Arable land — all countries

Arable land — Australia and New Zealand

Arable land in Australia and New Zealand in 2023 — 31,509,678 ha. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 113.5%.

2023 31.51M ha −0.91% vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 32.55M ha2014
Period minimum 13.96M ha1975

Trend over time

1961–2023 · hectares

Arable land — Australia and New Zealand, 1961–202310M15M20M25M30M35M19611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 14,759,586 ha1963: 15,763,456 ha1965: 17,707,635 ha1967: 19,651,838 ha1969: 20,014,044 ha1971: 17,233,000 ha1973: 15,295,650 ha1975: 13,956,500 ha1977: 15,244,200 ha1979: 17,690,000 ha1981: 18,641,500 ha1983: 19,695,500 ha1985: 21,432,000 ha1987: 20,020,000 ha1989: 17,905,500 ha1991: 17,589,000 ha1993: 17,501,785 ha1995: 17,231,148 ha1997: 21,301,578 ha1999: 23,397,095 ha2001: 24,601,700 ha2003: 23,655,000 ha2005: 26,827,000 ha2007: 23,556,000 ha2009: 27,612,600 ha2011: 32,165,900 ha2013: 31,767,800 ha2015: 31,568,700 ha2017: 31,243,000 ha2019: 31,119,000 ha2021: 31,881,000 ha2023: 31,509,678 ha
Change over the period: +16.75M (+113.49%) Average annual rate: 1.23 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Australia and New Zealand

Australia and New Zealand 31.51M ha
World computed 1.38B ha
Arable land — Australia and New Zealand, by year Australia and New Zealand All countries CSV XLSX
Year ha Change Change, %
2023 31.51M −288,322 −0.91%
2022 31.8M −83,000 −0.26%
2021 31.88M +710,000 +2.28%
2020 31.17M +52,000 +0.17%
2019 31.12M −373,500 −1.19%
2018 31.49M +249,500 +0.8%
2017 31.24M +645,000 +2.11%
2016 30.6M −970,700 −3.07%
2015 31.57M −981,600 −3.02%
2014 32.55M +782,500 +2.46%
2013 31.77M −378,600 −1.18%
2012 32.15M −19,500 −0.06%
2011 32.17M +6.08M +23.28%
2010 26.09M −1.52M −5.51%
2009 27.61M +3.17M +12.95%
2008 24.45M +891,100 +3.78%
2007 23.56M −1.07M −4.35%
2006 24.63M −2.2M −8.2%
2005 26.83M +664,000 +2.54%
2004 26.16M +2.51M +10.6%
2003 23.66M −481,400 −1.99%
2002 24.14M −465,300 −1.89%
2001 24.6M +724,821 +3.04%
2000 23.88M +479,784 +2.05%
1999 23.4M +1.65M +7.57%
1998 21.75M +448,755 +2.11%
1997 21.3M +1.71M +8.74%
1996 19.59M +2.36M +13.69%
1995 17.23M −1M −5.5%
1994 18.23M +732,674 +4.19%
1993 17.5M +888,697 +5.35%
1992 16.61M −975,913 −5.55%
1991 17.59M +253,000 +1.46%
1990 17.34M −569,500 −3.18%
1989 17.91M −604,500 −3.27%
1988 18.51M −1.51M −7.54%
1987 20.02M −1.12M −5.31%
1986 21.14M −290,000 −1.35%
1985 21.43M −763,000 −3.44%
1984 22.2M +2.5M +12.69%
1983 19.7M −185,500 −0.93%
1982 19.88M +1.24M +6.65%
1981 18.64M +455,500 +2.5%
1980 18.19M +496,000 +2.8%
1979 17.69M +652,100 +3.83%
1978 17.04M +1.79M +11.77%
1977 15.24M +372,700 +2.51%
1976 14.87M +915,000 +6.56%
1975 13.96M −1.19M −7.85%
1974 15.15M −150,150 −0.98%
1973 15.3M −2.13M −12.21%
1972 17.42M +189,800 +1.1%
1971 17.23M −1.64M −8.68%
1970 18.87M −1.14M −5.72%
1969 20.01M −1.78M −8.15%
1968 21.79M +2.14M +10.88%
1967 19.65M +486,473 +2.54%
1966 19.17M +1.46M +8.23%
1965 17.71M +1.03M +6.19%
1964 16.68M +912,599 +5.79%
1963 15.76M −133,337 −0.84%
1962 15.9M +1.14M +7.7%
1961 14.76M

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.