Israel - Arable land

Arable land (hectares)

The value for Arable land (hectares) in Israel was 383,500 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 387,000 in 2017 and a minimum value of 285,800 in 2013.

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.

See also:

Year Value
1961 318,000
1962 309,000
1963 320,000
1964 322,000
1965 312,000
1966 322,000
1967 323,000
1968 322,000
1969 321,000
1970 325,000
1971 326,000
1972 325,000
1973 334,000
1974 339,000
1975 336,000
1976 325,000
1977 325,000
1978 325,000
1979 325,000
1980 325,000
1981 325,000
1982 325,000
1983 315,000
1984 328,000
1985 327,000
1986 338,000
1987 339,000
1988 339,000
1989 338,000
1990 343,000
1991 347,000
1992 347,000
1993 347,000
1994 349,000
1995 345,000
1996 336,000
1997 336,000
1998 335,000
1999 333,000
2000 338,000
2001 342,000
2002 349,000
2003 334,000
2004 311,000
2005 311,000
2006 303,000
2007 305,800
2008 299,700
2009 304,300
2010 293,600
2011 295,700
2012 294,800
2013 285,800
2014 300,500
2015 297,200
2016 295,000
2017 387,000
2018 383,500

Arable land (hectares per person)

The value for Arable land (hectares per person) in Israel was 0.043 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.146 in 1961 and a minimum value of 0.035 in 2016.

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 0.146
1962 0.135
1963 0.135
1964 0.130
1965 0.122
1966 0.122
1967 0.118
1968 0.115
1969 0.112
1970 0.109
1971 0.106
1972 0.103
1973 0.102
1974 0.100
1975 0.097
1976 0.092
1977 0.090
1978 0.088
1979 0.086
1980 0.084
1981 0.082
1982 0.081
1983 0.077
1984 0.079
1985 0.077
1986 0.079
1987 0.078
1988 0.076
1989 0.075
1990 0.074
1991 0.070
1992 0.068
1993 0.066
1994 0.065
1995 0.062
1996 0.059
1997 0.058
1998 0.056
1999 0.054
2000 0.054
2001 0.053
2002 0.053
2003 0.050
2004 0.046
2005 0.045
2006 0.043
2007 0.043
2008 0.041
2009 0.041
2010 0.039
2011 0.038
2012 0.037
2013 0.035
2014 0.037
2015 0.035
2016 0.035
2017 0.044
2018 0.043

Arable land (% of land area)

Arable land (% of land area) in Israel was 17.72 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 57 years was 17.88 in 2017, while its lowest value was 13.21 in 2013.

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 14.70
1962 14.28
1963 14.79
1964 14.88
1965 14.42
1966 14.88
1967 14.93
1968 14.88
1969 14.83
1970 15.02
1971 15.06
1972 15.02
1973 15.43
1974 15.67
1975 15.53
1976 15.02
1977 15.02
1978 15.02
1979 15.02
1980 15.02
1981 15.02
1982 15.02
1983 14.56
1984 15.16
1985 15.11
1986 15.62
1987 15.67
1988 15.67
1989 15.62
1990 15.85
1991 16.04
1992 16.04
1993 16.04
1994 16.13
1995 15.94
1996 15.53
1997 15.53
1998 15.48
1999 15.39
2000 15.62
2001 15.80
2002 16.13
2003 15.43
2004 14.37
2005 14.37
2006 14.00
2007 14.13
2008 13.85
2009 14.06
2010 13.57
2011 13.66
2012 13.62
2013 13.21
2014 13.89
2015 13.73
2016 13.63
2017 17.88
2018 17.72

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use