UAE Arable Land 1961-2024

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.
  • UAE arable land for 2021 was 50,300, a 2.65% increase from 2020.
  • UAE arable land for 2020 was 49,000, a 1.8% decline from 2019.
  • UAE arable land for 2019 was 49,900, a 17.97% increase from 2018.
  • UAE arable land for 2018 was 42,300, a 4.94% decline from 2017.
Data Source: World Bank

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Similar Country Ranking
Country Name Hectares
United States 157,736,800
Argentina 42,208,760
Canada 38,259,000
Australia 31,265,000
France 17,956,560
Germany 11,658,000
Spain 11,550,053
Poland 11,078,760
Italy 7,192,812
United Kingdom 6,009,804
Hungary 4,139,704
Japan 4,086,000
Saudi Arabia 3,430,000
Sweden 2,535,170
Czech Republic 2,475,335
Denmark 2,357,000
Lithuania 2,279,000
Finland 2,243,000
Greece 2,131,930
Uruguay 2,030,605
Latvia 1,362,000
South Korea 1,343,000
Slovak Republic 1,326,000
Austria 1,319,765
Chile 1,313,900
Netherlands 1,003,000
Portugal 965,234
Belgium 865,640
Croatia 857,000
Norway 804,000
Estonia 700,000
New Zealand 616,000
Panama 565,000
Ireland 436,000
Switzerland 395,465
Israel 377,000
Slovenia 180,950
Iceland 121,000
Cyprus 95,157
Oman 82,610
Luxembourg 62,472
UAE 50,300
Puerto Rico 50,200
Trinidad and Tobago 25,000
Isle of Man 23,200
Qatar 21,000
Bahamas 8,000
Kuwait 8,000
Malta 7,800
Barbados 7,000
New Caledonia 5,970
St. Kitts and Nevis 5,000
Antigua and Barbuda 4,000
Brunei 4,000
Channel Islands 3,630
French Polynesia 2,500
Bahrain 2,100
Aruba 2,000
Hong Kong 2,000
San Marino 1,985
Liechtenstein 1,730
Turks and Caicos Islands 1,000
British Virgin Islands 1,000
Guam 1,000
Virgin Islands (U.S.) 900
Andorra 748
Singapore 560
Bermuda 300
Palau 300
Cayman Islands 200
Seychelles 150
Northern Mariana Islands 80
Faroe Islands 70
UAE Arable Land - Historical Data
Year Hectares Per Capita Percent
2021 50,300 0.01 0.71%
2020 49,000 0.01 0.69%
2019 49,900 0.01 0.70%
2018 42,300 0.00 0.60%
2017 44,500 0.00 0.63%
2016 44,500 0.00 0.63%
2015 44,100 0.00 0.62%
2014 44,000 0.01 0.62%
2013 37,500 0.00 0.53%
2012 37,100 0.00 0.52%
2011 45,100 0.01 0.64%
2010 50,600 0.01 0.71%
2009 49,900 0.01 0.70%
2008 51,600 0.01 0.73%
2007 44,600 0.01 0.63%
2006 50,600 0.01 0.71%
2005 68,000 0.02 0.96%
2004 63,000 0.02 0.89%
2003 64,000 0.02 0.90%
2002 75,000 0.02 1.06%
2001 71,000 0.02 1.00%
2000 60,000 0.02 0.84%
1999 43,000 0.01 0.61%
1998 36,000 0.01 0.51%
1997 45,000 0.02 0.63%
1996 46,000 0.02 0.65%
1995 43,000 0.02 0.61%
1994 42,000 0.02 0.59%
1993 40,000 0.02 0.56%
1992 38,000 0.02 0.54%
1991 35,000 0.02 0.49%
1990 35,000 0.02 0.49%
1989 29,000 0.02 0.41%
1988 29,000 0.02 0.41%
1987 29,000 0.02 0.41%
1986 29,000 0.02 0.41%
1985 26,000 0.02 0.37%
1984 24,000 0.02 0.34%
1983 23,000 0.02 0.32%
1982 18,000 0.02 0.25%
1981 19,000 0.02 0.27%
1980 16,000 0.02 0.23%
1979 12,000 0.01 0.17%
1978 12,000 0.01 0.17%
1977 12,000 0.02 0.17%
1976 11,000 0.02 0.15%
1975 11,000 0.02 0.15%
1974 9,000 0.02 0.13%
1973 8,000 0.02 0.11%
1972 7,000 0.02 0.10%
1971 7,000 0.02 0.10%
1970 7,000 0.02 0.10%
1969 6,000 0.02 0.08%
1968 6,000 0.03 0.08%
1967 6,000 0.03 0.08%
1966 6,000 0.03 0.08%
1965 5,000 0.03 0.07%
1964 5,000 0.03 0.07%
1963 5,000 0.03 0.07%
1962 5,000 0.03 0.07%
1961 5,000 0.04 0.07%