Agricultural land share — all countries

Agricultural land share — G20

Agricultural land share in the G20 in 2023 — 35.22%. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 2.94 pp.

2023 35.22% −0.05 pp vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 42.4%1990
Period minimum 34.99%2016

Trend over time

1961–2023 · % of land area

Agricultural land share — G20, 1961–202334363840424419611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 38.16%1963: 38.32%1965: 38.52%1967: 38.77%1969: 39.36%1971: 39.39%1973: 39.6%1975: 39.9%1977: 40.12%1979: 40.49%1981: 40.8%1983: 41.08%1985: 41.83%1987: 41.94%1989: 42.25%1991: 42.39%1993: 36.14%1995: 36.33%1997: 36.46%1999: 36.54%2001: 36.57%2003: 36.35%2005: 35.98%2007: 35.82%2009: 35.58%2011: 35.75%2013: 35.42%2015: 35.08%2017: 35.34%2019: 35.16%2021: 35.27%2023: 35.22%
Change over the period: −2.94 pp Annual average: -0.05 pp

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: G20

G20 35.22%
World 36.93%
Agricultural land share — G20, by year G20 All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 35.22 −0.05 pp
2022 35.26 −0 pp
2021 35.27 +0.17 pp
2020 35.1 −0.06 pp
2019 35.16 +0.04 pp
2018 35.12 −0.22 pp
2017 35.34 +0.35 pp
2016 34.99 −0.09 pp
2015 35.08 −0.34 pp
2014 35.43 +0.01 pp
2013 35.42 −0.22 pp
2012 35.64 −0.11 pp
2011 35.75 +0.25 pp
2010 35.5 −0.08 pp
2009 35.58 −0.08 pp
2008 35.66 −0.15 pp
2007 35.82 −0.15 pp
2006 35.96 −0.02 pp
2005 35.98 +0.2 pp
2004 35.78 −0.58 pp
2003 36.35 −0.1 pp
2002 36.46 −0.12 pp
2001 36.57 +0.03 pp
2000 36.55 +0.01 pp
1999 36.54 −0.04 pp
1998 36.58 +0.13 pp
1997 36.46 +0.07 pp
1996 36.39 +0.06 pp
1995 36.33 −0.03 pp
1994 36.36 +0.22 pp
1993 36.14 −0.01 pp
1992 36.15 −6.24 pp
1991 42.39 −0.01 pp
1990 42.4 +0.15 pp
1989 42.25 +0.13 pp
1988 42.12 +0.18 pp
1987 41.94 +0.2 pp
1986 41.73 −0.1 pp
1985 41.83 +0.37 pp
1984 41.47 +0.39 pp
1983 41.08 +0.12 pp
1982 40.96 +0.16 pp
1981 40.8 +0.12 pp
1980 40.68 +0.19 pp
1979 40.49 +0.12 pp
1978 40.37 +0.25 pp
1977 40.12 +0.02 pp
1976 40.09 +0.19 pp
1975 39.9 +0.12 pp
1974 39.78 +0.18 pp
1973 39.6 +0.1 pp
1972 39.5 +0.11 pp
1971 39.39 +0.14 pp
1970 39.24 −0.12 pp
1969 39.36 +0.06 pp
1968 39.3 +0.53 pp
1967 38.77 +0.13 pp
1966 38.64 +0.12 pp
1965 38.52 +0.12 pp
1964 38.4 +0.08 pp
1963 38.32 +0.08 pp
1962 38.24 +0.08 pp
1961 38.16

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.