Arable land per capita — all countries

Arable land per capita — Lower-middle-income countries

Arable land per capita in lower-middle-income countries in 2023 — 0.1258 ha/person. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 65.4%.

2023 0.1258 ha/person −0.87% vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 0.3638 ha/person1961
Period minimum 0.1258 ha/person2023

Trend over time

1961–2023 · hectares per capita

Arable land per capita — Lower-middle-income countries, 1961–202300.10.20.30.419611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 0.3638 ha/person1963: 0.3504 ha/person1965: 0.3373 ha/person1967: 0.3246 ha/person1969: 0.3088 ha/person1971: 0.2957 ha/person1973: 0.2862 ha/person1975: 0.2734 ha/person1977: 0.2608 ha/person1979: 0.2507 ha/person1981: 0.2368 ha/person1983: 0.226 ha/person1985: 0.2182 ha/person1987: 0.2083 ha/person1989: 0.1999 ha/person1991: 0.1913 ha/person1993: 0.1968 ha/person1995: 0.1906 ha/person1997: 0.183 ha/person1999: 0.177 ha/person2001: 0.17 ha/person2003: 0.1645 ha/person2005: 0.1586 ha/person2007: 0.1536 ha/person2009: 0.1497 ha/person2011: 0.1452 ha/person2013: 0.1416 ha/person2015: 0.1381 ha/person2017: 0.1351 ha/person2019: 0.1317 ha/person2021: 0.1283 ha/person2023: 0.1258 ha/person
Change over the period: −0.238 (−65.42%) Average annual rate: -1.7 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Lower-middle-income countries

Lower-middle-income countries 0.1258 ha/person
World 0.1717 ha/person
Arable land per capita — Lower-middle-income countries, by year Lower-middle-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year ha/person Change Change, %
2023 0.1258 −0.0011 −0.87%
2022 0.1269 −0.0014 −1.12%
2021 0.1283 −0.0018 −1.37%
2020 0.1301 −0.0016 −1.19%
2019 0.1317 −0.0021 −1.57%
2018 0.1338 −0.0014 −1.01%
2017 0.1351 −0.0016 −1.15%
2016 0.1367 −0.0014 −0.98%
2015 0.1381 −0.0014 −0.98%
2014 0.1394 −0.0022 −1.52%
2013 0.1416 −0.0018 −1.28%
2012 0.1434 −0.0018 −1.24%
2011 0.1452 −0.0016 −1.07%
2010 0.1468 −0.0029 −1.93%
2009 0.1497 −0.0015 −1.01%
2008 0.1512 −0.0024 −1.53%
2007 0.1536 −0.0025 −1.63%
2006 0.1561 −0.0025 −1.55%
2005 0.1586 −0.0027 −1.69%
2004 0.1613 −0.0032 −1.95%
2003 0.1645 −0.0026 −1.56%
2002 0.1671 −0.0029 −1.73%
2001 0.17 −0.0027 −1.59%
2000 0.1728 −0.0042 −2.39%
1999 0.177 −0.0028 −1.57%
1998 0.1798 −0.0032 −1.75%
1997 0.183 −0.0033 −1.78%
1996 0.1864 −0.0043 −2.24%
1995 0.1906 −0.0029 −1.49%
1994 0.1935 −0.0032 −1.65%
1993 0.1968 −0.0036 −1.81%
1992 0.2004 +0.0091 +4.74%
1991 0.1913 −0.0033 −1.68%
1990 0.1946 −0.0053 −2.65%
1989 0.1999 −0.0035 −1.7%
1988 0.2033 −0.005 −2.4%
1987 0.2083 −0.0039 −1.85%
1986 0.2122 −0.0059 −2.71%
1985 0.2182 −0.0041 −1.85%
1984 0.2223 −0.0037 −1.63%
1983 0.226 −0.0072 −3.08%
1982 0.2331 −0.0037 −1.56%
1981 0.2368 −0.0062 −2.55%
1980 0.243 −0.0076 −3.05%
1979 0.2507 −0.0056 −2.19%
1978 0.2563 −0.0045 −1.73%
1977 0.2608 −0.0061 −2.3%
1976 0.267 −0.0064 −2.34%
1975 0.2734 −0.0058 −2.07%
1974 0.2791 −0.007 −2.45%
1973 0.2862 −0.0046 −1.59%
1972 0.2908 −0.0049 −1.67%
1971 0.2957 −0.0079 −2.6%
1970 0.3036 −0.0051 −1.66%
1969 0.3088 −0.0088 −2.76%
1968 0.3175 −0.0071 −2.19%
1967 0.3246 −0.006 −1.81%
1966 0.3306 −0.0067 −1.99%
1965 0.3373 −0.0059 −1.72%
1964 0.3432 −0.0072 −2.04%
1963 0.3504 −0.0059 −1.64%
1962 0.3562 −0.0075 −2.08%
1961 0.3638

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.