Arable land — all countries

Arable land — Brazil

Arable land in Brazil in 2023 — 55,642,000 ha. Ranked 5 in the world out of 206. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 135.5%.

2023 55.64M ha +0% vs 2022
World rank 5of 206
Period maximum 55.76M ha2017
Period minimum 23.63M ha1961

Trend over time

1961–2023 · hectares

Arable land — Brazil, 1961–202320M30M40M50M60M19611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 23,628,000 ha1963: 24,687,000 ha1965: 25,745,000 ha1967: 26,803,000 ha1969: 27,861,000 ha1971: 29,329,000 ha1973: 31,574,000 ha1975: 33,822,000 ha1977: 39,311,000 ha1979: 44,800,000 ha1981: 48,543,000 ha1983: 50,537,000 ha1985: 52,907,707 ha1987: 50,681,000 ha1989: 48,454,000 ha1991: 46,226,000 ha1993: 43,999,000 ha1995: 42,563,000 ha1997: 43,717,000 ha1999: 44,871,000 ha2001: 46,025,000 ha2003: 47,179,000 ha2005: 48,333,000 ha2007: 49,537,000 ha2009: 50,782,000 ha2011: 52,027,000 ha2013: 53,272,000 ha2015: 54,518,000 ha2017: 55,762,000 ha2019: 55,714,000 ha2021: 55,666,000 ha2023: 55,642,000 ha
Change over the period: +32.01M (+135.49%) Average annual rate: 1.39 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Brazil 55.64M ha
World computed 1.38B ha
Latin America & Caribbean computed 151M ha
South America computed 120M ha
Arable land — Brazil, by year Brazil All countries CSV XLSX
Year ha Change Change, %
2023 55.64M +0 +0%
2022 55.64M −24,000 −0.04%
2021 55.67M −24,000 −0.04%
2020 55.69M −24,000 −0.04%
2019 55.71M −24,000 −0.04%
2018 55.74M −24,000 −0.04%
2017 55.76M +622,000 +1.13%
2016 55.14M +622,000 +1.14%
2015 54.52M +623,000 +1.16%
2014 53.9M +623,000 +1.17%
2013 53.27M +622,000 +1.18%
2012 52.65M +623,000 +1.2%
2011 52.03M +622,000 +1.21%
2010 51.41M +623,000 +1.23%
2009 50.78M +623,000 +1.24%
2008 50.16M +622,000 +1.26%
2007 49.54M +623,000 +1.27%
2006 48.91M +581,000 +1.2%
2005 48.33M +577,000 +1.21%
2004 47.76M +577,000 +1.22%
2003 47.18M +577,000 +1.24%
2002 46.6M +577,000 +1.25%
2001 46.03M +577,000 +1.27%
2000 45.45M +577,000 +1.29%
1999 44.87M +577,000 +1.3%
1998 44.29M +577,000 +1.32%
1997 43.72M +577,000 +1.34%
1996 43.14M +577,000 +1.36%
1995 42.56M −323,000 −0.75%
1994 42.89M −1.11M −2.53%
1993 44M −1.11M −2.47%
1992 45.11M −1.11M −2.41%
1991 46.23M −1.11M −2.35%
1990 47.34M −1.11M −2.3%
1989 48.45M −1.11M −2.25%
1988 49.57M −1.11M −2.2%
1987 50.68M −1.11M −2.15%
1986 51.79M −1.11M −2.1%
1985 52.91M +1.37M +2.67%
1984 51.53M +997,000 +1.97%
1983 50.54M +997,000 +2.01%
1982 49.54M +997,000 +2.05%
1981 48.54M +996,792 +2.1%
1980 47.55M +2.75M +6.13%
1979 44.8M +2.74M +6.52%
1978 42.06M +2.75M +6.98%
1977 39.31M +2.74M +7.5%
1976 36.57M +2.75M +8.12%
1975 33.82M +1.13M +3.44%
1974 32.7M +1.12M +3.56%
1973 31.57M +1.12M +3.68%
1972 30.45M +1.12M +3.83%
1971 29.33M +1.12M +3.98%
1970 28.21M +345,000 +1.24%
1969 27.86M +529,000 +1.94%
1968 27.33M +529,000 +1.97%
1967 26.8M +529,000 +2.01%
1966 26.27M +529,000 +2.05%
1965 25.75M +529,000 +2.1%
1964 25.22M +529,000 +2.14%
1963 24.69M +530,000 +2.19%
1962 24.16M +529,000 +2.24%
1961 23.63M

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.