Arable land

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.

Publisher
World Bank
Unit
Cadence
Annual
Series
206
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Updated
2026-09-06

Provenance

Who produced these figures, as World Bank declares it — not inferred, and each line says which published field it was read from.

  1. Produced by

    Food and Agriculture Organization

    FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

    declared by worldbank in sourceOrganization

  2. Read from

    World Bank

    World Development Indicators

    declared by worldbank in source

Latest observations

CountryPeriodValueUnit
Afghanistan20237.85Mhectares
Albania2023590,700hectares
Algeria20237.53Mhectares
American Samoa20231030hectares
Andorra2023732.50hectares
Angola20235.38Mhectares
Antigua and Barbuda20234000hectares
Argentina202340.39Mhectares
Armenia2023441,600hectares
Aruba20232000hectares

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