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United Kingdom: Arable land (% of land area)

25.31percent · 2024-1.8% 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 United Kingdom from 1961 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202425.315
202324.981
202224.97
202124.841
202024.712
201925.154
201824.957
201725.143
201624.908
201524.846
201425.766
201325.898
201225.677
201125.057
201024.677
200925.003
200824.821
200725.152
200625.189
200523.68
200424.052
200323.391
200223.916
200123.358
200024.288
199924.457
199825.846
199726.322
199625.206
199524.536
199424.433
199325.177
199227.09
199127.144
199027.363
198927.702
198828.463
198728.665
198628.686
198528.893
198428.612
198328.517
198228.574
198128.55
198028.595
197928.227
197828.669
197728.607
197628.496
197528.393
197429.211
197329.244
197229.467
197129.48
197029.356
196929.608
196830.079
196730.211
196630.273
196530.335
196430.397
196330.071
196229.909
196129.657

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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