Agricultural land share — all countries

Agricultural land share — United Arab Emirates

Agricultural land share in the United Arab Emirates in 2023 — 5.52%. Ranked 193 in the world out of 209. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 2.59 pp.

2023 5.52% +0 pp vs 2022
World rank 193of 209
Period maximum 7.97%2002
Period minimum 2.93%1961

Trend over time

1961–2023 · % of land area

Agricultural land share — United Arab Emirates, 1961–2023246819611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 2.93%1963: 2.93%1965: 2.94%1967: 2.96%1969: 2.96%1971: 2.99%1973: 3%1975: 3.03%1977: 3.06%1979: 3.08%1981: 3.2%1983: 3.27%1985: 3.31%1987: 3.35%1989: 3.37%1991: 4.36%1993: 5%1995: 5.39%1997: 5.56%1999: 7.27%2001: 7.91%2003: 7.8%2005: 7.84%2007: 7.5%2009: 5.46%2011: 5.47%2013: 5.34%2015: 5.39%2017: 5.4%2019: 5.5%2021: 5.51%2023: 5.52%
Change over the period: +2.59 pp Annual average: 0.04 pp

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates 5.52%
World 36.93%
Western Asia computed 56.85%
High-income countries computed 28.2%
Agricultural land share — United Arab Emirates, by year United Arab Emirates All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 5.52 +0 pp
2022 5.51 +0 pp
2021 5.51 +0.02 pp
2020 5.49 −0.01 pp
2019 5.5 +0.12 pp
2018 5.38 −0.03 pp
2017 5.4 +0 pp
2016 5.4 +0.01 pp
2015 5.39 +0 pp
2014 5.39 +0.04 pp
2013 5.34 +0.04 pp
2012 5.3 −0.17 pp
2011 5.47 −0.05 pp
2010 5.52 +0.06 pp
2009 5.46 −2.14 pp
2008 7.6 +0.1 pp
2007 7.5 −0.08 pp
2006 7.58 −0.26 pp
2005 7.84 +0.04 pp
2004 7.8 +0 pp
2003 7.8 −0.17 pp
2002 7.97 +0.06 pp
2001 7.91 +0.21 pp
2000 7.7 +0.44 pp
1999 7.27 +1.66 pp
1998 5.6 +0.04 pp
1997 5.56 +0.11 pp
1996 5.45 +0.06 pp
1995 5.39 +0.15 pp
1994 5.24 +0.24 pp
1993 5 +0.23 pp
1992 4.77 +0.41 pp
1991 4.36 +0.35 pp
1990 4.01 +0.65 pp
1989 3.37 +0 pp
1988 3.37 +0.01 pp
1987 3.35 +0 pp
1986 3.35 +0.04 pp
1985 3.31 +0.04 pp
1984 3.27 +0 pp
1983 3.27 +0.07 pp
1982 3.2 +0 pp
1981 3.2 +0.06 pp
1980 3.14 +0.06 pp
1979 3.08 +0.01 pp
1978 3.07 +0.01 pp
1977 3.06 +0.01 pp
1976 3.04 +0.01 pp
1975 3.03 +0.01 pp
1974 3.01 +0.01 pp
1973 3 +0.01 pp
1972 2.99 +0 pp
1971 2.99 +0 pp
1970 2.99 +0.03 pp
1969 2.96 +0 pp
1968 2.96 +0 pp
1967 2.96 +0 pp
1966 2.96 +0.01 pp
1965 2.94 +0.01 pp
1964 2.93 +0 pp
1963 2.93 +0 pp
1962 2.93 +0 pp
1961 2.93

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.