Arable land use per person in Moldova
Moldova: Arable land use per person was 0.7613 hectares per person in 2023. ▲ Rising
Arable land use per person in Moldova, 1992–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in hectares per person.
Analysis
Moldova recorded 0.7613 hectares per person for arable land use per person in 2023. That is the highest value across all 32 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.2% on the previous year and up 19.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, arable land use per person in Moldova peaked at 0.7613 hectares per person in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.5824 hectares per person, in 1992.
That places Moldova 8th out of 206 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 32 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.6009 hectares per person | 0.5824 hectares per person | 0.6183 hectares per person | 8 |
| 2000s | 0.6331 hectares per person | 0.6247 hectares per person | 0.6355 hectares per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.6258 hectares per person | 0.6047 hectares per person | 0.6351 hectares per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.7293 hectares per person | 0.7028 hectares per person | 0.7613 hectares per person | 4 |
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More environment data for Moldova
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 11.66 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 4.85 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 0.9268 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.1986 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.0901 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0003 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 2.2 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0028 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0084 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 0.9715 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is arable land use per person in Moldova?
- Arable land use per person in Moldova was 0.7613 hectares per person in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest arable land use per person recorded in Moldova?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7613 hectares per person in 2023.
- What is the lowest arable land use per person recorded in Moldova?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5824 hectares per person in 1992.
- How does Moldova rank for arable land use per person?
- Moldova ranks 8th out of 206 countries with data for 2023.
- Is arable land use per person rising or falling in Moldova?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Moldova data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Arable land use per person. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Arable land is defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops, temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. It is measured in hectares per person.