Turkey - Arable land

Arable land (hectares)

The value for Arable land (hectares) in Turkey was 19,723,000 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 25,778,000 in 1979 and a minimum value of 19,723,000 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 23,013,000
1962 23,131,000
1963 23,895,000
1964 23,824,000
1965 23,841,000
1966 24,000,000
1967 23,836,000
1968 24,092,000
1969 25,231,000
1970 24,793,000
1971 24,978,000
1972 25,573,000
1973 25,543,000
1974 25,161,000
1975 24,908,000
1976 24,862,000
1977 25,063,000
1978 25,123,000
1979 25,778,000
1980 25,354,000
1981 25,483,000
1982 24,199,000
1983 23,696,000
1984 24,502,000
1985 24,595,000
1986 24,558,000
1987 24,964,000
1988 24,786,000
1989 24,880,000
1990 24,647,000
1991 24,666,000
1992 24,514,000
1993 24,481,000
1994 24,705,000
1995 24,654,000
1996 24,514,000
1997 24,297,000
1998 24,439,000
1999 24,279,000
2000 23,826,000
2001 23,801,000
2002 23,994,000
2003 23,372,000
2004 23,871,000
2005 23,830,000
2006 22,981,000
2007 21,979,000
2008 21,555,000
2009 21,351,000
2010 21,384,000
2011 20,539,000
2012 20,577,000
2013 20,574,000
2014 20,699,000
2015 20,650,000
2016 20,382,000
2017 19,998,000
2018 19,723,000

Arable land (hectares per person)

The value for Arable land (hectares per person) in Turkey was 0.240 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.818 in 1961 and a minimum value of 0.240 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 0.818
1962 0.802
1963 0.809
1964 0.788
1965 0.770
1966 0.757
1967 0.734
1968 0.724
1969 0.741
1970 0.711
1971 0.699
1972 0.699
1973 0.682
1974 0.656
1975 0.634
1976 0.619
1977 0.610
1978 0.598
1979 0.600
1980 0.577
1981 0.566
1982 0.526
1983 0.503
1984 0.509
1985 0.501
1986 0.490
1987 0.489
1988 0.476
1989 0.470
1990 0.457
1991 0.450
1992 0.440
1993 0.432
1994 0.429
1995 0.422
1996 0.413
1997 0.402
1998 0.398
1999 0.390
2000 0.377
2001 0.371
2002 0.368
2003 0.354
2004 0.356
2005 0.351
2006 0.334
2007 0.316
2008 0.306
2009 0.299
2010 0.296
2011 0.280
2012 0.276
2013 0.271
2014 0.268
2015 0.263
2016 0.255
2017 0.247
2018 0.240

Arable land (% of land area)

Arable land (% of land area) in Turkey was 25.63 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 57 years was 33.49 in 1979, while its lowest value was 25.63 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 29.90
1962 30.05
1963 31.05
1964 30.96
1965 30.98
1966 31.18
1967 30.97
1968 31.30
1969 32.78
1970 32.21
1971 32.45
1972 33.23
1973 33.19
1974 32.69
1975 32.36
1976 32.30
1977 32.57
1978 32.64
1979 33.49
1980 32.94
1981 33.11
1982 31.44
1983 30.79
1984 31.84
1985 31.96
1986 31.91
1987 32.44
1988 32.21
1989 32.33
1990 32.02
1991 32.05
1992 31.85
1993 31.81
1994 32.10
1995 32.03
1996 31.85
1997 31.57
1998 31.75
1999 31.55
2000 30.96
2001 30.93
2002 31.18
2003 30.37
2004 31.02
2005 30.96
2006 29.86
2007 28.56
2008 28.01
2009 27.74
2010 27.78
2011 26.69
2012 26.74
2013 26.73
2014 26.89
2015 26.83
2016 26.48
2017 25.98
2018 25.63

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use