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Agricultural land share — China

Agricultural land share in China in 2023 — 55.43%. Ranked 47 in the world out of 209. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 18.97 pp.

2023 55.43% +0 pp vs 2022
World rank 47of 209
Period maximum 56.26%2009
Period minimum 36.47%1961

Trend over time

1961–2023 · % of land area

Agricultural land share — China, 1961–202335404550556019611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 36.47%1963: 37.06%1965: 37.77%1967: 38.54%1969: 39.41%1971: 40.4%1973: 41.49%1975: 42.68%1977: 43.94%1979: 45.06%1981: 46.11%1983: 48.24%1985: 50.74%1987: 51.95%1989: 53.2%1991: 54.47%1993: 55.2%1995: 55.69%1997: 55.69%1999: 55.69%2001: 55.76%2003: 55.88%2005: 56.01%2007: 56.14%2009: 56.26%2011: 56.1%2013: 55.94%2015: 55.78%2017: 55.62%2019: 55.46%2021: 55.44%2023: 55.43%
Change over the period: +18.97 pp Annual average: 0.31 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

China 55.43%
World 36.93%
East Asia & Pacific 46.82%
Eastern Asia computed 55.22%
Upper-middle-income countries computed 42.09%
Agricultural land share — China, by year China All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 55.43 +0 pp
2022 55.43 −0.01 pp
2021 55.44 −0.01 pp
2020 55.45 −0.01 pp
2019 55.46 −0.08 pp
2018 55.54 −0.08 pp
2017 55.62 −0.08 pp
2016 55.7 −0.08 pp
2015 55.78 −0.08 pp
2014 55.86 −0.08 pp
2013 55.94 −0.08 pp
2012 56.02 −0.08 pp
2011 56.1 −0.08 pp
2010 56.18 −0.08 pp
2009 56.26 +0.06 pp
2008 56.2 +0.06 pp
2007 56.14 +0.06 pp
2006 56.07 +0.06 pp
2005 56.01 +0.06 pp
2004 55.95 +0.06 pp
2003 55.88 +0.06 pp
2002 55.82 +0.06 pp
2001 55.76 +0.06 pp
2000 55.69 +0 pp
1999 55.69 +0 pp
1998 55.69 +0 pp
1997 55.69 +0 pp
1996 55.69 +0 pp
1995 55.69 +0 pp
1994 55.69 +0.49 pp
1993 55.2 +0.42 pp
1992 54.78 +0.31 pp
1991 54.47 +0.61 pp
1990 53.86 +0.66 pp
1989 53.2 +0.65 pp
1988 52.55 +0.6 pp
1987 51.95 +0.57 pp
1986 51.39 +0.65 pp
1985 50.74 +1.26 pp
1984 49.48 +1.24 pp
1983 48.24 +1.11 pp
1982 47.14 +1.02 pp
1981 46.11 +0.57 pp
1980 45.55 +0.49 pp
1979 45.06 +0.49 pp
1978 44.57 +0.64 pp
1977 43.94 +0.63 pp
1976 43.31 +0.63 pp
1975 42.68 +0.49 pp
1974 42.19 +0.71 pp
1973 41.49 +0.6 pp
1972 40.89 +0.49 pp
1971 40.4 +0.5 pp
1970 39.9 +0.49 pp
1969 39.41 +0.49 pp
1968 38.92 +0.38 pp
1967 38.54 +0.38 pp
1966 38.15 +0.38 pp
1965 37.77 +0.4 pp
1964 37.37 +0.3 pp
1963 37.06 +0.3 pp
1962 36.76 +0.29 pp
1961 36.47 —

Eastern Asia, 2023

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

MN Mongolia 68.96 CN China 55.43 KP North Korea 21.55 KR South Korea 16.07 JP Japan 12.64 HK Hong Kong 3.81
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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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