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Agricultural land share — Australia

Agricultural land share in Australia in 2023 — 47.22%. Ranked 69 in the world out of 209. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 14.54 pp.

2023 47.22% −0.04 pp vs 2022
World rank 69of 209
Period maximum 66.85%1968
Period minimum 44.54%2016

Trend over time

1961–2023 · % of land area

Agricultural land share — Australia, 1961–20234050607019611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 61.76%1963: 62.4%1965: 63.3%1967: 63.73%1969: 66.5%1971: 65.02%1973: 64.81%1975: 65.03%1977: 63.98%1979: 64.2%1981: 64.51%1983: 62.97%1985: 63.37%1987: 61.31%1989: 60.8%1991: 60.24%1993: 59.89%1995: 60.32%1997: 60.17%1999: 59.06%2001: 59.32%2003: 57.21%2005: 53.4%2007: 51.85%2009: 50.02%2011: 51.56%2013: 48.39%2015: 45.31%2017: 48.34%2019: 47.12%2021: 47.26%2023: 47.22%
Change over the period: −14.54 pp Annual average: -0.23 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

Australia 47.22%
World 36.93%
East Asia & Pacific 46.82%
Australia and New Zealand computed 46.88%
High-income countries computed 28.2%
Agricultural land share — Australia, by year Australia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 47.22 −0.04 pp
2022 47.26 +0 pp
2021 47.26 +1.01 pp
2020 46.25 −0.87 pp
2019 47.12 +0.47 pp
2018 46.66 −1.68 pp
2017 48.34 +3.8 pp
2016 44.54 −0.77 pp
2015 45.31 −3.42 pp
2014 48.74 +0.34 pp
2013 48.39 −1.99 pp
2012 50.39 −1.18 pp
2011 51.56 +2.57 pp
2010 48.99 −1.03 pp
2009 50.02 −0.65 pp
2008 50.67 −1.18 pp
2007 51.85 −1.42 pp
2006 53.28 −0.12 pp
2005 53.4 +1.99 pp
2004 51.4 −5.8 pp
2003 57.21 −0.98 pp
2002 58.19 −1.13 pp
2001 59.32 +0.03 pp
2000 59.29 +0.23 pp
1999 59.06 −1.33 pp
1998 60.38 +0.21 pp
1997 60.17 −0.39 pp
1996 60.56 +0.24 pp
1995 60.32 −0.75 pp
1994 61.07 +1.18 pp
1993 59.89 −0.77 pp
1992 60.66 +0.42 pp
1991 60.24 −0.22 pp
1990 60.46 −0.35 pp
1989 60.8 −0.64 pp
1988 61.45 +0.13 pp
1987 61.31 +0.32 pp
1986 60.99 −2.38 pp
1985 63.37 +0.03 pp
1984 63.33 +0.36 pp
1983 62.97 −0.91 pp
1982 63.88 −0.62 pp
1981 64.51 −0.01 pp
1980 64.52 +0.31 pp
1979 64.2 −0.37 pp
1978 64.58 +0.6 pp
1977 63.98 −1.2 pp
1976 65.18 +0.16 pp
1975 65.03 −0.11 pp
1974 65.13 +0.32 pp
1973 64.81 −0.25 pp
1972 65.06 +0.04 pp
1971 65.02 +0.79 pp
1970 64.23 −2.27 pp
1969 66.5 −0.35 pp
1968 66.85 +3.12 pp
1967 63.73 +0.33 pp
1966 63.4 +0.1 pp
1965 63.3 +0.57 pp
1964 62.73 +0.33 pp
1963 62.4 +0.36 pp
1962 62.04 +0.27 pp
1961 61.76 —

Australia and New Zealand, 2023

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

AU Australia 47.22 NZ New Zealand 36.88
Full table for all countries

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.

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