Arable land — all countries

Arable land — Iran

Arable land in Iran in 2023 — 15,699,000 ha. Ranked 21 in the world out of 206. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 4.8%.

2023 15.7M ha +0% vs 2022
World rank 21of 206
Period maximum 17.39M ha1995
Period minimum 12.98M ha1980

Trend over time

1961–2023 · hectares

Arable land — Iran, 1961–202312M14M16M18M19611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 14,980,000 ha1963: 15,000,000 ha1965: 15,020,000 ha1967: 15,050,000 ha1969: 15,120,000 ha1971: 15,581,000 ha1973: 16,901,000 ha1975: 15,850,000 ha1977: 14,969,000 ha1979: 15,194,000 ha1981: 13,550,000 ha1983: 14,400,000 ha1985: 14,900,000 ha1987: 15,400,000 ha1989: 15,400,000 ha1991: 16,681,000 ha1993: 17,332,000 ha1995: 17,388,000 ha1997: 16,502,000 ha1999: 16,337,000 ha2001: 15,861,000 ha2003: 16,197,000 ha2005: 16,533,000 ha2007: 16,869,000 ha2009: 15,566,000 ha2011: 15,214,000 ha2013: 14,687,000 ha2015: 14,687,000 ha2017: 15,134,000 ha2019: 15,620,000 ha2021: 15,699,000 ha2023: 15,699,000 ha
Change over the period: +719,000 (+4.8%) Average annual rate: 0.08 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Iran 15.7M ha
World computed 1.38B ha
Middle East & North Africa computed 52.54M ha
Southern Asia computed 219M ha
Arable land — Iran, by year Iran All countries CSV XLSX
Year ha Change Change, %
2023 15.7M +0 +0%
2022 15.7M +0 +0%
2021 15.7M +39,000 +0.25%
2020 15.66M +40,000 +0.26%
2019 15.62M +39,000 +0.25%
2018 15.58M +447,000 +2.95%
2017 15.13M +447,000 +3.04%
2016 14.69M +0 +0%
2015 14.69M +0 +0%
2014 14.69M +0 +0%
2013 14.69M −351,000 −2.33%
2012 15.04M −176,000 −1.16%
2011 15.21M −176,000 −1.14%
2010 15.39M −176,000 −1.13%
2009 15.57M +21,000 +0.14%
2008 15.55M −1.32M −7.85%
2007 16.87M +168,000 +1.01%
2006 16.7M +168,000 +1.02%
2005 16.53M +168,000 +1.03%
2004 16.37M +168,000 +1.04%
2003 16.2M +168,000 +1.05%
2002 16.03M +168,000 +1.06%
2001 15.86M +937,000 +6.28%
2000 14.92M −1.41M −8.65%
1999 16.34M −500,000 −2.97%
1998 16.84M +335,000 +2.03%
1997 16.5M −595,000 −3.48%
1996 17.1M −291,000 −1.67%
1995 17.39M +51,000 +0.29%
1994 17.34M +5,000 +0.03%
1993 17.33M +363,000 +2.14%
1992 16.97M +288,000 +1.73%
1991 16.68M +1.49M +9.82%
1990 15.19M −210,000 −1.36%
1989 15.4M −180,000 −1.16%
1988 15.58M +180,000 +1.17%
1987 15.4M +250,000 +1.65%
1986 15.15M +250,000 +1.68%
1985 14.9M +250,000 +1.71%
1984 14.65M +250,000 +1.74%
1983 14.4M +259,000 +1.83%
1982 14.14M +591,000 +4.36%
1981 13.55M +569,000 +4.38%
1980 12.98M −2.21M −14.56%
1979 15.19M +1M +7.06%
1978 14.19M −777,000 −5.19%
1977 14.97M −361,000 −2.35%
1976 15.33M −520,000 −3.28%
1975 15.85M −520,000 −3.18%
1974 16.37M −531,000 −3.14%
1973 16.9M +674,000 +4.15%
1972 16.23M +646,000 +4.15%
1971 15.58M +431,000 +2.84%
1970 15.15M +30,000 +0.2%
1969 15.12M +20,000 +0.13%
1968 15.1M +50,000 +0.33%
1967 15.05M +20,000 +0.13%
1966 15.03M +10,000 +0.07%
1965 15.02M +10,000 +0.07%
1964 15.01M +10,000 +0.07%
1963 15M +10,000 +0.07%
1962 14.99M +10,000 +0.07%
1961 14.98M

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.