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United States: Arable land (% of land area)

16.57percent · 2024-2.8% 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 States from 1961 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202416.568
202316.569
202216.568
202116.694
202016.825
201916.955
201817.087
201717.21
201617.154
201517.104
201417.05
201316.99
201216.934
201117.086
201017.236
200917.386
200817.538
200717.659
200617.913
200518.149
200418.393
200318.634
200218.88
200119.151
200019.153
199919.164
199819.302
199719.395
199619.533
199519.847
199419.852
199319.946
199220.085
199120.265
199020.27
198920.275
198820.28
198720.28
198620.501
198520.501
198420.501
198320.501
198220.501
198120.609
198020.609
197920.609
197820.609
197720.368
197620.36
197520.36
197420.36
197320.423
197220.477
197120.542
197020.607
196920.662
196819.762
196719.051
196619.184
196519.325
196419.431
196319.606
196219.336
196119.722

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by Food and Agriculture Organization. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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World Bank (2026). Arable land (% of land area). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-arable-land-zs (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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