Ireland 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.
- Ireland arable land for 2021 was 436,000, a 1.8% decline from 2020.
- Ireland arable land for 2020 was 444,000, a 0.23% increase from 2019.
- Ireland arable land for 2019 was 443,000, a 1.77% decline from 2018.
- Ireland arable land for 2018 was 451,000, a 2.17% decline from 2017.
| Ireland Arable Land - Historical Data | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Hectares | Per Capita | Percent |
| 2021 | 436,000 | 0.09 | 6.33% |
| 2020 | 444,000 | 0.09 | 6.45% |
| 2019 | 443,000 | 0.09 | 6.43% |
| 2018 | 451,000 | 0.09 | 6.55% |
| 2017 | 461,000 | 0.10 | 6.69% |
| 2016 | 461,000 | 0.10 | 6.69% |
| 2015 | 453,000 | 0.10 | 6.58% |
| 2014 | 465,180 | 0.10 | 6.75% |
| 2013 | 474,040 | 0.10 | 6.88% |
| 2012 | 482,610 | 0.10 | 7.01% |
| 2011 | 459,140 | 0.10 | 6.66% |
| 2010 | 438,840 | 0.10 | 6.37% |
| 2009 | 462,590 | 0.10 | 6.71% |
| 2008 | 485,650 | 0.11 | 7.05% |
| 2007 | 465,450 | 0.11 | 6.76% |
| 2006 | 467,080 | 0.11 | 6.78% |
| 2005 | 488,690 | 0.12 | 7.09% |
| 2004 | 521,650 | 0.13 | 7.57% |
| 2003 | 531,230 | 0.13 | 7.71% |
| 2002 | 518,200 | 0.13 | 7.52% |
| 2001 | 509,200 | 0.13 | 7.39% |
| 2000 | 488,100 | 0.13 | 7.09% |
| 1999 | 467,000 | 0.12 | 6.78% |
| 1998 | 445,900 | 0.12 | 6.47% |
| 1997 | 424,800 | 0.12 | 6.17% |
| 1996 | 403,700 | 0.11 | 5.86% |
| 1995 | 396,600 | 0.11 | 5.76% |
| 1994 | 400,300 | 0.11 | 5.81% |
| 1993 | 403,900 | 0.11 | 5.86% |
| 1992 | 392,900 | 0.11 | 5.70% |
| 1991 | 391,700 | 0.11 | 5.69% |
| 1990 | 394,600 | 0.11 | 5.73% |
| 1989 | 414,400 | 0.12 | 6.02% |
| 1988 | 421,100 | 0.12 | 6.11% |
| 1987 | 438,000 | 0.12 | 6.36% |
| 1986 | 465,900 | 0.13 | 6.76% |
| 1985 | 504,600 | 0.14 | 7.32% |
| 1984 | 514,400 | 0.15 | 7.47% |
| 1983 | 497,500 | 0.14 | 7.22% |
| 1982 | 517,200 | 0.15 | 7.51% |
| 1981 | 531,100 | 0.15 | 7.71% |
| 1980 | 553,500 | 0.16 | 8.03% |
| 1979 | 518,200 | 0.15 | 7.52% |
| 1978 | 507,300 | 0.15 | 7.36% |
| 1977 | 502,800 | 0.15 | 7.30% |
| 1976 | 474,000 | 0.15 | 6.88% |
| 1975 | 457,500 | 0.14 | 6.64% |
| 1974 | 470,500 | 0.15 | 6.83% |
| 1973 | 482,200 | 0.16 | 7.00% |
| 1972 | 509,700 | 0.17 | 7.40% |
| 1971 | 535,500 | 0.18 | 7.77% |
| 1970 | 532,200 | 0.18 | 7.73% |
| 1969 | 515,300 | 0.18 | 7.48% |
| 1968 | 529,500 | 0.18 | 7.69% |
| 1967 | 528,100 | 0.18 | 7.67% |
| 1966 | 513,100 | 0.18 | 7.45% |
| 1965 | 567,300 | 0.20 | 8.23% |
| 1964 | 585,600 | 0.20 | 8.50% |
| 1963 | 615,100 | 0.22 | 8.93% |
| 1962 | 646,800 | 0.23 | 9.39% |
| 1961 | 651,600 | 0.23 | 9.46% |