Agricultural land share — all countries

Agricultural land share — Central America

Agricultural land share in Central America in 2023 — 47.75%. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 2.19 pp.

2023 47.75% −0.14 pp vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 51.11%2003
Period minimum 45.37%1971

Trend over time

1961–2023 · % of land area

Agricultural land share — Central America, 1961–2023444648505219611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 45.56%1963: 45.52%1965: 45.56%1967: 45.58%1969: 45.6%1971: 45.37%1973: 45.7%1975: 45.85%1977: 46.09%1979: 46.37%1981: 46.57%1983: 47.79%1985: 48.19%1987: 48.71%1989: 49.57%1991: 50.4%1993: 50.61%1995: 50.71%1997: 50.8%1999: 50.92%2001: 50.97%2003: 51.11%2005: 50.95%2007: 50.94%2009: 49.25%2011: 48.72%2013: 47.95%2015: 47.7%2017: 47.04%2019: 46.72%2021: 48.39%2023: 47.75%
Change over the period: +2.19 pp Annual average: 0.04 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

Central America 47.75%
World 36.93%
Agricultural land share — Central America, by year Central America All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 47.75 −0.14 pp
2022 47.89 −0.51 pp
2021 48.39 +0.01 pp
2020 48.39 +1.67 pp
2019 46.72 −0.16 pp
2018 46.88 −0.16 pp
2017 47.04 −0.54 pp
2016 47.58 −0.12 pp
2015 47.7 +0.04 pp
2014 47.66 −0.28 pp
2013 47.95 −0.44 pp
2012 48.38 −0.33 pp
2011 48.72 −0.18 pp
2010 48.9 −0.35 pp
2009 49.25 −0.3 pp
2008 49.55 −1.38 pp
2007 50.94 +0.1 pp
2006 50.84 −0.11 pp
2005 50.95 −0.08 pp
2004 51.03 −0.08 pp
2003 51.11 +0.08 pp
2002 51.03 +0.06 pp
2001 50.97 +0.13 pp
2000 50.84 −0.08 pp
1999 50.92 +0.05 pp
1998 50.87 +0.07 pp
1997 50.8 +0.04 pp
1996 50.76 +0.05 pp
1995 50.71 +0.1 pp
1994 50.61 +0 pp
1993 50.61 +0.17 pp
1992 50.44 +0.04 pp
1991 50.4 +0.45 pp
1990 49.95 +0.38 pp
1989 49.57 +0.44 pp
1988 49.13 +0.42 pp
1987 48.71 +0.45 pp
1986 48.27 +0.08 pp
1985 48.19 +0.06 pp
1984 48.13 +0.34 pp
1983 47.79 +1.12 pp
1982 46.67 +0.09 pp
1981 46.57 +0.08 pp
1980 46.49 +0.12 pp
1979 46.37 −0.02 pp
1978 46.39 +0.3 pp
1977 46.09 +0.16 pp
1976 45.92 +0.07 pp
1975 45.85 +0.06 pp
1974 45.79 +0.09 pp
1973 45.7 +0.2 pp
1972 45.5 +0.13 pp
1971 45.37 −0.23 pp
1970 45.6 +0 pp
1969 45.6 +0.01 pp
1968 45.59 +0.01 pp
1967 45.58 −0.02 pp
1966 45.6 +0.04 pp
1965 45.56 +0.02 pp
1964 45.54 +0.02 pp
1963 45.52 +0 pp
1962 45.52 −0.04 pp
1961 45.56

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.