Agricultural land — all countries

Agricultural land — Euro area

Agricultural land in the Euro area in 2023 — 1,193,175 km². Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 22.7%.

2023 1.19M km² −1.7% vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 1.54M km²1961
Period minimum 1.19M km²2023

Trend over time

1961–2023 · km²

Agricultural land — Euro area, 1961–20231.1M1.2M1.3M1.4M1.5M1.6M19611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 1,544,010 km²1963: 1,540,941 km²1965: 1,531,808 km²1967: 1,528,404 km²1969: 1,523,038 km²1971: 1,488,650 km²1973: 1,478,225 km²1975: 1,470,332 km²1977: 1,463,809 km²1979: 1,459,799 km²1981: 1,452,396 km²1983: 1,440,856 km²1985: 1,435,881 km²1987: 1,430,857 km²1989: 1,422,023 km²1991: 1,394,691 km²1993: 1,384,929 km²1995: 1,365,738 km²1997: 1,357,293 km²1999: 1,351,458 km²2001: 1,320,047 km²2003: 1,299,805 km²2005: 1,295,878 km²2007: 1,269,013 km²2009: 1,266,864 km²2011: 1,250,928 km²2013: 1,243,733 km²2015: 1,226,188 km²2017: 1,219,270 km²2019: 1,221,776 km²2021: 1,208,549 km²2023: 1,193,175 km²
Change over the period: −350,835 (−22.72%) Average annual rate: -0.41 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Euro area 1.19M km²
World 47.92M km²
Agricultural land — Euro area, by year Euro area All countries CSV XLSX
Year km² Change Change, %
2023 1.19M −20,578 −1.7%
2022 1.21M +5,204 +0.43%
2021 1.21M −1,735 −0.14%
2020 1.21M −11,491 −0.94%
2019 1.22M +8,265 +0.68%
2018 1.21M −5,759 −0.47%
2017 1.22M −636 −0.05%
2016 1.22M −6,283 −0.51%
2015 1.23M −1,336 −0.11%
2014 1.23M −16,208 −1.3%
2013 1.24M −3,719 −0.3%
2012 1.25M −3,477 −0.28%
2011 1.25M −11,529 −0.91%
2010 1.26M −4,407 −0.35%
2009 1.27M −9,616 −0.75%
2008 1.28M +7,467 +0.59%
2007 1.27M −11,872 −0.93%
2006 1.28M −14,992 −1.16%
2005 1.3M +2,040 +0.16%
2004 1.29M −5,967 −0.46%
2003 1.3M −10,545 −0.8%
2002 1.31M −9,697 −0.73%
2001 1.32M −16,421 −1.23%
2000 1.34M −14,990 −1.11%
1999 1.35M −1,051 −0.08%
1998 1.35M −4,785 −0.35%
1997 1.36M −5,909 −0.43%
1996 1.36M −2,536 −0.19%
1995 1.37M −15,775 −1.14%
1994 1.38M −3,416 −0.25%
1993 1.38M −4,485 −0.32%
1992 1.39M −5,277 −0.38%
1991 1.39M −21,076 −1.49%
1990 1.42M −6,256 −0.44%
1989 1.42M −1,025 −0.07%
1988 1.42M −7,809 −0.55%
1987 1.43M −1,886 −0.13%
1986 1.43M −3,138 −0.22%
1985 1.44M −2,411 −0.17%
1984 1.44M −2,564 −0.18%
1983 1.44M −10,424 −0.72%
1982 1.45M −1,116 −0.08%
1981 1.45M −1,496 −0.1%
1980 1.45M −5,907 −0.4%
1979 1.46M −4,369 −0.3%
1978 1.46M +359 +0.02%
1977 1.46M −1,233 −0.08%
1976 1.47M −5,290 −0.36%
1975 1.47M −5,094 −0.35%
1974 1.48M −2,799 −0.19%
1973 1.48M −5,734 −0.39%
1972 1.48M −4,691 −0.32%
1971 1.49M −19,836 −1.31%
1970 1.51M −14,552 −0.96%
1969 1.52M +2,328 +0.15%
1968 1.52M −7,694 −0.5%
1967 1.53M −378 −0.02%
1966 1.53M −3,026 −0.2%
1965 1.53M −3,627 −0.24%
1964 1.54M −5,506 −0.36%
1963 1.54M −2,500 −0.16%
1962 1.54M −569 −0.04%
1961 1.54M

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.

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