Arable land — all countries

Arable land — Thailand

Arable land in Thailand in 2023 — 15,835,200 ha. Ranked 20 in the world out of 206. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 52.3%.

2023 15.84M ha −0.11% vs 2022
World rank 20of 206
Period maximum 18M ha2010
Period minimum 10.4M ha1961

Trend over time

1961–2023 · hectares

Arable land — Thailand, 1961–202310M12M14M16M18M20M19611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 10,400,000 ha1963: 10,800,000 ha1965: 11,200,000 ha1967: 11,600,000 ha1969: 12,000,000 ha1971: 12,431,000 ha1973: 13,900,000 ha1975: 14,900,000 ha1977: 15,773,000 ha1979: 16,315,000 ha1981: 16,855,000 ha1983: 17,293,000 ha1985: 17,693,000 ha1987: 17,930,000 ha1989: 17,581,000 ha1991: 17,510,000 ha1993: 17,085,000 ha1995: 17,060,000 ha1997: 17,417,000 ha1999: 17,617,000 ha2001: 17,738,000 ha2003: 17,820,000 ha2005: 17,950,000 ha2007: 17,945,000 ha2009: 17,547,000 ha2011: 17,900,800 ha2013: 17,344,265 ha2015: 16,913,800 ha2017: 16,763,700 ha2019: 16,628,427 ha2021: 16,190,400 ha2023: 15,835,200 ha
Change over the period: +5.44M (+52.26%) Average annual rate: 0.68 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Thailand 15.84M ha
World computed 1.38B ha
East Asia & Pacific computed 213M ha
South-Eastern Asia computed 63.19M ha
Arable land — Thailand, by year Thailand All countries CSV XLSX
Year ha Change Change, %
2023 15.84M −18,100 −0.11%
2022 15.85M −337,100 −2.08%
2021 16.19M −633,200 −3.76%
2020 16.82M +195,173 +1.17%
2019 16.63M −108,570 −0.65%
2018 16.74M −26,704 −0.16%
2017 16.76M −105,300 −0.62%
2016 16.87M −44,800 −0.26%
2015 16.91M −117,700 −0.69%
2014 17.03M −312,765 −1.8%
2013 17.34M −38,835 −0.22%
2012 17.38M −517,700 −2.89%
2011 17.9M −103,700 −0.58%
2010 18M +457,500 +2.61%
2009 17.55M −291,000 −1.63%
2008 17.84M −107,000 −0.6%
2007 17.95M −8,000 −0.04%
2006 17.95M +3,000 +0.02%
2005 17.95M +38,000 +0.21%
2004 17.91M +92,000 +0.52%
2003 17.82M +39,000 +0.22%
2002 17.78M +43,000 +0.24%
2001 17.74M +63,000 +0.36%
2000 17.68M +58,000 +0.33%
1999 17.62M +28,000 +0.16%
1998 17.59M +172,000 +0.99%
1997 17.42M +193,000 +1.12%
1996 17.22M +164,000 +0.96%
1995 17.06M −18,000 −0.11%
1994 17.08M −7,000 −0.04%
1993 17.09M −153,000 −0.89%
1992 17.24M −272,000 −1.55%
1991 17.51M +16,000 +0.09%
1990 17.49M −87,000 −0.49%
1989 17.58M −147,000 −0.83%
1988 17.73M −202,000 −1.13%
1987 17.93M +120,000 +0.67%
1986 17.81M +117,000 +0.66%
1985 17.69M +292,000 +1.68%
1984 17.4M +108,000 +0.62%
1983 17.29M +94,000 +0.55%
1982 17.2M +344,000 +2.04%
1981 16.86M +340,000 +2.06%
1980 16.52M +200,000 +1.23%
1979 16.32M +207,000 +1.29%
1978 16.11M +335,000 +2.12%
1977 15.77M +609,000 +4.02%
1976 15.16M +264,000 +1.77%
1975 14.9M +276,000 +1.89%
1974 14.62M +724,000 +5.21%
1973 13.9M +750,000 +5.7%
1972 13.15M +719,000 +5.78%
1971 12.43M +131,000 +1.07%
1970 12.3M +300,000 +2.5%
1969 12M +200,000 +1.69%
1968 11.8M +200,000 +1.72%
1967 11.6M +200,000 +1.75%
1966 11.4M +200,000 +1.79%
1965 11.2M +200,000 +1.82%
1964 11M +200,000 +1.85%
1963 10.8M +200,000 +1.89%
1962 10.6M +200,000 +1.92%
1961 10.4M

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.