2014 465,180
2015 453,000
2016 461,000
2017 461,000
2018 451,000

Arable land (hectares per person)

The value for Arable land (hectares per person) in Ireland was 0.093 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.563 in 1961 and a minimum value of 0.093 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 0.563
1962 0.553
1963 0.547
1964 0.532
1965 0.519
1966 0.495
1967 0.491
1968 0.478
1969 0.471
1970 0.466
1971 0.456
1972 0.439
1973 0.416
1974 0.399
1975 0.387
1976 0.373
1977 0.360
1978 0.348
1979 0.336
1980 0.325
1981 0.314
1982 0.304
1983 0.290
1984 0.295
1985 0.291
1986 0.284
1987 0.277
1988 0.291
1989 0.300
1990 0.296
1991 0.291
1992 0.282
1993 0.286
1994 0.282
1995 0.285
1996 0.291
1997 0.282
1998 0.292
1999 0.287
2000 0.283
2001 0.307
2002 0.299
2003 0.296
2004 0.296
2005 0.285
2006 0.270
2007 0.106
2008 0.108
2009 0.102
2010 0.096
2011 0.100
2012 0.105
2013 0.103
2014 0.100
2015 0.096
2016 0.097
2017 0.096
2018 0.093

Arable land (% of land area)

Arable land (% of land area) in Ireland was 6.55 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 57 years was 23.08 in 1961, while its lowest value was 6.37 in 2010.

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 23.08
1962 22.75
1963 22.66
1964 22.15
1965 21.66
1966 20.74
1967 20.67
1968 20.24
1969 20.05
1970 19.99
1971 19.79
1972 19.35
1973 18.62
1974 18.19
1975 17.91
1976 17.54
1977 17.17
1978 16.81
1979 16.45
1980 16.08
1981 15.72
1982 15.36
1983 14.76
1984 15.11
1985 14.94
1986 14.62
1987 14.23
1988 14.91
1989 15.27
1990 15.11
1991 14.94
1992 14.56
1993 14.85
1994 14.72
1995 14.95
1996 15.37
1997 15.02
1998 15.75
1999 15.62
2000 15.63
2001 17.24
2002 17.09
2003 17.16
2004 17.49
2005 17.19
2006 16.74
2007 6.76
2008 7.05
2009 6.71
2010 6.37
2011 6.66
2012 7.01
2013 6.88
2014 6.75
2015 6.58
2016 6.69
2017 6.69
2018 6.55

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use