Cropland — Area per capita in Turkey
Turkey: Cropland — Area per capita was 0.27 ha/cap in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cropland — Area per capita in Turkey, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha/cap.
Analysis
Turkey recorded 0.27 ha/cap for cropland — area per capita in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of down 12.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cropland — area per capita in Turkey peaked at 0.86 ha/cap in 1961 and was at its lowest, 0.27 ha/cap, in 2018.
Turkey ranks 61st of 250 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Cropland — Area per capita in Turkey, year by year
| Year | ha/cap | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.86 ha/cap | — |
| 1962 | 0.85 ha/cap | -1.2% |
| 1963 | 0.85 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 0.83 ha/cap | -2.4% |
| 1965 | 0.81 ha/cap | -2.4% |
| 1966 | 0.8 ha/cap | -1.2% |
| 1967 | 0.77 ha/cap | -3.8% |
| 1968 | 0.76 ha/cap | -1.3% |
| 1969 | 0.78 ha/cap | +2.6% |
| 1970 | 0.75 ha/cap | -3.8% |
| 1971 | 0.74 ha/cap | -1.3% |
| 1972 | 0.73 ha/cap | -1.4% |
| 1973 | 0.72 ha/cap | -1.4% |
| 1974 | 0.69 ha/cap | -4.2% |
| 1975 | 0.67 ha/cap | -2.9% |
| 1976 | 0.66 ha/cap | -1.5% |
| 1977 | 0.65 ha/cap | -1.5% |
| 1978 | 0.64 ha/cap | -1.5% |
| 1979 | 0.65 ha/cap | +1.6% |
| 1980 | 0.63 ha/cap | -3.1% |
| 1981 | 0.62 ha/cap | -1.6% |
| 1982 | 0.57 ha/cap | -8.1% |
| 1983 | 0.55 ha/cap | -3.5% |
| 1984 | 0.55 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 0.54 ha/cap | -1.8% |
| 1986 | 0.53 ha/cap | -1.9% |
| 1987 | 0.53 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 0.51 ha/cap | -3.8% |
| 1989 | 0.51 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 0.49 ha/cap | -3.9% |
| 1991 | 0.49 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 0.47 ha/cap | -4.1% |
| 1993 | 0.47 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 0.46 ha/cap | -2.1% |
| 1995 | 0.44 ha/cap | -4.3% |
| 1996 | 0.44 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 0.43 ha/cap | -2.3% |
| 1998 | 0.42 ha/cap | -2.3% |
| 1999 | 0.41 ha/cap | -2.4% |
| 2000 | 0.4 ha/cap | -2.4% |
| 2001 | 0.4 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.4 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.38 ha/cap | -5.0% |
| 2004 | 0.39 ha/cap | +2.6% |
| 2005 | 0.38 ha/cap | -2.6% |
| 2006 | 0.37 ha/cap | -2.6% |
| 2007 | 0.35 ha/cap | -5.4% |
| 2008 | 0.34 ha/cap | -2.9% |
| 2009 | 0.34 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.33 ha/cap | -2.9% |
| 2011 | 0.32 ha/cap | -3.0% |
| 2012 | 0.32 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.31 ha/cap | -3.1% |
| 2014 | 0.31 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.3 ha/cap | -3.2% |
| 2016 | 0.29 ha/cap | -3.3% |
| 2017 | 0.28 ha/cap | -3.4% |
| 2018 | 0.27 ha/cap | -3.6% |
| 2019 | 0.27 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.27 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.27 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.27 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.27 ha/cap | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.27 ha/cap | +0.0% |
Turkey compared with similar countries
- Turkey's 0.27 ha/cap is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.18 ha/cap, 1.5× the median. (55 countries reporting)
- Turkey's 0.27 ha/cap is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.24 ha/cap, 1.1× the median. (52 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.8122 ha/cap | 0.76 ha/cap | 0.86 ha/cap | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.69 ha/cap | 0.64 ha/cap | 0.75 ha/cap | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.554 ha/cap | 0.51 ha/cap | 0.63 ha/cap | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.452 ha/cap | 0.41 ha/cap | 0.49 ha/cap | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.375 ha/cap | 0.34 ha/cap | 0.4 ha/cap | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.3 ha/cap | 0.27 ha/cap | 0.33 ha/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.27 ha/cap | 0.27 ha/cap | 0.27 ha/cap | 5 |
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- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 1.57 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) -0.9693 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e), per 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e), per 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e), annual 1.2 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 0.1117 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cropland — area per capita in Turkey?
- Cropland — area per capita in Turkey was 0.27 ha/cap in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cropland — area per capita recorded in Turkey?
- The highest recorded value was 0.86 ha/cap in 1961.
- What is the lowest cropland — area per capita recorded in Turkey?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.27 ha/cap in 2018.
- How does Turkey rank for cropland — area per capita?
- Turkey ranks 61st out of 250 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cropland — area per capita rising or falling in Turkey?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Turkey data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cropland — Area per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.