Mexico - Arable land

Arable land (hectares)

The value for Arable land (hectares) in Mexico was 23,905,000 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 23,905,000 in 2018 and a minimum value of 17,585,000 in 1979.

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 19,507,000
1962 19,340,000
1963 19,260,000
1964 19,180,000
1965 19,100,000
1966 19,020,000
1967 18,930,000
1968 18,850,000
1969 18,770,000
1970 17,688,000
1971 17,689,000
1972 17,684,000
1973 17,719,000
1974 17,688,000
1975 17,712,000
1976 17,736,000
1977 17,782,000
1978 17,785,000
1979 17,585,000
1980 17,660,000
1981 17,599,000
1982 17,795,000
1983 18,328,000
1984 18,241,000
1985 18,631,000
1986 18,344,000
1987 19,234,000
1988 19,698,000
1989 20,656,000
1990 21,709,000
1991 22,423,000
1992 22,429,000
1993 22,531,000
1994 22,549,000
1995 22,560,000
1996 22,717,000
1997 22,785,000
1998 22,831,000
1999 22,918,000
2000 22,905,000
2001 23,151,000
2002 23,184,000
2003 23,652,000
2004 23,214,000
2005 23,296,000
2006 23,363,000
2007 23,519,000
2008 22,945,000
2009 22,200,000
2010 21,527,000
2011 21,209,000
2012 20,106,000
2013 19,705,000
2014 19,117,000
2015 20,611,000
2016 22,167,000
2017 23,905,000
2018 23,905,000

Arable land (hectares per person)

The value for Arable land (hectares per person) in Mexico was 0.189 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.501 in 1961 and a minimum value of 0.159 in 2014.

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 0.501
1962 0.481
1963 0.465
1964 0.448
1965 0.433
1966 0.418
1967 0.403
1968 0.389
1969 0.376
1970 0.343
1971 0.333
1972 0.323
1973 0.315
1974 0.305
1975 0.297
1976 0.290
1977 0.283
1978 0.276
1979 0.266
1980 0.261
1981 0.254
1982 0.250
1983 0.252
1984 0.245
1985 0.245
1986 0.236
1987 0.243
1988 0.244
1989 0.251
1990 0.259
1991 0.262
1992 0.258
1993 0.254
1994 0.250
1995 0.246
1996 0.244
1997 0.241
1998 0.238
1999 0.235
2000 0.232
2001 0.231
2002 0.228
2003 0.229
2004 0.222
2005 0.220
2006 0.217
2007 0.215
2008 0.207
2009 0.197
2010 0.189
2011 0.183
2012 0.171
2013 0.166
2014 0.159
2015 0.169
2016 0.180
2017 0.192
2018 0.189

Arable land (% of land area)

Arable land (% of land area) in Mexico was 12.30 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 57 years was 12.30 in 2018, while its lowest value was 9.05 in 1979.

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 10.03
1962 9.95
1963 9.91
1964 9.87
1965 9.83
1966 9.78
1967 9.74
1968 9.70
1969 9.66
1970 9.10
1971 9.10
1972 9.10
1973 9.11
1974 9.10
1975 9.11
1976 9.12
1977 9.15
1978 9.15
1979 9.05
1980 9.08
1981 9.05
1982 9.15
1983 9.43
1984 9.38
1985 9.58
1986 9.44
1987 9.89
1988 10.13
1989 10.63
1990 11.17
1991 11.53
1992 11.54
1993 11.59
1994 11.60
1995 11.61
1996 11.69
1997 11.72
1998 11.74
1999 11.79
2000 11.78
2001 11.91
2002 11.93
2003 12.17
2004 11.94
2005 11.98
2006 12.02
2007 12.10
2008 11.80
2009 11.42
2010 11.07
2011 10.91
2012 10.34
2013 10.14
2014 9.83
2015 10.60
2016 11.40
2017 12.30
2018 12.30

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use