New Zealand 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.
  • New Zealand arable land for 2021 was 616,000, a 16.89% increase from 2020.
  • New Zealand arable land for 2020 was 527,000, a 3.48% decline from 2019.
  • New Zealand arable land for 2019 was 546,000, a 5.3% increase from 2018.
  • New Zealand arable land for 2018 was 518,500, a 5.6% increase from 2017.
Data Source: World Bank

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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
Hong Kong 2,000
Aruba 2,000
San Marino 1,985
Liechtenstein 1,730
Guam 1,000
Turks and Caicos Islands 1,000
British Virgin Islands 1,000
Virgin Islands (U.S.) 900
Andorra 748
Singapore 560
Palau 300
Bermuda 300
Cayman Islands 200
Seychelles 150
Northern Mariana Islands 80
Faroe Islands 70
New Zealand Arable Land - Historical Data
Year Hectares Per Capita Percent
2021 616,000 0.12 2.34%
2020 527,000 0.10 2.00%
2019 546,000 0.11 2.07%
2018 518,500 0.11 1.97%
2017 491,000 0.10 1.86%
2016 541,000 0.11 2.05%
2015 478,000 0.10 1.82%
2014 590,000 0.13 2.24%
2013 547,000 0.12 2.08%
2012 509,000 0.12 1.93%
2011 471,000 0.11 1.79%
2010 499,000 0.11 1.90%
2009 471,000 0.11 1.79%
2008 453,000 0.11 1.72%
2007 431,000 0.10 1.64%
2006 399,000 0.10 1.52%
2005 425,000 0.10 1.61%
2004 420,000 0.10 1.60%
2003 415,000 0.10 1.58%
2002 401,400 0.10 1.52%
2001 401,700 0.10 1.53%
2000 403,879 0.10 1.53%
1999 403,095 0.11 1.53%
1998 400,333 0.10 1.52%
1997 397,578 0.11 1.51%
1996 396,832 0.11 1.51%
1995 394,148 0.11 1.50%
1994 391,459 0.11 1.49%
1993 390,785 0.11 1.48%
1992 387,087 0.11 1.47%
1991 381,000 0.11 1.45%
1990 380,000 0.11 1.44%
1989 378,500 0.11 1.44%
1988 374,000 0.11 1.42%
1987 420,000 0.13 1.60%
1986 465,000 0.14 1.77%
1985 469,000 0.14 1.78%
1984 456,000 0.14 1.73%
1983 446,500 0.14 1.70%
1982 438,000 0.14 1.66%
1981 415,500 0.13 1.58%
1980 400,000 0.13 1.52%
1979 420,000 0.14 1.60%
1978 402,900 0.13 1.53%
1977 401,200 0.13 1.52%
1976 399,500 0.13 1.52%
1975 383,500 0.12 1.46%
1974 367,500 0.12 1.40%
1973 371,650 0.13 1.41%
1972 375,800 0.13 1.43%
1971 376,000 0.13 1.43%
1970 376,000 0.13 1.43%
1969 378,000 0.14 1.44%
1968 378,000 0.14 1.44%
1967 378,000 0.14 1.44%
1966 380,000 0.14 1.44%
1965 380,000 0.14 1.44%
1964 380,000 0.15 1.44%
1963 380,000 0.15 1.44%
1962 381,000 0.15 1.45%
1961 381,000 0.16 1.45%