Agricultural land share — all countries

Agricultural land share — Northern Africa

Agricultural land share in Northern Africa in 2023 — 27.99%. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 12.09 pp.

2023 27.99% +0.06 pp vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 28.09%2017
Period minimum 15.86%1962

Trend over time

1961–2023 · % of land area

Agricultural land share — Northern Africa, 1961–20231520253019611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 15.9%1963: 15.87%1965: 16.03%1967: 16.23%1969: 16.41%1971: 16.82%1973: 16.81%1975: 16.89%1977: 17.06%1979: 17.15%1981: 16.56%1983: 16.68%1985: 16.67%1987: 16.67%1989: 16.74%1991: 16.78%1993: 16.99%1995: 17.17%1997: 17.22%1999: 17.23%2001: 17.21%2003: 17.33%2005: 17.41%2007: 17.42%2009: 17.47%2011: 17.52%2013: 27.94%2015: 27.9%2017: 28.09%2019: 27.95%2021: 28%2023: 27.99%
Change over the period: +12.09 pp Annual average: 0.2 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

Northern Africa 27.99%
World 36.93%
Agricultural land share — Northern Africa, by year Northern Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 27.99 +0.06 pp
2022 27.93 −0.06 pp
2021 28 +0.01 pp
2020 27.99 +0.04 pp
2019 27.95 −0.12 pp
2018 28.06 −0.03 pp
2017 28.09 +0.08 pp
2016 28.01 +0.11 pp
2015 27.9 +0.06 pp
2014 27.84 −0.09 pp
2013 27.94 +0.03 pp
2012 27.9 +10.38 pp
2011 17.52 +0.02 pp
2010 17.5 +0.03 pp
2009 17.47 +0.03 pp
2008 17.44 +0.03 pp
2007 17.42 +0.02 pp
2006 17.4 −0.01 pp
2005 17.41 +0.01 pp
2004 17.41 +0.08 pp
2003 17.33 +0.11 pp
2002 17.21 +0 pp
2001 17.21 −0.03 pp
2000 17.25 +0.01 pp
1999 17.23 −0.01 pp
1998 17.24 +0.02 pp
1997 17.22 +0.01 pp
1996 17.21 +0.04 pp
1995 17.17 +0.03 pp
1994 17.14 +0.16 pp
1993 16.99 +0.03 pp
1992 16.96 +0.18 pp
1991 16.78 −0 pp
1990 16.78 +0.04 pp
1989 16.74 +0.05 pp
1988 16.69 +0.02 pp
1987 16.67 +0.04 pp
1986 16.62 −0.05 pp
1985 16.67 −0.1 pp
1984 16.77 +0.09 pp
1983 16.68 +0.08 pp
1982 16.6 +0.03 pp
1981 16.56 −0.75 pp
1980 17.31 +0.16 pp
1979 17.15 +0.02 pp
1978 17.14 +0.07 pp
1977 17.06 +0.06 pp
1976 17.01 +0.12 pp
1975 16.89 −0.01 pp
1974 16.89 +0.08 pp
1973 16.81 −0.09 pp
1972 16.91 +0.09 pp
1971 16.82 +0.29 pp
1970 16.53 +0.12 pp
1969 16.41 +0.1 pp
1968 16.31 +0.08 pp
1967 16.23 +0.09 pp
1966 16.14 +0.11 pp
1965 16.03 +0.12 pp
1964 15.91 +0.04 pp
1963 15.87 +0.01 pp
1962 15.86 −0.04 pp
1961 15.9

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.