Agricultural land share — all countries

Agricultural land share — OPEC

Agricultural land share in OPEC in 2023 — 36.98%. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 9.18 pp.

2023 36.98% +0.02 pp vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 38.25%2004
Period minimum 27.79%1962

Trend over time

1961–2023 · % of land area

Agricultural land share — OPEC, 1961–20232530354019611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 27.8%1963: 27.81%1965: 27.88%1967: 27.94%1969: 28.05%1971: 28.32%1973: 28.45%1975: 28.4%1977: 28.42%1979: 28.57%1981: 28.04%1983: 28.24%1985: 29.44%1987: 30.55%1989: 31.62%1991: 32.44%1993: 33.42%1995: 35.11%1997: 36.45%1999: 37.97%2001: 38.05%2003: 38.11%2005: 36.65%2007: 36.74%2009: 36.53%2011: 36.57%2013: 36.57%2015: 36.64%2017: 36.74%2019: 36.85%2021: 36.93%2023: 36.98%
Change over the period: +9.18 pp Annual average: 0.15 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

OPEC 36.98%
World 36.93%
Agricultural land share — OPEC, by year OPEC All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 36.98 +0.02 pp
2022 36.96 +0.03 pp
2021 36.93 +0.03 pp
2020 36.9 +0.05 pp
2019 36.85 +0.03 pp
2018 36.82 +0.09 pp
2017 36.74 +0.08 pp
2016 36.65 +0.02 pp
2015 36.64 +0.02 pp
2014 36.62 +0.05 pp
2013 36.57 −0.01 pp
2012 36.59 +0.01 pp
2011 36.57 +0.02 pp
2010 36.55 +0.03 pp
2009 36.53 −0.01 pp
2008 36.53 −0.21 pp
2007 36.74 +0.08 pp
2006 36.67 +0.02 pp
2005 36.65 −1.6 pp
2004 38.25 +0.15 pp
2003 38.11 +0.03 pp
2002 38.08 +0.03 pp
2001 38.05 +0.11 pp
2000 37.94 −0.03 pp
1999 37.97 +0.58 pp
1998 37.39 +0.94 pp
1997 36.45 +0.61 pp
1996 35.84 +0.74 pp
1995 35.11 +0.88 pp
1994 34.22 +0.8 pp
1993 33.42 +0.79 pp
1992 32.63 +0.19 pp
1991 32.44 +0.27 pp
1990 32.17 +0.55 pp
1989 31.62 +0.45 pp
1988 31.17 +0.62 pp
1987 30.55 +0.57 pp
1986 29.98 +0.54 pp
1985 29.44 +0.59 pp
1984 28.85 +0.61 pp
1983 28.24 +0.1 pp
1982 28.13 +0.09 pp
1981 28.04 −0.37 pp
1980 28.42 −0.16 pp
1979 28.57 +0.18 pp
1978 28.4 −0.03 pp
1977 28.42 −0.01 pp
1976 28.43 +0.04 pp
1975 28.4 −0.06 pp
1974 28.46 +0.01 pp
1973 28.45 +0.01 pp
1972 28.44 +0.12 pp
1971 28.32 +0.21 pp
1970 28.11 +0.06 pp
1969 28.05 +0.06 pp
1968 27.99 +0.05 pp
1967 27.94 +0.03 pp
1966 27.91 +0.04 pp
1965 27.88 +0.05 pp
1964 27.82 +0.01 pp
1963 27.81 +0.02 pp
1962 27.79 −0 pp
1961 27.8

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.