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Agricultural land — Central Asia

Agricultural land in Central Asia in 2023 — 2,936,635 km². Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 1.8%.

2023 2.94M km² −0.2% vs 2022
World rank —
Period maximum 3M km²1994
Period minimum 2.86M km²2009

Trend over time

1961–2023 · km²

Agricultural land — Central Asia, 1961–20232.85M2.9M2.95M3M19611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 2,991,140 km²1963: 2,991,140 km²1965: 2,991,140 km²1967: 2,991,140 km²1969: 2,991,140 km²1971: 2,991,140 km²1973: 2,991,140 km²1975: 2,991,140 km²1977: 2,991,140 km²1979: 2,991,140 km²1981: 2,991,140 km²1983: 2,991,140 km²1985: 2,991,140 km²1987: 2,991,140 km²1989: 2,991,140 km²1991: 2,991,140 km²1993: 2,995,070 km²1995: 2,954,485 km²1997: 2,940,518 km²1999: 2,932,403 km²2001: 2,926,596 km²2003: 2,904,924 km²2005: 2,890,860 km²2007: 2,875,842 km²2009: 2,861,440 km²2011: 2,906,040 km²2013: 2,916,270 km²2015: 2,929,103 km²2017: 2,943,925 km²2019: 2,935,010 km²2021: 2,939,135 km²2023: 2,936,635 km²
Change over the period: −54,505 (−1.82%) Average annual rate: -0.03 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Central Asia 2.94M km²
World 47.92M km²
Agricultural land — Central Asia, by year Central Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year km² Change Change, %
2023 2.94M −5,992 −0.2%
2022 2.94M +3,492 +0.12%
2021 2.94M +1,146 +0.04%
2020 2.94M +2,979 +0.1%
2019 2.94M −12,822 −0.43%
2018 2.95M +3,907 +0.13%
2017 2.94M +7,395 +0.25%
2016 2.94M +7,426 +0.25%
2015 2.93M +2,413 +0.08%
2014 2.93M +10,420 +0.36%
2013 2.92M +5,429 +0.19%
2012 2.91M +4,800 +0.17%
2011 2.91M −5,759 −0.2%
2010 2.91M +50,359 +1.76%
2009 2.86M −4,716 −0.16%
2008 2.87M −9,686 −0.34%
2007 2.88M −7,804 −0.27%
2006 2.88M −7,214 −0.25%
2005 2.89M −7,385 −0.25%
2004 2.9M −6,679 −0.23%
2003 2.9M −7,195 −0.25%
2002 2.91M −14,477 −0.49%
2001 2.93M −8,487 −0.29%
2000 2.94M +2,680 +0.09%
1999 2.93M −1,605 −0.05%
1998 2.93M −6,510 −0.22%
1997 2.94M +2,122 +0.07%
1996 2.94M −16,089 −0.54%
1995 2.95M −40,915 −1.37%
1994 3M +330 +0.01%
1993 3M +3,930 +0.13%
1992 2.99M +0 +0%
1991 2.99M +0 +0%
1990 2.99M +0 +0%
1989 2.99M +0 +0%
1988 2.99M +0 +0%
1987 2.99M +0 +0%
1986 2.99M +0 +0%
1985 2.99M +0 +0%
1984 2.99M +0 +0%
1983 2.99M +0 +0%
1982 2.99M +0 +0%
1981 2.99M +0 +0%
1980 2.99M +0 +0%
1979 2.99M +0 +0%
1978 2.99M +0 +0%
1977 2.99M +0 +0%
1976 2.99M +0 +0%
1975 2.99M +0 +0%
1974 2.99M +0 +0%
1973 2.99M +0 +0%
1972 2.99M +0 +0%
1971 2.99M +0 +0%
1970 2.99M +0 +0%
1969 2.99M +0 +0%
1968 2.99M +0 +0%
1967 2.99M +0 +0%
1966 2.99M +0 +0%
1965 2.99M +0 +0%
1964 2.99M +0 +0%
1963 2.99M +0 +0%
1962 2.99M +0 +0%
1961 2.99M — —

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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