Arable land area | Reunion – yearly data, chart and table
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Arable land area of Reunion in 2023 amounted to 25 538 ha, which is 1.39% less than in 2022, when it was 25 897 ha. It has been falling in this country for already 5 years in a row. According to the FAOSTAT data, since 1961, the area of arable land has decreased in 2.08 times. The minimum arable land area recorded in 2023, with a value of 25 538 ha. The maximum of Reunion was in 1967, when it reached 54 000 ha. 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.
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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.
