Arable land in Serbia
Serbia: Arable land was 0.393 hectares per person in 2023. ▲ Rising
Arable land in Serbia, 2006–2023
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
In 2023, arable land in Serbia stood at 0.393 hectares per person. That is the highest value across all 18 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.7% on the previous year and up 8.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, arable land in Serbia peaked at 0.393 hectares per person in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.3502 hectares per person, in 2006.
That places Serbia 24th out of 206 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.3559 hectares per person | 0.3502 hectares per person | 0.362 hectares per person | 4 |
| 2010s | 0.3655 hectares per person | 0.3558 hectares per person | 0.3713 hectares per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.3858 hectares per person | 0.3774 hectares per person | 0.393 hectares per person | 4 |
Countries ranked near Serbia
More agriculture & rural data for Serbia
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.0% (2007)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.6% (2007)
- Rural population 37.4% (2025)
- Rural population growth -1.2% (2025)
- Rural population 2.45 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 3.3% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 3.28 billion current US$ (2025)
- Land under cereal production 1.77 million hectares (2023)
- Cereal yield 6,106 kg per hectare (2023)
- Cereal production 10.83 million metric tons (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is arable land in Serbia?
- Arable land in Serbia was 0.393 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 Serbia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.393 hectares per person in 2023.
- What is the lowest arable land recorded in Serbia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3502 hectares per person in 2006.
- How does Serbia rank for arable land?
- Serbia ranks 24th out of 206 countries with data for 2023.
- Is arable land rising or falling in Serbia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Serbia 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.
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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.