Agricultural land share — all countries

Agricultural land share — Euro area

Agricultural land share in the Euro area in 2023 — 42.07%. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 13.61 pp.

2023 42.07% −0.73 pp vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 55.68%1961
Period minimum 42.07%2023

Trend over time

1961–2023 · % of land area

Agricultural land share — Euro area, 1961–2023404550556019611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 55.68%1963: 55.57%1965: 55.21%1967: 55.08%1969: 54.86%1971: 53.5%1973: 53.08%1975: 52.76%1977: 52.51%1979: 52.38%1981: 52.18%1983: 51.69%1985: 51.5%1987: 51.31%1989: 50.97%1991: 49.9%1993: 48.87%1995: 48.18%1997: 47.88%1999: 47.67%2001: 46.53%2003: 45.84%2005: 45.71%2007: 44.77%2009: 44.7%2011: 44.12%2013: 43.84%2015: 43.23%2017: 42.99%2019: 43.08%2021: 42.61%2023: 42.07%
Change over the period: −13.61 pp Annual average: -0.22 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

Euro area 42.07%
World 36.93%
Agricultural land share — Euro area, by year Euro area All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 42.07 −0.73 pp
2022 42.79 +0.18 pp
2021 42.61 −0.06 pp
2020 42.67 −0.41 pp
2019 43.08 +0.29 pp
2018 42.79 −0.21 pp
2017 42.99 −0.01 pp
2016 43.01 −0.23 pp
2015 43.23 −0.04 pp
2014 43.27 −0.57 pp
2013 43.84 −0.15 pp
2012 43.99 −0.13 pp
2011 44.12 −0.4 pp
2010 44.53 −0.18 pp
2009 44.7 −0.34 pp
2008 45.04 +0.27 pp
2007 44.77 −0.42 pp
2006 45.19 −0.52 pp
2005 45.71 +0.08 pp
2004 45.63 −0.21 pp
2003 45.84 −0.37 pp
2002 46.21 −0.32 pp
2001 46.53 −0.57 pp
2000 47.1 −0.56 pp
1999 47.67 −0.04 pp
1998 47.71 −0.17 pp
1997 47.88 −0.21 pp
1996 48.09 −0.09 pp
1995 48.18 −0.56 pp
1994 48.75 −0.12 pp
1993 48.87 −0.13 pp
1992 49 −0.89 pp
1991 49.9 −0.83 pp
1990 50.73 −0.24 pp
1989 50.97 −0.03 pp
1988 51 −0.31 pp
1987 51.31 −0.07 pp
1986 51.38 −0.12 pp
1985 51.5 −0.09 pp
1984 51.59 −0.1 pp
1983 51.69 −0.41 pp
1982 52.11 −0.07 pp
1981 52.18 −0.05 pp
1980 52.23 −0.15 pp
1979 52.38 −0.14 pp
1978 52.52 +0.01 pp
1977 52.51 −0.04 pp
1976 52.55 −0.21 pp
1975 52.76 −0.2 pp
1974 52.95 −0.13 pp
1973 53.08 −0.23 pp
1972 53.31 −0.18 pp
1971 53.5 −0.79 pp
1970 54.28 −0.58 pp
1969 54.86 +0.09 pp
1968 54.77 −0.3 pp
1967 55.08 −0.02 pp
1966 55.09 −0.12 pp
1965 55.21 −0.14 pp
1964 55.36 −0.21 pp
1963 55.57 −0.08 pp
1962 55.65 −0.02 pp
1961 55.68

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.