Agricultural land share — all countries

Agricultural land share — BRICS

Agricultural land share in BRICS in 2023 — 32.23%. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 1.82 pp.

2023 32.23% +0.01 pp vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 44.3%1991
Period minimum 32.06%2005

Trend over time

1961–2023 · % of land area

Agricultural land share — BRICS, 1961–20233035404519611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 34.05%1963: 34.53%1965: 35.05%1967: 35.65%1969: 36.28%1971: 36.95%1973: 37.72%1975: 38.44%1977: 39.26%1979: 40.14%1981: 40.75%1983: 41.75%1985: 42.98%1987: 43.54%1989: 43.98%1991: 44.3%1993: 32.33%1995: 32.35%1997: 32.4%1999: 32.4%2001: 32.4%2003: 32.44%2005: 32.06%2007: 32.14%2009: 32.2%2011: 32.19%2013: 32.19%2015: 32.2%2017: 32.21%2019: 32.23%2021: 32.22%2023: 32.23%
Change over the period: −1.82 pp Annual average: -0.03 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

BRICS 32.23%
World 36.93%
Agricultural land share — BRICS, by year BRICS All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 32.23 +0.01 pp
2022 32.22 −0 pp
2021 32.22 −0 pp
2020 32.22 −0 pp
2019 32.23 −0 pp
2018 32.23 +0.02 pp
2017 32.21 +0 pp
2016 32.21 +0.01 pp
2015 32.2 +0 pp
2014 32.2 +0.01 pp
2013 32.19 +0.01 pp
2012 32.19 −0.01 pp
2011 32.19 +0.01 pp
2010 32.18 −0.02 pp
2009 32.2 +0.05 pp
2008 32.15 +0.02 pp
2007 32.14 +0.05 pp
2006 32.09 +0.03 pp
2005 32.06 −0.4 pp
2004 32.46 +0.01 pp
2003 32.44 +0.01 pp
2002 32.43 +0.03 pp
2001 32.4 +0.04 pp
2000 32.36 −0.04 pp
1999 32.4 −0.01 pp
1998 32.41 +0.01 pp
1997 32.4 +0.04 pp
1996 32.36 +0 pp
1995 32.35 −0.04 pp
1994 32.39 +0.06 pp
1993 32.33 +0.03 pp
1992 32.3 −12 pp
1991 44.3 +0.11 pp
1990 44.19 +0.22 pp
1989 43.98 +0.22 pp
1988 43.76 +0.22 pp
1987 43.54 +0.28 pp
1986 43.27 +0.29 pp
1985 42.98 +0.65 pp
1984 42.33 +0.58 pp
1983 41.75 +0.49 pp
1982 41.26 +0.5 pp
1981 40.75 +0.32 pp
1980 40.43 +0.29 pp
1979 40.14 +0.43 pp
1978 39.7 +0.45 pp
1977 39.26 +0.42 pp
1976 38.84 +0.39 pp
1975 38.44 +0.32 pp
1974 38.12 +0.4 pp
1973 37.72 +0.42 pp
1972 37.3 +0.36 pp
1971 36.95 +0.34 pp
1970 36.61 +0.33 pp
1969 36.28 +0.31 pp
1968 35.96 +0.32 pp
1967 35.65 +0.29 pp
1966 35.35 +0.3 pp
1965 35.05 +0.28 pp
1964 34.77 +0.24 pp
1963 34.53 +0.21 pp
1962 34.32 +0.27 pp
1961 34.05

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.