Arable land — all countries

Arable land — South-Eastern Asia

Arable land in South-Eastern Asia in 2023 — 63,188,415 ha. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 27.3%.

2023 63.19M ha −0.1% vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 64.67M ha2015
Period minimum 49.64M ha1961

Trend over time

1961–2023 · hectares

Arable land — South-Eastern Asia, 1961–202345M50M55M60M65M19611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 49,643,375 ha1963: 50,380,493 ha1965: 51,071,951 ha1967: 51,772,279 ha1969: 52,389,528 ha1971: 52,274,356 ha1973: 53,819,454 ha1975: 55,376,693 ha1977: 57,211,281 ha1979: 58,243,639 ha1981: 59,082,308 ha1983: 59,808,946 ha1985: 61,497,250 ha1987: 64,421,400 ha1989: 64,331,700 ha1991: 61,560,500 ha1993: 61,254,400 ha1995: 60,194,000 ha1997: 61,344,700 ha1999: 61,912,100 ha2001: 62,973,600 ha2003: 62,992,640 ha2005: 63,218,331 ha2007: 63,918,222 ha2009: 64,057,784 ha2011: 64,657,969 ha2013: 64,288,666 ha2015: 64,672,365 ha2017: 64,610,830 ha2019: 64,097,522 ha2021: 63,639,541 ha2023: 63,188,415 ha
Change over the period: +13.55M (+27.28%) Average annual rate: 0.39 %

Comparison, 2023

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

South-Eastern Asia 63.19M ha
World computed 1.38B ha
Arable land — South-Eastern Asia, by year South-Eastern Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year ha Change Change, %
2023 63.19M −65,376 −0.1%
2022 63.25M −385,749 −0.61%
2021 63.64M −605,537 −0.94%
2020 64.25M +147,555 +0.23%
2019 64.1M −418,287 −0.65%
2018 64.52M −95,021 −0.15%
2017 64.61M −52,218 −0.08%
2016 64.66M −9,317 −0.01%
2015 64.67M +629,187 +0.98%
2014 64.04M −245,488 −0.38%
2013 64.29M +3,938 +0.01%
2012 64.28M −373,241 −0.58%
2011 64.66M +99,714 +0.15%
2010 64.56M +500,471 +0.78%
2009 64.06M −87,669 −0.14%
2008 64.15M +227,231 +0.36%
2007 63.92M +297,881 +0.47%
2006 63.62M +402,011 +0.64%
2005 63.22M −2,599 −0%
2004 63.22M +228,291 +0.36%
2003 62.99M +66,940 +0.11%
2002 62.93M −47,900 −0.08%
2001 62.97M +600,900 +0.96%
2000 62.37M +460,600 +0.74%
1999 61.91M +361,400 +0.59%
1998 61.55M +206,000 +0.34%
1997 61.34M +296,600 +0.49%
1996 61.05M +854,100 +1.42%
1995 60.19M +72,100 +0.12%
1994 60.12M −1.13M −1.85%
1993 61.25M −114,100 −0.19%
1992 61.37M −192,000 −0.31%
1991 61.56M −2.11M −3.32%
1990 63.67M −659,100 −1.02%
1989 64.33M −267,100 −0.41%
1988 64.6M +177,400 +0.28%
1987 64.42M +1.47M +2.34%
1986 62.95M +1.45M +2.36%
1985 61.5M +1.5M +2.5%
1984 60M +191,174 +0.32%
1983 59.81M +232,144 +0.39%
1982 59.58M +494,494 +0.84%
1981 59.08M +459,284 +0.78%
1980 58.62M +379,384 +0.65%
1979 58.24M +402,604 +0.7%
1978 57.84M +629,754 +1.1%
1977 57.21M +1.01M +1.8%
1976 56.2M +822,974 +1.49%
1975 55.38M +547,164 +1%
1974 54.83M +1.01M +1.88%
1973 53.82M +528,354 +0.99%
1972 53.29M +1.02M +1.95%
1971 52.27M −620,736 −1.17%
1970 52.9M +505,564 +0.97%
1969 52.39M +246,134 +0.47%
1968 52.14M +371,114 +0.72%
1967 51.77M +345,044 +0.67%
1966 51.43M +355,284 +0.7%
1965 51.07M +291,814 +0.57%
1964 50.78M +399,644 +0.79%
1963 50.38M +362,414 +0.72%
1962 50.02M +374,704 +0.75%
1961 49.64M

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.