Arable land — all countries

Arable land — Mercosur

Arable land in Mercosur in 2023 — 108,352,511 ha. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 132.2%.

2023 108M ha −2.37% vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 111M ha2022
Period minimum 46.67M ha1961

Trend over time

1961–2023 · hectares

Arable land — Mercosur, 1961–202340M60M80M100M120M19611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 46,673,000 ha1963: 48,658,000 ha1965: 50,588,000 ha1967: 53,494,000 ha1969: 56,116,000 ha1971: 57,718,000 ha1973: 60,221,000 ha1975: 62,951,000 ha1977: 68,935,000 ha1979: 74,890,000 ha1981: 79,140,000 ha1983: 81,503,000 ha1985: 84,172,707 ha1987: 82,277,000 ha1989: 80,341,000 ha1991: 78,420,000 ha1993: 76,669,000 ha1995: 76,174,000 ha1997: 77,842,000 ha1999: 79,784,000 ha2001: 81,403,000 ha2003: 85,185,133 ha2005: 90,739,400 ha2007: 95,616,122 ha2009: 95,481,344 ha2011: 101,420,566 ha2013: 103,795,488 ha2015: 106,369,922 ha2017: 107,222,251 ha2019: 108,225,577 ha2021: 109,764,829 ha2023: 108,352,511 ha
Change over the period: +61.68M (+132.15%) Average annual rate: 1.37 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Mercosur 108M ha
World computed 1.38B ha
Arable land — Mercosur, by year Mercosur All countries CSV XLSX
Year ha Change Change, %
2023 108M −2.63M −2.37%
2022 111M +1.22M +1.11%
2021 110M +466,687 +0.43%
2020 109M +1.07M +0.99%
2019 108M +938,475 +0.87%
2018 107M +64,851 +0.06%
2017 107M +835,295 +0.79%
2016 106M +17,033 +0.02%
2015 106M +2.04M +1.95%
2014 104M +539,137 +0.52%
2013 104M +742,811 +0.72%
2012 103M +1.63M +1.61%
2011 101M +1.77M +1.77%
2010 99.65M +4.17M +4.37%
2009 95.48M +44,111 +0.05%
2008 95.44M −178,889 −0.19%
2007 95.62M +2.3M +2.47%
2006 93.31M +2.57M +2.84%
2005 90.74M +2.87M +3.27%
2004 87.87M +2.68M +3.15%
2003 85.19M +2.83M +3.44%
2002 82.36M +952,000 +1.17%
2001 81.4M +778,000 +0.96%
2000 80.63M +841,000 +1.05%
1999 79.78M +894,000 +1.13%
1998 78.89M +1.05M +1.35%
1997 77.84M +881,000 +1.14%
1996 76.96M +787,000 +1.03%
1995 76.17M +197,000 +0.26%
1994 75.98M −692,000 −0.9%
1993 76.67M −946,000 −1.22%
1992 77.62M −805,000 −1.03%
1991 78.42M −946,000 −1.19%
1990 79.37M −975,000 −1.21%
1989 80.34M −978,000 −1.2%
1988 81.32M −958,000 −1.16%
1987 82.28M −954,000 −1.15%
1986 83.23M −941,707 −1.12%
1985 84.17M +1.48M +1.79%
1984 82.69M +1.19M +1.46%
1983 81.5M +1.18M +1.47%
1982 80.32M +1.18M +1.49%
1981 79.14M +1.26M +1.62%
1980 77.88M +2.99M +3.99%
1979 74.89M +2.97M +4.13%
1978 71.92M +2.98M +4.33%
1977 68.94M +2.98M +4.52%
1976 65.96M +3.01M +4.78%
1975 62.95M +1.37M +2.23%
1974 61.58M +1.36M +2.26%
1973 60.22M +1.25M +2.12%
1972 58.97M +1.25M +2.17%
1971 57.72M +1.24M +2.19%
1970 56.48M +366,000 +0.65%
1969 56.12M +620,000 +1.12%
1968 55.5M +2M +3.74%
1967 53.49M +1.22M +2.34%
1966 52.27M +1.68M +3.33%
1965 50.59M +989,000 +1.99%
1964 49.6M +941,000 +1.93%
1963 48.66M +918,000 +1.92%
1962 47.74M +1.07M +2.29%
1961 46.67M

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.