Agricultural land — all countries

Agricultural land — Eastern Asia

Agricultural land in Eastern Asia in 2023 — 6,366,545 km². Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 28.7%.

2023 6.37M km² −0.71% vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 6.64M km²2002
Period minimum 4.94M km²1961

Trend over time

1961–2023 · km²

Agricultural land — Eastern Asia, 1961–20234.5M5M5.5M6M6.5M7M19611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 4,944,951 km²1963: 4,999,931 km²1965: 5,068,051 km²1967: 5,138,989 km²1969: 5,218,835 km²1971: 5,310,345 km²1973: 5,411,690 km²1975: 5,523,198 km²1977: 5,493,193 km²1979: 5,585,235 km²1981: 5,682,521 km²1983: 5,886,881 km²1985: 6,116,760 km²1987: 6,233,391 km²1989: 6,355,986 km²1991: 6,479,877 km²1993: 6,476,776 km²1995: 6,515,408 km²1997: 6,617,149 km²1999: 6,629,634 km²2001: 6,632,937 km²2003: 6,485,093 km²2005: 6,493,285 km²2007: 6,511,793 km²2009: 6,519,295 km²2011: 6,502,135 km²2013: 6,485,358 km²2015: 6,465,859 km²2017: 6,447,230 km²2019: 6,428,039 km²2021: 6,417,886 km²2023: 6,366,545 km²
Change over the period: +1.42M (+28.75%) Average annual rate: 0.41 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Eastern Asia 6.37M km²
World 47.92M km²
Agricultural land — Eastern Asia, by year Eastern Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year km² Change Change, %
2023 6.37M −45,767 −0.71%
2022 6.41M −5,574 −0.09%
2021 6.42M −1,975 −0.03%
2020 6.42M −8,178 −0.13%
2019 6.43M −10,771 −0.17%
2018 6.44M −8,420 −0.13%
2017 6.45M −9,116 −0.14%
2016 6.46M −9,513 −0.15%
2015 6.47M −8,047 −0.12%
2014 6.47M −11,451 −0.18%
2013 6.49M −8,222 −0.13%
2012 6.49M −8,555 −0.13%
2011 6.5M −8,636 −0.13%
2010 6.51M −8,524 −0.13%
2009 6.52M +3,202 +0.05%
2008 6.52M +4,299 +0.07%
2007 6.51M +5,040 +0.08%
2006 6.51M +13,468 +0.21%
2005 6.49M +3,786 +0.06%
2004 6.49M +4,407 +0.07%
2003 6.49M −153,040 −2.31%
2002 6.64M +5,195 +0.08%
2001 6.63M +1,835 +0.03%
2000 6.63M +1,468 +0.02%
1999 6.63M +10,818 +0.16%
1998 6.62M +1,667 +0.03%
1997 6.62M +103,337 +1.59%
1996 6.51M −1,596 −0.02%
1995 6.52M −1,216 −0.02%
1994 6.52M +39,848 +0.62%
1993 6.48M −6,344 −0.1%
1992 6.48M +3,243 +0.05%
1991 6.48M +61,142 +0.95%
1990 6.42M +62,749 +0.99%
1989 6.36M +63,434 +1.01%
1988 6.29M +59,161 +0.95%
1987 6.23M +56,438 +0.91%
1986 6.18M +60,193 +0.98%
1985 6.12M +117,680 +1.96%
1984 6M +112,199 +1.91%
1983 5.89M +108,407 +1.88%
1982 5.78M +95,953 +1.69%
1981 5.68M +52,159 +0.93%
1980 5.63M +45,127 +0.81%
1979 5.59M +33,229 +0.6%
1978 5.55M +58,813 +1.07%
1977 5.49M +62,841 +1.16%
1976 5.43M −92,847 −1.68%
1975 5.52M +45,745 +0.84%
1974 5.48M +65,763 +1.22%
1973 5.41M +56,175 +1.05%
1972 5.36M +45,170 +0.85%
1971 5.31M +44,855 +0.85%
1970 5.27M +46,655 +0.89%
1969 5.22M +44,181 +0.85%
1968 5.17M +35,665 +0.69%
1967 5.14M +35,635 +0.7%
1966 5.1M +35,303 +0.7%
1965 5.07M +38,640 +0.77%
1964 5.03M +29,480 +0.59%
1963 5M +27,693 +0.56%
1962 4.97M +27,287 +0.55%
1961 4.94M

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.