Arable land — Area in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs): Arable land — Area was 201,554 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Arable land — Area in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) recorded 201,554 1000 ha for arable land — area in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 7.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, arable land — area in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) peaked at 201,554 1000 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 106,415 1000 ha, in 1961.
Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) ranks 10th of 36 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 110,156 1000 ha | 106,415 1000 ha | 113,137 1000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 115,823 1000 ha | 113,472 1000 ha | 118,771 1000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 121,502 1000 ha | 119,272 1000 ha | 124,080 1000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 138,928 1000 ha | 125,792 1000 ha | 146,598 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 157,980 1000 ha | 147,209 1000 ha | 168,458 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 187,314 1000 ha | 175,904 1000 ha | 195,649 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 199,881 1000 ha | 197,276 1000 ha | 201,554 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
More environment data for Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
- Cropland — Share in Land area 11.17 % (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Agricultural Use 2.89 million t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Export quantity 316,092 t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Import quantity 1.96 million t (2024)
- Agricultural land — Area 863,406 1000 ha (2024)
- Agricultural land — Share in Land area 43 % (2024)
- Cropland — Area 224,322 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Agricultural land 25.98 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 74 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 638,884 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is arable land — area in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- Arable land — area in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) was 201,554 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest arable land — area recorded in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 201,554 1000 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest arable land — area recorded in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 106,415 1000 ha in 1961.
- How does Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) rank for arable land — area?
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) ranks 10th out of 36 groups with data for 2024.
- Is arable land — area rising or falling in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Arable land — Area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The FAOSTAT Land Use domain contains data on twenty-one land use categories and twenty-three categories of irrigation and agricultural practices. Data are available yearly and by country, regional and global levels. The domain includes Land Use Indicators providing information on the percentage share of agricultural and forest land, and their sub-components, including irrigated areas and areas under organic agriculture, within a country land use matrix. Data are available at country, regional and global level, for the following elements: (in percentage) i) Share in Land area; ii) Share in Agricultural land, iii) Share in Cropland; and iv) Share in Forest land; (in ha/pc) v) Area per capita.