Arable land share — all countries

Arable land share — BRICS

Arable land share in BRICS in 2023 — 11.58%. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 1.14 pp.

2023 11.58% −0.01 pp vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 15.08%1986
Period minimum 11.58%2023

Trend over time

1961–2023 · % of land area

Arable land share — BRICS, 1961–202311121314151619611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 12.72%1963: 12.82%1965: 12.89%1967: 12.97%1969: 13%1971: 13.04%1973: 13.21%1975: 13.26%1977: 13.45%1979: 13.73%1981: 13.82%1983: 14.35%1985: 15.05%1987: 15.06%1989: 15.06%1991: 15.01%1993: 12.1%1995: 11.95%1997: 11.96%1999: 11.9%2001: 11.87%2003: 11.88%2005: 11.89%2007: 11.88%2009: 11.89%2011: 11.81%2013: 11.75%2015: 11.75%2017: 11.7%2019: 11.63%2021: 11.6%2023: 11.58%
Change over the period: −1.14 pp Annual average: -0.02 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

BRICS 11.58%
World 10.67%
Arable land share — BRICS, by year BRICS All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 11.58 −0.01 pp
2022 11.59 −0.01 pp
2021 11.6 −0.01 pp
2020 11.61 −0.03 pp
2019 11.63 −0.04 pp
2018 11.67 −0.03 pp
2017 11.7 −0.03 pp
2016 11.72 −0.02 pp
2015 11.75 −0 pp
2014 11.75 −0 pp
2013 11.75 −0.02 pp
2012 11.77 −0.03 pp
2011 11.81 −0.04 pp
2010 11.84 −0.04 pp
2009 11.89 +0.01 pp
2008 11.87 −0 pp
2007 11.88 +0 pp
2006 11.88 −0.01 pp
2005 11.89 +0.01 pp
2004 11.88 +0 pp
2003 11.88 −0.02 pp
2002 11.89 +0.02 pp
2001 11.87 +0.02 pp
2000 11.85 −0.05 pp
1999 11.9 −0.04 pp
1998 11.94 −0.02 pp
1997 11.96 +0.04 pp
1996 11.91 −0.04 pp
1995 11.95 −0.06 pp
1994 12.01 −0.09 pp
1993 12.1 −0.11 pp
1992 12.22 −2.8 pp
1991 15.01 −0.04 pp
1990 15.05 −0.01 pp
1989 15.06 +0.02 pp
1988 15.04 −0.02 pp
1987 15.06 −0.02 pp
1986 15.08 +0.03 pp
1985 15.05 +0.34 pp
1984 14.71 +0.35 pp
1983 14.35 +0.26 pp
1982 14.1 +0.27 pp
1981 13.82 +0.09 pp
1980 13.73 −0 pp
1979 13.73 +0.16 pp
1978 13.57 +0.12 pp
1977 13.45 +0.09 pp
1976 13.36 +0.09 pp
1975 13.26 −0.01 pp
1974 13.28 +0.07 pp
1973 13.21 +0.09 pp
1972 13.12 +0.07 pp
1971 13.04 +0.02 pp
1970 13.02 +0.03 pp
1969 13 +0.01 pp
1968 12.99 +0.02 pp
1967 12.97 +0.06 pp
1966 12.92 +0.02 pp
1965 12.89 +0.04 pp
1964 12.85 +0.03 pp
1963 12.82 +0.05 pp
1962 12.77 +0.05 pp
1961 12.72

About the indicator

The share of arable land in land area: land under annual crops, temporary meadows, kitchen gardens and land lying fallow for less than five years. It excludes permanent crops and permanent pasture, so the indicator reflects more precisely the resource available for growing grain and other field crops.

Important: The aggregate for country groups is weighted by land area.

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