Arable land — all countries

Arable land — Moldova

Arable land in Moldova in 2023 — 1,871,000 ha. Ranked 83 in the world out of 206. Since 1992, the indicator has risen by 7.8%.

2023 1.87M ha +0.27% vs 2022
World rank 83of 206
Period maximum 1.87M ha2023
Period minimum 1.68M ha2018

Trend over time

1992–2023 · hectares

Arable land — Moldova, 1992–20231.65M1.7M1.75M1.8M1.85M1.9M1992199620002004200820122016202020231992: 1,736,000 ha1993: 1,744,000 ha1994: 1,759,000 ha1995: 1,773,000 ha1996: 1,787,000 ha1997: 1,787,000 ha1998: 1,798,000 ha1999: 1,812,000 ha2000: 1,827,000 ha2001: 1,849,000 ha2002: 1,843,000 ha2003: 1,845,000 ha2004: 1,840,000 ha2005: 1,833,000 ha2006: 1,820,000 ha2007: 1,822,000 ha2008: 1,821,000 ha2009: 1,817,000 ha2010: 1,813,000 ha2011: 1,811,000 ha2012: 1,814,000 ha2013: 1,816,000 ha2014: 1,728,000 ha2015: 1,733,000 ha2016: 1,738,000 ha2017: 1,738,000 ha2018: 1,681,700 ha2019: 1,689,900 ha2020: 1,852,000 ha2021: 1,857,000 ha2022: 1,866,000 ha2023: 1,871,000 ha
Change over the period: +135,000 (+7.78%) Average annual rate: 0.24 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Moldova 1.87M ha
World computed 1.38B ha
Europe & Central Asia computed 331M ha
Eastern Europe computed 193M ha
Arable land — Moldova, by year Moldova All countries CSV XLSX
Year ha Change Change, %
2023 1.87M +5,000 +0.27%
2022 1.87M +9,000 +0.48%
2021 1.86M +5,000 +0.27%
2020 1.85M +162,100 +9.59%
2019 1.69M +8,200 +0.49%
2018 1.68M −56,300 −3.24%
2017 1.74M +0 +0%
2016 1.74M +5,000 +0.29%
2015 1.73M +5,000 +0.29%
2014 1.73M −88,000 −4.85%
2013 1.82M +2,000 +0.11%
2012 1.81M +3,000 +0.17%
2011 1.81M −2,000 −0.11%
2010 1.81M −4,000 −0.22%
2009 1.82M −4,000 −0.22%
2008 1.82M −1,000 −0.05%
2007 1.82M +2,000 +0.11%
2006 1.82M −13,000 −0.71%
2005 1.83M −7,000 −0.38%
2004 1.84M −5,000 −0.27%
2003 1.85M +2,000 +0.11%
2002 1.84M −6,000 −0.32%
2001 1.85M +22,000 +1.2%
2000 1.83M +15,000 +0.83%
1999 1.81M +14,000 +0.78%
1998 1.8M +11,000 +0.62%
1997 1.79M +0 +0%
1996 1.79M +14,000 +0.79%
1995 1.77M +14,000 +0.8%
1994 1.76M +15,000 +0.86%
1993 1.74M +8,000 +0.46%
1992 1.74M

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.