Food Systems Dashboard

Outcomes Environmental impacts

Agricultural land as percentage of country land area

Calculation

Proportion of agricultural land area in relation to the total land area per country.

Definition

Agricultural land includes arable land, land under permanent crops, and meadows or pasture. This indicator offers a quick snapshot of how much of the land area per country is occupied with agriculture.

Relevance

This indicates land allocated to agriculture.

Additional Information

Recommended citation: FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Land Use. [Accessed the first week of every month]. http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/RL. Licence: CC-BY-4.0.

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