Brazil 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.
  • Brazil arable land for 2021 was 58,252,760, a 1.08% increase from 2020.
  • Brazil arable land for 2020 was 57,630,280, a 1.09% increase from 2019.
  • Brazil arable land for 2019 was 57,007,690, a 1.1% increase from 2018.
  • Brazil arable land for 2018 was 56,385,000, a 1.12% increase from 2017.
Data Source: World Bank

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Similar Country Ranking
Country Name Hectares
Russia 121,649,000
China 108,862,000
Brazil 58,252,760
Kazakhstan 29,669,700
Mexico 20,084,000
Turkey 19,881,000
Thailand 17,150,000
Iran 15,699,000
South Africa 12,000,000
Romania 8,588,000
Algeria 7,530,600
Belarus 5,624,000
Iraq 4,969,000
Paraguay 4,734,000
Peru 4,290,296
Bulgaria 3,500,476
Cuba 2,908,600
Serbia 2,615,000
Venezuela 2,600,000
Azerbaijan 2,089,000
Colombia 1,993,000
Turkmenistan 1,940,000
Libya 1,720,000
Guatemala 1,554,000
Ecuador 1,024,000
Bosnia 1,008,000
Dominican Republic 877,000
Malaysia 826,000
Namibia 800,000
Albania 599,900
Armenia 443,420
Guyana 420,000
North Macedonia 417,000
Gabon 325,000
Botswana 260,000
Costa Rica 243,000
Jordan 199,200
Lebanon 139,300
Jamaica 120,000
Belize 100,000
Fiji 76,800
Mauritius 75,000
Suriname 58,000
Equatorial Guinea 53,000
Tonga 20,000
Samoa 11,290
Montenegro 8,900
Dominica 6,000
Maldives 3,900
Grenada 3,000
St. Lucia 2,670
St. Vincent and the Grenadines 2,000
American Samoa 970
Marshall Islands 500
Brazil Arable Land - Historical Data
Year Hectares Per Capita Percent
2021 58,252,760 0.27 6.97%
2020 57,630,280 0.27 6.90%
2019 57,007,690 0.27 6.82%
2018 56,385,000 0.27 6.75%
2017 55,762,000 0.27 6.67%
2016 55,140,000 0.27 6.60%
2015 54,518,000 0.27 6.52%
2014 53,895,000 0.26 6.45%
2013 53,272,000 0.26 6.37%
2012 52,650,000 0.26 6.30%
2011 52,027,000 0.26 6.22%
2010 51,405,000 0.26 6.15%
2009 50,782,000 0.26 6.08%
2008 50,159,000 0.26 6.00%
2007 49,537,000 0.26 5.93%
2006 48,914,000 0.26 5.85%
2005 48,333,000 0.26 5.78%
2004 47,756,000 0.26 5.71%
2003 47,179,000 0.26 5.64%
2002 46,602,000 0.26 5.58%
2001 46,025,000 0.26 5.51%
2000 45,448,000 0.26 5.44%
1999 44,871,000 0.26 5.37%
1998 44,294,000 0.26 5.30%
1997 43,717,000 0.26 5.23%
1996 43,140,000 0.26 5.16%
1995 42,563,000 0.26 5.09%
1994 42,886,000 0.27 5.13%
1993 43,999,000 0.28 5.26%
1992 45,113,000 0.29 5.40%
1991 46,226,000 0.30 5.53%
1990 47,340,000 0.31 5.66%
1989 48,454,000 0.33 5.80%
1988 49,567,000 0.34 5.93%
1987 50,681,000 0.36 6.06%
1986 51,794,000 0.37 6.20%
1985 52,907,707 0.39 6.33%
1984 51,534,000 0.38 6.17%
1983 50,537,000 0.39 6.05%
1982 49,540,000 0.39 5.93%
1981 48,543,000 0.39 5.81%
1980 47,546,208 0.39 5.69%
1979 44,800,000 0.38 5.36%
1978 42,056,000 0.36 5.03%
1977 39,311,000 0.35 4.70%
1976 36,567,000 0.33 4.38%
1975 33,822,000 0.31 4.05%
1974 32,697,000 0.31 3.91%
1973 31,574,000 0.30 3.78%
1972 30,452,000 0.30 3.64%
1971 29,329,000 0.30 3.51%
1970 28,206,000 0.29 3.37%
1969 27,861,000 0.30 3.33%
1968 27,332,000 0.30 3.27%
1967 26,803,000 0.30 3.21%
1966 26,274,000 0.30 3.14%
1965 25,745,000 0.30 3.08%
1964 25,216,000 0.31 3.02%
1963 24,687,000 0.31 2.95%
1962 24,157,000 0.31 2.89%
1961 23,628,000 0.31 2.83%