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India: Arable land (hectares)

153.81Mhectares · 2024-1.7% since 2014

Arable land (in hectares) 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 India from 1961 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (hectares)Note
2024153,809,668
2023154,154,699
2022154,237,200
2021154,412,130
2020154,710,970
2019155,576,382
2018156,072,043
2017156,704,486
2016156,852,048
2015157,139,120
2014156,422,978
2013156,484,074
2012156,596,732
2011157,108,369
2010156,899,532
2009157,834,873
2008157,799,058
2007157,884,519
2006158,450,673
2005159,384,115
2004159,815,797
2003160,560,599
2002161,007,187
2001160,869,764
2000161,451,544
1999161,481,133
1998161,476,240
1997161,637,676
1996161,382,115
1995162,093,095
1994162,693,782
1993162,686,595
1992163,041,365
1991163,288,861
1990163,556,384
1989163,548,856
1988162,901,459
1987163,260,726
1986163,333,048
1985163,436,728
1984163,340,594
1983162,651,632
1982163,068,488
1981162,892,123
1980162,820,779
1979163,248,196
1978163,097,890
1977161,843,566
1976162,150,611
1975162,012,288
1974161,672,024
1973161,285,441
1972160,317,925
1971159,828,561
1970160,542,369
1969160,101,069
1968160,302,184
1967159,780,000
1966158,590,000
1965158,216,000
1964157,732,000
1963157,470,000
1962156,700,000
1961155,806,000

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by Food and Agriculture Organization. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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World Bank (2026). Arable land (hectares). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-arable-land (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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