Arable land — all countries

Arable land — Germany

Arable land in Germany in 2023 — 11,681,000 ha. Ranked 25 in the world out of 206. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 4.4%.

2023 11.68M ha +0.21% vs 2022
World rank 25of 206
Period maximum 12.22M ha1961
Period minimum 11.47M ha1992

Trend over time

1961–2023 · hectares

Arable land — Germany, 1961–202311.4M11.6M11.8M12M12.2M12.4M19611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 12,220,000 ha1963: 12,165,000 ha1965: 12,153,000 ha1967: 12,049,000 ha1969: 12,001,000 ha1971: 11,965,000 ha1973: 11,990,000 ha1975: 12,041,000 ha1977: 12,071,000 ha1979: 12,057,000 ha1981: 12,004,000 ha1983: 11,967,000 ha1985: 11,957,000 ha1987: 11,945,000 ha1989: 11,949,000 ha1991: 11,559,000 ha1993: 11,676,000 ha1995: 11,835,000 ha1997: 11,832,000 ha1999: 11,822,000 ha2001: 11,813,000 ha2003: 11,827,000 ha2005: 11,904,000 ha2007: 11,877,000 ha2009: 11,945,000 ha2011: 11,875,000 ha2013: 11,876,000 ha2015: 11,846,000 ha2017: 11,772,000 ha2019: 11,714,000 ha2021: 11,658,000 ha2023: 11,681,000 ha
Change over the period: −539,000 (−4.41%) Average annual rate: -0.07 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Germany 11.68M ha
World computed 1.38B ha
Europe & Central Asia computed 331M ha
Western Europe computed 32.23M ha
High-income countries computed 458M ha
Arable land — Germany, by year Germany All countries CSV XLSX
Year ha Change Change, %
2023 11.68M +24,000 +0.21%
2022 11.66M −1,000 −0.01%
2021 11.66M −6,000 −0.05%
2020 11.66M −50,000 −0.43%
2019 11.71M −17,000 −0.14%
2018 11.73M −41,000 −0.35%
2017 11.77M +9,000 +0.08%
2016 11.76M −83,000 −0.7%
2015 11.85M −23,000 −0.19%
2014 11.87M −7,000 −0.06%
2013 11.88M +42,000 +0.35%
2012 11.83M −41,000 −0.35%
2011 11.88M +29,000 +0.24%
2010 11.85M −99,000 −0.83%
2009 11.95M +13,000 +0.11%
2008 11.93M +55,000 +0.46%
2007 11.88M +11,000 +0.09%
2006 11.87M −38,000 −0.32%
2005 11.9M +6,000 +0.05%
2004 11.9M +71,000 +0.6%
2003 11.83M +36,000 +0.31%
2002 11.79M −22,000 −0.19%
2001 11.81M +9,000 +0.08%
2000 11.8M −18,000 −0.15%
1999 11.82M −57,000 −0.48%
1998 11.88M +47,000 +0.4%
1997 11.83M −3,000 −0.03%
1996 11.84M +0 +0%
1995 11.84M +30,000 +0.25%
1994 11.81M +129,000 +1.1%
1993 11.68M +209,000 +1.82%
1992 11.47M −92,000 −0.8%
1991 11.56M −412,000 −3.44%
1990 11.97M +22,000 +0.18%
1989 11.95M +1,000 +0.01%
1988 11.95M +3,000 +0.03%
1987 11.95M −15,000 −0.13%
1986 11.96M +3,000 +0.03%
1985 11.96M +5,000 +0.04%
1984 11.95M −15,000 −0.13%
1983 11.97M −8,000 −0.07%
1982 11.98M −29,000 −0.24%
1981 12M −26,000 −0.22%
1980 12.03M −27,000 −0.22%
1979 12.06M −29,000 −0.24%
1978 12.09M +15,000 +0.12%
1977 12.07M −16,000 −0.13%
1976 12.09M +46,000 +0.38%
1975 12.04M +21,000 +0.17%
1974 12.02M +30,000 +0.25%
1973 11.99M −14,000 −0.12%
1972 12M +39,000 +0.33%
1971 11.97M +13,000 +0.11%
1970 11.95M −49,000 −0.41%
1969 12M −31,000 −0.26%
1968 12.03M −17,000 −0.14%
1967 12.05M −106,000 −0.87%
1966 12.16M +2,000 +0.02%
1965 12.15M −8,000 −0.07%
1964 12.16M −4,000 −0.03%
1963 12.17M −20,000 −0.16%
1962 12.19M −35,000 −0.29%
1961 12.22M

Western Europe, 2023

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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.