Agricultural land share — all countries

Agricultural land share — G7

Agricultural land share in the G7 in 2023 — 28.29%. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 2.39 pp.

2023 28.29% −0.03 pp vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 30.67%1961
Period minimum 27.91%2007

Trend over time

1961–2023 · % of land area

Agricultural land share — G7, 1961–2023272829303119611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 30.67%1963: 30.39%1965: 30.13%1967: 30.06%1969: 30%1971: 29.86%1973: 29.6%1975: 29.47%1977: 29.42%1979: 29.27%1981: 29.2%1983: 29.32%1985: 29.29%1987: 29.05%1989: 29.03%1991: 28.93%1993: 28.67%1995: 28.48%1997: 28.21%1999: 28.15%2001: 28.15%2003: 28.04%2005: 28.01%2007: 27.91%2009: 28.03%2011: 28.15%2013: 28.28%2015: 28.33%2017: 28.42%2019: 28.3%2021: 28.34%2023: 28.29%
Change over the period: −2.39 pp Annual average: -0.04 pp

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: G7

G7 28.29%
World 36.93%
Agricultural land share — G7, by year G7 All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 28.29 −0.03 pp
2022 28.32 −0.02 pp
2021 28.34 +0.18 pp
2020 28.16 −0.14 pp
2019 28.3 −0.03 pp
2018 28.33 −0.09 pp
2017 28.42 +0.04 pp
2016 28.38 +0.04 pp
2015 28.33 +0.03 pp
2014 28.3 +0.02 pp
2013 28.28 +0.04 pp
2012 28.24 +0.09 pp
2011 28.15 +0.04 pp
2010 28.1 +0.07 pp
2009 28.03 +0.02 pp
2008 28.01 +0.1 pp
2007 27.91 −0.05 pp
2006 27.96 −0.05 pp
2005 28.01 −0.03 pp
2004 28.03 −0.01 pp
2003 28.04 −0.03 pp
2002 28.07 −0.08 pp
2001 28.15 +0.01 pp
2000 28.14 −0.01 pp
1999 28.15 −0.05 pp
1998 28.2 −0.01 pp
1997 28.21 −0.07 pp
1996 28.29 −0.2 pp
1995 28.48 −0.08 pp
1994 28.56 −0.11 pp
1993 28.67 −0.15 pp
1992 28.83 −0.1 pp
1991 28.93 −0.09 pp
1990 29.02 −0.01 pp
1989 29.03 −0.01 pp
1988 29.04 −0.02 pp
1987 29.05 −0.23 pp
1986 29.28 −0.01 pp
1985 29.29 −0.02 pp
1984 29.31 −0.01 pp
1983 29.32 −0.03 pp
1982 29.35 +0.15 pp
1981 29.2 −0.03 pp
1980 29.24 −0.03 pp
1979 29.27 −0.03 pp
1978 29.3 −0.13 pp
1977 29.42 −0.02 pp
1976 29.45 −0.02 pp
1975 29.47 −0.01 pp
1974 29.48 −0.12 pp
1973 29.6 −0.12 pp
1972 29.72 −0.14 pp
1971 29.86 −0.26 pp
1970 30.11 +0.12 pp
1969 30 −0.04 pp
1968 30.04 −0.02 pp
1967 30.06 −0.04 pp
1966 30.1 −0.03 pp
1965 30.13 −0.15 pp
1964 30.27 −0.11 pp
1963 30.39 −0.12 pp
1962 30.51 −0.16 pp
1961 30.67

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.