Arable land — all countries

Arable land — EAEU

Arable land in the EAEU in 2023 — 158,614,485 ha. Since 1992, the indicator has fallen by 9.3%.

2023 159M ha −0.02% vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 175M ha1992
Period minimum 157M ha2008

Trend over time

1992–2023 · hectares

Arable land — EAEU, 1992–2023155M160M165M170M175M1992199620002004200820122016202020231992: 174,890,000 ha1993: 172,467,000 ha1994: 171,119,000 ha1995: 170,239,500 ha1996: 167,068,600 ha1997: 168,005,800 ha1998: 166,288,800 ha1999: 165,031,300 ha2000: 162,472,300 ha2001: 160,779,700 ha2002: 159,226,900 ha2003: 158,270,600 ha2004: 157,961,800 ha2005: 157,624,300 ha2006: 157,466,600 ha2007: 157,466,300 ha2008: 157,414,700 ha2009: 157,536,600 ha2010: 157,592,500 ha2011: 158,083,700 ha2012: 158,228,500 ha2013: 158,330,300 ha2014: 158,509,400 ha2015: 158,654,800 ha2016: 158,709,200 ha2017: 158,766,800 ha2018: 158,842,600 ha2019: 158,472,500 ha2020: 158,593,600 ha2021: 158,673,520 ha2022: 158,653,815 ha2023: 158,614,485 ha
Change over the period: −16.28M (−9.31%) Average annual rate: -0.31 %

Comparison, 2023

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

EAEU 159M ha
World computed 1.38B ha
Arable land — EAEU, by year EAEU All countries CSV XLSX
Year ha Change Change, %
2023 159M −39,330 −0.02%
2022 159M −19,705 −0.01%
2021 159M +79,920 +0.05%
2020 159M +121,100 +0.08%
2019 158M −370,100 −0.23%
2018 159M +75,800 +0.05%
2017 159M +57,600 +0.04%
2016 159M +54,400 +0.03%
2015 159M +145,400 +0.09%
2014 159M +179,100 +0.11%
2013 158M +101,800 +0.06%
2012 158M +144,800 +0.09%
2011 158M +491,200 +0.31%
2010 158M +55,900 +0.04%
2009 158M +121,900 +0.08%
2008 157M −51,600 −0.03%
2007 157M −300 −0%
2006 157M −157,700 −0.1%
2005 158M −337,500 −0.21%
2004 158M −308,800 −0.2%
2003 158M −956,300 −0.6%
2002 159M −1.55M −0.97%
2001 161M −1.69M −1.04%
2000 162M −2.56M −1.55%
1999 165M −1.26M −0.76%
1998 166M −1.72M −1.02%
1997 168M +937,200 +0.56%
1996 167M −3.17M −1.86%
1995 170M −879,500 −0.51%
1994 171M −1.35M −0.78%
1993 172M −2.42M −1.39%
1992 175M

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.