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Australia: Arable land (% of land area)

4.07percent · 2024-2.3% since 2014

Arable land includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded. Annual figures for Australia from 1961 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20244.067
20234.065
20224.065
20214.065
20203.984
20193.975
20184.027
20173.998
20163.908
20154.047
20144.16
20134.064
20124.118
20114.126
20103.331
20093.533
20083.123
20073.01
20063.154
20053.438
20043.353
20033.028
20023.092
20013.152
20003.055
19992.993
19982.779
19972.721
19962.498
19952.192
19942.323
19932.227
19922.112
19912.24
19902.207
19892.281
19882.361
19872.551
19862.692
19852.729
19842.83
19832.506
19822.531
19812.372
19802.315
19792.248
19782.165
19771.932
19761.884
19751.767
19741.924
19731.943
19722.219
19712.194
19702.407
19692.556
19682.787
19672.509
19662.445
19652.256
19642.121
19632.002
19622.02
19611.872

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by Food and Agriculture Organization. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Arable land (% of land area). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-arable-land-zs (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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