Agricultural land — all countries

Agricultural land — Latin America & Caribbean

Agricultural land in Latin America & Caribbean in 2023 — 6,592,758 km². Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 16.1%.

2023 6.59M km² −0.63% vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 6.78M km²2007
Period minimum 5.68M km²1961

Trend over time

1961–2023 · km²

Agricultural land — Latin America & Caribbean, 1961–20235.5M6M6.5M7M19611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 5,678,947 km²1963: 5,751,956 km²1965: 5,824,044 km²1967: 5,885,061 km²1969: 5,947,799 km²1971: 6,051,307 km²1973: 6,159,294 km²1975: 6,263,922 km²1977: 6,396,761 km²1979: 6,516,537 km²1981: 6,609,847 km²1983: 6,689,672 km²1985: 6,755,803 km²1987: 6,760,530 km²1989: 6,759,959 km²1991: 6,757,803 km²1993: 6,737,369 km²1995: 6,718,876 km²1997: 6,736,991 km²1999: 6,758,203 km²2001: 6,728,909 km²2003: 6,738,221 km²2005: 6,765,794 km²2007: 6,776,215 km²2009: 6,699,047 km²2011: 6,699,928 km²2013: 6,704,109 km²2015: 6,674,809 km²2017: 6,618,767 km²2019: 6,602,068 km²2021: 6,654,819 km²2023: 6,592,758 km²
Change over the period: +913,811 (+16.09%) Average annual rate: 0.24 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Latin America & Caribbean

Latin America & Caribbean 6.59M km²
World 47.92M km²
Agricultural land — Latin America & Caribbean, by year Latin America & Caribbean All countries CSV XLSX
Year km² Change Change, %
2023 6.59M −41,490 −0.63%
2022 6.63M −20,571 −0.31%
2021 6.65M −1,363 −0.02%
2020 6.66M +54,114 +0.82%
2019 6.6M +1,426 +0.02%
2018 6.6M −18,125 −0.27%
2017 6.62M −30,720 −0.46%
2016 6.65M −25,322 −0.38%
2015 6.67M +10,414 +0.16%
2014 6.66M −39,715 −0.59%
2013 6.7M +2,565 +0.04%
2012 6.7M +1,617 +0.02%
2011 6.7M −13,801 −0.21%
2010 6.71M +14,682 +0.22%
2009 6.7M −26,324 −0.39%
2008 6.73M −50,844 −0.75%
2007 6.78M +12,439 +0.18%
2006 6.76M −2,018 −0.03%
2005 6.77M +12,708 +0.19%
2004 6.75M +14,866 +0.22%
2003 6.74M +1,564 +0.02%
2002 6.74M +7,748 +0.12%
2001 6.73M −24,171 −0.36%
2000 6.75M −5,123 −0.08%
1999 6.76M +7,171 +0.11%
1998 6.75M +14,041 +0.21%
1997 6.74M +10,463 +0.16%
1996 6.73M +7,652 +0.11%
1995 6.72M −9,439 −0.14%
1994 6.73M −9,054 −0.13%
1993 6.74M −7,184 −0.11%
1992 6.74M −13,249 −0.2%
1991 6.76M −473 −0.01%
1990 6.76M −1,683 −0.02%
1989 6.76M +119 +0%
1988 6.76M −690 −0.01%
1987 6.76M +2,666 +0.04%
1986 6.76M +2,061 +0.03%
1985 6.76M +28,181 +0.42%
1984 6.73M +37,950 +0.57%
1983 6.69M +52,403 +0.79%
1982 6.64M +27,423 +0.41%
1981 6.61M +32,062 +0.49%
1980 6.58M +61,248 +0.94%
1979 6.52M +59,174 +0.92%
1978 6.46M +60,603 +0.95%
1977 6.4M +68,363 +1.08%
1976 6.33M +64,476 +1.03%
1975 6.26M +53,800 +0.87%
1974 6.21M +50,828 +0.83%
1973 6.16M +50,319 +0.82%
1972 6.11M +57,668 +0.95%
1971 6.05M +59,119 +0.99%
1970 5.99M +44,389 +0.75%
1969 5.95M +25,389 +0.43%
1968 5.92M +37,349 +0.63%
1967 5.89M +28,979 +0.49%
1966 5.86M +32,038 +0.55%
1965 5.82M +34,269 +0.59%
1964 5.79M +37,819 +0.66%
1963 5.75M +35,429 +0.62%
1962 5.72M +37,580 +0.66%
1961 5.68M

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.