What is the highest arable land recorded in Venezuela?

The highest recorded value was 3.10 million hectares in 1987.

What is the lowest arable land recorded in Venezuela?

The lowest recorded value was 2.59 million hectares in 1994.

How does Venezuela rank for arable land?

Venezuela ranks 72nd out of 206 countries with data for 2023.

Is arable land rising or falling in Venezuela?

Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.

Arable land in Venezuela

Name: Arable land in Venezuela
Creator: 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)
License: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)

Venezuela: Arable land was 2.60 million hectares in 2023. ▼ Falling

Latest (2023)

2.60 million hectares

Change on year

unchanged

World rank

72nd

of 206 countries

All-time high

3.10 million hectares

in 1987

All-time low

2.59 million hectares

in 1994

Years of data

1961–2023

Arable land in Venezuela, 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.

Analysis

In 2023, arable land in Venezuela stood at 2.60 million hectares.

Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.

Over the whole period, arable land in Venezuela peaked at 3.10 million hectares in 1987 and was at its lowest, 2.59 million hectares, in 1994.

Venezuela ranks 72nd 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	2.91 million hectares	2.90 million hectares	2.92 million hectares	9
1970s	2.93 million hectares	2.90 million hectares	2.96 million hectares	10
1980s	2.90 million hectares	2.71 million hectares	3.10 million hectares	10
1990s	2.64 million hectares	2.59 million hectares	2.84 million hectares	10
2000s	2.63 million hectares	2.60 million hectares	2.70 million hectares	10
2010s	2.60 million hectares	2.60 million hectares	2.60 million hectares	10
2020s	2.60 million hectares	2.60 million hectares	2.60 million hectares	4

Countries ranked near Venezuela

69 Tunisia 2.83 million hectares compare
70 Togo 2.65 million hectares compare
71 Serbia 2.60 million hectares compare
73 Colombia 2.55 million hectares compare
74 Sweden 2.53 million hectares compare
75 Czechia 2.52 million hectares compare

See the full ranking of 206 places →

More agriculture & rural data for Venezuela

Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2013)
Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2013)
Rural population 10.7% (2025)
Rural population growth 0.1% (2025)
Rural population 3.05 million (2025)
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 0.0% (2011)
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 0 current US$ (2011)
Land under cereal production 515,056 hectares (2023)
Cereal yield 4,080 kg per hectare (2023)
Cereal production 2.10 million metric tons (2023)

All data for Venezuela →

Frequently asked questions

What is arable land in Venezuela?: Arable land in Venezuela was 2.60 million hectares 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 Venezuela?: The highest recorded value was 3.10 million hectares in 1987.
What is the lowest arable land recorded in Venezuela?: The lowest recorded value was 2.59 million hectares in 1994.
How does Venezuela rank for arable land?: Venezuela ranks 72nd out of 206 countries with data for 2023.
Is arable land rising or falling in Venezuela?: Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Venezuela 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). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator: Arable land (hectares)
Unit: hectares
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)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 206 places, 11,871 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

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.