Arable land — all countries

Arable land — Spain

Arable land in Spain in 2023 — 11,496,755 ha. Ranked 26 in the world out of 206. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 29.2%.

2023 11.5M ha −1.66% vs 2022
World rank 26of 206
Period maximum 16.34M ha1971
Period minimum 11.5M ha2023

Trend over time

1961–2023 · hectares

Arable land — Spain, 1961–202310M12M14M16M18M19611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 16,246,000 ha1963: 16,205,000 ha1965: 15,966,000 ha1967: 15,740,000 ha1969: 16,082,000 ha1971: 16,339,000 ha1973: 16,054,000 ha1975: 15,821,000 ha1977: 15,630,000 ha1979: 15,578,000 ha1981: 15,569,000 ha1983: 15,592,000 ha1985: 15,564,000 ha1987: 15,584,000 ha1989: 15,512,000 ha1991: 15,258,000 ha1993: 14,982,000 ha1995: 14,045,000 ha1997: 14,285,000 ha1999: 13,463,000 ha2001: 13,064,000 ha2003: 13,017,000 ha2005: 12,913,000 ha2007: 12,586,000 ha2009: 12,497,000 ha2011: 12,429,000 ha2013: 12,181,000 ha2015: 12,278,220 ha2017: 12,253,767 ha2019: 11,812,315 ha2021: 11,550,053 ha2023: 11,496,755 ha
Change over the period: −4.75M (−29.23%) Average annual rate: -0.56 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Spain 11.5M ha
World computed 1.38B ha
Europe & Central Asia computed 331M ha
Southern Europe computed 26.42M ha
High-income countries computed 458M ha
Arable land — Spain, by year Spain All countries CSV XLSX
Year ha Change Change, %
2023 11.5M −193,803 −1.66%
2022 11.69M +140,505 +1.22%
2021 11.55M −89,345 −0.77%
2020 11.64M −172,917 −1.46%
2019 11.81M −71,937 −0.61%
2018 11.88M −369,515 −3.02%
2017 12.25M −83,413 −0.68%
2016 12.34M +58,960 +0.48%
2015 12.28M +220 +0%
2014 12.28M +97,000 +0.8%
2013 12.18M −389,000 −3.09%
2012 12.57M +141,000 +1.13%
2011 12.43M −99,000 −0.79%
2010 12.53M +31,000 +0.25%
2009 12.5M +9,000 +0.07%
2008 12.49M −98,000 −0.78%
2007 12.59M −134,000 −1.05%
2006 12.72M −193,000 −1.49%
2005 12.91M −112,000 −0.86%
2004 13.03M +8,000 +0.06%
2003 13.02M +108,000 +0.84%
2002 12.91M −155,000 −1.19%
2001 13.06M −336,000 −2.51%
2000 13.4M −63,000 −0.47%
1999 13.46M −221,000 −1.62%
1998 13.68M −601,000 −4.21%
1997 14.29M −165,000 −1.14%
1996 14.45M +405,000 +2.88%
1995 14.05M −761,000 −5.14%
1994 14.81M −176,000 −1.17%
1993 14.98M −219,000 −1.44%
1992 15.2M −57,000 −0.37%
1991 15.26M −77,000 −0.5%
1990 15.34M −177,000 −1.14%
1989 15.51M −65,000 −0.42%
1988 15.58M −7,000 −0.04%
1987 15.58M +19,000 +0.12%
1986 15.57M +1,000 +0.01%
1985 15.56M −87,000 −0.56%
1984 15.65M +59,000 +0.38%
1983 15.59M +27,000 +0.17%
1982 15.57M −4,000 −0.03%
1981 15.57M +11,000 +0.07%
1980 15.56M −20,000 −0.13%
1979 15.58M −62,000 −0.4%
1978 15.64M +10,000 +0.06%
1977 15.63M −27,000 −0.17%
1976 15.66M −164,000 −1.04%
1975 15.82M −97,000 −0.61%
1974 15.92M −136,000 −0.85%
1973 16.05M −234,000 −1.44%
1972 16.29M −51,000 −0.31%
1971 16.34M +649,000 +4.14%
1970 15.69M −392,000 −2.44%
1969 16.08M +390,000 +2.49%
1968 15.69M −48,000 −0.3%
1967 15.74M +231,000 +1.49%
1966 15.51M −457,000 −2.86%
1965 15.97M +47,000 +0.3%
1964 15.92M −286,000 −1.76%
1963 16.21M −91,000 −0.56%
1962 16.3M +50,000 +0.31%
1961 16.25M

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.