China Arable Land 1961-2025
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 2021 was 108,862,000, a 0.09% decline from 2020.
- China arable land for 2020 was 108,962,000, a 0.18% decline from 2019.
- China arable land for 2019 was 109,162,000, a 1.31% decline from 2018.
- China arable land for 2018 was 110,613,900, a 1.27% decline from 2017.
| 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 |
| China Arable Land - Historical Data |
| Year |
Hectares |
Per Capita |
Percent |
| 2021 |
108,862,000 |
0.08 |
11.60% |
| 2020 |
108,962,000 |
0.08 |
11.61% |
| 2019 |
109,162,000 |
0.08 |
11.63% |
| 2018 |
110,613,900 |
0.08 |
11.78% |
| 2017 |
112,032,867 |
0.08 |
11.93% |
| 2016 |
113,451,833 |
0.08 |
12.08% |
| 2015 |
114,870,800 |
0.08 |
12.24% |
| 2014 |
115,603,100 |
0.08 |
12.31% |
| 2013 |
116,375,400 |
0.09 |
12.40% |
| 2012 |
117,327,700 |
0.09 |
12.50% |
| 2011 |
118,680,000 |
0.09 |
12.64% |
| 2010 |
120,132,300 |
0.09 |
12.80% |
| 2009 |
121,384,600 |
0.09 |
12.93% |
| 2008 |
121,190,756 |
0.09 |
12.91% |
| 2007 |
120,946,911 |
0.09 |
12.88% |
| 2006 |
121,003,067 |
0.09 |
12.89% |
| 2005 |
120,659,222 |
0.09 |
12.85% |
| 2004 |
120,415,378 |
0.09 |
12.83% |
| 2003 |
120,221,533 |
0.09 |
12.81% |
| 2002 |
120,027,689 |
0.09 |
12.78% |
| 2001 |
119,633,844 |
0.09 |
12.74% |
| 2000 |
119,040,000 |
0.09 |
12.68% |
| 1999 |
119,039,750 |
0.10 |
12.68% |
| 1998 |
119,039,500 |
0.10 |
12.68% |
| 1997 |
119,039,250 |
0.10 |
12.68% |
| 1996 |
119,339,000 |
0.10 |
12.71% |
| 1995 |
119,580,000 |
0.10 |
12.74% |
| 1994 |
120,700,000 |
0.10 |
12.86% |
| 1993 |
121,300,000 |
0.10 |
12.92% |
| 1992 |
122,900,000 |
0.11 |
13.09% |
| 1991 |
124,875,000 |
0.11 |
13.30% |
| 1990 |
123,800,000 |
0.11 |
13.19% |
| 1989 |
122,200,000 |
0.11 |
13.02% |
| 1988 |
120,900,000 |
0.11 |
12.88% |
| 1987 |
120,200,000 |
0.11 |
12.80% |
| 1986 |
120,500,000 |
0.11 |
12.84% |
| 1985 |
120,100,000 |
0.11 |
12.79% |
| 1984 |
114,000,000 |
0.11 |
12.14% |
| 1983 |
107,300,000 |
0.10 |
11.43% |
| 1982 |
101,700,000 |
0.10 |
10.83% |
| 1981 |
96,790,000 |
0.10 |
10.31% |
| 1980 |
96,175,000 |
0.10 |
10.24% |
| 1979 |
96,299,500 |
0.10 |
10.26% |
| 1978 |
96,430,000 |
0.10 |
10.27% |
| 1977 |
96,616,667 |
0.10 |
10.29% |
| 1976 |
96,803,333 |
0.10 |
10.31% |
| 1975 |
96,990,000 |
0.11 |
10.33% |
| 1974 |
98,460,000 |
0.11 |
10.49% |
| 1973 |
97,920,000 |
0.11 |
10.43% |
| 1972 |
98,390,000 |
0.11 |
10.48% |
| 1971 |
98,850,000 |
0.12 |
10.53% |
| 1970 |
99,280,000 |
0.12 |
10.57% |
| 1969 |
99,760,000 |
0.13 |
10.63% |
| 1968 |
100,240,000 |
0.13 |
10.68% |
| 1967 |
100,720,000 |
0.13 |
10.73% |
| 1966 |
101,200,000 |
0.14 |
10.78% |
| 1965 |
101,650,000 |
0.14 |
10.83% |
| 1964 |
101,900,000 |
0.15 |
10.85% |
| 1963 |
102,100,000 |
0.15 |
10.88% |
| 1962 |
102,300,000 |
0.15 |
10.90% |
| 1961 |
102,600,000 |
0.16 |
10.93% |
