China 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.
- China arable land for 2020 was 119,473,100, a 0% increase from 2019.
- China arable land for 2019 was 119,474,200, a 0% increase from 2018.
- China arable land for 2018 was 119,474,700, a 0% increase from 2017.
- China arable land for 2017 was 119,477,100, a 0.03% decline from 2016.
| Similar Country Ranking |
| Country Name |
Hectares |
| Russia |
121,649,000 |
| China |
119,473,100 |
| Brazil |
55,762,000 |
| Kazakhstan |
29,553,200 |
| Mexico |
20,071,000 |
| Turkey |
19,586,000 |
| Thailand |
16,810,000 |
| Iran |
15,645,000 |
| South Africa |
12,000,000 |
| Romania |
8,915,000 |
| Algeria |
7,505,017 |
| Belarus |
5,660,000 |
| Iraq |
5,000,000 |
| Colombia |
4,877,943 |
| Paraguay |
4,734,000 |
| Peru |
3,580,226 |
| Bulgaria |
3,492,000 |
| Cuba |
2,908,600 |
| Serbia |
2,604,000 |
| Venezuela |
2,600,000 |
| Azerbaijan |
2,084,300 |
| Turkmenistan |
1,940,000 |
| Libya |
1,720,000 |
| Ecuador |
1,038,000 |
| Bosnia |
1,015,000 |
| Dominican Republic |
877,000 |
| Guatemala |
862,000 |
| Malaysia |
826,000 |
| Namibia |
800,000 |
| Albania |
599,600 |
| Armenia |
444,000 |
| Guyana |
420,000 |
| North Macedonia |
416,000 |
| Gabon |
325,000 |
| Botswana |
260,000 |
| Costa Rica |
244,500 |
| Jordan |
206,000 |
| Equatorial Guinea |
138,600 |
| Lebanon |
135,300 |
| Jamaica |
120,000 |
| Belize |
90,000 |
| Fiji |
76,800 |
| Mauritius |
75,000 |
| Suriname |
62,000 |
| Tonga |
20,000 |
| Samoa |
11,290 |
| Montenegro |
9,100 |
| Dominica |
6,000 |
| Maldives |
3,900 |
| American Samoa |
3,190 |
| Grenada |
3,000 |
| St. Lucia |
2,670 |
| Marshall Islands |
2,000 |
| St. Vincent and the Grenadines |
2,000 |
| China Arable Land - Historical Data |
| Year |
Hectares |
Per Capita |
Percent |
| 2020 |
119,473,100 |
0.08 |
12.68% |
| 2019 |
119,474,200 |
0.08 |
12.68% |
| 2018 |
119,474,700 |
0.09 |
12.68% |
| 2017 |
119,477,100 |
0.09 |
12.68% |
| 2016 |
119,512,900 |
0.09 |
12.68% |
| 2015 |
119,593,400 |
0.09 |
12.69% |
| 2014 |
119,655,000 |
0.09 |
12.70% |
| 2013 |
119,761,500 |
0.09 |
12.71% |
| 2012 |
119,959,500 |
0.09 |
12.73% |
| 2011 |
120,640,100 |
0.09 |
12.80% |
| 2010 |
121,369,800 |
0.09 |
12.88% |
| 2009 |
121,983,600 |
0.09 |
12.94% |
| 2008 |
121,791,756 |
0.09 |
12.92% |
| 2007 |
121,546,911 |
0.09 |
12.90% |
| 2006 |
121,607,067 |
0.09 |
12.90% |
| 2005 |
121,267,222 |
0.09 |
12.87% |
| 2004 |
121,021,378 |
0.09 |
12.84% |
| 2003 |
120,835,533 |
0.09 |
12.82% |
| 2002 |
120,649,689 |
0.09 |
12.80% |
| 2001 |
120,257,844 |
0.09 |
12.76% |
| 2000 |
119,666,000 |
0.09 |
12.70% |
| 1999 |
119,669,750 |
0.10 |
12.70% |
| 1998 |
119,673,500 |
0.10 |
12.70% |
| 1997 |
119,684,250 |
0.10 |
12.70% |
| 1996 |
119,992,000 |
0.10 |
12.73% |
| 1995 |
120,234,000 |
0.10 |
12.76% |
| 1994 |
121,353,000 |
0.10 |
12.88% |
| 1993 |
121,956,000 |
0.10 |
12.94% |
| 1992 |
123,562,000 |
0.11 |
13.11% |
| 1991 |
125,545,000 |
0.11 |
13.32% |
| 1990 |
124,481,000 |
0.11 |
13.21% |
| 1989 |
122,886,000 |
0.11 |
13.04% |
| 1988 |
121,592,000 |
0.11 |
12.90% |
| 1987 |
120,913,000 |
0.11 |
12.83% |
| 1986 |
121,220,000 |
0.11 |
12.86% |
| 1985 |
120,835,000 |
0.12 |
12.82% |
| 1984 |
114,744,000 |
0.11 |
12.17% |
| 1983 |
108,051,000 |
0.11 |
11.46% |
| 1982 |
102,450,000 |
0.10 |
10.87% |
| 1981 |
97,549,000 |
0.10 |
10.35% |
| 1980 |
96,949,000 |
0.10 |
10.29% |
| 1979 |
97,082,500 |
0.10 |
10.30% |
| 1978 |
97,221,000 |
0.10 |
10.32% |
| 1977 |
97,417,667 |
0.10 |
10.34% |
| 1976 |
97,602,333 |
0.10 |
10.36% |
| 1975 |
97,786,000 |
0.11 |
10.38% |
| 1974 |
99,258,000 |
0.11 |
10.53% |
| 1973 |
98,697,000 |
0.11 |
10.47% |
| 1972 |
99,170,000 |
0.12 |
10.52% |
| 1971 |
99,634,000 |
0.12 |
10.57% |
| 1970 |
100,067,000 |
0.12 |
10.62% |
| 1969 |
100,562,000 |
0.13 |
10.67% |
| 1968 |
101,027,000 |
0.13 |
10.72% |
| 1967 |
101,514,000 |
0.13 |
10.77% |
| 1966 |
102,001,000 |
0.14 |
10.82% |
| 1965 |
102,458,000 |
0.14 |
10.87% |
| 1964 |
102,705,000 |
0.15 |
10.90% |
| 1963 |
102,903,000 |
0.15 |
10.92% |
| 1962 |
103,100,000 |
0.15 |
10.94% |
| 1961 |
103,397,000 |
0.16 |
10.97% |
