Arable land — all countries

Arable land — Slovakia

Arable land in Slovakia in 2023 — 1,307,000 ha. Ranked 98 in the world out of 206. Since 1993, the indicator has fallen by 16.3%.

2023 1.31M ha −1.21% vs 2022
World rank 98of 206
Period maximum 1.56M ha1993
Period minimum 1.31M ha2023

Trend over time

1993–2023 · hectares

Arable land — Slovakia, 1993–20231.3M1.4M1.5M1.6M199319961999200220052008201120142017202020231993: 1,562,000 ha1994: 1,561,000 ha1995: 1,557,000 ha1996: 1,553,000 ha1997: 1,550,000 ha1998: 1,547,000 ha1999: 1,539,000 ha2000: 1,528,000 ha2001: 1,442,000 ha2002: 1,410,000 ha2003: 1,413,000 ha2004: 1,393,000 ha2005: 1,391,000 ha2006: 1,378,000 ha2007: 1,377,000 ha2008: 1,382,000 ha2009: 1,382,000 ha2010: 1,392,000 ha2011: 1,391,200 ha2012: 1,392,300 ha2013: 1,361,600 ha2014: 1,359,200 ha2015: 1,350,000 ha2016: 1,347,000 ha2017: 1,343,000 ha2018: 1,348,000 ha2019: 1,349,000 ha2020: 1,346,000 ha2021: 1,326,000 ha2022: 1,323,000 ha2023: 1,307,000 ha
Change over the period: −255,000 (−16.33%) Average annual rate: -0.59 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Slovakia 1.31M ha
World computed 1.38B ha
Europe & Central Asia computed 331M ha
Eastern Europe computed 193M ha
High-income countries computed 458M ha
Arable land — Slovakia, by year Slovakia All countries CSV XLSX
Year ha Change Change, %
2023 1.31M −16,000 −1.21%
2022 1.32M −3,000 −0.23%
2021 1.33M −20,000 −1.49%
2020 1.35M −3,000 −0.22%
2019 1.35M +1,000 +0.07%
2018 1.35M +5,000 +0.37%
2017 1.34M −4,000 −0.3%
2016 1.35M −3,000 −0.22%
2015 1.35M −9,200 −0.68%
2014 1.36M −2,400 −0.18%
2013 1.36M −30,700 −2.2%
2012 1.39M +1,100 +0.08%
2011 1.39M −800 −0.06%
2010 1.39M +10,000 +0.72%
2009 1.38M +0 +0%
2008 1.38M +5,000 +0.36%
2007 1.38M −1,000 −0.07%
2006 1.38M −13,000 −0.93%
2005 1.39M −2,000 −0.14%
2004 1.39M −20,000 −1.42%
2003 1.41M +3,000 +0.21%
2002 1.41M −32,000 −2.22%
2001 1.44M −86,000 −5.63%
2000 1.53M −11,000 −0.71%
1999 1.54M −8,000 −0.52%
1998 1.55M −3,000 −0.19%
1997 1.55M −3,000 −0.19%
1996 1.55M −4,000 −0.26%
1995 1.56M −4,000 −0.26%
1994 1.56M −1,000 −0.06%
1993 1.56M

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.