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Agricultural land share — Germany

Agricultural land share in Germany in 2023 — 47.47%. Ranked 68 in the world out of 209. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 8.03 pp.

2023 47.47% −0.04 pp vs 2022
World rank 68of 209
Period maximum 55.95%1965
Period minimum 47.47%2023

Trend over time

1961–2023 · % of land area

Agricultural land share — Germany, 1961–20234547.55052.55557.519611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 55.5%1963: 55.57%1965: 55.95%1967: 55.6%1969: 55.15%1971: 54.28%1973: 54.13%1975: 53.83%1977: 53.59%1979: 53.26%1981: 52.88%1983: 52.5%1985: 52.26%1987: 51.91%1989: 51.72%1991: 49.08%1993: 49.16%1995: 49.68%1997: 49.64%1999: 49.15%2001: 48.82%2003: 48.74%2005: 48.83%2007: 48.61%2009: 48.44%2011: 47.97%2013: 47.86%2015: 47.96%2017: 47.76%2019: 47.7%2021: 47.49%2023: 47.47%
Change over the period: −8.03 pp Annual average: -0.13 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

Germany 47.47%
World 36.93%
Europe & Central Asia 29.09%
Western Europe computed 48.52%
High-income countries computed 28.2%
Agricultural land share — Germany, by year Germany All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 47.47 −0.04 pp
2022 47.5 +0.02 pp
2021 47.49 −0.01 pp
2020 47.5 −0.2 pp
2019 47.7 +0.06 pp
2018 47.64 −0.12 pp
2017 47.76 +0.08 pp
2016 47.68 −0.27 pp
2015 47.96 +0.02 pp
2014 47.94 +0.08 pp
2013 47.86 +0.05 pp
2012 47.81 −0.16 pp
2011 47.97 +0.06 pp
2010 47.91 −0.53 pp
2009 48.44 −0.1 pp
2008 48.54 −0.08 pp
2007 48.61 +0.02 pp
2006 48.59 −0.24 pp
2005 48.83 +0.05 pp
2004 48.78 +0.04 pp
2003 48.74 +0.1 pp
2002 48.64 −0.19 pp
2001 48.82 −0.09 pp
2000 48.91 −0.24 pp
1999 49.15 −0.63 pp
1998 49.78 +0.14 pp
1997 49.64 −0.02 pp
1996 49.66 −0.02 pp
1995 49.68 +0.1 pp
1994 49.58 +0.42 pp
1993 49.16 +0.61 pp
1992 48.55 −0.53 pp
1991 49.08 −2.57 pp
1990 51.65 −0.07 pp
1989 51.72 −0.12 pp
1988 51.83 −0.08 pp
1987 51.91 −0.24 pp
1986 52.15 −0.1 pp
1985 52.26 −0.11 pp
1984 52.37 −0.13 pp
1983 52.5 −0.19 pp
1982 52.69 −0.19 pp
1981 52.88 −0.17 pp
1980 53.04 −0.21 pp
1979 53.26 −0.19 pp
1978 53.44 −0.14 pp
1977 53.59 −0.14 pp
1976 53.73 −0.1 pp
1975 53.83 −0.08 pp
1974 53.91 −0.22 pp
1973 54.13 −0.15 pp
1972 54.27 −0.01 pp
1971 54.28 −0.2 pp
1970 54.49 −0.66 pp
1969 55.15 −0.09 pp
1968 55.24 −0.36 pp
1967 55.6 −0.34 pp
1966 55.94 −0.01 pp
1965 55.95 +0.22 pp
1964 55.73 +0.16 pp
1963 55.57 +0.03 pp
1962 55.55 +0.05 pp
1961 55.5 —

Western Europe, 2023

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

NL Netherlands 53.55 FR France 52.5 LU Luxembourg 51.66 DE Germany 47.47 BE Belgium 44.38 CH Switzerland 37.79 LI Liechtenstein 32.31 AT Austria 31.47
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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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