Arable land — all countries

Arable land — Syria

Arable land in Syria in 2023 — 4,400,000 ha. Ranked 53 in the world out of 206. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 28.4%.

2023 4.4M ha +0.02% vs 2022
World rank 53of 206
Period maximum 6.41M ha1964
Period minimum 4.4M ha2022

Trend over time

1961–2023 · hectares

Arable land — Syria, 1961–20234M5M6M7M19611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 6,146,000 ha1963: 6,300,000 ha1965: 6,342,000 ha1967: 5,876,000 ha1969: 5,625,000 ha1971: 5,647,000 ha1973: 5,550,000 ha1975: 5,125,000 ha1977: 5,083,000 ha1979: 5,230,000 ha1981: 5,275,000 ha1983: 5,082,000 ha1985: 5,038,000 ha1987: 4,980,000 ha1989: 4,798,000 ha1991: 4,804,000 ha1993: 4,771,000 ha1995: 4,799,000 ha1997: 4,771,000 ha1999: 4,701,000 ha2001: 4,635,000 ha2003: 4,625,000 ha2005: 4,675,000 ha2007: 4,736,000 ha2009: 4,670,000 ha2011: 4,662,000 ha2013: 4,662,000 ha2015: 4,665,000 ha2017: 4,668,450 ha2019: 4,658,153 ha2021: 4,530,045 ha2023: 4,400,000 ha
Change over the period: −1.75M (−28.41%) Average annual rate: -0.54 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Syria 4.4M ha
World computed 1.38B ha
Middle East & North Africa computed 52.54M ha
Western Asia computed 37.99M ha
Low-income countries computed 142M ha
Arable land — Syria, by year Syria All countries CSV XLSX
Year ha Change Change, %
2023 4.4M +1,000 +0.02%
2022 4.4M −131,045 −2.89%
2021 4.53M −130,573 −2.8%
2020 4.66M +2,464 +0.05%
2019 4.66M −4,170 −0.09%
2018 4.66M −6,127 −0.13%
2017 4.67M +3,850 +0.08%
2016 4.66M −400 −0.01%
2015 4.67M +4,000 +0.09%
2014 4.66M −1,000 −0.02%
2013 4.66M −3,000 −0.06%
2012 4.67M +3,000 +0.06%
2011 4.66M −25,000 −0.53%
2010 4.69M +17,000 +0.36%
2009 4.67M −29,000 −0.62%
2008 4.7M −37,000 −0.78%
2007 4.74M +66,000 +1.41%
2006 4.67M −5,000 −0.11%
2005 4.68M −82,000 −1.72%
2004 4.76M +132,000 +2.85%
2003 4.63M +32,000 +0.7%
2002 4.59M −42,000 −0.91%
2001 4.64M +93,000 +2.05%
2000 4.54M −159,000 −3.38%
1999 4.7M −8,000 −0.17%
1998 4.71M −62,000 −1.3%
1997 4.77M +32,000 +0.68%
1996 4.74M −60,000 −1.25%
1995 4.8M −13,000 −0.27%
1994 4.81M +41,000 +0.86%
1993 4.77M +5,000 +0.1%
1992 4.77M −38,000 −0.79%
1991 4.8M −81,000 −1.66%
1990 4.89M +87,000 +1.81%
1989 4.8M −14,000 −0.29%
1988 4.81M −168,000 −3.37%
1987 4.98M −33,000 −0.66%
1986 5.01M −25,000 −0.5%
1985 5.04M −66,000 −1.29%
1984 5.1M +22,000 +0.43%
1983 5.08M −206,000 −3.9%
1982 5.29M +13,000 +0.25%
1981 5.28M +45,000 +0.86%
1980 5.23M +0 +0%
1979 5.23M +81,000 +1.57%
1978 5.15M +66,000 +1.3%
1977 5.08M −177,000 −3.37%
1976 5.26M +135,000 +2.63%
1975 5.13M −557,000 −9.8%
1974 5.68M +132,000 +2.38%
1973 5.55M −161,000 −2.82%
1972 5.71M +64,000 +1.13%
1971 5.65M −4,000 −0.07%
1970 5.65M +26,000 +0.46%
1969 5.63M +48,000 +0.86%
1968 5.58M −299,000 −5.09%
1967 5.88M +3,000 +0.05%
1966 5.87M −469,000 −7.4%
1965 6.34M −68,000 −1.06%
1964 6.41M +110,000 +1.75%
1963 6.3M +100,000 +1.61%
1962 6.2M +54,000 +0.88%
1961 6.15M

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.