What is the highest arable land recorded in IBRD only?

The highest recorded value was 0.2869 hectares per person in 1961.

What is the lowest arable land recorded in IBRD only?

The lowest recorded value was 0.1536 hectares per person in 2023.

How does IBRD only rank for arable land?

IBRD only ranks 28th out of 47 groups with data for 2023.

Is arable land rising or falling in IBRD only?

Over the last ten years it is down 8.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.

Arable land in IBRD only

Name: Arable land in IBRD only
Creator: 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)
License: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)

IBRD only: Arable land was 0.1536 hectares per person in 2023. ▼ Falling

Latest (2023)

0.1536 hectares per person

Change on year

down 0.8%

Rank

28th

of 47 groups

All-time high

0.2869 hectares per person

in 1961

All-time low

0.1536 hectares per person

in 2023

Years of data

1961–2023

Arable land in IBRD only, 1961–2023

Source: 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). Measured in hectares per person.

Analysis

The most recent figure for arable land in IBRD only is 0.1536 hectares per person, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 63 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.8% on the previous year and down 8.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, arable land in IBRD only peaked at 0.2869 hectares per person in 1961 and was at its lowest, 0.1536 hectares per person, in 2023.

That places IBRD only 28th out of 47 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1960s	0.2661 hectares per person	0.2449 hectares per person	0.2869 hectares per person	9
1970s	0.2214 hectares per person	0.2076 hectares per person	0.2388 hectares per person	10
1980s	0.1945 hectares per person	0.1825 hectares per person	0.2035 hectares per person	10
1990s	0.201 hectares per person	0.1761 hectares per person	0.2201 hectares per person	10
2000s	0.1834 hectares per person	0.1749 hectares per person	0.1924 hectares per person	10
2010s	0.1653 hectares per person	0.1572 hectares per person	0.1734 hectares per person	10
2020s	0.1553 hectares per person	0.1536 hectares per person	0.1569 hectares per person	4

Countries ranked near IBRD only

25 Mali 0.3509 hectares per person compare
26 Central African Republic 0.3493 hectares per person compare
27 Burkina Faso 0.3434 hectares per person compare
28 Mongolia 0.3284 hectares per person compare
29 Togo 0.3222 hectares per person compare
30 Iceland 0.3137 hectares per person compare
31 Poland 0.3053 hectares per person compare

See the full ranking of 253 places →

More agriculture & rural data for IBRD only

Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 3.29 trillion current US$ (2025)
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 7.6% (2025)
Rural population 2.07 billion (2025)
Rural population growth -0.2% (2025)
Rural population 41.4% (2025)
Agricultural raw materials imports 1.7% (2024)
Agricultural raw materials exports 1.2% (2024)
Land under cereal production 211.15 million hectares (2024)
Cereal production 797.29 million metric tons (2024)
Cereal yield 3,776 kg per hectare (2024)

All data for IBRD only →

Frequently asked questions

What is arable land in IBRD only?: Arable land in IBRD only was 0.1536 hectares per person in 2023, according to 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).
What is the highest arable land recorded in IBRD only?: The highest recorded value was 0.2869 hectares per person in 1961.
What is the lowest arable land recorded in IBRD only?: The lowest recorded value was 0.1536 hectares per person in 2023.
How does IBRD only rank for arable land?: IBRD only ranks 28th out of 47 groups with data for 2023.
Is arable land rising or falling in IBRD only?: Over the last ten years it is down 8.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this IBRD only data come from?: The figures come from 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), published as part of Arable land (hectares per person). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator: Arable land (hectares per person)
Unit: hectares per person
Source: 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)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 253 places, 14,649 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Arable land (hectares per person) 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.