Arable Land in Scotland: Only 6.3%

Limited Farmable Ground

Arable land covers 6.3% of Scotland (~600,000 hectares).

Total area: 79,984 km². Most land is peat bog or mountain (68%), making Scotland one of Europe’s least arable countries.

Agriculture concentrates in the eastern lowlands (Aberdeenshire, Angus, Fife, Lothians).