Arable land — all countries

Arable land — Finland

Arable land in Finland in 2023 — 2,244,000 ha. Ranked 80 in the world out of 206. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 15.8%.

2023 2.24M ha +0.13% vs 2022
World rank 80of 206
Period maximum 2.75M ha1968
Period minimum 2.12M ha1996

Trend over time

1961–2023 · hectares

Arable land — Finland, 1961–20232M2.2M2.4M2.6M2.8M19611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 2,664,700 ha1963: 2,695,500 ha1965: 2,720,500 ha1967: 2,742,400 ha1969: 2,611,500 ha1971: 2,552,700 ha1973: 2,433,100 ha1975: 2,451,800 ha1977: 2,418,600 ha1979: 2,399,500 ha1981: 2,352,700 ha1983: 2,311,400 ha1985: 2,274,800 ha1987: 2,279,200 ha1989: 2,260,700 ha1991: 2,299,700 ha1993: 2,275,600 ha1995: 2,143,500 ha1997: 2,125,600 ha1999: 2,177,100 ha2001: 2,193,300 ha2003: 2,213,800 ha2005: 2,236,500 ha2007: 2,256,700 ha2009: 2,258,300 ha2011: 2,250,500 ha2013: 2,224,100 ha2015: 2,242,300 ha2017: 2,242,000 ha2019: 2,245,000 ha2021: 2,243,000 ha2023: 2,244,000 ha
Change over the period: −420,700 (−15.79%) Average annual rate: -0.28 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Finland 2.24M ha
World computed 1.38B ha
Europe & Central Asia computed 331M ha
Northern Europe computed 18.94M ha
High-income countries computed 458M ha
Arable land — Finland, by year Finland All countries CSV XLSX
Year ha Change Change, %
2023 2.24M +3,000 +0.13%
2022 2.24M −2,000 −0.09%
2021 2.24M +0 +0%
2020 2.24M −2,000 −0.09%
2019 2.25M +2,000 +0.09%
2018 2.24M +1,000 +0.04%
2017 2.24M −4,000 −0.18%
2016 2.25M +3,700 +0.17%
2015 2.24M +11,500 +0.52%
2014 2.23M +6,700 +0.3%
2013 2.22M −25,000 −1.11%
2012 2.25M −1,400 −0.06%
2011 2.25M −4,300 −0.19%
2010 2.25M −3,500 −0.15%
2009 2.26M −800 −0.04%
2008 2.26M +2,400 +0.11%
2007 2.26M −3,800 −0.17%
2006 2.26M +24,000 +1.07%
2005 2.24M +15,800 +0.71%
2004 2.22M +6,900 +0.31%
2003 2.21M +8,700 +0.39%
2002 2.21M +11,800 +0.54%
2001 2.19M +5,200 +0.24%
2000 2.19M +11,000 +0.51%
1999 2.18M +9,900 +0.46%
1998 2.17M +41,600 +1.96%
1997 2.13M +2,200 +0.1%
1996 2.12M −20,100 −0.94%
1995 2.14M −156,200 −6.79%
1994 2.3M +24,100 +1.06%
1993 2.28M −8,800 −0.39%
1992 2.28M −15,300 −0.67%
1991 2.3M +30,800 +1.36%
1990 2.27M +8,200 +0.36%
1989 2.26M +14,300 +0.64%
1988 2.25M −32,800 −1.44%
1987 2.28M +19,600 +0.87%
1986 2.26M −15,200 −0.67%
1985 2.27M −14,900 −0.65%
1984 2.29M −21,700 −0.94%
1983 2.31M −13,300 −0.57%
1982 2.32M −28,000 −1.19%
1981 2.35M −16,300 −0.69%
1980 2.37M −30,500 −1.27%
1979 2.4M −10,600 −0.44%
1978 2.41M −8,500 −0.35%
1977 2.42M −43,300 −1.76%
1976 2.46M +10,100 +0.41%
1975 2.45M +6,400 +0.26%
1974 2.45M +12,300 +0.51%
1973 2.43M −29,600 −1.2%
1972 2.46M −90,000 −3.53%
1971 2.55M −20,500 −0.8%
1970 2.57M −38,300 −1.47%
1969 2.61M −133,600 −4.87%
1968 2.75M +2,700 +0.1%
1967 2.74M +9,000 +0.33%
1966 2.73M +12,900 +0.47%
1965 2.72M +10,900 +0.4%
1964 2.71M +14,100 +0.52%
1963 2.7M +16,400 +0.61%
1962 2.68M +14,400 +0.54%
1961 2.66M

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.