Saudi Arabia - Arable land

Arable land (hectares)

The value for Arable land (hectares) in Saudi Arabia was 3,437,000 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 3,672,000 in 1993 and a minimum value of 1,140,000 in 1961.

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 1,140,000
1962 1,160,000
1963 1,180,000
1964 1,200,000
1965 1,220,000
1966 1,240,000
1967 1,260,000
1968 1,290,000
1969 1,320,000
1970 1,360,000
1971 1,400,000
1972 1,450,000
1973 1,500,000
1974 1,560,000
1975 1,620,000
1976 1,680,000
1977 1,740,000
1978 1,790,000
1979 1,840,000
1980 1,890,000
1981 1,940,000
1982 1,990,000
1983 2,200,000
1984 2,350,000
1985 2,550,000
1986 2,700,000
1987 2,900,000
1988 3,050,000
1989 3,200,000
1990 3,390,000
1991 3,579,000
1992 3,650,000
1993 3,672,000
1994 3,667,000
1995 3,655,000
1996 3,646,000
1997 3,639,000
1998 3,637,000
1999 3,594,000
2000 3,592,000
2001 3,600,000
2002 3,600,000
2003 3,600,000
2004 3,500,000
2005 3,500,000
2006 3,450,000
2007 3,446,000
2008 3,339,000
2009 3,196,000
2010 3,180,000
2011 3,159,000
2012 3,117,000
2013 3,068,000
2014 3,430,000
2015 3,490,000
2016 3,477,000
2017 3,437,000
2018 3,437,000

Arable land (hectares per person)

The value for Arable land (hectares per person) in Saudi Arabia was 0.102 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.270 in 1961 and a minimum value of 0.102 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 0.270
1962 0.266
1963 0.261
1964 0.257
1965 0.252
1966 0.247
1967 0.243
1968 0.239
1969 0.236
1970 0.233
1971 0.229
1972 0.227
1973 0.223
1974 0.221
1975 0.218
1976 0.215
1977 0.212
1978 0.207
1979 0.201
1980 0.195
1981 0.188
1982 0.181
1983 0.188
1984 0.189
1985 0.194
1986 0.196
1987 0.201
1988 0.202
1989 0.204
1990 0.209
1991 0.213
1992 0.211
1993 0.207
1994 0.201
1995 0.196
1996 0.192
1997 0.188
1998 0.184
1999 0.178
2000 0.174
2001 0.170
2002 0.165
2003 0.160
2004 0.151
2005 0.147
2006 0.141
2007 0.137
2008 0.129
2009 0.120
2010 0.116
2011 0.112
2012 0.107
2013 0.102
2014 0.111
2015 0.110
2016 0.107
2017 0.104
2018 0.102

Arable land (% of land area)

Arable land (% of land area) in Saudi Arabia was 1.60 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 57 years was 1.71 in 1993, while its lowest value was 0.53 in 1961.

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 0.53
1962 0.54
1963 0.55
1964 0.56
1965 0.57
1966 0.58
1967 0.59
1968 0.60
1969 0.61
1970 0.63
1971 0.65
1972 0.67
1973 0.70
1974 0.73
1975 0.75
1976 0.78
1977 0.81
1978 0.83
1979 0.86
1980 0.88
1981 0.90
1982 0.93
1983 1.02
1984 1.09
1985 1.19
1986 1.26
1987 1.35
1988 1.42
1989 1.49
1990 1.58
1991 1.66
1992 1.70
1993 1.71
1994 1.71
1995 1.70
1996 1.70
1997 1.69
1998 1.69
1999 1.67
2000 1.67
2001 1.67
2002 1.67
2003 1.67
2004 1.63
2005 1.63
2006 1.60
2007 1.60
2008 1.55
2009 1.49
2010 1.48
2011 1.47
2012 1.45
2013 1.43
2014 1.60
2015 1.62
2016 1.62
2017 1.60
2018 1.60

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use