Arable land — all countries

Arable land — G20

Arable land in the G20 in 2023 — 821,400,676 ha. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 24.1%.

2023 821M ha −0.47% vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 864M ha1992
Period minimum 662M ha1962

Trend over time

1961–2023 · hectares

Arable land — G20, 1961–2023600M700M800M900M19611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 662,048,221 ha1963: 666,540,079 ha1965: 668,304,246 ha1967: 670,822,437 ha1969: 688,491,632 ha1971: 681,050,576 ha1973: 681,774,564 ha1975: 682,268,553 ha1977: 690,284,208 ha1979: 703,338,029 ha1981: 709,046,518 ha1983: 721,290,506 ha1985: 742,297,707 ha1987: 740,950,000 ha1989: 739,662,500 ha1991: 738,264,510 ha1993: 858,469,800 ha1995: 850,735,717 ha1997: 852,096,583 ha1999: 850,256,700 ha2001: 850,658,211 ha2003: 845,834,492 ha2005: 847,883,383 ha2007: 839,752,104 ha2009: 838,125,728 ha2011: 838,578,286 ha2013: 836,967,544 ha2015: 838,242,550 ha2017: 834,145,367 ha2019: 827,200,704 ha2021: 826,983,063 ha2023: 821,400,676 ha
Change over the period: +159M (+24.07%) Average annual rate: 0.35 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: G20

G20 821M ha
World computed 1.38B ha
Arable land — G20, by year G20 All countries CSV XLSX
Year ha Change Change, %
2023 821M −3.89M −0.47%
2022 825M −1.69M −0.2%
2021 827M −77,251 −0.01%
2020 827M −140,390 −0.02%
2019 827M −3.31M −0.4%
2018 831M −3.63M −0.44%
2017 834M −1.82M −0.22%
2016 836M −2.28M −0.27%
2015 838M +655,069 +0.08%
2014 838M +619,936 +0.07%
2013 837M −607,211 −0.07%
2012 838M −1M −0.12%
2011 839M +2.24M +0.27%
2010 836M −1.79M −0.21%
2009 838M −81,253 −0.01%
2008 838M −1.55M −0.18%
2007 840M −3.66M −0.43%
2006 843M −4.47M −0.53%
2005 848M −98,330 −0.01%
2004 848M +2.15M +0.25%
2003 846M −2.62M −0.31%
2002 848M −2.21M −0.26%
2001 851M +508,653 +0.06%
2000 850M −107,142 −0.01%
1999 850M −750,342 −0.09%
1998 851M −1.09M −0.13%
1997 852M +2.92M +0.34%
1996 849M −1.56M −0.18%
1995 851M −3.77M −0.44%
1994 855M −3.97M −0.46%
1993 858M −5.59M −0.65%
1992 864M +126M +17.04%
1991 738M −1.79M −0.24%
1990 740M +391,500 +0.05%
1989 740M +911,500 +0.12%
1988 739M −2.2M −0.3%
1987 741M −2.08M −0.28%
1986 743M +733,293 +0.1%
1985 742M +8.49M +1.16%
1984 734M +12.51M +1.73%
1983 721M +6.24M +0.87%
1982 715M +6M +0.85%
1981 709M +2.77M +0.39%
1980 706M +2.94M +0.42%
1979 703M +4.43M +0.63%
1978 699M +8.62M +1.25%
1977 690M +4.02M +0.59%
1976 686M +4M +0.59%
1975 682M −1.13M −0.17%
1974 683M +1.63M +0.24%
1973 682M −801,506 −0.12%
1972 683M +1.53M +0.22%
1971 681M −4.65M −0.68%
1970 686M −2.79M −0.41%
1969 688M +7.41M +1.09%
1968 681M +10.26M +1.53%
1967 671M +604,967 +0.09%
1966 670M +1.91M +0.29%
1965 668M +1.41M +0.21%
1964 667M +352,093 +0.05%
1963 667M +4.88M +0.74%
1962 662M −388,299 −0.06%
1961 662M

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.