Mexico 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.
  • Mexico arable land for 2021 was 20,084,000, a 0.06% increase from 2020.
  • Mexico arable land for 2020 was 20,071,000, a 3.46% increase from 2019.
  • Mexico arable land for 2019 was 19,400,000, a 2.51% decline from 2018.
  • Mexico arable land for 2018 was 19,900,000, a 1.76% decline 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
Mexico Arable Land - Historical Data
Year Hectares Per Capita Percent
2021 20,084,000 0.16 10.33%
2020 20,071,000 0.16 10.32%
2019 19,400,000 0.16 9.98%
2018 19,900,000 0.16 10.24%
2017 20,257,000 0.16 10.42%
2016 21,749,000 0.18 11.19%
2015 22,048,000 0.18 11.34%
2014 22,161,000 0.19 11.40%
2013 22,491,000 0.19 11.57%
2012 22,552,000 0.19 11.60%
2011 22,716,000 0.20 11.69%
2010 22,933,000 0.20 11.80%
2009 23,144,000 0.21 11.91%
2008 23,306,000 0.21 11.99%
2007 23,519,000 0.22 12.10%
2006 23,363,000 0.22 12.02%
2005 23,296,000 0.22 11.98%
2004 23,214,000 0.22 11.94%
2003 23,652,000 0.23 12.17%
2002 23,184,000 0.23 11.93%
2001 23,151,000 0.23 11.91%
2000 22,905,000 0.23 11.78%
1999 22,918,000 0.24 11.79%
1998 22,831,000 0.24 11.74%
1997 22,785,000 0.24 11.72%
1996 22,717,000 0.25 11.69%
1995 22,560,000 0.25 11.61%
1994 22,549,000 0.26 11.60%
1993 22,531,000 0.26 11.59%
1992 22,429,000 0.26 11.54%
1991 22,423,000 0.27 11.53%
1990 21,709,000 0.27 11.17%
1989 20,656,000 0.26 10.63%
1988 19,698,000 0.25 10.13%
1987 19,234,000 0.25 9.89%
1986 18,344,000 0.24 9.44%
1985 18,292,500 0.24 9.41%
1984 18,241,000 0.25 9.38%
1983 18,328,000 0.25 9.43%
1982 17,795,000 0.25 9.15%
1981 17,599,000 0.25 9.05%
1980 17,660,000 0.26 9.08%
1979 17,585,000 0.27 9.05%
1978 17,785,000 0.28 9.15%
1977 17,782,000 0.29 9.15%
1976 17,736,000 0.29 9.12%
1975 17,712,000 0.30 9.11%
1974 17,688,000 0.31 9.10%
1973 17,719,000 0.32 9.11%
1972 17,684,000 0.33 9.10%
1971 17,689,000 0.34 9.10%
1970 17,688,000 0.35 9.10%
1969 18,770,000 0.39 9.66%
1968 18,850,000 0.40 9.70%
1967 18,930,000 0.41 9.74%
1966 19,020,000 0.43 9.78%
1965 19,100,000 0.45 9.83%
1964 19,180,000 0.46 9.87%
1963 19,260,000 0.48 9.91%
1962 19,340,000 0.50 9.95%
1961 19,507,000 0.52 10.03%