Arable land — all countries

Arable land — Türkiye

Arable land in Türkiye in 2023 — 20,277,000 ha. Ranked 14 in the world out of 206. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 11.9%.

2023 20.28M ha +0.32% vs 2022
World rank 14of 206
Period maximum 25.78M ha1979
Period minimum 19.58M ha2019

Trend over time

1961–2023 · hectares

Arable land — Türkiye, 1961–202318M20M22M24M26M19611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 23,013,000 ha1963: 23,895,000 ha1965: 23,841,000 ha1967: 23,836,000 ha1969: 25,231,000 ha1971: 24,978,000 ha1973: 25,543,000 ha1975: 24,908,000 ha1977: 25,063,000 ha1979: 25,778,000 ha1981: 25,483,000 ha1983: 23,696,000 ha1985: 24,595,000 ha1987: 24,964,000 ha1989: 24,880,000 ha1991: 24,666,000 ha1993: 24,481,000 ha1995: 24,654,000 ha1997: 24,297,000 ha1999: 24,279,000 ha2001: 23,801,000 ha2003: 23,372,000 ha2005: 23,830,000 ha2007: 21,979,000 ha2009: 21,351,000 ha2011: 20,539,000 ha2013: 20,574,000 ha2015: 20,650,000 ha2017: 19,998,000 ha2019: 19,580,000 ha2021: 19,881,000 ha2023: 20,277,000 ha
Change over the period: −2.74M (−11.89%) Average annual rate: -0.2 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Türkiye 20.28M ha
World computed 1.38B ha
Europe & Central Asia computed 331M ha
Western Asia computed 37.99M ha
Arable land — Türkiye, by year Türkiye All countries CSV XLSX
Year ha Change Change, %
2023 20.28M +64,000 +0.32%
2022 20.21M +332,000 +1.67%
2021 19.88M +295,000 +1.51%
2020 19.59M +6,000 +0.03%
2019 19.58M −143,000 −0.73%
2018 19.72M −275,000 −1.38%
2017 20M −384,000 −1.88%
2016 20.38M −268,000 −1.3%
2015 20.65M −49,000 −0.24%
2014 20.7M +125,000 +0.61%
2013 20.57M −3,000 −0.01%
2012 20.58M +38,000 +0.19%
2011 20.54M −845,000 −3.95%
2010 21.38M +33,000 +0.15%
2009 21.35M −204,000 −0.95%
2008 21.56M −424,000 −1.93%
2007 21.98M −1M −4.36%
2006 22.98M −849,000 −3.56%
2005 23.83M −41,000 −0.17%
2004 23.87M +499,000 +2.14%
2003 23.37M −622,000 −2.59%
2002 23.99M +193,000 +0.81%
2001 23.8M −25,000 −0.1%
2000 23.83M −453,000 −1.87%
1999 24.28M −160,000 −0.65%
1998 24.44M +142,000 +0.58%
1997 24.3M −217,000 −0.89%
1996 24.51M −140,000 −0.57%
1995 24.65M −51,000 −0.21%
1994 24.71M +224,000 +0.91%
1993 24.48M −33,000 −0.13%
1992 24.51M −152,000 −0.62%
1991 24.67M +19,000 +0.08%
1990 24.65M −233,000 −0.94%
1989 24.88M +94,000 +0.38%
1988 24.79M −178,000 −0.71%
1987 24.96M +406,000 +1.65%
1986 24.56M −37,000 −0.15%
1985 24.6M +93,000 +0.38%
1984 24.5M +806,000 +3.4%
1983 23.7M −503,000 −2.08%
1982 24.2M −1.28M −5.04%
1981 25.48M +129,000 +0.51%
1980 25.35M −424,000 −1.64%
1979 25.78M +655,000 +2.61%
1978 25.12M +60,000 +0.24%
1977 25.06M +201,000 +0.81%
1976 24.86M −46,000 −0.18%
1975 24.91M −253,000 −1.01%
1974 25.16M −382,000 −1.5%
1973 25.54M −30,000 −0.12%
1972 25.57M +595,000 +2.38%
1971 24.98M +185,000 +0.75%
1970 24.79M −438,000 −1.74%
1969 25.23M +1.14M +4.73%
1968 24.09M +256,000 +1.07%
1967 23.84M −164,000 −0.68%
1966 24M +159,000 +0.67%
1965 23.84M +17,000 +0.07%
1964 23.82M −71,000 −0.3%
1963 23.9M +764,000 +3.3%
1962 23.13M +118,000 +0.51%
1961 23.01M

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.