Cropland organic soils — Area, per square kilometre in Australia

Australia: Cropland organic soils — Area, per square kilometre was 0.0077 ha per square kilometre in 2023. ▬ Flat

Latest (2023)
0.0077 ha per square kilometre
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
73rd
of 189 countries
All-time high
0.0079 ha per square kilometre
in 1999
All-time low
0.0076 ha per square kilometre
in 1994
Years of data
34
1990–2023

Cropland organic soils — Area, per square kilometre in Australia, 1990–2023

00.0020.0040.0060.0081990200620231990: 0.008 ha per square kilometre1991: 0.008 ha per square kilometre1992: 0.008 ha per square kilometre1993: 0.008 ha per square kilometre1994: 0.008 ha per square kilometre1995: 0.008 ha per square kilometre1996: 0.008 ha per square kilometre1997: 0.008 ha per square kilometre1998: 0.008 ha per square kilometre1999: 0.008 ha per square kilometre2000: 0.008 ha per square kilometre2001: 0.008 ha per square kilometre2002: 0.008 ha per square kilometre2003: 0.008 ha per square kilometre2004: 0.008 ha per square kilometre2005: 0.008 ha per square kilometre2006: 0.008 ha per square kilometre2007: 0.008 ha per square kilometre2008: 0.008 ha per square kilometre2009: 0.008 ha per square kilometre2010: 0.008 ha per square kilometre2011: 0.008 ha per square kilometre2012: 0.008 ha per square kilometre2013: 0.008 ha per square kilometre2014: 0.008 ha per square kilometre2015: 0.008 ha per square kilometre2016: 0.008 ha per square kilometre2017: 0.008 ha per square kilometre2018: 0.008 ha per square kilometre2019: 0.008 ha per square kilometre2020: 0.008 ha per square kilometre2021: 0.008 ha per square kilometre2022: 0.008 ha per square kilometre2023: 0.008 ha per square kilometre

Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per square kilometre.

Analysis

In 2023, cropland organic soils — area, per square kilometre in Australia stood at 0.0077 ha per square kilometre.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, cropland organic soils — area, per square kilometre in Australia peaked at 0.0079 ha per square kilometre in 1999 and was at its lowest, 0.0076 ha per square kilometre, in 1994.

Australia ranks 73rd of 189 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Cropland organic soils — Area, per square kilometre in Australia, year by year

Annual values for Cropland organic soils — Area, per square kilometre in Australia, 1990 to 2023.
Year ha per square kilometre Change
1990 0.0076 ha per square kilometre —
1991 0.0076 ha per square kilometre +0.0%
1992 0.0076 ha per square kilometre +0.0%
1993 0.0076 ha per square kilometre -0.0%
1994 0.0076 ha per square kilometre -0.2%
1995 0.0078 ha per square kilometre +2.2%
1996 0.0078 ha per square kilometre +0.5%
1997 0.0078 ha per square kilometre +0.3%
1998 0.0078 ha per square kilometre +0.0%
1999 0.0079 ha per square kilometre +0.2%
2000 0.0078 ha per square kilometre -0.1%
2001 0.0078 ha per square kilometre -0.2%
2002 0.0078 ha per square kilometre -0.2%
2003 0.0078 ha per square kilometre -0.1%
2004 0.0078 ha per square kilometre -0.2%
2005 0.0078 ha per square kilometre +0.3%
2006 0.0078 ha per square kilometre -0.2%
2007 0.0078 ha per square kilometre -0.1%
2008 0.0078 ha per square kilometre -0.2%
2009 0.0078 ha per square kilometre +0.0%
2010 0.0078 ha per square kilometre +0.0%
2011 0.0078 ha per square kilometre -0.1%
2012 0.0078 ha per square kilometre +0.0%
2013 0.0078 ha per square kilometre -0.0%
2014 0.0078 ha per square kilometre -0.1%
2015 0.0078 ha per square kilometre +0.0%
2016 0.0078 ha per square kilometre -0.2%
2017 0.0078 ha per square kilometre -0.0%
2018 0.0078 ha per square kilometre +0.0%
2019 0.0077 ha per square kilometre -0.1%
2020 0.0077 ha per square kilometre -0.0%
2021 0.0077 ha per square kilometre +0.0%
2022 0.0077 ha per square kilometre +0.0%
2023 0.0077 ha per square kilometre +0.0%

Australia compared with similar countries

  • Australia's 0.0077 ha per square kilometre is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.0067 ha per square kilometre, 1.2× the median. (74 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.0077 ha per square kilometre 0.0076 ha per square kilometre 0.0079 ha per square kilometre 10
2000s 0.0078 ha per square kilometre 0.0078 ha per square kilometre 0.0078 ha per square kilometre 10
2010s 0.0078 ha per square kilometre 0.0077 ha per square kilometre 0.0078 ha per square kilometre 10
2020s 0.0077 ha per square kilometre 0.0077 ha per square kilometre 0.0077 ha per square kilometre 4

Countries ranked near Australia

  1. 70 China 0.0098 ha per square kilometre compare
  2. 71 Argentina 0.0095 ha per square kilometre compare
  3. 72 Colombia 0.0086 ha per square kilometre compare
  4. 74 Ghana 0.0067 ha per square kilometre compare
  5. 75 Ecuador 0.0057 ha per square kilometre compare
  6. 76 Croatia 0.0057 ha per square kilometre compare

See the full ranking of 191 places →

More climate change data for Australia

All data for Australia →

Frequently asked questions

What is cropland organic soils — area, per square kilometre in Australia?
Cropland organic soils — area, per square kilometre in Australia was 0.0077 ha per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
What is the highest cropland organic soils — area, per square kilometre recorded in Australia?
The highest recorded value was 0.0079 ha per square kilometre in 1999.
What is the lowest cropland organic soils — area, per square kilometre recorded in Australia?
The lowest recorded value was 0.0076 ha per square kilometre in 1994.
How does Australia rank for cropland organic soils — area, per square kilometre?
Australia ranks 73rd out of 189 countries with data for 2023.
Is cropland organic soils — area, per square kilometre rising or falling in Australia?
Over the last ten years it is down 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Australia data come from?
The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Cropland organic soils — Area, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 34 observations, free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page.

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Cropland organic soils — Area, per square kilometre in Australia. Statizoid, drawing on Statizoid (derived). Retrieved 10 October 2026, from https://climate.statizoid.com/stat/cropland-organic-soils-area-per-square-kilometre/australia/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page; please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://climate.statizoid.com/stat/cropland-organic-soils-area-per-square-kilometre/australia/">Cropland organic soils — Area, per square kilometre in Australia</a> — Statizoid

How this figure is calculated

Cropland organic soils — Area divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Cropland organic soils — Area ÷ Land area (sq. km)

Computed from

Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.

About this data

Indicator
Cropland organic soils — Area, per square kilometre
Unit
ha per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
191 places, 6,347 data points, 1990–2023
Last refreshed

Cropland organic soils — Area divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.