Arable land — all countries

Arable land — Eastern Asia

Arable land in Eastern Asia in 2023 — 117,367,369 ha. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 3.8%.

2023 117M ha −0.01% vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 135M ha1991
Period minimum 107M ha1980

Trend over time

1961–2023 · hectares

Arable land — Eastern Asia, 1961–2023100M110M120M130M140M19611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 113,080,000 ha1963: 112,572,000 ha1965: 112,320,000 ha1967: 111,274,000 ha1969: 109,986,000 ha1971: 109,045,000 ha1973: 108,030,000 ha1975: 107,032,000 ha1977: 106,902,667 ha1979: 106,618,500 ha1981: 107,206,000 ha1983: 117,779,000 ha1985: 130,584,000 ha1987: 130,647,000 ha1989: 132,635,000 ha1991: 135,216,500 ha1993: 131,518,750 ha1995: 129,720,000 ha1997: 128,862,770 ha1999: 128,736,594 ha2001: 129,248,194 ha2003: 129,762,258 ha2005: 130,190,435 ha2007: 130,398,647 ha2009: 130,834,227 ha2011: 128,066,770 ha2013: 125,749,359 ha2015: 124,191,664 ha2017: 120,812,642 ha2019: 117,840,804 ha2021: 117,811,829 ha2023: 117,367,369 ha
Change over the period: +4.29M (+3.79%) Average annual rate: 0.06 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Eastern Asia 117M ha
World computed 1.38B ha
Arable land — Eastern Asia, by year Eastern Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year ha Change Change, %
2023 117M −11,732 −0.01%
2022 117M −432,729 −0.37%
2021 118M +132,224 +0.11%
2020 118M −161,199 −0.14%
2019 118M −1.79M −1.49%
2018 120M −1.19M −0.98%
2017 121M −1.88M −1.53%
2016 123M −1.5M −1.21%
2015 124M −760,435 −0.61%
2014 125M −797,260 −0.63%
2013 126M −1.02M −0.8%
2012 127M −1.3M −1.01%
2011 128M −1.49M −1.15%
2010 130M −1.27M −0.97%
2009 131M +169,962 +0.13%
2008 131M +265,619 +0.2%
2007 130M −95,461 −0.07%
2006 130M +303,673 +0.23%
2005 130M +263,837 +0.2%
2004 130M +164,340 +0.13%
2003 130M +157,909 +0.12%
2002 130M +356,155 +0.28%
2001 129M +536,274 +0.42%
2000 129M −24,674 −0.02%
1999 129M −197,106 −0.15%
1998 129M +70,930 +0.06%
1997 129M −450,230 −0.35%
1996 129M −407,000 −0.31%
1995 130M −1.21M −0.93%
1994 131M −586,000 −0.45%
1993 132M −1.66M −1.25%
1992 133M −2.04M −1.51%
1991 135M +1.03M +0.77%
1990 134M +1.55M +1.17%
1989 133M +1.28M +0.97%
1988 131M +713,000 +0.55%
1987 131M −275,000 −0.21%
1986 131M +338,000 +0.26%
1985 131M +6.11M +4.9%
1984 124M +6.7M +5.69%
1983 118M +5.64M +5.02%
1982 112M +4.94M +4.61%
1981 107M +622,000 +0.58%
1980 107M −34,500 −0.03%
1979 107M −150,500 −0.14%
1978 107M −133,667 −0.13%
1977 107M −40,667 −0.04%
1976 107M −88,667 −0.08%
1975 107M −1.49M −1.38%
1974 109M +495,000 +0.46%
1973 108M −458,000 −0.42%
1972 108M −557,000 −0.51%
1971 109M −490,000 −0.45%
1970 110M −451,000 −0.41%
1969 110M −687,000 −0.62%
1968 111M −601,000 −0.54%
1967 111M −613,000 −0.55%
1966 112M −433,000 −0.39%
1965 112M −213,000 −0.19%
1964 113M −39,000 −0.03%
1963 113M −233,000 −0.21%
1962 113M −275,000 −0.24%
1961 113M

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.