Agricultural land share — all countries

Agricultural land share — Eastern Asia

Agricultural land share in Eastern Asia in 2023 — 55.22%. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 12.29 pp.

2023 55.22% −0.4 pp vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 57.63%2002
Period minimum 42.92%1961

Trend over time

1961–2023 · % of land area

Agricultural land share — Eastern Asia, 1961–2023404550556019611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 42.92%1963: 43.4%1965: 43.99%1967: 44.61%1969: 45.3%1971: 46.1%1973: 46.98%1975: 47.94%1977: 47.68%1979: 48.48%1981: 49.33%1983: 51.1%1985: 53.11%1987: 54.12%1989: 55.18%1991: 56.26%1993: 56.23%1995: 56.57%1997: 57.45%1999: 57.56%2001: 57.59%2003: 56.27%2005: 56.34%2007: 56.48%2009: 56.55%2011: 56.4%2013: 56.25%2015: 56.08%2017: 55.92%2019: 55.76%2021: 55.67%2023: 55.22%
Change over the period: +12.29 pp Annual average: 0.2 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

Eastern Asia 55.22%
World 36.93%
Agricultural land share — Eastern Asia, by year Eastern Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 55.22 −0.4 pp
2022 55.62 −0.05 pp
2021 55.67 −0.02 pp
2020 55.68 −0.07 pp
2019 55.76 −0.09 pp
2018 55.85 −0.07 pp
2017 55.92 −0.08 pp
2016 56 −0.08 pp
2015 56.08 −0.07 pp
2014 56.15 −0.1 pp
2013 56.25 −0.07 pp
2012 56.33 −0.07 pp
2011 56.4 −0.07 pp
2010 56.47 −0.07 pp
2009 56.55 +0.03 pp
2008 56.52 +0.04 pp
2007 56.48 +0.04 pp
2006 56.44 +0.1 pp
2005 56.34 +0.03 pp
2004 56.31 +0.04 pp
2003 56.27 −1.36 pp
2002 57.63 +0.04 pp
2001 57.59 +0.01 pp
2000 57.57 +0.01 pp
1999 57.56 +0.09 pp
1998 57.46 +0.01 pp
1997 57.45 +0.9 pp
1996 56.55 −0.01 pp
1995 56.57 −0.01 pp
1994 56.58 +0.35 pp
1993 56.23 −0.06 pp
1992 56.29 +0.03 pp
1991 56.26 +0.53 pp
1990 55.73 +0.54 pp
1989 55.18 +0.55 pp
1988 54.63 +0.51 pp
1987 54.12 +0.49 pp
1986 53.63 +0.52 pp
1985 53.11 +1.02 pp
1984 52.08 +0.98 pp
1983 51.1 +0.94 pp
1982 50.16 +0.83 pp
1981 49.33 +0.45 pp
1980 48.88 +0.39 pp
1979 48.48 +0.29 pp
1978 48.19 +0.51 pp
1977 47.68 +0.55 pp
1976 47.14 −0.81 pp
1975 47.94 +0.4 pp
1974 47.55 +0.57 pp
1973 46.98 +0.49 pp
1972 46.49 +0.39 pp
1971 46.1 +0.39 pp
1970 45.71 +0.4 pp
1969 45.3 +0.38 pp
1968 44.92 +0.31 pp
1967 44.61 +0.31 pp
1966 44.3 +0.31 pp
1965 43.99 +0.34 pp
1964 43.66 +0.26 pp
1963 43.4 +0.24 pp
1962 43.16 +0.24 pp
1961 42.92

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.