Australia Arable Land 1961-2023
Arable land (in hectares) 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.
- Australia arable land for 2018 was 30,974,000, a 0.72% increase from 2017.
- Australia arable land for 2017 was 30,752,000, a 2.31% increase from 2016.
- Australia arable land for 2016 was 30,057,000, a 3.32% decline from 2015.
- Australia arable land for 2015 was 31,090,700, a 2.72% decline from 2014.
| Australia Arable Land - Historical Data | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Hectares | Per Capita | Percent |
| 2018 | 30,974,000 | 1.24 | 4.03% |
| 2017 | 30,752,000 | 1.25 | 4.00% |
| 2016 | 30,057,000 | 1.24 | 3.91% |
| 2015 | 31,090,700 | 1.31 | 4.05% |
| 2014 | 31,960,300 | 1.36 | 4.16% |
| 2013 | 31,220,800 | 1.35 | 4.06% |
| 2012 | 31,637,400 | 1.39 | 4.12% |
| 2011 | 31,694,900 | 1.42 | 4.13% |
| 2010 | 25,450,200 | 1.16 | 3.31% |
| 2009 | 27,141,600 | 1.25 | 3.53% |
| 2008 | 23,994,100 | 1.13 | 3.12% |
| 2007 | 23,125,000 | 1.11 | 3.01% |
| 2006 | 24,228,000 | 1.17 | 3.15% |
| 2005 | 26,402,000 | 1.29 | 3.44% |
| 2004 | 25,743,000 | 1.28 | 3.35% |
| 2003 | 23,240,000 | 1.17 | 3.03% |
| 2002 | 23,735,000 | 1.21 | 3.09% |
| 2001 | 24,200,000 | 1.25 | 3.15% |
| 2000 | 23,473,000 | 1.23 | 3.06% |
| 1999 | 22,994,000 | 1.21 | 2.99% |
| 1998 | 21,350,000 | 1.14 | 2.78% |
| 1997 | 20,904,000 | 1.13 | 2.72% |
| 1996 | 19,193,000 | 1.05 | 2.50% |
| 1995 | 16,837,000 | 0.93 | 2.19% |
| 1994 | 17,843,000 | 1.00 | 2.32% |
| 1993 | 17,111,000 | 0.97 | 2.23% |
| 1992 | 16,226,000 | 0.93 | 2.11% |
| 1991 | 17,208,000 | 1.00 | 2.24% |
| 1990 | 16,956,000 | 0.99 | 2.21% |
| 1989 | 17,527,000 | 1.04 | 2.28% |
| 1988 | 18,136,000 | 1.10 | 2.36% |
| 1987 | 19,600,000 | 1.21 | 2.55% |
| 1986 | 20,677,000 | 1.29 | 2.69% |
| 1985 | 20,963,000 | 1.33 | 2.73% |
| 1984 | 21,739,000 | 1.40 | 2.83% |
| 1983 | 19,249,000 | 1.25 | 2.51% |
| 1982 | 19,443,000 | 1.28 | 2.53% |
| 1981 | 18,226,000 | 1.22 | 2.37% |
| 1980 | 17,786,000 | 1.21 | 2.32% |
| 1979 | 17,270,000 | 1.19 | 2.25% |
| 1978 | 16,635,000 | 1.16 | 2.17% |
| 1977 | 14,843,000 | 1.05 | 1.93% |
| 1976 | 14,472,000 | 1.03 | 1.88% |
| 1975 | 13,573,000 | 0.98 | 1.77% |
| 1974 | 14,778,000 | 1.08 | 1.92% |
| 1973 | 14,924,000 | 1.12 | 1.94% |
| 1972 | 17,047,000 | 1.29 | 2.22% |
| 1971 | 16,857,000 | 1.30 | 2.19% |
| 1970 | 18,493,981 | 1.48 | 2.41% |
| 1969 | 19,636,044 | 1.60 | 2.56% |
| 1968 | 21,411,463 | 1.78 | 2.79% |
| 1967 | 19,273,838 | 1.63 | 2.51% |
| 1966 | 18,785,365 | 1.61 | 2.45% |
| 1965 | 17,327,635 | 1.52 | 2.26% |
| 1964 | 16,296,055 | 1.46 | 2.12% |
| 1963 | 15,383,456 | 1.40 | 2.00% |
| 1962 | 15,515,793 | 1.44 | 2.02% |
| 1961 | 14,378,586 | 1.37 | 1.87% |
