Sri Lanka - Arable land

1,372 (thousand hectares) in 2021

In 2021, arable land for Sri Lanka was 1,372 thousand hectares. Arable land of Sri Lanka increased from 822 thousand hectares in 1972 to 1,372 thousand hectares in 2021 growing at an average annual rate of 1.17%.

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What is arable land?

Arable land is the land under temporary agricultural crops (multiple-cropped areas are counted only once), temporary meadows for mowing or pasture, land under market and kitchen gardens and land temporarily fallow (less than five years). The abandoned land resulting from shifting cultivation is not included in this category. Data for “Arable land” are not meant to indicate the amount of land that is potentially cultivable.

What is Sri Lanka arable land?