Agricultural land in Austria

Agricultural land made up 31.1% of the land area of Austria in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1961.

Measure: Agricultural land as a share of land area Unit: % of land area Data: 1961 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Austria, 2024 31.1% % of land area
Change from 2023 0percentage points 2023: 31.1%
European Union, 2023 40.3% Official aggregate Not the same period as Austria (2024).
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2024 44.4% Middle value of 27 countries
Position in 2024 121st of 208 See the full ranking

Agricultural land in Austria over time

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% of land area. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Agricultural land as a share of land area (% of land area), 2000 to 2024
Period AustriaEuropean Union
2024 31.1% –
2023 31.1% 40.3%
2022 31.5% 40.7%
2021 31.5% 40.8%
2020 31.5% 40.8%
2019 32.1% 41.4%
2018 32.1% 41.1%
2017 32.2% 41.2%
2016 32.4% 41.2%
2015 32.9% 41.4%
2014 32.9% 41.5%
2013 32.9% 41.9%
2012 33.1% 42.0%
2011 33.4% 42.3%
2010 33.7% 42.5%
2009 33.9% 42.9%
2008 34.0% 43.2%
2007 34.3% 43.0%
2006 34.5% 43.5%
2005 34.6% 43.9%
2004 34.7% 43.9%
2003 35.0% 44.2%
2002 35.2% 44.7%
2001 35.3% 45.3%
2000 35.6% 45.8%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of 0 percentage points from 31.1% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 32.9%, the figure has changed by −1.8 percentage points.
  • Among the 208 countries with data for 2024, Austria has the 121st highest value.

Source and dates

Original producer
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
AG.LND.AGRI.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1961 to 2024 for Austria
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)