Agricultural land — all countries

Agricultural land — BRICS

Agricultural land in BRICS in 2023 — 13,503,657 km². Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 24.1%.

2023 13.5M km² +0.03% vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 13.6M km²2004
Period minimum 10.88M km²1961

Trend over time

1961–2023 · km²

Agricultural land — BRICS, 1961–202310M11M12M13M14M19611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 10,879,355 km²1963: 11,002,945 km²1965: 11,134,787 km²1967: 11,286,308 km²1969: 11,446,766 km²1971: 11,617,251 km²1973: 11,814,278 km²1975: 11,997,804 km²1977: 12,205,015 km²1979: 12,428,281 km²1981: 12,585,468 km²1983: 12,839,259 km²1985: 13,152,332 km²1987: 13,295,024 km²1989: 13,406,108 km²1991: 13,489,122 km²1993: 13,524,996 km²1995: 13,530,720 km²1997: 13,549,947 km²1999: 13,552,826 km²2001: 13,570,810 km²2003: 13,591,031 km²2005: 13,429,855 km²2007: 13,461,878 km²2009: 13,488,459 km²2011: 13,484,611 km²2013: 13,484,287 km²2015: 13,488,292 km²2017: 13,490,875 km²2019: 13,497,635 km²2021: 13,499,262 km²2023: 13,503,657 km²
Change over the period: +2.62M (+24.12%) Average annual rate: 0.35 %

Comparison, 2023

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

BRICS 13.5M km²
World 47.92M km²
Agricultural land — BRICS, by year BRICS All countries CSV XLSX
Year km² Change Change, %
2023 13.5M +4,456 +0.03%
2022 13.5M −61 −0%
2021 13.5M +3,553 +0.03%
2020 13.5M −1,926 −0.01%
2019 13.5M −1,298 −0.01%
2018 13.5M +8,058 +0.06%
2017 13.49M −1,065 −0.01%
2016 13.49M +3,648 +0.03%
2015 13.49M +1,072 +0.01%
2014 13.49M +2,932 +0.02%
2013 13.48M +2,270 +0.02%
2012 13.48M −2,595 −0.02%
2011 13.48M +3,925 +0.03%
2010 13.48M −7,773 −0.06%
2009 13.49M +20,468 +0.15%
2008 13.47M +6,113 +0.05%
2007 13.46M +22,123 +0.16%
2006 13.44M +9,901 +0.07%
2005 13.43M −166,368 −1.22%
2004 13.6M +5,192 +0.04%
2003 13.59M +6,215 +0.05%
2002 13.58M +14,005 +0.1%
2001 13.57M +15,735 +0.12%
2000 13.56M +2,250 +0.02%
1999 13.55M −1,581 −0.01%
1998 13.55M +4,460 +0.03%
1997 13.55M +18,420 +0.14%
1996 13.53M +807 +0.01%
1995 13.53M −17,488 −0.13%
1994 13.55M +23,212 +0.17%
1993 13.52M +12,342 +0.09%
1992 13.51M +23,532 +0.17%
1991 13.49M +28,062 +0.21%
1990 13.46M +54,952 +0.41%
1989 13.41M +56,272 +0.42%
1988 13.35M +54,812 +0.41%
1987 13.3M +70,142 +0.53%
1986 13.22M +72,550 +0.55%
1985 13.15M +166,520 +1.28%
1984 12.99M +146,553 +1.14%
1983 12.84M +125,325 +0.99%
1982 12.71M +128,466 +1.02%
1981 12.59M +82,649 +0.66%
1980 12.5M +74,538 +0.6%
1979 12.43M +109,643 +0.89%
1978 12.32M +113,623 +0.93%
1977 12.21M +106,928 +0.88%
1976 12.1M +100,283 +0.84%
1975 12M +81,582 +0.68%
1974 11.92M +101,945 +0.86%
1973 11.81M +106,549 +0.91%
1972 11.71M +90,478 +0.78%
1971 11.62M +85,339 +0.74%
1970 11.53M +85,145 +0.74%
1969 11.45M +79,596 +0.7%
1968 11.37M +80,863 +0.72%
1967 11.29M +74,997 +0.67%
1966 11.21M +76,524 +0.69%
1965 11.13M +71,385 +0.65%
1964 11.06M +60,457 +0.55%
1963 11M +53,665 +0.49%
1962 10.95M +69,925 +0.64%
1961 10.88M

About the indicator

The area of agricultural land: arable land, land under permanent crops, and permanent meadows and pastures. Pasture makes up most of this figure almost everywhere, so the largest agricultural countries by area turn out to be not the main grain producers but countries with vast dry rangelands — Australia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia. The indicator serves as the denominator for the share of irrigated land.

Important: Pasture is included and usually predominates, so the figure is far larger than the area of arable land. FAO estimates for pasture in arid countries are approximate: the boundary between rangeland and wasteland is a matter of convention.

Source: FAOSTAT (FAO), license CC BY 4.0.