Arable land — all countries

Arable land — East Asia & Pacific

Arable land in East Asia & Pacific in 2023 — 212,561,351 ha. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 19.6%.

2023 213M ha −0.17% vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 225M ha2011
Period minimum 177M ha1975

Trend over time

1961–2023 · hectares

Arable land — East Asia & Pacific, 1961–2023160M180M200M220M240M19611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 177,702,601 ha1963: 178,935,589 ha1965: 181,318,226 ha1967: 182,924,757 ha1969: 182,613,212 ha1971: 178,795,996 ha1973: 177,403,744 ha1975: 176,642,833 ha1977: 179,659,788 ha1979: 182,882,279 ha1981: 185,273,448 ha1983: 197,646,686 ha1985: 213,898,890 ha1987: 215,483,740 ha1989: 215,293,340 ha1991: 214,814,950 ha1993: 210,710,315 ha1995: 207,565,448 ha1997: 211,919,768 ha1999: 214,454,239 ha2001: 217,226,064 ha2003: 216,815,688 ha2005: 220,644,976 ha2007: 218,291,750 ha2009: 222,946,511 ha2011: 225,344,159 ha2013: 222,272,665 ha2015: 220,933,819 ha2017: 217,166,982 ha2019: 213,552,716 ha2021: 213,828,779 ha2023: 212,561,351 ha
Change over the period: +34.86M (+19.62%) Average annual rate: 0.29 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: East Asia & Pacific

East Asia & Pacific 213M ha
World computed 1.38B ha
Arable land — East Asia & Pacific, by year East Asia & Pacific All countries CSV XLSX
Year ha Change Change, %
2023 213M −365,950 −0.17%
2022 213M −901,478 −0.42%
2021 214M +236,696 +0.11%
2020 214M +39,366 +0.02%
2019 214M −2.58M −1.19%
2018 216M −1.04M −0.48%
2017 217M −1.29M −0.59%
2016 218M −2.48M −1.12%
2015 221M −1.1M −0.5%
2014 222M −237,838 −0.11%
2013 222M −1.39M −0.62%
2012 224M −1.68M −0.75%
2011 225M +4.69M +2.12%
2010 221M −2.29M −1.03%
2009 223M +3.24M +1.48%
2008 220M +1.41M +0.65%
2007 218M −870,520 −0.4%
2006 219M −1.48M −0.67%
2005 221M +929,448 +0.42%
2004 220M +2.9M +1.34%
2003 217M −256,341 −0.12%
2002 217M −154,036 −0.07%
2001 217M +1.86M +0.86%
2000 215M +909,620 +0.42%
1999 214M +1.81M +0.85%
1998 213M +722,895 +0.34%
1997 212M +1.55M +0.74%
1996 210M +2.8M +1.35%
1995 208M −2.15M −1.03%
1994 210M −992,116 −0.47%
1993 211M −892,993 −0.42%
1992 212M −3.21M −1.5%
1991 215M −812,790 −0.38%
1990 216M +334,400 +0.16%
1989 215M +416,900 +0.19%
1988 215M −607,300 −0.28%
1987 215M +84,800 +0.04%
1986 215M +1.5M +0.7%
1985 214M +6.85M +3.31%
1984 207M +9.4M +4.76%
1983 198M +5.69M +2.97%
1982 192M +6.68M +3.61%
1981 185M +1.55M +0.84%
1980 184M +843,384 +0.46%
1979 183M +910,704 +0.5%
1978 182M +2.31M +1.29%
1977 180M +1.36M +0.76%
1976 178M +1.66M +0.94%
1975 177M −2.12M −1.19%
1974 179M +1.36M +0.77%
1973 177M −2.05M −1.14%
1972 179M +658,544 +0.37%
1971 179M −2.74M −1.51%
1970 182M −1.08M −0.59%
1969 183M −2.21M −1.19%
1968 185M +1.9M +1.04%
1967 183M +221,517 +0.12%
1966 183M +1.39M +0.76%
1965 181M +1.11M +0.62%
1964 180M +1.27M +0.71%
1963 179M −6,923 −0%
1962 179M +1.24M +0.7%
1961 178M

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.