Agricultural land — all countries

Agricultural land — Middle East & North Africa

Agricultural land in Middle East & North Africa in 2023 — 4,480,261 km². Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 23.6%.

2023 4.48M km² +0.07% vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 4.65M km²2004
Period minimum 3.63M km²1961

Trend over time

1961–2023 · km²

Agricultural land — Middle East & North Africa, 1961–20233.5M4M4.5M5M19611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 3,626,200 km²1963: 3,630,960 km²1965: 3,648,910 km²1967: 3,658,950 km²1969: 3,652,300 km²1971: 3,680,470 km²1973: 3,716,092 km²1975: 3,705,203 km²1977: 3,706,930 km²1979: 3,720,510 km²1981: 3,674,566 km²1983: 3,691,607 km²1985: 3,813,238 km²1987: 3,918,862 km²1989: 4,018,262 km²1991: 4,086,750 km²1993: 4,191,644 km²1995: 4,338,192 km²1997: 4,480,014 km²1999: 4,628,360 km²2001: 4,632,490 km²2003: 4,647,001 km²2005: 4,479,536 km²2007: 4,489,297 km²2009: 4,455,147 km²2011: 4,467,318 km²2013: 4,476,037 km²2015: 4,472,264 km²2017: 4,495,110 km²2019: 4,481,695 km²2021: 4,484,510 km²2023: 4,480,261 km²
Change over the period: +854,061 (+23.55%) Average annual rate: 0.34 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Middle East & North Africa

Middle East & North Africa 4.48M km²
World 47.92M km²
Agricultural land — Middle East & North Africa, by year Middle East & North Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year km² Change Change, %
2023 4.48M +2,958 +0.07%
2022 4.48M −7,206 −0.16%
2021 4.48M −6,869 −0.15%
2020 4.49M +9,684 +0.22%
2019 4.48M −13,899 −0.31%
2018 4.5M +484 +0.01%
2017 4.5M +11,129 +0.25%
2016 4.48M +11,716 +0.26%
2015 4.47M +127 +0%
2014 4.47M −3,900 −0.09%
2013 4.48M +5,197 +0.12%
2012 4.47M +3,523 +0.08%
2011 4.47M +8,665 +0.19%
2010 4.46M +3,505 +0.08%
2009 4.46M −4,341 −0.1%
2008 4.46M −29,809 −0.66%
2007 4.49M +3,144 +0.07%
2006 4.49M +6,617 +0.15%
2005 4.48M −168,718 −3.63%
2004 4.65M +1,253 +0.03%
2003 4.65M +8,764 +0.19%
2002 4.64M +5,747 +0.12%
2001 4.63M +9,801 +0.21%
2000 4.62M −5,672 −0.12%
1999 4.63M +57,203 +1.25%
1998 4.57M +91,144 +2.03%
1997 4.48M +66,059 +1.5%
1996 4.41M +75,762 +1.75%
1995 4.34M +72,641 +1.7%
1994 4.27M +73,908 +1.76%
1993 4.19M +84,659 +2.06%
1992 4.11M +20,235 +0.5%
1991 4.09M +21,620 +0.53%
1990 4.07M +46,868 +1.17%
1989 4.02M +52,787 +1.33%
1988 3.97M +46,613 +1.19%
1987 3.92M +68,937 +1.79%
1986 3.85M +36,687 +0.96%
1985 3.81M +51,834 +1.38%
1984 3.76M +69,796 +1.89%
1983 3.69M −11,596 −0.31%
1982 3.7M +28,637 +0.78%
1981 3.67M −45,364 −1.22%
1980 3.72M −580 −0.02%
1979 3.72M +11,220 +0.3%
1978 3.71M +2,360 +0.06%
1977 3.71M +1,450 +0.04%
1976 3.71M +277 +0.01%
1975 3.71M −6,200 −0.17%
1974 3.71M −4,689 −0.13%
1973 3.72M +14,442 +0.39%
1972 3.7M +21,180 +0.58%
1971 3.68M +18,410 +0.5%
1970 3.66M +9,760 +0.27%
1969 3.65M −7,230 −0.2%
1968 3.66M +580 +0.02%
1967 3.66M +7,530 +0.21%
1966 3.65M +2,510 +0.07%
1965 3.65M +11,610 +0.32%
1964 3.64M +6,340 +0.17%
1963 3.63M +3,920 +0.11%
1962 3.63M +840 +0.02%
1961 3.63M

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.