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.
| 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% |