Agricultural land share — all countries

Agricultural land share — OECD

Agricultural land share in the OECD in 2023 — 34.28%. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 5.25 pp.

2023 34.28% −0.12 pp vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 40.38%1968
Period minimum 33.98%2016

Trend over time

1961–2023 · % of land area

Agricultural land share — OECD, 1961–202332343638404219611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 39.53%1963: 39.57%1965: 39.64%1967: 39.7%1969: 40.31%1971: 39.94%1973: 39.78%1975: 39.75%1977: 39.52%1979: 39.51%1981: 39.54%1983: 39.26%1985: 39.36%1987: 38.83%1989: 38.74%1991: 38.56%1993: 38.36%1995: 38.27%1997: 38.06%1999: 37.8%2001: 37.7%2003: 37.09%2005: 36.27%2007: 35.76%2009: 35.29%2011: 35.51%2013: 34.89%2015: 34.17%2017: 34.74%2019: 34.37%2021: 34.49%2023: 34.28%
Change over the period: −5.25 pp Annual average: -0.08 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

OECD 34.28%
World 36.93%
Agricultural land share — OECD, by year OECD All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 34.28 −0.12 pp
2022 34.4 −0.09 pp
2021 34.49 +0.31 pp
2020 34.18 −0.19 pp
2019 34.37 +0.07 pp
2018 34.3 −0.43 pp
2017 34.74 +0.76 pp
2016 33.98 −0.18 pp
2015 34.17 −0.75 pp
2014 34.92 +0.03 pp
2013 34.89 −0.4 pp
2012 35.29 −0.22 pp
2011 35.51 +0.5 pp
2010 35.01 −0.28 pp
2009 35.29 −0.17 pp
2008 35.47 −0.29 pp
2007 35.76 −0.39 pp
2006 36.15 −0.12 pp
2005 36.27 +0.42 pp
2004 35.85 −1.23 pp
2003 37.09 −0.28 pp
2002 37.37 −0.33 pp
2001 37.7 −0.11 pp
2000 37.81 +0.01 pp
1999 37.8 −0.32 pp
1998 38.12 +0.06 pp
1997 38.06 −0.15 pp
1996 38.21 −0.06 pp
1995 38.27 −0.28 pp
1994 38.55 +0.18 pp
1993 38.36 −0.22 pp
1992 38.58 +0.02 pp
1991 38.56 −0.08 pp
1990 38.65 −0.09 pp
1989 38.74 −0.11 pp
1988 38.84 +0.02 pp
1987 38.83 −0.02 pp
1986 38.84 −0.52 pp
1985 39.36 +0.01 pp
1984 39.36 +0.09 pp
1983 39.26 −0.17 pp
1982 39.43 −0.11 pp
1981 39.54 −0.01 pp
1980 39.55 +0.05 pp
1979 39.51 −0.09 pp
1978 39.6 +0.08 pp
1977 39.52 −0.27 pp
1976 39.79 +0.04 pp
1975 39.75 −0.02 pp
1974 39.77 −0.01 pp
1973 39.78 −0.12 pp
1972 39.9 −0.04 pp
1971 39.94 +0.09 pp
1970 39.85 −0.46 pp
1969 40.31 −0.07 pp
1968 40.38 +0.68 pp
1967 39.7 +0.05 pp
1966 39.65 +0.01 pp
1965 39.64 +0.06 pp
1964 39.58 +0.01 pp
1963 39.57 +0.04 pp
1962 39.53 −0 pp
1961 39.53

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.