Arable land share — all countries

Arable land share — Western Europe

Arable land share in Western Europe in 2023 — 29.92%. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 3.51 pp.

2023 29.92% −0.06 pp vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 33.43%1961
Period minimum 29.92%2023

Trend over time

1961–2023 · % of land area

Arable land share — Western Europe, 1961–202329303132333419611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 33.43%1963: 33.16%1965: 32.49%1967: 31.58%1969: 31%1971: 30.44%1973: 30.43%1975: 30.71%1977: 30.72%1979: 30.83%1981: 30.95%1983: 30.94%1985: 31.22%1987: 31.46%1989: 31.07%1991: 30.78%1993: 31.08%1995: 31.39%1997: 31.51%1999: 31.61%2001: 31.46%2003: 31.54%2005: 31.66%2007: 31.5%2009: 31.52%2011: 31.41%2013: 31.45%2015: 31.59%2017: 31.47%2019: 30.92%2021: 30%2023: 29.92%
Change over the period: −3.51 pp Annual average: -0.06 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

Western Europe 29.92%
World 10.67%
Arable land share — Western Europe, by year Western Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 29.92 −0.06 pp
2022 29.98 −0.02 pp
2021 30 +0.01 pp
2020 29.99 −0.93 pp
2019 30.92 −0.19 pp
2018 31.11 −0.36 pp
2017 31.47 +0.09 pp
2016 31.38 −0.2 pp
2015 31.59 +0.12 pp
2014 31.47 +0.02 pp
2013 31.45 +0.09 pp
2012 31.36 −0.05 pp
2011 31.41 −0.03 pp
2010 31.44 −0.09 pp
2009 31.52 −0.02 pp
2008 31.54 +0.04 pp
2007 31.5 −0.05 pp
2006 31.55 −0.11 pp
2005 31.66 +0 pp
2004 31.66 +0.12 pp
2003 31.54 +0.09 pp
2002 31.46 −0.01 pp
2001 31.46 −0.04 pp
2000 31.5 −0.12 pp
1999 31.61 +0.05 pp
1998 31.56 +0.05 pp
1997 31.51 +0.09 pp
1996 31.42 +0.03 pp
1995 31.39 +0.11 pp
1994 31.27 +0.2 pp
1993 31.08 +0.37 pp
1992 30.71 −0.08 pp
1991 30.78 −0.36 pp
1990 31.14 +0.07 pp
1989 31.07 −0.09 pp
1988 31.16 −0.3 pp
1987 31.46 +0.16 pp
1986 31.3 +0.08 pp
1985 31.22 +0.14 pp
1984 31.08 +0.14 pp
1983 30.94 −0.09 pp
1982 31.04 +0.09 pp
1981 30.95 +0.04 pp
1980 30.91 +0.07 pp
1979 30.83 +0 pp
1978 30.83 +0.11 pp
1977 30.72 +0.14 pp
1976 30.58 −0.14 pp
1975 30.71 +0.08 pp
1974 30.64 +0.21 pp
1973 30.43 −0.02 pp
1972 30.45 +0.01 pp
1971 30.44 −0.35 pp
1970 30.79 −0.21 pp
1969 31 −0.08 pp
1968 31.08 −0.5 pp
1967 31.58 −0.52 pp
1966 32.1 −0.39 pp
1965 32.49 −0.29 pp
1964 32.78 −0.38 pp
1963 33.16 −0.14 pp
1962 33.3 −0.14 pp
1961 33.43

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.