Arable land — all countries

Arable land — Central Asia

Arable land in Central Asia in 2023 — 37,421,024 ha. Since 1992, the indicator has fallen by 12.6%.

2023 37.42M ha −0.03% vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 42.9M ha1993
Period minimum 36.62M ha2002

Trend over time

1992–2023 · hectares

Arable land — Central Asia, 1992–202336M38M40M42M44M1992199620002004200820122016202020231992: 42,816,300 ha1993: 42,900,882 ha1994: 42,585,465 ha1995: 42,683,547 ha1996: 41,005,230 ha1997: 40,613,013 ha1998: 40,253,595 ha1999: 40,225,678 ha2000: 38,379,260 ha2001: 37,567,660 ha2002: 36,620,896 ha2003: 36,690,405 ha2004: 36,805,434 ha2005: 36,970,797 ha2006: 36,994,084 ha2007: 36,810,318 ha2008: 36,644,651 ha2009: 36,659,135 ha2010: 36,674,181 ha2011: 37,106,726 ha2012: 37,242,187 ha2013: 37,362,170 ha2014: 37,270,532 ha2015: 37,472,270 ha2016: 37,632,161 ha2017: 37,621,278 ha2018: 37,562,918 ha2019: 37,125,800 ha2020: 37,308,800 ha2021: 37,406,800 ha2022: 37,433,785 ha2023: 37,421,024 ha
Change over the period: −5.4M (−12.6%) Average annual rate: -0.43 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Central Asia 37.42M ha
World computed 1.38B ha
Arable land — Central Asia, by year Central Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year ha Change Change, %
2023 37.42M −12,761 −0.03%
2022 37.43M +26,985 +0.07%
2021 37.41M +98,000 +0.26%
2020 37.31M +183,000 +0.49%
2019 37.13M −437,118 −1.16%
2018 37.56M −58,359 −0.16%
2017 37.62M −10,883 −0.03%
2016 37.63M +159,891 +0.43%
2015 37.47M +201,738 +0.54%
2014 37.27M −91,638 −0.25%
2013 37.36M +119,983 +0.32%
2012 37.24M +135,461 +0.37%
2011 37.11M +432,545 +1.18%
2010 36.67M +15,047 +0.04%
2009 36.66M +14,484 +0.04%
2008 36.64M −165,667 −0.45%
2007 36.81M −183,767 −0.5%
2006 36.99M +23,287 +0.06%
2005 36.97M +165,363 +0.45%
2004 36.81M +115,029 +0.31%
2003 36.69M +69,509 +0.19%
2002 36.62M −946,765 −2.52%
2001 37.57M −811,600 −2.11%
2000 38.38M −1.85M −4.59%
1999 40.23M −27,917 −0.07%
1998 40.25M −359,417 −0.88%
1997 40.61M −392,217 −0.96%
1996 41.01M −1.68M −3.93%
1995 42.68M +98,083 +0.23%
1994 42.59M −315,417 −0.74%
1993 42.9M +84,583 +0.2%
1992 42.82M

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.