Arable land per capita — all countries

Arable land per capita — Euro area

Arable land per capita in the Euro area in 2023 — 0.1859 ha/person. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 38.4%.

2023 0.1859 ha/person −0.77% vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 0.3016 ha/person1961
Period minimum 0.1859 ha/person2023

Trend over time

1961–2023 · hectares per capita

Arable land per capita — Euro area, 1961–20230.150.20.250.30.3519611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 0.3016 ha/person1963: 0.295 ha/person1965: 0.2857 ha/person1967: 0.2765 ha/person1969: 0.2707 ha/person1971: 0.2561 ha/person1973: 0.2501 ha/person1975: 0.2464 ha/person1977: 0.2437 ha/person1979: 0.2423 ha/person1981: 0.2402 ha/person1983: 0.2376 ha/person1985: 0.2373 ha/person1987: 0.237 ha/person1989: 0.2334 ha/person1991: 0.229 ha/person1993: 0.2387 ha/person1995: 0.2312 ha/person1997: 0.2311 ha/person1999: 0.2264 ha/person2001: 0.2127 ha/person2003: 0.2084 ha/person2005: 0.206 ha/person2007: 0.1999 ha/person2009: 0.1984 ha/person2011: 0.1977 ha/person2013: 0.1976 ha/person2015: 0.1956 ha/person2017: 0.1943 ha/person2019: 0.1915 ha/person2021: 0.1878 ha/person2023: 0.1859 ha/person
Change over the period: −0.1157 (−38.37%) Average annual rate: -0.78 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Euro area

Euro area 0.1859 ha/person
World 0.1717 ha/person
Arable land per capita — Euro area, by year Euro area All countries CSV XLSX
Year ha/person Change Change, %
2023 0.1859 −0.0015 −0.77%
2022 0.1873 −0.0005 −0.26%
2021 0.1878 −0.0003 −0.16%
2020 0.1881 −0.0034 −1.76%
2019 0.1915 −0.0002 −0.13%
2018 0.1917 −0.0026 −1.33%
2017 0.1943 −0.0005 −0.27%
2016 0.1948 −0.0008 −0.4%
2015 0.1956 −0.0009 −0.47%
2014 0.1965 −0.0011 −0.56%
2013 0.1976 −0.0015 −0.76%
2012 0.1991 +0.0015 +0.75%
2011 0.1977 −0.0007 −0.36%
2010 0.1984 −0 −0.02%
2009 0.1984 −0.0016 −0.78%
2008 0.2 +0.0001 +0.05%
2007 0.1999 −0.0028 −1.38%
2006 0.2027 −0.0034 −1.63%
2005 0.206 −0.0015 −0.72%
2004 0.2075 −0.0009 −0.43%
2003 0.2084 −0.0023 −1.08%
2002 0.2107 −0.002 −0.94%
2001 0.2127 −0.0071 −3.25%
2000 0.2198 −0.0066 −2.91%
1999 0.2264 −0.0007 −0.29%
1998 0.2271 −0.0041 −1.75%
1997 0.2311 −0.001 −0.41%
1996 0.2321 +0.0009 +0.39%
1995 0.2312 −0.005 −2.1%
1994 0.2362 −0.0025 −1.06%
1993 0.2387 −0.001 −0.44%
1992 0.2397 +0.0107 +4.67%
1991 0.229 −0.003 −1.31%
1990 0.2321 −0.0013 −0.57%
1989 0.2334 −0.0012 −0.51%
1988 0.2346 −0.0024 −1.01%
1987 0.237 −0.0001 −0.02%
1986 0.237 −0.0003 −0.12%
1985 0.2373 −0.0006 −0.25%
1984 0.2379 +0.0003 +0.11%
1983 0.2376 −0.0021 −0.88%
1982 0.2397 −0.0005 −0.19%
1981 0.2402 −0.0009 −0.39%
1980 0.2411 −0.0012 −0.5%
1979 0.2423 −0.0012 −0.5%
1978 0.2436 −0.0001 −0.03%
1977 0.2437 −0.0007 −0.29%
1976 0.2443 −0.002 −0.83%
1975 0.2464 −0.0022 −0.9%
1974 0.2486 −0.0014 −0.58%
1973 0.2501 −0.0033 −1.29%
1972 0.2533 −0.0028 −1.09%
1971 0.2561 −0.0097 −3.65%
1970 0.2658 −0.0049 −1.79%
1969 0.2707 −0.0019 −0.69%
1968 0.2726 −0.004 −1.43%
1967 0.2765 −0.0032 −1.14%
1966 0.2797 −0.0059 −2.08%
1965 0.2857 −0.0038 −1.31%
1964 0.2894 −0.0055 −1.87%
1963 0.295 −0.0033 −1.1%
1962 0.2983 −0.0033 −1.1%
1961 0.3016

About the indicator

The area of arable land per inhabitant, in hectares. A key resource indicator of food security: countries with little arable land per person must either achieve very high yields or import food. The world value is falling — the area of arable land is barely growing while the population increases.

Important: The aggregate for a group is all of its arable land over all of its population. The indicator speaks of land endowment, not of yield: a hectare gives different amounts in different climates.

Source: FAOSTAT (FAO), license CC BY 4.0.