U.K. Arable Land 1961-2025

U.K. arable land for 2021 was 6,009,804, a 0.52% increase from 2020.
  • U.K. arable land for 2020 was 5,978,502, a 1.76% decline from 2019.
  • U.K. arable land for 2019 was 6,085,598, a 0.79% increase from 2018.
  • U.K. arable land for 2018 was 6,037,787, a 0.74% decline from 2017.
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.