United Arab Emirates - Arable land

Arable land (hectares)

The value for Arable land (hectares) in United Arab Emirates was 42,300 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 75,000 in 2002 and a minimum value of 5,000 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 5,000
1962 5,000
1963 5,000
1964 5,000
1965 5,000
1966 6,000
1967 6,000
1968 6,000
1969 6,000
1970 7,000
1971 7,000
1972 7,000
1973 8,000
1974 9,000
1975 11,000
1976 11,000
1977 12,000
1978 12,000
1979 12,000
1980 16,000
1981 19,000
1982 18,000
1983 23,000
1984 24,000
1985 26,000
1986 29,000
1987 29,000
1988 29,000
1989 29,000
1990 35,000
1991 35,000
1992 38,000
1993 40,000
1994 42,000
1995 43,000
1996 46,000
1997 45,000
1998 36,000
1999 43,000
2000 60,000
2001 71,000
2002 75,000
2003 64,000
2004 63,000
2005 68,000
2006 50,600
2007 44,600
2008 51,600
2009 49,900
2010 50,600
2011 45,100
2012 37,100
2013 37,500
2014 44,000
2015 44,100
2016 44,500
2017 44,500
2018 42,300

Arable land (hectares per person)

The value for Arable land (hectares per person) in United Arab Emirates was 0.004 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.050 in 1961 and a minimum value of 0.004 in 2012.

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 0.050
1962 0.045
1963 0.040
1964 0.036
1965 0.033
1966 0.038
1967 0.035
1968 0.033
1969 0.030
1970 0.030
1971 0.025
1972 0.021
1973 0.020
1974 0.019
1975 0.020
1976 0.017
1977 0.016
1978 0.014
1979 0.013
1980 0.016
1981 0.017
1982 0.015
1983 0.019
1984 0.019
1985 0.019
1986 0.020
1987 0.019
1988 0.018
1989 0.017
1990 0.019
1991 0.018
1992 0.019
1993 0.018
1994 0.018
1995 0.018
1996 0.018
1997 0.017
1998 0.013
1999 0.014
2000 0.019
2001 0.021
2002 0.022
2003 0.017
2004 0.015
2005 0.015
2006 0.010
2007 0.007
2008 0.007
2009 0.006
2010 0.006
2011 0.005
2012 0.004
2013 0.004
2014 0.005
2015 0.005
2016 0.005
2017 0.005
2018 0.004

Arable land (% of land area)

Arable land (% of land area) in United Arab Emirates was 0.60 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 57 years was 1.06 in 2002, while its lowest value was 0.07 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 0.07
1962 0.07
1963 0.07
1964 0.07
1965 0.07
1966 0.08
1967 0.08
1968 0.08
1969 0.08
1970 0.10
1971 0.10
1972 0.10
1973 0.11
1974 0.13
1975 0.15
1976 0.15
1977 0.17
1978 0.17
1979 0.17
1980 0.23
1981 0.27
1982 0.25
1983 0.32
1984 0.34
1985 0.37
1986 0.41
1987 0.41
1988 0.41
1989 0.41
1990 0.49
1991 0.49
1992 0.54
1993 0.56
1994 0.59
1995 0.61
1996 0.65
1997 0.63
1998 0.51
1999 0.61
2000 0.84
2001 1.00
2002 1.06
2003 0.90
2004 0.89
2005 0.96
2006 0.71
2007 0.63
2008 0.73
2009 0.70
2010 0.71
2011 0.64
2012 0.52
2013 0.53
2014 0.62
2015 0.62
2016 0.63
2017 0.63
2018 0.60

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use