Arable land — all countries

Arable land — G7

Arable land in the G7 in 2023 — 235,466,940 ha. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 14.3%.

2023 235M ha −0.12% vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 282M ha1969
Period minimum 235M ha2023

Trend over time

1961–2023 · hectares

Arable land — G7, 1961–2023220M240M260M280M300M19611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 274,763,000 ha1963: 273,973,000 ha1965: 271,200,000 ha1967: 267,985,000 ha1969: 281,790,000 ha1971: 277,497,000 ha1973: 276,326,000 ha1975: 276,046,000 ha1977: 276,535,000 ha1979: 279,416,000 ha1981: 280,097,000 ha1983: 279,249,000 ha1985: 279,893,000 ha1987: 278,194,000 ha1989: 277,261,500 ha1991: 276,517,510 ha1993: 272,931,800 ha1995: 271,747,300 ha1997: 267,969,500 ha1999: 265,656,700 ha2001: 265,003,700 ha2003: 259,204,675 ha2005: 254,043,799 ha2007: 248,417,854 ha2009: 244,648,711 ha2011: 240,767,091 ha2013: 240,712,771 ha2015: 241,877,164 ha2017: 243,153,352 ha2019: 240,521,397 ha2021: 236,927,611 ha2023: 235,466,940 ha
Change over the period: −39.3M (−14.3%) Average annual rate: -0.25 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: G7

G7 235M ha
World computed 1.38B ha
Arable land — G7, by year G7 All countries CSV XLSX
Year ha Change Change, %
2023 235M −272,227 −0.12%
2022 236M −1.19M −0.5%
2021 237M −1.14M −0.48%
2020 238M −2.45M −1.02%
2019 241M −1.23M −0.51%
2018 242M −1.4M −0.58%
2017 243M +682,408 +0.28%
2016 242M +593,780 +0.25%
2015 242M +499,222 +0.21%
2014 241M +665,171 +0.28%
2013 241M +583,350 +0.24%
2012 240M −637,670 −0.26%
2011 241M −2.02M −0.83%
2010 243M −1.86M −0.76%
2009 245M −2.28M −0.92%
2008 247M −1.49M −0.6%
2007 248M −3M −1.19%
2006 251M −2.62M −1.03%
2005 254M −2.86M −1.11%
2004 257M −2.3M −0.89%
2003 259M −3.04M −1.16%
2002 262M −2.76M −1.04%
2001 265M −431,900 −0.16%
2000 265M −221,100 −0.08%
1999 266M −1.46M −0.55%
1998 267M −856,500 −0.32%
1997 268M −1.06M −0.39%
1996 269M −2.72M −1%
1995 272M −42,500 −0.02%
1994 272M −1.14M −0.42%
1993 273M −1.63M −0.59%
1992 275M −1.96M −0.71%
1991 277M −654,490 −0.24%
1990 277M −89,500 −0.03%
1989 277M −364,500 −0.13%
1988 278M −568,000 −0.2%
1987 278M −1.95M −0.7%
1986 280M +255,000 +0.09%
1985 280M +334,000 +0.12%
1984 280M +310,000 +0.11%
1983 279M −143,000 −0.05%
1982 279M −705,000 −0.25%
1981 280M +269,000 +0.1%
1980 280M +412,000 +0.15%
1979 279M +201,000 +0.07%
1978 279M +2.68M +0.97%
1977 277M +490,000 +0.18%
1976 276M −1,000 −0%
1975 276M −22,000 −0.01%
1974 276M −258,000 −0.09%
1973 276M −519,000 −0.19%
1972 277M −652,000 −0.23%
1971 277M −3.39M −1.21%
1970 281M −902,000 −0.32%
1969 282M +7.87M +2.87%
1968 274M +5.94M +2.21%
1967 268M −1.79M −0.66%
1966 270M −1.43M −0.53%
1965 271M −1.07M −0.39%
1964 272M −1.7M −0.62%
1963 274M +2.58M +0.95%
1962 271M −3.37M −1.23%
1961 275M

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.