Agricultural land share — all countries

Agricultural land share — Lower-middle-income countries

Agricultural land share in lower-middle-income countries in 2023 — 44.89%. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 4.26 pp.

2023 44.89% −0.14 pp vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 45.19%2002
Period minimum 40.63%1961

Trend over time

1961–2023 · % of land area

Agricultural land share — Lower-middle-income countries, 1961–20234042444619611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 40.63%1963: 40.84%1965: 41.1%1967: 41.24%1969: 41.24%1971: 41.43%1973: 41.73%1975: 41.91%1977: 41.3%1979: 41.45%1981: 41.55%1983: 41.71%1985: 42.07%1987: 42.24%1989: 42.45%1991: 42.63%1993: 43.87%1995: 44.19%1997: 44.84%1999: 45.08%2001: 45.13%2003: 44.47%2005: 43.77%2007: 43.95%2009: 44.08%2011: 44.21%2013: 44.42%2015: 44.66%2017: 44.8%2019: 44.9%2021: 45.01%2023: 44.89%
Change over the period: +4.26 pp Annual average: 0.07 pp

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Lower-middle-income countries

Lower-middle-income countries 44.89%
World 36.93%
Agricultural land share — Lower-middle-income countries, by year Lower-middle-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 44.89 −0.14 pp
2022 45.03 +0.02 pp
2021 45.01 +0.05 pp
2020 44.96 +0.06 pp
2019 44.9 −0.02 pp
2018 44.92 +0.12 pp
2017 44.8 +0.1 pp
2016 44.71 +0.05 pp
2015 44.66 +0.18 pp
2014 44.48 +0.06 pp
2013 44.42 +0.1 pp
2012 44.32 +0.11 pp
2011 44.21 +0.12 pp
2010 44.09 +0.01 pp
2009 44.08 +0.1 pp
2008 43.97 +0.02 pp
2007 43.95 +0.09 pp
2006 43.86 +0.09 pp
2005 43.77 −0.72 pp
2004 44.48 +0.01 pp
2003 44.47 −0.72 pp
2002 45.19 +0.06 pp
2001 45.13 +0.04 pp
2000 45.08 +0 pp
1999 45.08 +0.14 pp
1998 44.94 +0.09 pp
1997 44.84 +0.57 pp
1996 44.27 +0.08 pp
1995 44.19 +0.22 pp
1994 43.97 +0.1 pp
1993 43.87 −0.04 pp
1992 43.92 +1.29 pp
1991 42.63 +0.18 pp
1990 42.45 −0 pp
1989 42.45 +0.13 pp
1988 42.32 +0.08 pp
1987 42.24 +0.16 pp
1986 42.08 +0.01 pp
1985 42.07 +0.17 pp
1984 41.9 +0.19 pp
1983 41.71 −0.04 pp
1982 41.75 +0.2 pp
1981 41.55 +0.11 pp
1980 41.44 −0.01 pp
1979 41.45 +0.04 pp
1978 41.41 +0.11 pp
1977 41.3 +0.1 pp
1976 41.2 −0.72 pp
1975 41.91 +0.12 pp
1974 41.79 +0.06 pp
1973 41.73 +0.16 pp
1972 41.57 +0.14 pp
1971 41.43 +0.06 pp
1970 41.37 +0.13 pp
1969 41.24 −0.05 pp
1968 41.3 +0.06 pp
1967 41.24 +0.06 pp
1966 41.18 +0.08 pp
1965 41.1 +0.13 pp
1964 40.97 +0.12 pp
1963 40.84 +0.09 pp
1962 40.75 +0.12 pp
1961 40.63

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.