Arable land — all countries

Arable land — South America

Arable land in South America in 2023 — 120,005,107 ha. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 96.8%.

2023 120M ha −1.93% vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 122M ha2022
Period minimum 60.99M ha1961

Trend over time

1961–2023 · hectares

Arable land — South America, 1961–202360M80M100M120M140M19611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 60,992,276 ha1963: 63,044,276 ha1965: 65,132,276 ha1967: 68,017,276 ha1969: 70,718,276 ha1971: 72,596,276 ha1973: 75,893,498 ha1975: 78,797,944 ha1977: 84,850,389 ha1979: 90,652,835 ha1981: 94,765,280 ha1983: 96,931,726 ha1985: 99,895,878 ha1987: 97,983,617 ha1989: 95,511,062 ha1991: 92,937,507 ha1993: 90,476,953 ha1995: 89,301,955 ha1997: 90,958,514 ha1999: 92,668,072 ha2001: 94,059,232 ha2003: 96,927,416 ha2005: 102,166,530 ha2007: 106,616,483 ha2009: 106,371,227 ha2011: 112,256,423 ha2013: 114,519,061 ha2015: 117,058,739 ha2017: 118,055,158 ha2019: 119,268,945 ha2021: 121,729,963 ha2023: 120,005,107 ha
Change over the period: +59.01M (+96.75%) Average annual rate: 1.1 %

Comparison, 2023

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

South America 120M ha
World computed 1.38B ha
Arable land — South America, by year South America All countries CSV XLSX
Year ha Change Change, %
2023 120M −2.36M −1.93%
2022 122M +639,366 +0.53%
2021 122M +982,221 +0.81%
2020 121M +1.48M +1.24%
2019 119M +749,673 +0.63%
2018 119M +464,114 +0.39%
2017 118M +996,918 +0.85%
2016 117M −499 −0%
2015 117M +2.17M +1.89%
2014 115M +371,260 +0.32%
2013 115M +697,131 +0.61%
2012 114M +1.57M +1.39%
2011 112M +1.85M +1.68%
2010 110M +4.03M +3.79%
2009 106M −127,606 −0.12%
2008 106M −117,650 −0.11%
2007 107M +2.32M +2.22%
2006 104M +2.13M +2.09%
2005 102M +2.66M +2.67%
2004 99.51M +2.58M +2.66%
2003 96.93M +2.61M +2.77%
2002 94.31M +255,725 +0.27%
2001 94.06M +334,380 +0.36%
2000 93.72M +1.06M +1.14%
1999 92.67M +630,779 +0.69%
1998 92.04M +1.08M +1.19%
1997 90.96M +961,779 +1.07%
1996 90M +694,779 +0.78%
1995 89.3M −463,221 −0.52%
1994 89.77M −711,777 −0.79%
1993 90.48M −1.24M −1.35%
1992 91.72M −1.22M −1.31%
1991 92.94M −1.22M −1.3%
1990 94.16M −1.35M −1.41%
1989 95.51M −1.37M −1.42%
1988 96.89M −1.1M −1.12%
1987 97.98M −1.13M −1.14%
1986 99.12M −778,484 −0.78%
1985 99.9M +1.74M +1.78%
1984 98.15M +1.22M +1.26%
1983 96.93M +1.11M +1.15%
1982 95.83M +1.06M +1.12%
1981 94.77M +1.14M +1.22%
1980 93.63M +2.97M +3.28%
1979 90.65M +2.9M +3.31%
1978 87.75M +2.9M +3.42%
1977 84.85M +2.97M +3.62%
1976 81.88M +3.09M +3.92%
1975 78.8M +1.41M +1.82%
1974 77.39M +1.5M +1.97%
1973 75.89M +1.42M +1.91%
1972 74.47M +1.87M +2.58%
1971 72.6M +1.3M +1.82%
1970 71.3M +577,000 +0.82%
1969 70.72M +669,500 +0.96%
1968 70.05M +2.03M +2.99%
1967 68.02M +1.26M +1.9%
1966 66.75M +1.62M +2.49%
1965 65.13M +1.12M +1.75%
1964 64.01M +968,000 +1.54%
1963 63.04M +964,000 +1.55%
1962 62.08M +1.09M +1.78%
1961 60.99M

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.