Arable land — all countries

Arable land — Belarus

Arable land in Belarus in 2023 — 5,567,800 ha. Ranked 45 in the world out of 206. Since 1992, the indicator has fallen by 8.5%.

2023 5.57M ha −0.68% vs 2022
World rank 45of 206
Period maximum 6.23M ha1995
Period minimum 5.52M ha2008

Trend over time

1992–2023 · hectares

Arable land — Belarus, 1992–20235.4M5.6M5.8M6M6.2M6.4M1992199620002004200820122016202020231992: 6,084,000 ha1993: 6,104,000 ha1994: 6,225,000 ha1995: 6,232,000 ha1996: 6,230,000 ha1997: 6,175,000 ha1998: 6,187,000 ha1999: 6,182,000 ha2000: 6,133,000 ha2001: 5,761,000 ha2002: 5,616,000 ha2003: 5,569,000 ha2004: 5,548,000 ha2005: 5,542,000 ha2006: 5,540,000 ha2007: 5,519,000 ha2008: 5,516,000 ha2009: 5,544,000 ha2010: 5,535,000 ha2011: 5,529,000 ha2012: 5,522,000 ha2013: 5,559,700 ha2014: 5,662,100 ha2015: 5,677,400 ha2016: 5,683,800 ha2017: 5,727,000 ha2018: 5,712,000 ha2019: 5,713,000 ha2020: 5,660,000 ha2021: 5,624,000 ha2022: 5,606,000 ha2023: 5,567,800 ha
Change over the period: −516,200 (−8.48%) Average annual rate: -0.29 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Belarus 5.57M ha
World computed 1.38B ha
Europe & Central Asia computed 331M ha
Eastern Europe computed 193M ha
Arable land — Belarus, by year Belarus All countries CSV XLSX
Year ha Change Change, %
2023 5.57M −38,200 −0.68%
2022 5.61M −18,000 −0.32%
2021 5.62M −36,000 −0.64%
2020 5.66M −53,000 −0.93%
2019 5.71M +1,000 +0.02%
2018 5.71M −15,000 −0.26%
2017 5.73M +43,200 +0.76%
2016 5.68M +6,400 +0.11%
2015 5.68M +15,300 +0.27%
2014 5.66M +102,400 +1.84%
2013 5.56M +37,700 +0.68%
2012 5.52M −7,000 −0.13%
2011 5.53M −6,000 −0.11%
2010 5.54M −9,000 −0.16%
2009 5.54M +28,000 +0.51%
2008 5.52M −3,000 −0.05%
2007 5.52M −21,000 −0.38%
2006 5.54M −2,000 −0.04%
2005 5.54M −6,000 −0.11%
2004 5.55M −21,000 −0.38%
2003 5.57M −47,000 −0.84%
2002 5.62M −145,000 −2.52%
2001 5.76M −372,000 −6.07%
2000 6.13M −49,000 −0.79%
1999 6.18M −5,000 −0.08%
1998 6.19M +12,000 +0.19%
1997 6.18M −55,000 −0.88%
1996 6.23M −2,000 −0.03%
1995 6.23M +7,000 +0.11%
1994 6.23M +121,000 +1.98%
1993 6.1M +20,000 +0.33%
1992 6.08M

About the indicator

The area of arable land: land under annual crops, temporary meadows, kitchen gardens and land lying fallow for up to five years. It differs from agricultural land in excluding pasture and permanent crops — and since pasture makes up most of agricultural land, arable land is usually about a third the size. The world area of arable land has barely grown since the 1990s: the added output of recent decades came from yields, not from an expansion of fields.

Important: Land lying fallow for up to five years is included, abandoned land is not. Permanent crops — orchards, vineyards, plantations — do not count as arable land.

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