Agricultural land — all countries

Agricultural land — Upper-middle-income countries

Agricultural land in upper-middle-income countries in 2023 — 17,193,394 km². Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 20.5%.

2023 17.19M km² −0.32% vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 17.29M km²2010
Period minimum 14.26M km²1961

Trend over time

1961–2023 · km²

Agricultural land — Upper-middle-income countries, 1961–202314M15M16M17M18M19611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 14,263,060 km²1963: 14,386,321 km²1965: 14,508,068 km²1967: 14,646,682 km²1969: 14,813,613 km²1971: 15,019,966 km²1973: 15,239,094 km²1975: 15,443,083 km²1977: 15,698,950 km²1979: 15,951,012 km²1981: 16,108,411 km²1983: 16,386,454 km²1985: 16,720,240 km²1987: 16,905,422 km²1989: 17,045,016 km²1991: 17,144,331 km²1993: 17,210,122 km²1995: 17,202,734 km²1997: 17,204,762 km²1999: 17,233,449 km²2001: 17,225,804 km²2003: 17,239,839 km²2005: 17,274,892 km²2007: 17,288,878 km²2009: 17,211,233 km²2011: 17,267,711 km²2013: 17,288,055 km²2015: 17,267,511 km²2017: 17,218,724 km²2019: 17,202,544 km²2021: 17,278,305 km²2023: 17,193,394 km²
Change over the period: +2.93M (+20.54%) Average annual rate: 0.3 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Upper-middle-income countries

Upper-middle-income countries 17.19M km²
World 47.92M km²
Agricultural land — Upper-middle-income countries, by year Upper-middle-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year km² Change Change, %
2023 17.19M −55,121 −0.32%
2022 17.25M −29,790 −0.17%
2021 17.28M +8,252 +0.05%
2020 17.27M +67,508 +0.39%
2019 17.2M −8,386 −0.05%
2018 17.21M −7,793 −0.05%
2017 17.22M −32,265 −0.19%
2016 17.25M −16,522 −0.1%
2015 17.27M +13,058 +0.08%
2014 17.25M −33,601 −0.19%
2013 17.29M +9,178 +0.05%
2012 17.28M +11,166 +0.06%
2011 17.27M −22,539 −0.13%
2010 17.29M +79,017 +0.46%
2009 17.21M −20,521 −0.12%
2008 17.23M −57,123 −0.33%
2007 17.29M +14,023 +0.08%
2006 17.27M −38 −0%
2005 17.27M +12,619 +0.07%
2004 17.26M +22,433 +0.13%
2003 17.24M +9,295 +0.05%
2002 17.23M +4,741 +0.03%
2001 17.23M −17,590 −0.1%
2000 17.24M +9,945 +0.06%
1999 17.23M +17,196 +0.1%
1998 17.22M +11,490 +0.07%
1997 17.2M +6,240 +0.04%
1996 17.2M −4,212 −0.02%
1995 17.2M −53,120 −0.31%
1994 17.26M +45,732 +0.27%
1993 17.21M +44,880 +0.26%
1992 17.17M +20,910 +0.12%
1991 17.14M +29,896 +0.17%
1990 17.11M +69,420 +0.41%
1989 17.05M +73,156 +0.43%
1988 16.97M +66,438 +0.39%
1987 16.91M +100,057 +0.6%
1986 16.81M +85,125 +0.51%
1985 16.72M +174,084 +1.05%
1984 16.55M +159,702 +0.97%
1983 16.39M +158,434 +0.98%
1982 16.23M +119,608 +0.74%
1981 16.11M +44,570 +0.28%
1980 16.06M +112,830 +0.71%
1979 15.95M +118,996 +0.75%
1978 15.83M +133,065 +0.85%
1977 15.7M +129,279 +0.83%
1976 15.57M +126,588 +0.82%
1975 15.44M +88,570 +0.58%
1974 15.35M +115,419 +0.76%
1973 15.24M +102,888 +0.68%
1972 15.14M +116,241 +0.77%
1971 15.02M +116,867 +0.78%
1970 14.9M +89,486 +0.6%
1969 14.81M +85,552 +0.58%
1968 14.73M +81,379 +0.56%
1967 14.65M +66,423 +0.46%
1966 14.58M +72,192 +0.5%
1965 14.51M +68,138 +0.47%
1964 14.44M +53,608 +0.37%
1963 14.39M +66,274 +0.46%
1962 14.32M +56,987 +0.4%
1961 14.26M

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.