Arable land — all countries

Arable land — Lithuania

Arable land in Lithuania in 2023 — 2,303,000 ha. Ranked 78 in the world out of 206. Since 1992, the indicator has fallen by 20.2%.

2023 2.3M ha +0.46% vs 2022
World rank 78of 206
Period maximum 2.95M ha1999
Period minimum 1.53M ha2003

Trend over time

1992–2023 · hectares

Arable land — Lithuania, 1992–20231.5M2M2.5M3M1992199620002004200820122016202020231992: 2,885,000 ha1993: 2,828,000 ha1994: 2,590,000 ha1995: 2,866,000 ha1996: 2,866,000 ha1997: 2,878,000 ha1998: 2,890,000 ha1999: 2,953,000 ha2000: 2,878,000 ha2001: 1,631,000 ha2002: 1,639,000 ha2003: 1,525,000 ha2004: 1,616,400 ha2005: 1,906,500 ha2006: 1,878,800 ha2007: 1,835,600 ha2008: 1,861,500 ha2009: 2,053,700 ha2010: 2,127,400 ha2011: 2,185,700 ha2012: 2,260,500 ha2013: 2,290,500 ha2014: 2,350,200 ha2015: 2,171,900 ha2016: 2,142,800 ha2017: 2,103,700 ha2018: 2,115,000 ha2019: 2,211,900 ha2020: 2,249,400 ha2021: 2,279,000 ha2022: 2,292,400 ha2023: 2,303,000 ha
Change over the period: −582,000 (−20.17%) Average annual rate: -0.72 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Lithuania 2.3M ha
World computed 1.38B ha
Europe & Central Asia computed 331M ha
Northern Europe computed 18.94M ha
High-income countries computed 458M ha
Arable land — Lithuania, by year Lithuania All countries CSV XLSX
Year ha Change Change, %
2023 2.3M +10,600 +0.46%
2022 2.29M +13,400 +0.59%
2021 2.28M +29,600 +1.32%
2020 2.25M +37,500 +1.7%
2019 2.21M +96,900 +4.58%
2018 2.12M +11,300 +0.54%
2017 2.1M −39,100 −1.82%
2016 2.14M −29,100 −1.34%
2015 2.17M −178,300 −7.59%
2014 2.35M +59,700 +2.61%
2013 2.29M +30,000 +1.33%
2012 2.26M +74,800 +3.42%
2011 2.19M +58,300 +2.74%
2010 2.13M +73,700 +3.59%
2009 2.05M +192,200 +10.33%
2008 1.86M +25,900 +1.41%
2007 1.84M −43,200 −2.3%
2006 1.88M −27,700 −1.45%
2005 1.91M +290,100 +17.95%
2004 1.62M +91,400 +5.99%
2003 1.53M −114,000 −6.96%
2002 1.64M +8,000 +0.49%
2001 1.63M −1.25M −43.33%
2000 2.88M −75,000 −2.54%
1999 2.95M +63,000 +2.18%
1998 2.89M +12,000 +0.42%
1997 2.88M +12,000 +0.42%
1996 2.87M +0 +0%
1995 2.87M +276,000 +10.66%
1994 2.59M −238,000 −8.42%
1993 2.83M −57,000 −1.98%
1992 2.89M

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.