Environment · Indonesia
Yearly data from 1961 to 2024, from the World Bank.
Indonesia's arable land (hectares per person) was 0.06 in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 9.48% from 0.07 in 2014 (0.99% a year on average, compounded).
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 0.06 | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | 0.07 | 2019 |
| Ten years earlier | 0.07 | 2014 |
| Highest | 0.16 | 1961 |
| Lowest | 0.06 | 2024 |
| Average since 2015 | 0.07 | 2015–2024 |
| First recorded | 0.16 | 1961 |
Over five years it is down 4.49% from 0.07 in 2019 (0.91% a year on average, compounded). Since 1961 it is down 61.14% from 0.16 in 1961 (1.49% a year on average, compounded).
In 2024, Indonesia's arable land (hectares per person) fell 0.000827 on 2023 (from 0.06 to 0.06).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was −0.00102 and a typical year strayed about 0.00119 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations above 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 0.00413 in 1985 and the biggest yearly fall was 0.01 in 1991. 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 0.000611 a year. A straight line explains 100% 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.
Extending that straight line gives about 0.06 for 2027. We show this only because the same method, fitted on earlier years, predicted 2022 to 2024 better than "no change" would have: its average miss was 0.000708, against 0.00114 for assuming no change. Treat it as a continuation of the recent pattern, not a forecast of events: it cannot see a recession, a policy change or a revision to the data.
See how a linear trend forecast works and the guide on forecasting without fooling yourself.
In 2024, Indonesia had the 140th 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 0.06 | 2024 |
| World | 0.17 | 2024 |
| East Asia & Pacific | 0.09 | 2024 |
| Upper middle income | 0.14 | 2024 |
Arable land (hectares per person) 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. True comparability of the data is limited, by variations in definitions, statistical methods, and quality of data. Countries use different definitions of land use.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
| Year | Arable land (hectares per person) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.0624 |
| 2023 | 0.0632 |
| 2022 | 0.0638 |
| 2021 | 0.0643 |
| 2020 | 0.0648 |
| 2019 | 0.0653 |
| 2018 | 0.066 |
| 2017 | 0.0667 |
| 2016 | 0.0674 |
| 2015 | 0.0681 |
| 2014 | 0.0689 |
| 2013 | 0.0698 |
| 2012 | 0.0707 |
| 2011 | 0.0716 |
| 2010 | 0.0726 |
| 2009 | 0.0736 |
| 2008 | 0.0745 |
| 2007 | 0.0755 |
| 2006 | 0.0766 |
| 2005 | 0.0776 |
| 2004 | 0.0787 |
| 2003 | 0.0797 |
| 2002 | 0.0808 |
| 2001 | 0.0819 |
| 2000 | 0.083 |
| 1999 | 0.0842 |
| 1998 | 0.0855 |
| 1997 | 0.0869 |
| 1996 | 0.0883 |
| 1995 | 0.0868 |
| 1994 | 0.0871 |
| 1993 | 0.0938 |
| 1992 | 0.0953 |
| 1991 | 0.0968 |
| 1990 | 0.1104 |
| 1989 | 0.1158 |
| 1988 | 0.1196 |
| 1987 | 0.122 |
| 1986 | 0.1186 |
| 1985 | 0.1145 |
| 1984 | 0.1104 |
| 1983 | 0.1119 |
| 1982 | 0.1136 |
| 1981 | 0.1152 |
| 1980 | 0.117 |
| 1979 | 0.1188 |
| 1978 | 0.1206 |
| 1977 | 0.1225 |
| 1976 | 0.1245 |
| 1975 | 0.1265 |
| 1974 | 0.1286 |
| 1973 | 0.1307 |
| 1972 | 0.133 |
| 1971 | 0.1353 |
| 1970 | 0.1377 |
| 1969 | 0.1402 |
| 1968 | 0.1428 |
| 1967 | 0.1453 |
| 1966 | 0.1477 |
| 1965 | 0.1498 |
| 1964 | 0.1521 |
| 1963 | 0.1549 |
| 1962 | 0.1578 |
| 1961 | 0.1606 |
Every indicator for Indonesia is on the Indonesia data page.
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator AG.LND.ARBL.HA.PC, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: FAO electronic files and web site, 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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