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Agricultural land share — Iceland

Agricultural land share in Iceland in 2023 — 16.25%. Ranked 162 in the world out of 209. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 4.9 pp.

2023 16.25% −2.32 pp vs 2022
World rank 162of 209
Period maximum 21.15%1961
Period minimum 16.25%2023

Trend over time

1961–2023 · % of land area

Agricultural land share — Iceland, 1961–20231618202219611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 21.15%1963: 21.15%1965: 21.15%1967: 21.15%1969: 21.15%1971: 19.86%1973: 19.66%1975: 19.45%1977: 19.26%1979: 19.06%1981: 18.95%1983: 18.95%1985: 18.95%1987: 18.95%1989: 18.95%1991: 18.96%1993: 18.95%1995: 18.94%1997: 18.9%1999: 18.84%2001: 18.84%2003: 18.8%2005: 18.77%2007: 18.71%2009: 18.7%2011: 18.69%2013: 18.68%2015: 18.67%2017: 18.67%2019: 18.57%2021: 18.57%2023: 16.25%
Change over the period: −4.9 pp Annual average: -0.08 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

Iceland 16.25%
World 36.93%
Europe & Central Asia 29.09%
Northern Europe computed 17.98%
High-income countries computed 28.2%
Agricultural land share — Iceland, by year Iceland All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 16.25 −2.32 pp
2022 18.57 +0 pp
2021 18.57 +0 pp
2020 18.57 +0 pp
2019 18.57 +0 pp
2018 18.57 −0.11 pp
2017 18.67 +0 pp
2016 18.67 +0 pp
2015 18.67 −0 pp
2014 18.68 +0 pp
2013 18.68 +0 pp
2012 18.68 −0.01 pp
2011 18.69 −0.01 pp
2010 18.69 −0.01 pp
2009 18.7 −0.01 pp
2008 18.71 +0 pp
2007 18.71 −0.05 pp
2006 18.76 −0.01 pp
2005 18.77 −0.02 pp
2004 18.79 −0.01 pp
2003 18.8 −0.02 pp
2002 18.82 −0.02 pp
2001 18.84 +0 pp
2000 18.84 +0 pp
1999 18.84 −0.02 pp
1998 18.86 −0.04 pp
1997 18.9 −0.02 pp
1996 18.92 −0.02 pp
1995 18.94 −0.01 pp
1994 18.95 +0 pp
1993 18.95 −0.01 pp
1992 18.96 +0 pp
1991 18.96 +0 pp
1990 18.96 +0.01 pp
1989 18.95 +0 pp
1988 18.95 +0 pp
1987 18.95 +0 pp
1986 18.95 +0 pp
1985 18.95 +0 pp
1984 18.95 +0 pp
1983 18.95 +0 pp
1982 18.95 +0 pp
1981 18.95 +0 pp
1980 18.95 −0.11 pp
1979 19.06 −0.1 pp
1978 19.16 −0.1 pp
1977 19.26 −0.09 pp
1976 19.35 −0.1 pp
1975 19.45 −0.1 pp
1974 19.55 −0.11 pp
1973 19.66 −0.1 pp
1972 19.76 −0.1 pp
1971 19.86 −0.1 pp
1970 19.96 −1.19 pp
1969 21.15 +0 pp
1968 21.15 +0 pp
1967 21.15 +0 pp
1966 21.15 +0 pp
1965 21.15 +0 pp
1964 21.15 +0 pp
1963 21.15 +0 pp
1962 21.15 +0 pp
1961 21.15 —

Northern Europe, 2023

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

GB United Kingdom 70.31 FO Faroe Islands 70.12 IM Isle of Man 69.09 DK Denmark 65.53 IE Ireland 60.81 LT Lithuania 45.89 LV Latvia 31.67 EE Estonia 23.12 IS Iceland 16.25 FI Finland 7.44 SE Sweden 7.32 NO Norway 2.7 GL Greenland 0.59
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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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