Arable land — all countries

Arable land — Western Asia

Arable land in Western Asia in 2023 — 37,989,718 ha. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 1.6%.

2023 37.99M ha +0.16% vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 44.15M ha1993
Period minimum 37.38M ha1961

Trend over time

1961–2023 · hectares

Arable land — Western Asia, 1961–202336M38M40M42M44M46M19611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 37,379,000 ha1963: 38,587,000 ha1965: 38,753,000 ha1967: 38,406,000 ha1969: 39,633,000 ha1971: 39,510,000 ha1973: 40,249,000 ha1975: 39,235,400 ha1977: 39,451,000 ha1979: 40,558,000 ha1981: 40,411,000 ha1983: 38,708,000 ha1985: 39,890,600 ha1987: 40,589,400 ha1989: 40,365,200 ha1991: 40,951,600 ha1993: 44,147,500 ha1995: 43,521,749 ha1997: 42,728,667 ha1999: 42,412,850 ha2001: 41,838,586 ha2003: 41,377,300 ha2005: 41,727,846 ha2007: 40,204,286 ha2009: 38,017,884 ha2011: 37,714,227 ha2013: 38,172,226 ha2015: 38,579,605 ha2017: 38,119,295 ha2019: 37,675,753 ha2021: 37,717,677 ha2023: 37,989,718 ha
Change over the period: +610,718 (+1.63%) Average annual rate: 0.03 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Western Asia 37.99M ha
World computed 1.38B ha
Arable land — Western Asia, by year Western Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year ha Change Change, %
2023 37.99M +61,251 +0.16%
2022 37.93M +210,790 +0.56%
2021 37.72M +156,268 +0.42%
2020 37.56M −114,343 −0.3%
2019 37.68M −170,375 −0.45%
2018 37.85M −273,167 −0.72%
2017 38.12M −178,075 −0.46%
2016 38.3M −282,235 −0.73%
2015 38.58M −40,085 −0.1%
2014 38.62M +447,465 +1.17%
2013 38.17M +320,315 +0.85%
2012 37.85M +137,685 +0.37%
2011 37.71M −713,205 −1.86%
2010 38.43M +409,548 +1.08%
2009 38.02M −621,948 −1.61%
2008 38.64M −1.56M −3.89%
2007 40.2M −850,203 −2.07%
2006 41.05M −673,357 −1.61%
2005 41.73M −3,074 −0.01%
2004 41.73M +353,619 +0.85%
2003 41.38M −784,878 −1.86%
2002 42.16M +323,593 +0.77%
2001 41.84M +7,404 +0.02%
2000 41.83M −581,668 −1.37%
1999 42.41M −359,589 −0.84%
1998 42.77M +43,773 +0.1%
1997 42.73M −602,239 −1.39%
1996 43.33M −190,844 −0.44%
1995 43.52M −292,789 −0.67%
1994 43.81M −332,962 −0.75%
1993 44.15M +527,700 +1.21%
1992 43.62M +2.67M +6.52%
1991 40.95M +500,800 +1.24%
1990 40.45M +85,600 +0.21%
1989 40.37M −82,200 −0.2%
1988 40.45M −142,000 −0.35%
1987 40.59M +595,400 +1.49%
1986 39.99M +103,400 +0.26%
1985 39.89M +281,500 +0.71%
1984 39.61M +901,100 +2.33%
1983 38.71M −490,100 −1.25%
1982 39.2M −1.21M −3%
1981 40.41M +229,800 +0.57%
1980 40.18M −376,800 −0.93%
1979 40.56M +833,000 +2.1%
1978 39.73M +274,000 +0.69%
1977 39.45M +81,000 +0.21%
1976 39.37M +134,600 +0.34%
1975 39.24M −840,600 −2.1%
1974 40.08M −173,000 −0.43%
1973 40.25M −127,000 −0.31%
1972 40.38M +866,000 +2.19%
1971 39.51M +234,000 +0.6%
1970 39.28M −357,000 −0.9%
1969 39.63M +1.22M +3.19%
1968 38.41M +3,000 +0.01%
1967 38.41M −74,000 −0.19%
1966 38.48M −273,000 −0.7%
1965 38.75M +35,000 +0.09%
1964 38.72M +131,000 +0.34%
1963 38.59M +956,000 +2.54%
1962 37.63M +252,000 +0.67%
1961 37.38M

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.