Agricultural land — all countries

Agricultural land — NATO

Agricultural land in NATO in 2023 — 6,931,013 km². Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 10.2%.

2023 6.93M km² −0.33% vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 7.71M km²1961
Period minimum 6.93M km²2023

Trend over time

1961–2023 · km²

Agricultural land — NATO, 1961–20236.8M7M7.2M7.4M7.6M7.8M19611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 7,714,276 km²1963: 7,662,894 km²1965: 7,599,818 km²1967: 7,588,431 km²1969: 7,590,837 km²1971: 7,557,330 km²1973: 7,502,674 km²1975: 7,462,839 km²1977: 7,453,074 km²1979: 7,426,793 km²1981: 7,404,592 km²1983: 7,404,262 km²1985: 7,410,402 km²1987: 7,373,923 km²1989: 7,370,746 km²1991: 7,347,874 km²1993: 7,285,729 km²1995: 7,231,479 km²1997: 7,167,269 km²1999: 7,157,161 km²2001: 7,129,927 km²2003: 7,072,807 km²2005: 7,062,285 km²2007: 6,995,599 km²2009: 7,010,443 km²2011: 7,007,744 km²2013: 7,026,904 km²2015: 7,027,177 km²2017: 7,030,527 km²2019: 7,010,876 km²2021: 6,960,432 km²2023: 6,931,013 km²
Change over the period: −783,263 (−10.15%) Average annual rate: -0.17 %

Comparison, 2023

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

NATO 6.93M km²
World 47.92M km²
Agricultural land — NATO, by year NATO All countries CSV XLSX
Year km² Change Change, %
2023 6.93M −23,126 −0.33%
2022 6.95M −6,292 −0.09%
2021 6.96M −10,860 −0.16%
2020 6.97M −39,584 −0.56%
2019 7.01M −275 −0%
2018 7.01M −19,376 −0.28%
2017 7.03M +3,269 +0.05%
2016 7.03M +81 +0%
2015 7.03M +6,370 +0.09%
2014 7.02M −6,097 −0.09%
2013 7.03M +3,793 +0.05%
2012 7.02M +15,368 +0.22%
2011 7.01M −3,264 −0.05%
2010 7.01M +565 +0.01%
2009 7.01M −1,575 −0.02%
2008 7.01M +16,418 +0.23%
2007 7M −40,790 −0.58%
2006 7.04M −25,897 −0.37%
2005 7.06M −4,349 −0.06%
2004 7.07M −6,173 −0.09%
2003 7.07M −26,011 −0.37%
2002 7.1M −31,109 −0.44%
2001 7.13M −11,464 −0.16%
2000 7.14M −15,770 −0.22%
1999 7.16M −7,692 −0.11%
1998 7.16M −2,416 −0.03%
1997 7.17M −21,780 −0.3%
1996 7.19M −42,430 −0.59%
1995 7.23M −33,103 −0.46%
1994 7.26M −21,147 −0.29%
1993 7.29M −35,387 −0.48%
1992 7.32M −26,758 −0.36%
1991 7.35M −16,244 −0.22%
1990 7.36M −6,628 −0.09%
1989 7.37M +2,610 +0.04%
1988 7.37M −5,787 −0.08%
1987 7.37M −35,640 −0.48%
1986 7.41M −839 −0.01%
1985 7.41M +406 +0.01%
1984 7.41M +5,734 +0.08%
1983 7.4M −15,949 −0.21%
1982 7.42M +15,619 +0.21%
1981 7.4M −8,090 −0.11%
1980 7.41M −14,111 −0.19%
1979 7.43M −411 −0.01%
1978 7.43M −25,870 −0.35%
1977 7.45M −3,524 −0.05%
1976 7.46M −6,241 −0.08%
1975 7.46M −8,516 −0.11%
1974 7.47M −31,319 −0.42%
1973 7.5M −29,236 −0.39%
1972 7.53M −25,420 −0.34%
1971 7.56M −44,597 −0.59%
1970 7.6M +11,090 +0.15%
1969 7.59M +4,889 +0.06%
1968 7.59M −2,483 −0.03%
1967 7.59M −7,484 −0.1%
1966 7.6M −3,903 −0.05%
1965 7.6M −35,036 −0.46%
1964 7.63M −28,040 −0.37%
1963 7.66M −19,510 −0.25%
1962 7.68M −31,872 −0.41%
1961 7.71M

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.