Arable land per capita — all countries

Arable land per capita — OPEC

Arable land per capita in OPEC in 2023 — 0.1474 ha/person. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 73.4%.

2023 0.1474 ha/person −2% vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 0.555 ha/person1961
Period minimum 0.1474 ha/person2023

Trend over time

1961–2023 · hectares per capita

Arable land per capita — OPEC, 1961–202300.20.40.619611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 0.555 ha/person1963: 0.5292 ha/person1965: 0.5066 ha/person1967: 0.4852 ha/person1969: 0.4628 ha/person1971: 0.4456 ha/person1973: 0.4355 ha/person1975: 0.4085 ha/person1977: 0.3801 ha/person1979: 0.3598 ha/person1981: 0.3274 ha/person1983: 0.3112 ha/person1985: 0.3003 ha/person1987: 0.2889 ha/person1989: 0.2738 ha/person1991: 0.2743 ha/person1993: 0.2693 ha/person1995: 0.2652 ha/person1997: 0.2508 ha/person1999: 0.244 ha/person2001: 0.2329 ha/person2003: 0.2239 ha/person2005: 0.2143 ha/person2007: 0.2062 ha/person2009: 0.1919 ha/person2011: 0.1818 ha/person2013: 0.1722 ha/person2015: 0.1652 ha/person2017: 0.1597 ha/person2019: 0.158 ha/person2021: 0.1535 ha/person2023: 0.1474 ha/person
Change over the period: −0.4075 (−73.44%) Average annual rate: -2.12 %

Comparison, 2023

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

OPEC 0.1474 ha/person
World 0.1717 ha/person
Arable land per capita — OPEC, by year OPEC All countries CSV XLSX
Year ha/person Change Change, %
2023 0.1474 −0.003 −2%
2022 0.1504 −0.003 −1.98%
2021 0.1535 −0.0019 −1.25%
2020 0.1554 −0.0026 −1.62%
2019 0.158 −0.0011 −0.7%
2018 0.1591 −0.0006 −0.41%
2017 0.1597 −0.0017 −1.07%
2016 0.1615 −0.0037 −2.26%
2015 0.1652 −0.004 −2.37%
2014 0.1692 −0.003 −1.74%
2013 0.1722 −0.0048 −2.74%
2012 0.177 −0.0048 −2.64%
2011 0.1818 −0.0041 −2.19%
2010 0.1859 −0.006 −3.14%
2009 0.1919 −0.0033 −1.69%
2008 0.1952 −0.011 −5.31%
2007 0.2062 −0.0038 −1.79%
2006 0.21 −0.0043 −2.01%
2005 0.2143 −0.0045 −2.05%
2004 0.2187 −0.0051 −2.3%
2003 0.2239 −0.0049 −2.13%
2002 0.2287 −0.0041 −1.77%
2001 0.2329 −0.0007 −0.3%
2000 0.2336 −0.0105 −4.29%
1999 0.244 −0.0043 −1.72%
1998 0.2483 −0.0025 −1.01%
1997 0.2508 −0.0087 −3.34%
1996 0.2595 −0.0057 −2.17%
1995 0.2652 +0.0007 +0.25%
1994 0.2646 −0.0047 −1.75%
1993 0.2693 −0.0036 −1.31%
1992 0.2729 −0.0014 −0.53%
1991 0.2743 +0.0067 +2.51%
1990 0.2676 −0.0062 −2.26%
1989 0.2738 −0.0096 −3.39%
1988 0.2834 −0.0055 −1.91%
1987 0.2889 −0.0058 −1.97%
1986 0.2947 −0.0056 −1.86%
1985 0.3003 −0.0057 −1.85%
1984 0.306 −0.0052 −1.67%
1983 0.3112 −0.0086 −2.7%
1982 0.3198 −0.0075 −2.3%
1981 0.3274 −0.0089 −2.65%
1980 0.3363 −0.0235 −6.53%
1979 0.3598 −0.0049 −1.34%
1978 0.3647 −0.0154 −4.06%
1977 0.3801 −0.0147 −3.71%
1976 0.3948 −0.0137 −3.36%
1975 0.4085 −0.0131 −3.1%
1974 0.4216 −0.0139 −3.19%
1973 0.4355 −0.0061 −1.37%
1972 0.4415 −0.0041 −0.92%
1971 0.4456 −0.0065 −1.43%
1970 0.4521 −0.0107 −2.31%
1969 0.4628 −0.0111 −2.35%
1968 0.4739 −0.0113 −2.33%
1967 0.4852 −0.0101 −2.04%
1966 0.4953 −0.0113 −2.23%
1965 0.5066 −0.0105 −2.04%
1964 0.5172 −0.012 −2.28%
1963 0.5292 −0.0126 −2.32%
1962 0.5418 −0.0132 −2.38%
1961 0.555

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.