Agricultural land share — all countries

Agricultural land share — Western Asia

Agricultural land share in Western Asia in 2023 — 56.85%. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 19.09 pp.

2023 56.85% +0.02 pp vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 57.37%2002
Period minimum 37.74%1967

Trend over time

1961–2023 · % of land area

Agricultural land share — Western Asia, 1961–202335404550556019611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 37.76%1963: 38.01%1965: 37.86%1967: 37.74%1969: 38.02%1971: 37.98%1973: 38.37%1975: 38.12%1977: 38.15%1979: 38.37%1981: 38.37%1983: 38%1985: 40.55%1987: 43.08%1989: 45.27%1991: 46.59%1993: 48.23%1995: 50.93%1997: 53.73%1999: 57.07%2001: 57.22%2003: 57.26%2005: 57.37%2007: 57.13%2009: 56.7%2011: 56.65%2013: 56.79%2015: 56.87%2017: 56.77%2019: 56.75%2021: 56.79%2023: 56.85%
Change over the period: +19.09 pp Annual average: 0.31 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

Western Asia 56.85%
World 36.93%
Agricultural land share — Western Asia, by year Western Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 56.85 +0.02 pp
2022 56.83 +0.04 pp
2021 56.79 +0.04 pp
2020 56.74 −0.01 pp
2019 56.75 −0 pp
2018 56.75 −0.02 pp
2017 56.77 −0.05 pp
2016 56.82 −0.05 pp
2015 56.87 −0.01 pp
2014 56.88 +0.09 pp
2013 56.79 +0.08 pp
2012 56.71 +0.06 pp
2011 56.65 −0.13 pp
2010 56.78 +0.08 pp
2009 56.7 −0.13 pp
2008 56.83 −0.31 pp
2007 57.13 −0.18 pp
2006 57.32 −0.05 pp
2005 57.37 +0.04 pp
2004 57.33 +0.07 pp
2003 57.26 −0.11 pp
2002 57.37 +0.15 pp
2001 57.22 +0.08 pp
2000 57.14 +0.08 pp
1999 57.07 +1.52 pp
1998 55.55 +1.81 pp
1997 53.73 +1.36 pp
1996 52.37 +1.44 pp
1995 50.93 +1.28 pp
1994 49.65 +1.42 pp
1993 48.23 +1.57 pp
1992 46.65 +0.07 pp
1991 46.59 +0.21 pp
1990 46.37 +1.1 pp
1989 45.27 +1.14 pp
1988 44.13 +1.06 pp
1987 43.08 +1.33 pp
1986 41.74 +1.2 pp
1985 40.55 +1.25 pp
1984 39.29 +1.29 pp
1983 38 −0.08 pp
1982 38.08 −0.29 pp
1981 38.37 +0.03 pp
1980 38.34 −0.04 pp
1979 38.37 +0.19 pp
1978 38.18 +0.03 pp
1977 38.15 +0 pp
1976 38.14 +0.02 pp
1975 38.12 −0.18 pp
1974 38.3 −0.07 pp
1973 38.37 +0.08 pp
1972 38.29 +0.31 pp
1971 37.98 +0.04 pp
1970 37.94 −0.08 pp
1969 38.02 +0.24 pp
1968 37.78 +0.03 pp
1967 37.74 −0.02 pp
1966 37.76 −0.09 pp
1965 37.86 −0.1 pp
1964 37.95 −0.06 pp
1963 38.01 +0.2 pp
1962 37.81 +0.05 pp
1961 37.76

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.