Arable land — all countries

Arable land — Latin America & Caribbean

Arable land in Latin America & Caribbean in 2023 — 150,784,164 ha. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 69.9%.

2023 151M ha −1.87% vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 154M ha2021
Period minimum 88.76M ha1961

Trend over time

1961–2023 · hectares

Arable land — Latin America & Caribbean, 1961–202380M100M120M140M160M19611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 88,760,476 ha1963: 90,733,476 ha1965: 92,691,476 ha1967: 95,475,476 ha1969: 98,273,476 ha1971: 99,411,476 ha1973: 103,227,698 ha1975: 106,323,144 ha1977: 112,844,589 ha1979: 118,531,735 ha1981: 122,730,780 ha1983: 125,666,626 ha1985: 128,753,878 ha1987: 127,911,227 ha1989: 127,005,035 ha1991: 126,290,727 ha1993: 124,404,520 ha1995: 123,531,268 ha1997: 125,523,604 ha1999: 127,650,169 ha2001: 129,230,182 ha2003: 132,653,899 ha2005: 136,984,039 ha2007: 141,588,606 ha2009: 140,717,315 ha2011: 146,066,506 ha2013: 147,877,622 ha2015: 149,910,057 ha2017: 149,107,521 ha2019: 149,356,855 ha2021: 154,085,845 ha2023: 150,784,164 ha
Change over the period: +62.02M (+69.88%) Average annual rate: 0.86 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Latin America & Caribbean

Latin America & Caribbean 151M ha
World computed 1.38B ha
Arable land — Latin America & Caribbean, by year Latin America & Caribbean All countries CSV XLSX
Year ha Change Change, %
2023 151M −2.88M −1.87%
2022 154M −426,252 −0.28%
2021 154M +982,383 +0.64%
2020 153M +3.75M +2.51%
2019 149M +71,724 +0.05%
2018 149M +177,610 +0.12%
2017 149M −535,047 −0.36%
2016 150M −267,489 −0.18%
2015 150M +2.03M +1.38%
2014 148M −1,974 −0%
2013 148M +631,102 +0.43%
2012 147M +1.18M +0.81%
2011 146M +1.52M +1.05%
2010 145M +3.82M +2.72%
2009 141M −343,188 −0.24%
2008 141M −528,104 −0.37%
2007 142M +2.44M +1.76%
2006 139M +2.16M +1.58%
2005 137M +2.56M +1.9%
2004 134M +1.77M +1.34%
2003 133M +2.99M +2.31%
2002 130M +429,105 +0.33%
2001 129M +892,860 +0.7%
2000 128M +687,153 +0.54%
1999 128M +877,033 +0.69%
1998 127M +1.25M +1%
1997 126M +1.37M +1.11%
1996 124M +620,403 +0.5%
1995 124M −226,997 −0.18%
1994 124M −646,254 −0.52%
1993 124M −871,054 −0.7%
1992 125M −1.02M −0.8%
1991 126M −428,154 −0.34%
1990 127M −286,154 −0.23%
1989 127M −377,304 −0.3%
1988 127M −528,887 −0.41%
1987 128M −220,667 −0.17%
1986 128M −621,984 −0.48%
1985 129M +1.88M +1.49%
1984 127M +1.2M +0.96%
1983 126M +1.66M +1.34%
1982 124M +1.28M +1.04%
1981 123M +1.13M +0.93%
1980 122M +3.06M +2.59%
1979 119M +2.7M +2.33%
1978 116M +2.99M +2.65%
1977 113M +3.17M +2.89%
1976 110M +3.36M +3.16%
1975 106M +1.72M +1.65%
1974 105M +1.37M +1.33%
1973 103M +1.69M +1.66%
1972 102M +2.13M +2.14%
1971 99.41M +1.3M +1.32%
1970 98.11M −160,000 −0.16%
1969 98.27M +602,500 +0.62%
1968 97.67M +2.2M +2.3%
1967 95.48M +1.32M +1.4%
1966 94.16M +1.46M +1.58%
1965 92.69M +914,000 +1%
1964 91.78M +1.04M +1.15%
1963 90.73M +988,000 +1.1%
1962 89.75M +985,000 +1.11%
1961 88.76M

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.