North America - Arable land
Arable land (hectares per person)
The value for Arable land (hectares per person) in North America was 0.54 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1.08 in 1961 and a minimum value of 0.54 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 | 1.08 |
| 1962 | 1.04 |
| 1963 | 1.04 |
| 1964 | 1.02 |
| 1965 | 1.00 |
| 1966 | 0.99 |
| 1967 | 0.97 |
| 1968 | 0.99 |
| 1969 | 1.02 |
| 1970 | 1.00 |
| 1971 | 0.99 |
| 1972 | 0.97 |
| 1973 | 0.96 |
| 1974 | 0.95 |
| 1975 | 0.94 |
| 1976 | 0.93 |
| 1977 | 0.93 |
| 1978 | 0.93 |
| 1979 | 0.92 |
| 1980 | 0.91 |
| 1981 | 0.90 |
| 1982 | 0.89 |
| 1983 | 0.88 |
| 1984 | 0.88 |
| 1985 | 0.87 |
| 1986 | 0.86 |
| 1987 | 0.85 |
| 1988 | 0.84 |
| 1989 | 0.83 |
| 1990 | 0.82 |
| 1991 | 0.81 |
| 1992 | 0.79 |
| 1993 | 0.78 |
| 1994 | 0.76 |
| 1995 | 0.75 |
| 1996 | 0.74 |
| 1997 | 0.72 |
| 1998 | 0.71 |
| 1999 | 0.70 |
| 2000 | 0.69 |
| 2001 | 0.68 |
| 2002 | 0.67 |
| 2003 | 0.66 |
| 2004 | 0.64 |
| 2005 | 0.63 |
| 2006 | 0.61 |
| 2007 | 0.60 |
| 2008 | 0.59 |
| 2009 | 0.58 |
| 2010 | 0.57 |
| 2011 | 0.56 |
| 2012 | 0.55 |
| 2013 | 0.55 |
| 2014 | 0.55 |
| 2015 | 0.55 |
| 2016 | 0.54 |
| 2017 | 0.54 |
| 2018 | 0.54 |
Arable land (% of land area)
Arable land (% of land area) in North America was 10.84 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 57 years was 12.65 in 1986, while its lowest value was 10.63 in 2012.
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 | 11.99 |
| 1962 | 11.81 |
| 1963 | 11.96 |
| 1964 | 11.89 |
| 1965 | 11.86 |
| 1966 | 11.80 |
| 1967 | 11.74 |
| 1968 | 12.10 |
| 1969 | 12.56 |
| 1970 | 12.54 |
| 1971 | 12.51 |
| 1972 | 12.48 |
| 1973 | 12.46 |
| 1974 | 12.44 |
| 1975 | 12.44 |
| 1976 | 12.45 |
| 1977 | 12.47 |
| 1978 | 12.61 |
| 1979 | 12.62 |
| 1980 | 12.64 |
| 1981 | 12.65 |
| 1982 | 12.61 |
| 1983 | 12.62 |
| 1984 | 12.63 |
| 1985 | 12.64 |
| 1986 | 12.65 |
| 1987 | 12.54 |
| 1988 | 12.54 |
| 1989 | 12.53 |
| 1990 | 12.53 |
| 1991 | 12.52 |
| 1992 | 12.43 |
| 1993 | 12.36 |
| 1994 | 12.31 |
| 1995 | 12.30 |
| 1996 | 12.14 |
| 1997 | 12.06 |
| 1998 | 12.02 |
| 1999 | 11.94 |
| 2000 | 11.93 |
| 2001 | 11.93 |
| 2002 | 11.78 |
| 2003 | 11.64 |
| 2004 | 11.50 |
| 2005 | 11.36 |
| 2006 | 11.22 |
| 2007 | 11.07 |
| 2008 | 10.98 |
| 2009 | 10.88 |
| 2010 | 10.79 |
| 2011 | 10.69 |
| 2012 | 10.63 |
| 2013 | 10.67 |
| 2014 | 10.72 |
| 2015 | 10.76 |
| 2016 | 10.81 |
| 2017 | 10.83 |
| 2018 | 10.84 |
Classification
Topic: Environment Indicators
Sub-Topic: Land use
