World Bank · Agriculture

Italy: Arable land (% of land area)

23.50percent · 2024+3.3% 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 Italy from 1961 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202423.499
202323.715
202223.957
202124.323
202024.346
201923.381
201822.734
201722.779
201622.647
201522.322
201422.751
201323.086
201223.372
201122.418
201023.813
200923.608
200825.354
200724.249
200624.943
200526.309
200426.982
200326.914
200227.41
200127.905
200028.4
199929.054
199828.319
199728.061
199628.33
199528.163
199428.319
199329.071
199229.751
199130.261
199030.642
198930.577
198830.458
198730.822
198630.893
198530.771
198430.931
198331.036
198232.158
198132.185
198032.243
197932.219
197832.134
197731.821
197631.838
197531.723
197431.685
197331.58
197231.937
197132.338
197040.747
196941.552
196841.977
196742.124
196642.311
196542.583
196442.834
196343.093
196243.504
196143.732

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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