World - Land under cereal production

Land under cereal production (hectares)

The value for Land under cereal production (hectares) in World was 728,365,200 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 734,598,100 in 2017 and a minimum value of 521,087,400 in 1961.

Definition: Land under cereal production refers to harvested area, although some countries report only sown or cultivated area. Cereals include wheat, rice, maize, barley, oats, rye, millet, sorghum, buckwheat, and mixed grains. Production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed, or silage and those used for grazing are excluded.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

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Year Value
1961 521,087,400
1962 523,256,100
1963 530,955,300
1964 538,424,300
1965 537,102,800
1966 541,898,200
1967 553,522,800
1968 558,890,400
1969 559,475,900
1970 551,605,600
1971 564,258,900
1972 553,063,900
1973 569,014,400
1974 569,159,000
1975 577,997,200
1976 588,954,600
1977 583,008,600
1978 580,794,000
1979 575,497,800
1980 584,934,800
1981 595,193,200
1982 585,551,400
1983 578,693,900
1984 590,946,800
1985 595,331,900
1986 594,791,600
1987 578,047,200
1988 579,687,900
1989 595,274,900
1990 594,003,800
1991 588,577,900
1992 696,198,400
1993 686,613,400
1994 683,022,100
1995 675,648,700
1996 689,580,500
1997 689,222,700
1998 669,215,300
1999 661,359,400
2000 664,116,900
2001 662,178,600
2002 652,227,500
2003 658,780,200
2004 669,746,900
2005 679,661,200
2006 673,481,900
2007 686,634,000
2008 703,265,000
2009 690,900,500
2010 686,200,400
2011 696,342,900
2012 708,597,100
2013 724,518,800
2014 724,249,900
2015 727,377,800
2016 733,367,200
2017 734,598,100
2018 728,365,200

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Agricultural production