Arable land in Mexico
Mexico: Arable land was 0.1543 hectares per person in 2023. ▼ Falling
Arable land in Mexico, 1961–2023
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). Measured in hectares per person.
Analysis
Mexico recorded 0.1543 hectares per person for arable land in 2023.
That represents a change of down 3.5% on the previous year and down 18.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, arable land in Mexico peaked at 0.5148 hectares per person in 1961 and was at its lowest, 0.1543 hectares per person, in 2019.
Mexico ranks 80th of 206 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.4445 hectares per person | 0.3812 hectares per person | 0.5148 hectares per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.3064 hectares per person | 0.2679 hectares per person | 0.3481 hectares per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.2504 hectares per person | 0.2395 hectares per person | 0.2624 hectares per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.2509 hectares per person | 0.236 hectares per person | 0.2656 hectares per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.2216 hectares per person | 0.2066 hectares per person | 0.2322 hectares per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.1805 hectares per person | 0.1543 hectares per person | 0.2018 hectares per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.1638 hectares per person | 0.1543 hectares per person | 0.171 hectares per person | 4 |
Countries ranked near Mexico
More agriculture & rural data for Mexico
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2025)
- Rural population 20.0% (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.6% (2025)
- Rural population 26.34 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 3.9% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 71.18 billion current US$ (2025)
- Land under cereal production 8.68 million hectares (2023)
- Cereal yield 4,262 kg per hectare (2023)
- Cereal production 37.02 million metric tons (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is arable land in Mexico?
- Arable land in Mexico was 0.1543 hectares per person in 2023, according to 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).
- What is the highest arable land recorded in Mexico?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5148 hectares per person in 1961.
- What is the lowest arable land recorded in Mexico?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1543 hectares per person in 2019.
- How does Mexico rank for arable land?
- Mexico ranks 80th out of 206 countries with data for 2023.
- Is arable land rising or falling in Mexico?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Mexico data come from?
- The figures come from 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), published as part of Arable land (hectares per person). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 63 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
About this data
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.