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Agricultural land — OECD

Agricultural land in the OECD in 2023 — 12,107,024 km². Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 13.9%.

2023 12.11M km² −0.36% vs 2022
World rank —
Period maximum 14.36M km²1968
Period minimum 12.06M km²2016

Trend over time

1961–2023 · km²

Agricultural land — OECD, 1961–202312M13M14M15M19611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 14,059,937 km²1963: 14,072,869 km²1965: 14,097,266 km²1967: 14,119,998 km²1969: 14,333,552 km²1971: 14,203,935 km²1973: 14,147,060 km²1975: 14,137,092 km²1977: 14,056,334 km²1979: 14,051,211 km²1981: 14,062,272 km²1983: 13,963,034 km²1985: 13,998,219 km²1987: 13,809,623 km²1989: 13,777,848 km²1991: 13,716,523 km²1993: 13,620,412 km²1995: 13,586,628 km²1997: 13,513,430 km²1999: 13,421,559 km²2001: 13,383,906 km²2003: 13,166,396 km²2005: 12,876,963 km²2007: 12,694,488 km²2009: 12,524,731 km²2011: 12,603,537 km²2013: 12,381,521 km²2015: 12,125,077 km²2017: 12,331,496 km²2019: 12,201,608 km²2021: 12,183,839 km²2023: 12,107,024 km²
Change over the period: −1.95M (−13.89%) Average annual rate: -0.24 %

Comparison, 2023

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

OECD 12.11M km²
World 47.92M km²
Agricultural land — OECD, by year OECD All countries CSV XLSX
Year km² Change Change, %
2023 12.11M −43,599 −0.36%
2022 12.15M −33,216 −0.27%
2021 12.18M +50,151 +0.41%
2020 12.13M −67,920 −0.56%
2019 12.2M +23,846 +0.2%
2018 12.18M −153,735 −1.25%
2017 12.33M +267,988 +2.22%
2016 12.06M −61,569 −0.51%
2015 12.13M −266,719 −2.15%
2014 12.39M +10,275 +0.08%
2013 12.38M −142,703 −1.14%
2012 12.52M −79,313 −0.63%
2011 12.6M +178,875 +1.44%
2010 12.42M −100,070 −0.8%
2009 12.52M −61,007 −0.48%
2008 12.59M −108,749 −0.86%
2007 12.69M −139,790 −1.09%
2006 12.83M −42,685 −0.33%
2005 12.88M +148,114 +1.16%
2004 12.73M −437,547 −3.32%
2003 13.17M −99,935 −0.75%
2002 13.27M −117,575 −0.88%
2001 13.38M −38,934 −0.29%
2000 13.42M +1,281 +0.01%
1999 13.42M −112,910 −0.83%
1998 13.53M +21,038 +0.16%
1997 13.51M −53,676 −0.4%
1996 13.57M −19,522 −0.14%
1995 13.59M −98,926 −0.72%
1994 13.69M +65,143 +0.48%
1993 13.62M −97,290 −0.71%
1992 13.72M +1,180 +0.01%
1991 13.72M −29,265 −0.21%
1990 13.75M −32,061 −0.23%
1989 13.78M −37,868 −0.27%
1988 13.82M +6,093 +0.04%
1987 13.81M −5,445 −0.04%
1986 13.82M −183,151 −1.31%
1985 14M +2,622 +0.02%
1984 14M +32,563 +0.23%
1983 13.96M −61,007 −0.44%
1982 14.02M −38,230 −0.27%
1981 14.06M −2,769 −0.02%
1980 14.07M +13,829 +0.1%
1979 14.05M −32,152 −0.23%
1978 14.08M +27,029 +0.19%
1977 14.06M −95,050 −0.67%
1976 14.15M +14,292 +0.1%
1975 14.14M −7,874 −0.06%
1974 14.14M −2,094 −0.01%
1973 14.15M −41,912 −0.3%
1972 14.19M −14,964 −0.11%
1971 14.2M +31,063 +0.22%
1970 14.17M −160,680 −1.12%
1969 14.33M −24,354 −0.17%
1968 14.36M +237,909 +1.68%
1967 14.12M +18,513 +0.13%
1966 14.1M +4,218 +0.03%
1965 14.1M +19,719 +0.14%
1964 14.08M +4,678 +0.03%
1963 14.07M +13,354 +0.09%
1962 14.06M −423 −0%
1961 14.06M — —

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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