Arable land — all countries

Arable land — Euro area

Arable land in the Euro area in 2023 — 66,207,768 ha. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 13.8%.

2023 66.21M ha −0.34% vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 76.83M ha1961
Period minimum 66.21M ha2023

Trend over time

1961–2023 · hectares

Arable land — Euro area, 1961–202365M70M75M80M19611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 76,830,300 ha1963: 76,448,600 ha1965: 75,298,800 ha1967: 73,986,200 ha1969: 73,410,800 ha1971: 70,276,100 ha1973: 69,515,700 ha1975: 69,196,200 ha1977: 68,977,800 ha1979: 69,158,800 ha1981: 69,133,000 ha1983: 68,685,800 ha1985: 68,795,500 ha1987: 69,009,100 ha1989: 68,439,900 ha1991: 67,735,200 ha1993: 75,910,300 ha1995: 73,902,300 ha1997: 74,194,800 ha1999: 72,981,700 ha2001: 71,223,760 ha2003: 70,458,680 ha2005: 70,373,450 ha2007: 68,923,100 ha2009: 68,964,690 ha2011: 68,730,960 ha2013: 68,934,260 ha2015: 68,492,270 ha2017: 68,313,501 ha2019: 67,606,925 ha2021: 66,428,863 ha2023: 66,207,768 ha
Change over the period: −10.62M (−13.83%) Average annual rate: -0.24 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Euro area 66.21M ha
World computed 1.38B ha
Arable land — Euro area, by year Euro area All countries CSV XLSX
Year ha Change Change, %
2023 66.21M −227,542 −0.34%
2022 66.44M +6,448 +0.01%
2021 66.43M −69,740 −0.1%
2020 66.5M −1.11M −1.64%
2019 67.61M +67,858 +0.1%
2018 67.54M −774,435 −1.13%
2017 68.31M −71,305 −0.1%
2016 68.38M −107,464 −0.16%
2015 68.49M −154,740 −0.23%
2014 68.65M −287,250 −0.42%
2013 68.93M −449,830 −0.65%
2012 69.38M +653,130 +0.95%
2011 68.73M −380,370 −0.55%
2010 69.11M +146,640 +0.21%
2009 68.96M −318,380 −0.46%
2008 69.28M +359,970 +0.52%
2007 68.92M −615,320 −0.88%
2006 69.54M −835,030 −1.19%
2005 70.37M −155,130 −0.22%
2004 70.53M +69,900 +0.1%
2003 70.46M −396,070 −0.56%
2002 70.85M −369,010 −0.52%
2001 71.22M −2.19M −2.99%
2000 73.42M +435,270 +0.6%
1999 72.98M −45,900 −0.06%
1998 73.03M −1.17M −1.57%
1997 74.19M −153,400 −0.21%
1996 74.35M +445,900 +0.6%
1995 73.9M −1.42M −1.88%
1994 75.32M −589,400 −0.78%
1993 75.91M +1.23M +1.64%
1992 74.68M +6.95M +10.26%
1991 67.74M −598,100 −0.88%
1990 68.33M −106,600 −0.16%
1989 68.44M −86,800 −0.13%
1988 68.53M −482,400 −0.7%
1987 69.01M +151,400 +0.22%
1986 68.86M +62,200 +0.09%
1985 68.8M −63,400 −0.09%
1984 68.86M +173,100 +0.25%
1983 68.69M −478,400 −0.69%
1982 69.16M +31,200 +0.05%
1981 69.13M +13,900 +0.02%
1980 69.12M −39,700 −0.06%
1979 69.16M −68,300 −0.1%
1978 69.23M +249,300 +0.36%
1977 68.98M +72,000 +0.1%
1976 68.91M −290,400 −0.42%
1975 69.2M −299,100 −0.43%
1974 69.5M −20,400 −0.03%
1973 69.52M −464,800 −0.66%
1972 69.98M −295,600 −0.42%
1971 70.28M −2.24M −3.09%
1970 72.52M −895,200 −1.22%
1969 73.41M −700 −0%
1968 73.41M −574,700 −0.78%
1967 73.99M −335,100 −0.45%
1966 74.32M −977,500 −1.3%
1965 75.3M −359,400 −0.48%
1964 75.66M −790,400 −1.03%
1963 76.45M −193,300 −0.25%
1962 76.64M −188,400 −0.25%
1961 76.83M

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.