Arable land — all countries

Arable land — Central America

Arable land in Central America in 2023 — 25,651,728 ha. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 6.1%.

2023 25.65M ha −2.08% vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 30.03M ha2003
Period minimum 22.36M ha1970

Trend over time

1961–2023 · hectares

Arable land — Central America, 1961–202322M24M26M28M30M32M19611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 24,179,000 ha1963: 23,948,000 ha1965: 23,784,000 ha1967: 23,631,000 ha1969: 23,449,000 ha1971: 22,407,000 ha1973: 22,541,000 ha1975: 22,601,000 ha1977: 22,830,000 ha1979: 22,717,000 ha1981: 22,790,000 ha1983: 23,499,000 ha1985: 23,560,500 ha1987: 24,554,000 ha1989: 26,044,000 ha1991: 27,893,000 ha1993: 28,264,000 ha1995: 28,529,000 ha1997: 28,847,430 ha1999: 29,289,290 ha2001: 29,350,350 ha2003: 30,032,400 ha2005: 29,125,600 ha2007: 29,375,500 ha2009: 28,816,700 ha2011: 28,232,500 ha2013: 27,946,300 ha2015: 27,610,089 ha2017: 25,850,067 ha2019: 25,014,945 ha2021: 27,300,851 ha2023: 25,651,728 ha
Change over the period: +1.47M (+6.09%) Average annual rate: 0.1 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Central America 25.65M ha
World computed 1.38B ha
Arable land — Central America, by year Central America All countries CSV XLSX
Year ha Change Change, %
2023 25.65M −543,768 −2.08%
2022 26.2M −1.11M −4.05%
2021 27.3M −9,082 −0.03%
2020 27.31M +2.29M +9.17%
2019 25.01M −491,811 −1.93%
2018 25.51M −343,311 −1.33%
2017 25.85M −1.48M −5.4%
2016 27.33M −284,511 −1.03%
2015 27.61M −48,411 −0.18%
2014 27.66M −287,800 −1.03%
2013 27.95M −93,100 −0.33%
2012 28.04M −193,100 −0.68%
2011 28.23M −297,990 −1.04%
2010 28.53M −286,210 −0.99%
2009 28.82M −249,100 −0.86%
2008 29.07M −309,700 −1.05%
2007 29.38M +164,500 +0.56%
2006 29.21M +85,400 +0.29%
2005 29.13M −184,900 −0.63%
2004 29.31M −721,900 −2.4%
2003 30.03M +566,520 +1.92%
2002 29.47M +115,530 +0.39%
2001 29.35M +320,530 +1.1%
2000 29.03M −259,470 −0.89%
1999 29.29M +218,430 +0.75%
1998 29.07M +223,430 +0.77%
1997 28.85M +181,430 +0.63%
1996 28.67M +137,000 +0.48%
1995 28.53M +252,000 +0.89%
1994 28.28M +13,000 +0.05%
1993 28.26M +306,000 +1.09%
1992 27.96M +65,000 +0.23%
1991 27.89M +761,000 +2.8%
1990 27.13M +1.09M +4.18%
1989 26.04M +985,000 +3.93%
1988 25.06M +505,000 +2.06%
1987 24.55M +920,000 +3.89%
1986 23.63M +73,500 +0.31%
1985 23.56M +86,500 +0.37%
1984 23.47M −25,000 −0.11%
1983 23.5M +520,000 +2.26%
1982 22.98M +189,000 +0.83%
1981 22.79M −15,000 −0.07%
1980 22.81M +88,000 +0.39%
1979 22.72M −162,000 −0.71%
1978 22.88M +49,000 +0.21%
1977 22.83M +163,000 +0.72%
1976 22.67M +66,000 +0.29%
1975 22.6M +54,000 +0.24%
1974 22.55M +6,000 +0.03%
1973 22.54M +84,000 +0.37%
1972 22.46M +50,000 +0.22%
1971 22.41M +43,000 +0.19%
1970 22.36M −1.09M −4.63%
1969 23.45M −98,000 −0.42%
1968 23.55M −84,000 −0.36%
1967 23.63M −84,000 −0.35%
1966 23.72M −69,000 −0.29%
1965 23.78M −81,000 −0.34%
1964 23.87M −83,000 −0.35%
1963 23.95M −74,000 −0.31%
1962 24.02M −157,000 −0.65%
1961 24.18M

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.