Agricultural land share — all countries

Agricultural land share — Italy

Agricultural land share in Italy in 2023 — 44.26%. Ranked 83 in the world out of 209. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 26.07 pp.

2023 44.26% +0.29 pp vs 2022
World rank 83of 209
Period maximum 70.32%1961
Period minimum 41.94%2021

Trend over time

1961–2023 · % of land area

Agricultural land share — Italy, 1961–2023405060708019611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 70.32%1963: 69.74%1965: 69.5%1967: 69.29%1969: 68.77%1971: 60.01%1973: 59.44%1975: 59.56%1977: 59.5%1979: 59.87%1981: 59.67%1983: 58.69%1985: 58.12%1987: 57.84%1989: 57.29%1991: 54.59%1993: 54.1%1995: 52.13%1997: 52.17%1999: 53.72%2001: 52.42%2003: 50.41%2005: 49.83%2007: 47.89%2009: 47.28%2011: 46.84%2013: 46.09%2015: 43.77%2017: 43.37%2019: 44.37%2021: 41.94%2023: 44.26%
Change over the period: −26.07 pp Annual average: -0.42 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

Italy 44.26%
World 36.93%
Southern Europe computed 43.58%
High-income countries computed 28.2%
Agricultural land share — Italy, by year Italy All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 44.26 +0.29 pp
2022 43.96 +2.02 pp
2021 41.94 −0.39 pp
2020 42.33 −2.04 pp
2019 44.37 +2.42 pp
2018 41.95 −1.43 pp
2017 43.37 +0.05 pp
2016 43.33 −0.45 pp
2015 43.77 −0.73 pp
2014 44.51 −1.58 pp
2013 46.09 −0.33 pp
2012 46.43 −0.42 pp
2011 46.84 −1.61 pp
2010 48.45 +1.17 pp
2009 47.28 −1.61 pp
2008 48.89 +1 pp
2007 47.89 −0.14 pp
2006 48.03 −1.8 pp
2005 49.83 −0.5 pp
2004 50.33 −0.08 pp
2003 50.41 −1.24 pp
2002 51.65 −0.77 pp
2001 52.42 −0.46 pp
2000 52.88 −0.84 pp
1999 53.72 +1.07 pp
1998 52.65 +0.47 pp
1997 52.17 −0.01 pp
1996 52.19 +0.05 pp
1995 52.13 −1.25 pp
1994 53.39 −0.71 pp
1993 54.1 −0.23 pp
1992 54.33 −0.26 pp
1991 54.59 −2.67 pp
1990 57.26 −0.03 pp
1989 57.29 +0.04 pp
1988 57.25 −0.59 pp
1987 57.84 −0.1 pp
1986 57.94 −0.18 pp
1985 58.12 −0.51 pp
1984 58.63 −0.05 pp
1983 58.69 −0.94 pp
1982 59.62 −0.05 pp
1981 59.67 −0.04 pp
1980 59.71 −0.16 pp
1979 59.87 +0.06 pp
1978 59.8 +0.3 pp
1977 59.5 −0.1 pp
1976 59.6 +0.04 pp
1975 59.56 +0.05 pp
1974 59.51 +0.07 pp
1973 59.44 −0.09 pp
1972 59.53 −0.48 pp
1971 60.01 −8.61 pp
1970 68.61 −0.16 pp
1969 68.77 −0.44 pp
1968 69.21 −0.08 pp
1967 69.29 −0.09 pp
1966 69.38 −0.12 pp
1965 69.5 −0.07 pp
1964 69.57 −0.16 pp
1963 69.74 −0.48 pp
1962 70.22 −0.11 pp
1961 70.32

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.