Agricultural land share — all countries

Agricultural land share — Afghanistan

Agricultural land share in Afghanistan in 2023 — 58.44%. Ranked 42 in the world out of 209. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 0.56 pp.

2023 58.44% −0.3 pp vs 2022
World rank 42of 209
Period maximum 58.74%2020
Period minimum 57.88%1961

Trend over time

1961–2023 · % of land area

Agricultural land share — Afghanistan, 1961–202357.755858.2558.558.7519611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 57.88%1963: 58.03%1965: 58.12%1967: 58.23%1969: 58.26%1971: 58.32%1973: 58.34%1975: 58.34%1977: 58.34%1979: 58.34%1981: 58.34%1983: 58.34%1985: 58.34%1987: 58.33%1989: 58.32%1991: 58.31%1993: 58.16%1995: 57.9%1997: 57.95%1999: 57.9%2001: 57.95%2003: 58.08%2005: 58.13%2007: 58.13%2009: 58.13%2011: 58.13%2013: 58.12%2015: 58.12%2017: 58.12%2019: 58.28%2021: 58.74%2023: 58.44%
Change over the period: +0.56 pp Annual average: 0.01 pp

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Afghanistan

Afghanistan 58.44%
World 36.93%
South Asia 58.34%
Southern Asia computed 49.5%
Low-income countries computed 42.27%
Agricultural land share — Afghanistan, by year Afghanistan All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 58.44 −0.3 pp
2022 58.74 +0 pp
2021 58.74 +0 pp
2020 58.74 +0.46 pp
2019 58.28 +0 pp
2018 58.28 +0.15 pp
2017 58.12 +0 pp
2016 58.12 +0 pp
2015 58.12 +0 pp
2014 58.12 +0 pp
2013 58.12 −0.01 pp
2012 58.13 −0 pp
2011 58.13 −0 pp
2010 58.13 +0 pp
2009 58.13 +0 pp
2008 58.13 +0 pp
2007 58.13 +0.01 pp
2006 58.12 −0.01 pp
2005 58.13 −0.02 pp
2004 58.15 +0.07 pp
2003 58.08 +0.14 pp
2002 57.94 −0.01 pp
2001 57.95 +0 pp
2000 57.95 +0.05 pp
1999 57.9 −0.16 pp
1998 58.06 +0.11 pp
1997 57.95 +0.06 pp
1996 57.89 −0.01 pp
1995 57.9 −0.08 pp
1994 57.97 −0.19 pp
1993 58.16 −0.15 pp
1992 58.31 +0 pp
1991 58.31 −0.02 pp
1990 58.32 +0 pp
1989 58.32 +0 pp
1988 58.32 −0.01 pp
1987 58.33 −0.01 pp
1986 58.34 +0 pp
1985 58.34 +0 pp
1984 58.34 +0 pp
1983 58.34 +0 pp
1982 58.34 +0 pp
1981 58.34 +0.01 pp
1980 58.34 +0 pp
1979 58.34 −0 pp
1978 58.34 +0 pp
1977 58.34 +0 pp
1976 58.34 −0 pp
1975 58.34 +0 pp
1974 58.34 +0 pp
1973 58.34 +0 pp
1972 58.34 +0.02 pp
1971 58.32 +0.05 pp
1970 58.27 +0.02 pp
1969 58.26 +0.02 pp
1968 58.23 +0 pp
1967 58.23 +0.04 pp
1966 58.19 +0.07 pp
1965 58.12 +0.01 pp
1964 58.12 +0.08 pp
1963 58.03 +0.08 pp
1962 57.96 +0.08 pp
1961 57.88

Southern Asia, 2023

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The share of agricultural land in total land area: arable land, land under permanent crops, and permanent meadows and pastures. High values often come not from crop-growing countries but from pastoral ones — vast semi-desert rangelands formally count as agricultural land.

Important: The aggregate for country groups is weighted by land area.

Source: FAOSTAT (FAO), license CC BY 4.0.