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Ireland: Arable land (% of land area)

6.29percent · 2024-6.9% 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 Ireland from 1961 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20246.285
20236.372
20226.474
20216.329
20206.445
20196.431
20186.547
20176.692
20166.692
20156.576
20146.753
20136.881
20127.006
20116.665
20106.37
20096.715
20087.05
20076.756
20066.78
20057.094
20047.572
20037.711
20027.537
20017.406
20007.085
19996.779
19986.473
19976.166
19965.86
19955.757
19945.811
19935.863
19925.703
19915.686
19905.728
19896.015
19886.113
19876.358
19866.763
19857.325
19847.467
19837.222
19827.508
19817.709
19808.035
19797.522
19787.364
19777.299
19766.881
19756.641
19746.83
19737
19727.399
19717.773
19707.725
19697.48
19687.686
19677.666
19667.448
19658.235
19648.501
19638.929
19629.389
19619.459

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 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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