Arable land share — all countries

Arable land share — Lower-middle-income countries

Arable land share in lower-middle-income countries in 2023 — 18.63%. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 3.42 pp.

2023 18.63% +0.05 pp vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 18.65%2018
Period minimum 15.22%1961

Trend over time

1961–2023 · % of land area

Arable land share — Lower-middle-income countries, 1961–2023151617181919611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 15.22%1963: 15.4%1965: 15.58%1967: 15.72%1969: 15.68%1971: 15.74%1973: 15.97%1975: 16.03%1977: 16.07%1979: 16.23%1981: 16.17%1983: 16.26%1985: 16.52%1987: 16.59%1989: 16.71%1991: 16.79%1993: 17.71%1995: 17.88%1997: 17.88%1999: 17.99%2001: 17.96%2003: 18.01%2005: 17.99%2007: 18.04%2009: 18.18%2011: 18.23%2013: 18.35%2015: 18.44%2017: 18.58%2019: 18.6%2021: 18.59%2023: 18.63%
Change over the period: +3.42 pp Annual average: 0.06 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

Lower-middle-income countries 18.63%
World 10.67%
Arable land share — Lower-middle-income countries, by year Lower-middle-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 18.63 +0.05 pp
2022 18.59 −0 pp
2021 18.59 −0.03 pp
2020 18.62 +0.02 pp
2019 18.6 −0.05 pp
2018 18.65 +0.07 pp
2017 18.58 +0.05 pp
2016 18.53 +0.09 pp
2015 18.44 +0.09 pp
2014 18.35 +0.01 pp
2013 18.35 +0.05 pp
2012 18.3 +0.07 pp
2011 18.23 +0.1 pp
2010 18.13 −0.05 pp
2009 18.18 +0.12 pp
2008 18.06 +0.02 pp
2007 18.04 +0.02 pp
2006 18.02 +0.03 pp
2005 17.99 +0.01 pp
2004 17.98 −0.03 pp
2003 18.01 +0.03 pp
2002 17.98 +0.01 pp
2001 17.96 +0.06 pp
2000 17.91 −0.08 pp
1999 17.99 +0.07 pp
1998 17.93 +0.04 pp
1997 17.88 +0.04 pp
1996 17.84 −0.04 pp
1995 17.88 +0.1 pp
1994 17.78 +0.08 pp
1993 17.71 +0.05 pp
1992 17.65 +0.87 pp
1991 16.79 +0.11 pp
1990 16.67 −0.03 pp
1989 16.71 +0.11 pp
1988 16.59 +0 pp
1987 16.59 +0.1 pp
1986 16.49 −0.04 pp
1985 16.52 +0.11 pp
1984 16.41 +0.15 pp
1983 16.26 −0.09 pp
1982 16.35 +0.18 pp
1981 16.17 +0.02 pp
1980 16.16 −0.08 pp
1979 16.23 +0.05 pp
1978 16.19 +0.12 pp
1977 16.07 +0.02 pp
1976 16.04 +0.01 pp
1975 16.03 +0.06 pp
1974 15.97 −0 pp
1973 15.97 +0.13 pp
1972 15.84 +0.1 pp
1971 15.74 −0.05 pp
1970 15.79 +0.11 pp
1969 15.68 −0.07 pp
1968 15.75 +0.03 pp
1967 15.72 +0.09 pp
1966 15.63 +0.06 pp
1965 15.58 +0.11 pp
1964 15.47 +0.06 pp
1963 15.4 +0.13 pp
1962 15.27 +0.06 pp
1961 15.22

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.