Agricultural land share — all countries

Agricultural land share — Upper-middle-income countries

Agricultural land share in upper-middle-income countries in 2023 — 42.09%. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 11.29 pp.

2023 42.09% −0.13 pp vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 42.33%2010
Period minimum 30.8%1961

Trend over time

1961–2023 · % of land area

Agricultural land share — Upper-middle-income countries, 1961–20233035404519611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 30.8%1963: 31.13%1965: 31.46%1967: 31.84%1969: 32.29%1971: 32.84%1973: 33.44%1975: 33.99%1977: 34.68%1979: 35.36%1981: 35.78%1983: 36.53%1985: 37.43%1987: 37.93%1989: 38.31%1991: 38.58%1993: 42.17%1995: 42.15%1997: 42.16%1999: 42.26%2001: 42.17%2003: 42.21%2005: 42.3%2007: 42.33%2009: 42.14%2011: 42.28%2013: 42.33%2015: 42.28%2017: 42.16%2019: 42.12%2021: 42.29%2023: 42.09%
Change over the period: +11.29 pp Annual average: 0.18 pp

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Upper-middle-income countries

Upper-middle-income countries 42.09%
World 36.93%
Agricultural land share — Upper-middle-income countries, by year Upper-middle-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 42.09 −0.13 pp
2022 42.22 −0.07 pp
2021 42.29 +0 pp
2020 42.29 +0.17 pp
2019 42.12 −0.02 pp
2018 42.14 −0.02 pp
2017 42.16 −0.08 pp
2016 42.24 −0.04 pp
2015 42.28 +0.03 pp
2014 42.25 −0.08 pp
2013 42.33 +0.03 pp
2012 42.3 +0.03 pp
2011 42.28 −0.06 pp
2010 42.33 +0.19 pp
2009 42.14 −0.05 pp
2008 42.19 −0.14 pp
2007 42.33 +0.03 pp
2006 42.29 −0.01 pp
2005 42.3 +0.03 pp
2004 42.27 +0.06 pp
2003 42.21 +0.02 pp
2002 42.19 +0.01 pp
2001 42.17 −0.04 pp
2000 42.22 −0.04 pp
1999 42.26 +0.04 pp
1998 42.22 +0.06 pp
1997 42.16 +0.02 pp
1996 42.14 −0.01 pp
1995 42.15 −0.13 pp
1994 42.29 +0.11 pp
1993 42.17 +0.11 pp
1992 42.06 +3.49 pp
1991 38.58 +0.08 pp
1990 38.5 +0.19 pp
1989 38.31 +0.2 pp
1988 38.11 +0.18 pp
1987 37.93 +0.27 pp
1986 37.66 +0.23 pp
1985 37.43 +0.47 pp
1984 36.96 +0.43 pp
1983 36.53 +0.43 pp
1982 36.1 +0.32 pp
1981 35.78 +0.12 pp
1980 35.66 +0.3 pp
1979 35.36 +0.32 pp
1978 35.04 +0.36 pp
1977 34.68 +0.35 pp
1976 34.33 +0.34 pp
1975 33.99 +0.24 pp
1974 33.75 +0.31 pp
1973 33.44 +0.28 pp
1972 33.16 +0.31 pp
1971 32.84 +0.32 pp
1970 32.53 +0.24 pp
1969 32.29 +0.23 pp
1968 32.06 +0.22 pp
1967 31.84 +0.18 pp
1966 31.66 +0.19 pp
1965 31.46 +0.18 pp
1964 31.28 +0.14 pp
1963 31.13 +0.18 pp
1962 30.95 +0.15 pp
1961 30.8

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.