Agricultural land — all countries

Agricultural land — Eastern Europe

Agricultural land in Eastern Europe in 2023 — 3,102,265 km². Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 6%.

2023 3.1M km² +0.17% vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 3.3M km²1961
Period minimum 3.1M km²2022

Trend over time

1961–2023 · km²

Agricultural land — Eastern Europe, 1961–20233M3.1M3.2M3.3M19611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 3,299,180 km²1963: 3,298,240 km²1965: 3,297,220 km²1967: 3,296,730 km²1969: 3,296,740 km²1971: 3,295,460 km²1973: 3,292,860 km²1975: 3,291,340 km²1977: 3,292,930 km²1979: 3,291,110 km²1981: 3,288,770 km²1983: 3,288,470 km²1985: 3,288,810 km²1987: 3,288,780 km²1989: 3,284,560 km²1991: 3,284,110 km²1993: 3,250,830 km²1995: 3,226,360 km²1997: 3,240,830 km²1999: 3,218,870 km²2001: 3,203,950 km²2003: 3,172,104 km²2005: 3,151,925 km²2007: 3,136,787 km²2009: 3,136,979 km²2011: 3,127,317 km²2013: 3,121,736 km²2015: 3,117,817 km²2017: 3,113,668 km²2019: 3,115,263 km²2021: 3,105,032 km²2023: 3,102,265 km²
Change over the period: −196,916 (−5.97%) Average annual rate: -0.1 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Eastern Europe 3.1M km²
World 47.92M km²
Agricultural land — Eastern Europe, by year Eastern Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year km² Change Change, %
2023 3.1M +5,310 +0.17%
2022 3.1M −8,078 −0.26%
2021 3.11M −2,065 −0.07%
2020 3.11M −8,166 −0.26%
2019 3.12M +3,292 +0.11%
2018 3.11M −1,697 −0.05%
2017 3.11M −648 −0.02%
2016 3.11M −3,501 −0.11%
2015 3.12M −626 −0.02%
2014 3.12M −3,293 −0.11%
2013 3.12M −497 −0.02%
2012 3.12M −5,085 −0.16%
2011 3.13M +1,391 +0.04%
2010 3.13M −11,053 −0.35%
2009 3.14M −1,207 −0.04%
2008 3.14M +1,399 +0.04%
2007 3.14M −10,343 −0.33%
2006 3.15M −4,795 −0.15%
2005 3.15M −8,369 −0.26%
2004 3.16M −11,810 −0.37%
2003 3.17M −11,756 −0.37%
2002 3.18M −20,089 −0.63%
2001 3.2M −13,950 −0.43%
2000 3.22M −970 −0.03%
1999 3.22M −6,290 −0.2%
1998 3.23M −15,670 −0.48%
1997 3.24M +19,150 +0.59%
1996 3.22M −4,680 −0.15%
1995 3.23M −13,550 −0.42%
1994 3.24M −10,920 −0.34%
1993 3.25M −29,790 −0.91%
1992 3.28M −3,490 −0.11%
1991 3.28M −230 −0.01%
1990 3.28M −220 −0.01%
1989 3.28M −3,710 −0.11%
1988 3.29M −510 −0.02%
1987 3.29M +330 +0.01%
1986 3.29M −360 −0.01%
1985 3.29M −150 −0%
1984 3.29M +490 +0.01%
1983 3.29M −100 −0%
1982 3.29M −200 −0.01%
1981 3.29M −1,410 −0.04%
1980 3.29M −930 −0.03%
1979 3.29M −1,130 −0.03%
1978 3.29M −690 −0.02%
1977 3.29M −550 −0.02%
1976 3.29M +2,140 +0.07%
1975 3.29M −1,110 −0.03%
1974 3.29M −410 −0.01%
1973 3.29M −1,350 −0.04%
1972 3.29M −1,250 −0.04%
1971 3.3M −510 −0.02%
1970 3.3M −770 −0.02%
1969 3.3M −980 −0.03%
1968 3.3M +990 +0.03%
1967 3.3M −770 −0.02%
1966 3.3M +280 +0.01%
1965 3.3M −1,400 −0.04%
1964 3.3M +380 +0.01%
1963 3.3M −620 −0.02%
1962 3.3M −320 −0.01%
1961 3.3M

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.