Arable land share — all countries

Arable land share — India

Arable land share in India in 2023 — 51.75%. Ranked 5 in the world out of 206. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 0.65 pp.

2023 51.75% −0.05 pp vs 2022
World rank 5of 206
Period maximum 55.03%1984
Period minimum 51.75%2023

Trend over time

1961–2023 · % of land area

Arable land share — India, 1961–202351525354555619611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 52.4%1963: 52.96%1965: 53.21%1967: 53.74%1969: 53.81%1971: 53.73%1973: 54.17%1975: 54.43%1977: 54.51%1979: 54.97%1981: 54.79%1983: 54.73%1985: 55%1987: 54.89%1989: 54.98%1991: 54.88%1993: 54.68%1995: 54.46%1997: 54.35%1999: 54.14%2001: 53.92%2003: 53.75%2005: 53.63%2007: 53.15%2009: 53.12%2011: 52.8%2013: 52.62%2015: 52.61%2017: 52.43%2019: 52.26%2021: 51.85%2023: 51.75%
Change over the period: −0.65 pp Annual average: -0.01 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

India 51.75%
World 10.67%
South Asia 49.31%
Southern Asia computed 34.23%
Arable land share — India, by year India All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 51.75 −0.05 pp
2022 51.81 −0.05 pp
2021 51.85 −0.09 pp
2020 51.94 −0.32 pp
2019 52.26 −0.04 pp
2018 52.29 −0.14 pp
2017 52.43 −0.14 pp
2016 52.58 −0.03 pp
2015 52.61 −0.02 pp
2014 52.62 +0.01 pp
2013 52.62 −0.03 pp
2012 52.65 −0.15 pp
2011 52.8 −0.01 pp
2010 52.81 −0.31 pp
2009 53.12 −0.02 pp
2008 53.14 −0.01 pp
2007 53.15 −0.22 pp
2006 53.36 −0.26 pp
2005 53.63 −0.08 pp
2004 53.71 −0.04 pp
2003 53.75 −0.21 pp
2002 53.96 +0.04 pp
2001 53.92 −0.2 pp
2000 54.13 −0.02 pp
1999 54.14 −0.15 pp
1998 54.29 −0.06 pp
1997 54.35 +0.19 pp
1996 54.16 −0.3 pp
1995 54.46 −0.21 pp
1994 54.66 −0.02 pp
1993 54.68 −0.04 pp
1992 54.72 −0.16 pp
1991 54.88 −0.09 pp
1990 54.98 −0.01 pp
1989 54.98 +0.2 pp
1988 54.78 −0.11 pp
1987 54.89 −0.07 pp
1986 54.96 −0.04 pp
1985 55 −0.03 pp
1984 55.03 +0.3 pp
1983 54.73 −0.17 pp
1982 54.91 +0.11 pp
1981 54.79 +0.02 pp
1980 54.77 −0.2 pp
1979 54.97 +0.07 pp
1978 54.9 +0.4 pp
1977 54.51 +0 pp
1976 54.51 +0.07 pp
1975 54.43 +0.11 pp
1974 54.32 +0.15 pp
1973 54.17 +0.29 pp
1972 53.88 +0.14 pp
1971 53.73 −0.27 pp
1970 54 +0.2 pp
1969 53.81 −0.03 pp
1968 53.84 +0.1 pp
1967 53.74 +0.4 pp
1966 53.34 +0.13 pp
1965 53.21 +0.16 pp
1964 53.05 +0.09 pp
1963 52.96 +0.26 pp
1962 52.7 +0.3 pp
1961 52.4

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.