Belarus's arable land (% of land area) was 27.2% in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 0.7 percentage points from 27.9% in 2014.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 27.2% | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | 28.15% | 2019 |
| Ten years earlier | 27.9% | 2014 |
| Highest | 30.72% | 1995 |
| Lowest | 27.19% | 2008 |
| Average since 2015 | 27.83% | 2015–2024 |
| First recorded | 29.98% | 1992 |
What the numbers say
In 2024, Belarus' arable land (% of land area) fell 0.23 percentage points on 2023 (from 27.43% to 27.2%).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was −0.09 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.4 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.4 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 0.6 percentage points in 1994 and the biggest yearly fall was 1.83 percentage points in 2001. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2015 to 2024 the straight-line trend is downward, about 0.09 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 72% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2024, Belarus had the 35th highest value of the 205 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Belarus | 27.2% | 2024 |
| World | 10.67% | 2023 |
| Europe & Central Asia | 12.26% | 2023 |
| Upper middle income | 9.77% | 2023 |
Closest to Belarus in the 2024 ranking
- Burkina Faso — 32nd of 205: 28.9%
- Belgium — 33rd of 205: 28.31%
- Cuba — 34th of 205: 28.02%
- Slovak Republic — 36th of 205: 27.12%
- Türkiye — 37th of 205: 26.28%
- Azerbaijan — 38th of 205: 25.33%
What this measures
Arable land 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.
Limitations: The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) tries to impose standard definitions and reporting methods, but complete consistency across countries and over time is not possible. Thus, data on agricultural land in different climates may not be comparable. For example, permanent pastures are quite different in nature and intensity in African countries and dry Middle Eastern countries. The data collected by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations from official national sources through the questionnaire are supplemented with information from official secondary data sources.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 33 values
| Year | Arable land (% of land area) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 27.2 |
| 2023 | 27.43 |
| 2022 | 27.62 |
| 2021 | 27.71 |
| 2020 | 27.88 |
| 2019 | 28.15 |
| 2018 | 28.14 |
| 2017 | 28.21 |
| 2016 | 28 |
| 2015 | 27.97 |
| 2014 |
Arable land (% of land area) in nearby economies
More environment data for Belarus
- Population in largest city — 2.07 million (2025)
- Population in the largest city (% of urban population) — 28.67% (2025)
- Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million — 2.07 million (2025)
- Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million (% of total population) — 22.79% (2025)
- Rural population — 1.86 million (2025)
- Rural population (% of total population) — 20.51% (2025)
- Urban population — 7.22 million (2025)
- Urban population (% of total population) — 79.49% (2025)
- Rural population growth (annual %) — -2.15% (2025)
- Urban population growth (annual %)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Belarus's arable land (% of land area)?
- 27.2% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1992?
- It is down 2.78 percentage points from 29.98% in 1992. The highest value was 30.72% in 1995 and the lowest 27.19% in 2008.
- How does Belarus rank?
- 35th highest of 205 economies with data for 2024.
- Is the latest change in arable land (% of land area) unusual for Belarus?
- In 2024, Belarus' arable land (% of land area) fell 0.23 percentage points on 2023 (from 27.43% to 27.2%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was −0.09 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.4 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.4 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator AG.LND.ARBL.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: FAO electronic files and website, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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