Agricultural land — all countries

Agricultural land — Lower-middle-income countries

Agricultural land in lower-middle-income countries in 2023 — 9,716,598 km². Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 6.9%.

2023 9.72M km² −0.31% vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 9.77M km²2002
Period minimum 9.09M km²1961

Trend over time

1961–2023 · km²

Agricultural land — Lower-middle-income countries, 1961–20239M9.2M9.4M9.6M9.8M19611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 9,090,755 km²1963: 9,133,310 km²1965: 9,184,904 km²1967: 9,213,566 km²1969: 9,214,396 km²1971: 9,252,613 km²1973: 9,313,430 km²1975: 9,350,129 km²1977: 9,225,085 km²1979: 9,255,422 km²1981: 9,276,638 km²1983: 9,308,169 km²1985: 9,381,579 km²1987: 9,417,135 km²1989: 9,459,933 km²1991: 9,495,549 km²1993: 9,492,285 km²1995: 9,558,701 km²1997: 9,699,041 km²1999: 9,749,876 km²2001: 9,758,582 km²2003: 9,619,232 km²2005: 9,467,402 km²2007: 9,509,414 km²2009: 9,536,101 km²2011: 9,565,893 km²2013: 9,610,695 km²2015: 9,663,631 km²2017: 9,694,336 km²2019: 9,718,050 km²2021: 9,741,363 km²2023: 9,716,598 km²
Change over the period: +625,844 (+6.88%) Average annual rate: 0.11 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Lower-middle-income countries 9.72M km²
World 47.92M km²
Agricultural land — Lower-middle-income countries, by year Lower-middle-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year km² Change Change, %
2023 9.72M −29,790 −0.31%
2022 9.75M +5,026 +0.05%
2021 9.74M +10,218 +0.11%
2020 9.73M +13,095 +0.13%
2019 9.72M −2,966 −0.03%
2018 9.72M +26,680 +0.28%
2017 9.69M +18,851 +0.19%
2016 9.68M +11,854 +0.12%
2015 9.66M +41,341 +0.43%
2014 9.62M +11,595 +0.12%
2013 9.61M +21,770 +0.23%
2012 9.59M +23,032 +0.24%
2011 9.57M +26,683 +0.28%
2010 9.54M +3,109 +0.03%
2009 9.54M +22,361 +0.24%
2008 9.51M +4,326 +0.05%
2007 9.51M +20,284 +0.21%
2006 9.49M +21,729 +0.23%
2005 9.47M −153,887 −1.6%
2004 9.62M +2,056 +0.02%
2003 9.62M −152,939 −1.57%
2002 9.77M +13,590 +0.14%
2001 9.76M +9,219 +0.09%
2000 9.75M −514 −0.01%
1999 9.75M +30,586 +0.31%
1998 9.72M +20,250 +0.21%
1997 9.7M +123,097 +1.29%
1996 9.58M +17,243 +0.18%
1995 9.56M +48,528 +0.51%
1994 9.51M +17,888 +0.19%
1993 9.49M −9,624 −0.1%
1992 9.5M +6,359 +0.07%
1991 9.5M +35,961 +0.38%
1990 9.46M −345 −0%
1989 9.46M +26,869 +0.28%
1988 9.43M +15,929 +0.17%
1987 9.42M +32,777 +0.35%
1986 9.38M +2,779 +0.03%
1985 9.38M +34,683 +0.37%
1984 9.35M +38,728 +0.42%
1983 9.31M −8,248 −0.09%
1982 9.32M +39,779 +0.43%
1981 9.28M +22,315 +0.24%
1980 9.25M −1,100 −0.01%
1979 9.26M +7,551 +0.08%
1978 9.25M +22,786 +0.25%
1977 9.23M +20,362 +0.22%
1976 9.2M −145,406 −1.56%
1975 9.35M +24,571 +0.26%
1974 9.33M +12,128 +0.13%
1973 9.31M +32,929 +0.35%
1972 9.28M +27,888 +0.3%
1971 9.25M +12,131 +0.13%
1970 9.24M +26,086 +0.28%
1969 9.21M −11,118 −0.12%
1968 9.23M +11,948 +0.13%
1967 9.21M +12,277 +0.13%
1966 9.2M +16,385 +0.18%
1965 9.18M +26,577 +0.29%
1964 9.16M +25,017 +0.27%
1963 9.13M +19,053 +0.21%
1962 9.11M +23,502 +0.26%
1961 9.09M

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.