Agricultural land — all countries

Agricultural land — Australia and New Zealand

Agricultural land in Australia and New Zealand in 2023 — 3,729,547 km². Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 23.5%.

2023 3.73M km² −0.08% vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 5.27M km²1968
Period minimum 3.53M km²2016

Trend over time

1961–2023 · km²

Agricultural land — Australia and New Zealand, 1961–20233.5M4M4.5M5M5.5M19611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 4,876,474 km²1963: 4,926,576 km²1965: 4,995,112 km²1967: 5,028,276 km²1969: 5,239,790 km²1971: 5,126,222 km²1973: 5,113,787 km²1975: 5,134,905 km²1977: 5,057,862 km²1979: 5,076,810 km²1981: 5,107,525 km²1983: 4,983,805 km²1985: 5,011,840 km²1987: 4,852,940 km²1989: 4,812,045 km²1991: 4,765,406 km²1993: 4,735,405 km²1995: 4,765,161 km²1997: 4,750,457 km²1999: 4,661,903 km²2001: 4,678,821 km²2003: 4,513,580 km²2005: 4,219,420 km²2007: 4,098,425 km²2009: 3,957,470 km²2011: 4,074,920 km²2013: 3,828,810 km²2015: 3,588,310 km²2017: 3,824,810 km²2019: 3,728,220 km²2021: 3,736,940 km²2023: 3,729,547 km²
Change over the period: −1.15M (−23.52%) Average annual rate: -0.43 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Australia and New Zealand

Australia and New Zealand 3.73M km²
World 47.92M km²
Agricultural land — Australia and New Zealand, by year Australia and New Zealand All countries CSV XLSX
Year km² Change Change, %
2023 3.73M −3,113 −0.08%
2022 3.73M −4,280 −0.11%
2021 3.74M +77,650 +2.12%
2020 3.66M −68,930 −1.85%
2019 3.73M +34,290 +0.93%
2018 3.69M −130,880 −3.42%
2017 3.82M +292,650 +8.29%
2016 3.53M −56,150 −1.56%
2015 3.59M −267,080 −6.93%
2014 3.86M +26,580 +0.69%
2013 3.83M −154,044 −3.87%
2012 3.98M −92,066 −2.26%
2011 4.07M +197,120 +5.08%
2010 3.88M −79,670 −2.01%
2009 3.96M −49,150 −1.23%
2008 4.01M −91,805 −2.24%
2007 4.1M −108,345 −2.58%
2006 4.21M −12,650 −0.3%
2005 4.22M +151,460 +3.72%
2004 4.07M −445,620 −9.87%
2003 4.51M −76,664 −1.67%
2002 4.59M −88,577 −1.89%
2001 4.68M +734 +0.02%
2000 4.68M +16,184 +0.35%
1999 4.66M −103,457 −2.17%
1998 4.77M +14,903 +0.31%
1997 4.75M −31,547 −0.66%
1996 4.78M +16,843 +0.35%
1995 4.77M −59,127 −1.23%
1994 4.82M +88,883 +1.88%
1993 4.74M −60,647 −1.26%
1992 4.8M +30,647 +0.64%
1991 4.77M −18,134 −0.38%
1990 4.78M −28,505 −0.59%
1989 4.81M −50,375 −1.04%
1988 4.86M +9,480 +0.2%
1987 4.85M +23,640 +0.49%
1986 4.83M −182,540 −3.64%
1985 5.01M +1,530 +0.03%
1984 5.01M +26,505 +0.53%
1983 4.98M −70,115 −1.39%
1982 5.05M −53,605 −1.05%
1981 5.11M +5,235 +0.1%
1980 5.1M +25,480 +0.5%
1979 5.08M −29,169 −0.57%
1978 5.11M +48,117 +0.95%
1977 5.06M −93,093 −1.81%
1976 5.15M +16,050 +0.31%
1975 5.13M −3,440 −0.07%
1974 5.14M +24,559 +0.48%
1973 5.11M −19,222 −0.37%
1972 5.13M +6,786 +0.13%
1971 5.13M +61,017 +1.2%
1970 5.07M −174,585 −3.33%
1969 5.24M −28,385 −0.54%
1968 5.27M +239,900 +4.77%
1967 5.03M +25,660 +0.51%
1966 5M +7,503 +0.15%
1965 5M +42,914 +0.87%
1964 4.95M +25,622 +0.52%
1963 4.93M +28,166 +0.58%
1962 4.9M +21,935 +0.45%
1961 4.88M

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.