Arable land — all countries

Arable land — Eastern Europe

Arable land in Eastern Europe in 2023 — 193,082,773 ha. Since 1992, the indicator has fallen by 6.1%.

2023 193M ha +0.12% vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 208M ha1993
Period minimum 193M ha2022

Trend over time

1992–2023 · hectares

Arable land — Eastern Europe, 1992–2023190M195M200M205M210M1992199620002004200820122016202020231992: 205,673,000 ha1993: 208,071,000 ha1994: 206,964,000 ha1995: 206,000,000 ha1996: 204,395,000 ha1997: 205,779,000 ha1998: 203,520,000 ha1999: 202,231,000 ha2000: 201,171,000 ha2001: 199,713,000 ha2002: 198,004,690 ha2003: 196,509,280 ha2004: 195,575,490 ha2005: 194,611,420 ha2006: 194,431,440 ha2007: 193,527,280 ha2008: 193,879,240 ha2009: 194,037,880 ha2010: 192,966,930 ha2011: 193,138,810 ha2012: 192,851,100 ha2013: 192,997,300 ha2014: 193,171,300 ha2015: 193,173,100 ha2016: 192,891,800 ha2017: 192,988,080 ha2018: 193,260,700 ha2019: 193,623,372 ha2020: 193,066,124 ha2021: 193,162,039 ha2022: 192,848,987 ha2023: 193,082,773 ha
Change over the period: −12.59M (−6.12%) Average annual rate: -0.2 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Eastern Europe 193M ha
World computed 1.38B ha
Arable land — Eastern Europe, by year Eastern Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year ha Change Change, %
2023 193M +233,786 +0.12%
2022 193M −313,052 −0.16%
2021 193M +95,916 +0.05%
2020 193M −557,249 −0.29%
2019 194M +362,672 +0.19%
2018 193M +272,620 +0.14%
2017 193M +96,280 +0.05%
2016 193M −281,300 −0.15%
2015 193M +1,800 +0%
2014 193M +174,000 +0.09%
2013 193M +146,200 +0.08%
2012 193M −287,710 −0.15%
2011 193M +171,880 +0.09%
2010 193M −1.07M −0.55%
2009 194M +158,640 +0.08%
2008 194M +351,960 +0.18%
2007 194M −904,160 −0.47%
2006 194M −179,980 −0.09%
2005 195M −964,070 −0.49%
2004 196M −933,790 −0.48%
2003 197M −1.5M −0.76%
2002 198M −1.71M −0.86%
2001 200M −1.46M −0.72%
2000 201M −1.06M −0.52%
1999 202M −1.29M −0.63%
1998 204M −2.26M −1.1%
1997 206M +1.38M +0.68%
1996 204M −1.61M −0.78%
1995 206M −964,000 −0.47%
1994 207M −1.11M −0.53%
1993 208M +2.4M +1.17%
1992 206M

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.