Agricultural land — all countries

Agricultural land — G20

Agricultural land in the G20 in 2023 — 26,526,285 km². Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 7.2%.

2023 26.53M km² −0.13% vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 27.61M km²2001
Period minimum 24.75M km²1961

Trend over time

1961–2023 · km²

Agricultural land — G20, 1961–202324M25M26M27M28M19611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 24,747,450 km²1963: 24,839,651 km²1965: 24,956,819 km²1967: 25,106,184 km²1969: 25,455,597 km²1971: 25,469,391 km²1973: 25,595,391 km²1975: 25,773,854 km²1977: 25,901,515 km²1979: 26,122,351 km²1981: 26,306,618 km²1983: 26,468,749 km²1985: 26,913,557 km²1987: 26,973,514 km²1989: 27,157,357 km²1991: 27,241,843 km²1993: 27,258,639 km²1995: 27,396,006 km²1997: 27,493,851 km²1999: 27,561,439 km²2001: 27,609,212 km²2003: 27,442,678 km²2005: 27,161,894 km²2007: 27,035,796 km²2009: 26,854,555 km²2011: 26,983,617 km²2013: 26,731,111 km²2015: 26,478,537 km²2017: 26,674,954 km²2019: 26,537,288 km²2021: 26,563,852 km²2023: 26,526,285 km²
Change over the period: +1.78M (+7.19%) Average annual rate: 0.11 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: G20

G20 26.53M km²
World 47.92M km²
Agricultural land — G20, by year G20 All countries CSV XLSX
Year km² Change Change, %
2023 26.53M −34,627 −0.13%
2022 26.56M −2,940 −0.01%
2021 26.56M +72,027 +0.27%
2020 26.49M −45,463 −0.17%
2019 26.54M +29,334 +0.11%
2018 26.51M −166,999 −0.63%
2017 26.67M +264,098 +1%
2016 26.41M −67,681 −0.26%
2015 26.48M −259,277 −0.97%
2014 26.74M +6,703 +0.03%
2013 26.73M −167,860 −0.62%
2012 26.9M −84,646 −0.31%
2011 26.98M +189,145 +0.71%
2010 26.79M −60,082 −0.22%
2009 26.85M −59,979 −0.22%
2008 26.91M −121,262 −0.45%
2007 27.04M −109,785 −0.4%
2006 27.15M −16,314 −0.06%
2005 27.16M +154,549 +0.57%
2004 27.01M −435,333 −1.59%
2003 27.44M −79,168 −0.29%
2002 27.52M −87,365 −0.32%
2001 27.61M +18,633 +0.07%
2000 27.59M +29,140 +0.11%
1999 27.56M −28,672 −0.1%
1998 27.59M +96,261 +0.35%
1997 27.49M +49,350 +0.18%
1996 27.44M +48,495 +0.18%
1995 27.4M −27,148 −0.1%
1994 27.42M +164,515 +0.6%
1993 27.26M −10,108 −0.04%
1992 27.27M +26,904 +0.1%
1991 27.24M −4,775 −0.02%
1990 27.25M +89,261 +0.33%
1989 27.16M +75,591 +0.28%
1988 27.08M +108,252 +0.4%
1987 26.97M +118,973 +0.44%
1986 26.85M −59,016 −0.22%
1985 26.91M +215,725 +0.81%
1984 26.7M +229,083 +0.87%
1983 26.47M +70,385 +0.27%
1982 26.4M +91,746 +0.35%
1981 26.31M +70,799 +0.27%
1980 26.24M +113,468 +0.43%
1979 26.12M +71,433 +0.27%
1978 26.05M +149,403 +0.58%
1977 25.9M +14,438 +0.06%
1976 25.89M +113,223 +0.44%
1975 25.77M +73,682 +0.29%
1974 25.7M +104,782 +0.41%
1973 25.6M +58,816 +0.23%
1972 25.54M +67,184 +0.26%
1971 25.47M +85,503 +0.34%
1970 25.38M −71,708 −0.28%
1969 25.46M +35,280 +0.14%
1968 25.42M +314,133 +1.25%
1967 25.11M +77,247 +0.31%
1966 25.03M +72,117 +0.29%
1965 24.96M +70,579 +0.28%
1964 24.89M +46,589 +0.19%
1963 24.84M +47,551 +0.19%
1962 24.79M +44,650 +0.18%
1961 24.75M

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.