Arable land — all countries

Arable land — Morocco

Arable land in Morocco in 2023 — 6,874,052 ha. Ranked 37 in the world out of 206. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 4.3%.

2023 6.87M ha +6.14% vs 2022
World rank 37of 206
Period maximum 9.12M ha1994
Period minimum 6.48M ha2022

Trend over time

1961–2023 · hectares

Arable land — Morocco, 1961–20236M7M8M9M10M19611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 6,590,000 ha1963: 6,650,000 ha1965: 6,800,000 ha1967: 6,900,000 ha1969: 7,000,000 ha1971: 7,104,000 ha1973: 7,195,000 ha1975: 7,293,000 ha1977: 7,450,000 ha1979: 7,504,000 ha1981: 7,690,000 ha1983: 7,823,000 ha1985: 7,878,000 ha1987: 8,166,000 ha1989: 8,457,000 ha1991: 8,717,000 ha1993: 8,999,000 ha1995: 8,921,000 ha1997: 8,980,000 ha1999: 8,818,000 ha2001: 8,488,000 ha2003: 9,055,000 ha2005: 8,122,000 ha2007: 8,065,000 ha2009: 8,039,600 ha2011: 7,803,800 ha2013: 8,128,000 ha2015: 7,497,300 ha2017: 8,418,759 ha2019: 6,898,964 ha2021: 7,133,757 ha2023: 6,874,052 ha
Change over the period: +284,052 (+4.31%) Average annual rate: 0.07 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Morocco 6.87M ha
World computed 1.38B ha
Middle East & North Africa computed 52.54M ha
Northern Africa computed 43.05M ha
Arable land — Morocco, by year Morocco All countries CSV XLSX
Year ha Change Change, %
2023 6.87M +397,657 +6.14%
2022 6.48M −657,362 −9.21%
2021 7.13M −41,279 −0.58%
2020 7.18M +276,071 +4%
2019 6.9M −953,207 −12.14%
2018 7.85M −566,588 −6.73%
2017 8.42M +197,759 +2.41%
2016 8.22M +723,700 +9.65%
2015 7.5M −103,800 −1.37%
2014 7.6M −526,900 −6.48%
2013 8.13M +81,000 +1.01%
2012 8.05M +243,200 +3.12%
2011 7.8M +74,500 +0.96%
2010 7.73M −310,300 −3.86%
2009 8.04M −12,400 −0.15%
2008 8.05M −13,000 −0.16%
2007 8.07M +1,000 +0.01%
2006 8.06M −58,000 −0.71%
2005 8.12M −88,000 −1.07%
2004 8.21M −845,000 −9.33%
2003 9.06M +653,000 +7.77%
2002 8.4M −86,000 −1.01%
2001 8.49M −279,000 −3.18%
2000 8.77M −51,000 −0.58%
1999 8.82M −215,000 −2.38%
1998 9.03M +53,000 +0.59%
1997 8.98M −116,000 −1.28%
1996 9.1M +175,000 +1.96%
1995 8.92M −203,000 −2.22%
1994 9.12M +125,000 +1.39%
1993 9M +65,000 +0.73%
1992 8.93M +217,000 +2.49%
1991 8.72M +10,000 +0.11%
1990 8.71M +250,000 +2.96%
1989 8.46M +283,000 +3.46%
1988 8.17M +8,000 +0.1%
1987 8.17M +209,000 +2.63%
1986 7.96M +79,000 +1%
1985 7.88M +44,000 +0.56%
1984 7.83M +11,000 +0.14%
1983 7.82M +56,000 +0.72%
1982 7.77M +77,000 +1%
1981 7.69M +160,000 +2.12%
1980 7.53M +26,000 +0.35%
1979 7.5M −154,000 −2.01%
1978 7.66M +208,000 +2.79%
1977 7.45M +135,000 +1.85%
1976 7.32M +22,000 +0.3%
1975 7.29M +93,000 +1.29%
1974 7.2M +5,000 +0.07%
1973 7.2M +64,000 +0.9%
1972 7.13M +27,000 +0.38%
1971 7.1M +28,000 +0.4%
1970 7.08M +76,000 +1.09%
1969 7M +0 +0%
1968 7M +100,000 +1.45%
1967 6.9M +0 +0%
1966 6.9M +100,000 +1.47%
1965 6.8M +100,000 +1.49%
1964 6.7M +50,000 +0.75%
1963 6.65M +60,000 +0.91%
1962 6.59M +0 +0%
1961 6.59M

Northern Africa, 2023

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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.