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Agricultural land — Mexico

Agricultural land in Mexico in 2023 — 985,454 km². Ranked 12 in the world out of 209. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 0.2%.

2023 985,454 km² −0.35% vs 2022
World rank 12of 209
Period maximum 1.07M km²2007
Period minimum 961,060 km²2019

Trend over time

1961–2023 · km²

Agricultural land — Mexico, 1961–2023950,0001M1.05M1.1M19611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 983,160 km²1963: 981,090 km²1965: 979,790 km²1967: 978,390 km²1969: 977,090 km²1971: 969,380 km²1973: 974,000 km²1975: 975,510 km²1977: 976,010 km²1979: 979,980 km²1981: 982,100 km²1983: 1,010,200 km²1985: 1,012,355 km²1987: 1,025,500 km²1989: 1,040,500 km²1991: 1,061,540 km²1993: 1,061,800 km²1995: 1,061,950 km²1997: 1,063,100 km²1999: 1,063,260 km²2001: 1,065,500 km²2003: 1,065,500 km²2005: 1,065,700 km²2007: 1,067,000 km²2009: 1,026,820 km²2011: 1,013,220 km²2013: 994,860 km²2015: 986,800 km²2017: 969,460 km²2019: 961,060 km²2021: 1,001,259 km²2023: 985,454 km²
Change over the period: +2,294 (+0.23%) Average annual rate: 0 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Mexico 985,454 km²
World 47.92M km²
Latin America & Caribbean 6.59M km²
Central America computed 1.17M km²
Upper-middle-income countries computed 17.19M km²
Agricultural land — Mexico, by year Mexico All countries CSV XLSX
Year km² Change Change, %
2023 985,454 −3,436 −0.35%
2022 988,890 −12,369 −1.24%
2021 1M −166 −0.02%
2020 1M +40,365 +4.2%
2019 961,060 −4,100 −0.42%
2018 965,160 −4,300 −0.44%
2017 969,460 −13,920 −1.42%
2016 983,380 −3,420 −0.35%
2015 986,800 −680 −0.07%
2014 987,480 −7,380 −0.74%
2013 994,860 −10,260 −1.02%
2012 1.01M −8,100 −0.8%
2011 1.01M −4,850 −0.48%
2010 1.02M −8,750 −0.85%
2009 1.03M −6,730 −0.65%
2008 1.03M −33,450 −3.13%
2007 1.07M +1,300 +0.12%
2006 1.07M +0 +0%
2005 1.07M +0 +0%
2004 1.07M +200 +0.02%
2003 1.07M +0 +0%
2002 1.07M +0 +0%
2001 1.07M +2,200 +0.21%
2000 1.06M +40 +0%
1999 1.06M +10 +0%
1998 1.06M +150 +0.01%
1997 1.06M +0 +0%
1996 1.06M +1,150 +0.11%
1995 1.06M +50 +0%
1994 1.06M +100 +0.01%
1993 1.06M +30 +0%
1992 1.06M +230 +0.02%
1991 1.06M +10,030 +0.95%
1990 1.05M +11,010 +1.06%
1989 1.04M +9,990 +0.97%
1988 1.03M +5,010 +0.49%
1987 1.03M +11,090 +1.09%
1986 1.01M +2,055 +0.2%
1985 1.01M +2,045 +0.2%
1984 1.01M +110 +0.01%
1983 1.01M +27,050 +2.75%
1982 983,150 +1,050 +0.11%
1981 982,100 +300 +0.03%
1980 981,800 +1,820 +0.19%
1979 979,980 −2,000 −0.2%
1978 981,980 +5,970 +0.61%
1977 976,010 +500 +0.05%
1976 975,510 +0 +0%
1975 975,510 +0 +0%
1974 975,510 +1,510 +0.16%
1973 974,000 +2,500 +0.26%
1972 971,500 +2,120 +0.22%
1971 969,380 −6,970 −0.71%
1970 976,350 −740 −0.08%
1969 977,090 −600 −0.06%
1968 977,690 −700 −0.07%
1967 978,390 −750 −0.08%
1966 979,140 −650 −0.07%
1965 979,790 −700 −0.07%
1964 980,490 −600 −0.06%
1963 981,090 −700 −0.07%
1962 981,790 −1,370 −0.14%
1961 983,160 — —

Central America, 2023

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

MX Mexico 985,454 NI Nicaragua 50,910 GT Guatemala 46,120 HN Honduras 35,760 PA Panama 21,900 CR Costa Rica 16,923 SV El Salvador 11,957 BZ Belize 1,820
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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.

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