Portugal - Arable land

Arable land (hectares)

The value for Arable land (hectares) in Portugal was 919,180 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2,507,000 in 1961 and a minimum value of 919,180 in 2018.

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 2,507,000
1962 2,503,000
1963 2,499,000
1964 2,495,000
1965 2,491,000
1966 2,487,000
1967 2,483,000
1968 2,479,000
1969 2,475,000
1970 2,471,000
1971 2,467,000
1972 2,463,000
1973 2,458,000
1974 2,453,000
1975 2,448,000
1976 2,443,000
1977 2,438,000
1978 2,433,000
1979 2,428,000
1980 2,423,000
1981 2,418,000
1982 2,413,000
1983 2,408,000
1984 2,403,000
1985 2,398,000
1986 2,393,000
1987 2,388,000
1988 2,383,000
1989 2,378,000
1990 2,344,000
1991 2,309,000
1992 2,275,000
1993 2,240,000
1994 2,200,000
1995 2,153,000
1996 2,000,000
1997 1,882,000
1998 1,798,500
1999 1,715,000
2000 1,750,270
2001 1,628,560
2002 1,636,150
2003 1,554,420
2004 1,482,730
2005 1,305,460
2006 1,241,740
2007 1,148,250
2008 1,220,210
2009 1,200,980
2010 1,147,570
2011 1,126,770
2012 1,123,820
2013 1,138,510
2014 1,098,130
2015 1,069,960
2016 982,230
2017 944,009
2018 919,180

Arable land (hectares per person)

The value for Arable land (hectares per person) in Portugal was 0.089 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.285 in 1971 and a minimum value of 0.089 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.

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Year Value
1961 0.281
1962 0.278
1963 0.277
1964 0.276
1965 0.277
1966 0.278
1967 0.280
1968 0.281
1969 0.283
1970 0.285
1971 0.285
1972 0.285
1973 0.285
1974 0.280
1975 0.269
1976 0.261
1977 0.258
1978 0.255
1979 0.251
1980 0.248
1981 0.245
1982 0.243
1983 0.242
1984 0.240
1985 0.239
1986 0.239
1987 0.238
1988 0.238
1989 0.238
1990 0.235
1991 0.232
1992 0.229
1993 0.225
1994 0.220
1995 0.215
1996 0.199
1997 0.186
1998 0.177
1999 0.168
2000 0.170
2001 0.157
2002 0.157
2003 0.149
2004 0.141
2005 0.124
2006 0.118
2007 0.109
2008 0.116
2009 0.114
2010 0.109
2011 0.107
2012 0.107
2013 0.109
2014 0.106
2015 0.103
2016 0.095
2017 0.092
2018 0.089

Arable land (% of land area)

Arable land (% of land area) in Portugal was 10.03 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 57 years was 27.40 in 1961, while its lowest value was 10.03 in 2018.

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 27.40
1962 27.36
1963 27.31
1964 27.27
1965 27.22
1966 27.18
1967 27.14
1968 27.09
1969 27.05
1970 27.01
1971 26.96
1972 26.92
1973 26.86
1974 26.81
1975 26.75
1976 26.70
1977 26.64
1978 26.59
1979 26.54
1980 26.48
1981 26.43
1982 26.37
1983 26.32
1984 26.26
1985 26.21
1986 26.15
1987 26.10
1988 26.04
1989 25.99
1990 25.62
1991 25.23
1992 24.86
1993 24.48
1994 24.04
1995 23.53
1996 21.86
1997 20.57
1998 19.66
1999 18.74
2000 19.13
2001 17.80
2002 17.88
2003 16.99
2004 16.20
2005 14.27
2006 13.58
2007 12.55
2008 13.34
2009 13.11
2010 12.53
2011 12.30
2012 12.27
2013 12.43
2014 11.99
2015 11.68
2016 10.72
2017 10.31
2018 10.03

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use