Arable land — all countries

Arable land — BRICS

Arable land in BRICS in 2023 — 485,119,087 ha. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 49.9%.

2023 485M ha −0.06% vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 511M ha1992
Period minimum 324M ha1961

Trend over time

1961–2023 · hectares

Arable land — BRICS, 1961–2023300M350M400M450M500M550M19611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 323,601,635 ha1963: 326,243,623 ha1965: 328,016,611 ha1967: 330,056,599 ha1969: 330,737,588 ha1971: 331,854,576 ha1973: 336,095,564 ha1975: 337,476,553 ha1977: 342,250,208 ha1979: 349,349,029 ha1981: 351,730,518 ha1983: 365,218,506 ha1985: 382,928,207 ha1987: 383,235,000 ha1989: 383,119,000 ha1991: 381,980,000 ha1993: 506,350,000 ha1995: 499,827,000 ha1997: 500,011,250 ha1999: 497,941,750 ha2001: 497,401,844 ha2003: 497,560,533 ha2005: 497,917,483 ha2007: 497,501,034 ha2009: 497,906,284 ha2011: 494,501,145 ha2013: 492,320,206 ha2015: 492,022,467 ha2017: 489,942,328 ha2019: 487,151,790 ha2021: 485,983,618 ha2023: 485,119,087 ha
Change over the period: +162M (+49.91%) Average annual rate: 0.66 %

Comparison, 2023

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

BRICS 485M ha
World computed 1.38B ha
Arable land — BRICS, by year BRICS All countries CSV XLSX
Year ha Change Change, %
2023 485M −291,912 −0.06%
2022 485M −572,619 −0.12%
2021 486M −90,303 −0.02%
2020 486M −1.08M −0.22%
2019 487M −1.64M −0.34%
2018 489M −1.15M −0.24%
2017 490M −1.18M −0.24%
2016 491M −900,769 −0.18%
2015 492M −167,569 −0.03%
2014 492M −130,169 −0.03%
2013 492M −793,269 −0.16%
2012 493M −1.39M −0.28%
2011 495M −1.55M −0.31%
2010 496M −1.85M −0.37%
2009 498M +616,775 +0.12%
2008 497M −211,525 −0.04%
2007 498M +80,475 +0.02%
2006 497M −496,925 −0.1%
2005 498M +258,475 +0.05%
2004 498M +98,475 +0.02%
2003 498M −711,156 −0.14%
2002 498M +869,845 +0.17%
2001 497M +872,844 +0.18%
2000 497M −1.41M −0.28%
1999 498M −1.45M −0.29%
1998 499M −622,750 −0.12%
1997 500M +1.75M +0.35%
1996 498M −1.57M −0.31%
1995 500M −2.66M −0.53%
1994 502M −3.86M −0.76%
1993 506M −4.65M −0.91%
1992 511M +129M +33.78%
1991 382M −897,000 −0.23%
1990 383M −242,000 −0.06%
1989 383M +419,000 +0.11%
1988 383M −535,000 −0.14%
1987 383M −425,000 −0.11%
1986 384M +731,793 +0.19%
1985 383M +8.73M +2.33%
1984 374M +8.98M +2.46%
1983 365M +6.5M +1.81%
1982 359M +6.99M +1.99%
1981 352M +2.4M +0.69%
1980 349M −18,798 −0.01%
1979 349M +3.98M +1.15%
1978 345M +3.12M +0.91%
1977 342M +2.36M +0.69%
1976 340M +2.42M +0.72%
1975 337M −367,506 −0.11%
1974 338M +1.75M +0.52%
1973 336M +2.34M +0.7%
1972 334M +1.9M +0.57%
1971 332M +478,494 +0.14%
1970 331M +638,494 +0.19%
1969 331M +134,494 +0.04%
1968 331M +546,494 +0.17%
1967 330M +1.42M +0.43%
1966 329M +622,494 +0.19%
1965 328M +972,494 +0.3%
1964 327M +800,494 +0.25%
1963 326M +1.31M +0.4%
1962 325M +1.33M +0.41%
1961 324M

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.