Arable land — all countries

Arable land — OPEC

Arable land in OPEC in 2023 — 72,879,801 ha. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 31.4%.

2023 72.88M ha +0% vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 73.14M ha2007
Period minimum 55.47M ha1961

Trend over time

1961–2023 · hectares

Arable land — OPEC, 1961–202355M60M65M70M75M19611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 55,474,000 ha1963: 55,670,000 ha1965: 56,140,000 ha1967: 56,670,000 ha1969: 57,034,000 ha1971: 58,034,000 ha1973: 60,001,000 ha1975: 59,813,000 ha1977: 59,469,000 ha1979: 60,170,000 ha1981: 58,831,000 ha1983: 59,870,000 ha1985: 61,556,000 ha1987: 63,031,000 ha1989: 63,300,000 ha1991: 66,613,000 ha1993: 68,696,000 ha1995: 70,771,417 ha1997: 70,058,833 ha1999: 71,384,250 ha2001: 71,489,667 ha2003: 71,989,784 ha2005: 72,520,500 ha2007: 73,139,817 ha2009: 71,514,734 ha2011: 70,863,350 ha2013: 70,636,217 ha2015: 71,054,484 ha2017: 71,555,907 ha2019: 72,800,317 ha2021: 72,879,717 ha2023: 72,879,801 ha
Change over the period: +17.41M (+31.38%) Average annual rate: 0.44 %

Comparison, 2023

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

OPEC 72.88M ha
World computed 1.38B ha
Arable land — OPEC, by year OPEC All countries CSV XLSX
Year ha Change Change, %
2023 72.88M +0 +0%
2022 72.88M +84 +0%
2021 72.88M +40,300 +0.06%
2020 72.84M +39,100 +0.05%
2019 72.8M +519,605 +0.72%
2018 72.28M +724,805 +1.01%
2017 71.56M +535,915 +0.75%
2016 71.02M −34,492 −0.05%
2015 71.05M +12,708 +0.02%
2014 71.04M +405,558 +0.57%
2013 70.64M −92,342 −0.13%
2012 70.73M −134,792 −0.19%
2011 70.86M +140,708 +0.2%
2010 70.72M −792,092 −1.11%
2009 71.51M +558,208 +0.79%
2008 70.96M −2.18M −2.99%
2007 73.14M +337,008 +0.46%
2006 72.8M +282,308 +0.39%
2005 72.52M +367,708 +0.51%
2004 72.15M +163,008 +0.23%
2003 71.99M +137,408 +0.19%
2002 71.85M +362,708 +0.51%
2001 71.49M +1.52M +2.17%
2000 69.97M −1.41M −1.98%
1999 71.38M +410,708 +0.58%
1998 70.97M +914,708 +1.31%
1997 70.06M −776,292 −1.1%
1996 70.84M +63,708 +0.09%
1995 70.77M +1.78M +2.58%
1994 68.99M +295,708 +0.43%
1993 68.7M +657,000 +0.97%
1992 68.04M +1.43M +2.14%
1991 66.61M +3.2M +5.05%
1990 63.41M +111,000 +0.18%
1989 63.3M −373,000 −0.59%
1988 63.67M +642,000 +1.02%
1987 63.03M +691,000 +1.11%
1986 62.34M +784,000 +1.27%
1985 61.56M +810,000 +1.33%
1984 60.75M +876,000 +1.46%
1983 59.87M +241,000 +0.4%
1982 59.63M +798,000 +1.36%
1981 58.83M +632,000 +1.09%
1980 58.2M −1.97M −3.28%
1979 60.17M +1.2M +2.03%
1978 58.97M −496,000 −0.83%
1977 59.47M −283,000 −0.47%
1976 59.75M −61,000 −0.1%
1975 59.81M −4,000 −0.01%
1974 59.82M −184,000 −0.31%
1973 60M +875,000 +1.48%
1972 59.13M +1.09M +1.88%
1971 58.03M +762,000 +1.33%
1970 57.27M +238,000 +0.42%
1969 57.03M +192,000 +0.34%
1968 56.84M +172,000 +0.3%
1967 56.67M +326,000 +0.58%
1966 56.34M +204,000 +0.36%
1965 56.14M +302,000 +0.54%
1964 55.84M +168,000 +0.3%
1963 55.67M +131,000 +0.24%
1962 55.54M +65,000 +0.12%
1961 55.47M

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.