Arable land use per person in Mongolia
Mongolia: Arable land use per person was 0.3284 hectares per person in 2023. ▼ Falling
Arable land use per person in Mongolia, 1961–2023
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
Mongolia recorded 0.3284 hectares per person for arable land use per person in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 63 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.6% on the previous year and down 26.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, arable land use per person in Mongolia peaked at 0.7726 hectares per person in 1964 and was at its lowest, 0.3284 hectares per person, in 2023.
Mongolia ranks 28th of 206 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.6889 hectares per person | 0.591 hectares per person | 0.7726 hectares per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.6125 hectares per person | 0.5539 hectares per person | 0.7126 hectares per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.685 hectares per person | 0.6468 hectares per person | 0.7173 hectares per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.594 hectares per person | 0.5049 hectares per person | 0.653 hectares per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.468 hectares per person | 0.4515 hectares per person | 0.4919 hectares per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.4307 hectares per person | 0.3403 hectares per person | 0.4645 hectares per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.3319 hectares per person | 0.3284 hectares per person | 0.3372 hectares per person | 4 |
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More environment data for Mongolia
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 104.36 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 29.61 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 18.68 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.2848 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 44.99 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.004 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 64.5 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0051 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0127 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 0.5127 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is arable land use per person in Mongolia?
- Arable land use per person in Mongolia was 0.3284 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 Mongolia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7726 hectares per person in 1964.
- What is the lowest arable land use per person recorded in Mongolia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3284 hectares per person in 2023.
- How does Mongolia rank for arable land use per person?
- Mongolia ranks 28th out of 206 countries with data for 2023.
- Is arable land use per person rising or falling in Mongolia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 26.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Mongolia 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.