UAE Arable Land 1961-2025

UAE arable land for 2021 was 50,300, a 2.65% increase from 2020.
  • UAE arable land for 2020 was 49,000, a 1.8% decline from 2019.
  • UAE arable land for 2019 was 49,900, a 17.97% increase from 2018.
  • UAE arable land for 2018 was 42,300, a 4.94% 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.