Agricultural land in Belgium

Agricultural land made up 44.4% of the land area of Belgium in 2024.

Measure: Agricultural land as a share of land area Unit: % of land area Data: 2000 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Belgium, 2024 44.4% % of land area
Change from 2023 0percentage points 2023: 44.4%
European Union, 2023 40.3% Official aggregate Not the same period as Belgium (2024).
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2024 44.4% Middle value of 27 countries
Position in 2024 82nd of 208 See the full ranking

Agricultural land in Belgium 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 BelgiumEuropean Union
2024 44.4% –
2023 44.4% 40.3%
2022 44.6% 40.7%
2021 44.8% 40.8%
2020 44.8% 40.8%
2019 44.5% 41.4%
2018 44.4% 41.1%
2017 43.7% 41.2%
2016 44.5% 41.2%
2015 43.8% 41.4%
2014 43.9% 41.5%
2013 44.1% 41.9%
2012 43.9% 42.0%
2011 44.0% 42.3%
2010 44.7% 42.5%
2009 45.0% 42.9%
2008 45.0% 43.2%
2007 45.1% 43.0%
2006 45.5% 43.5%
2005 45.6% 43.9%
2004 45.9% 43.9%
2003 45.9% 44.2%
2002 45.8% 44.7%
2001 45.7% 45.3%
2000 45.8% 45.8%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of 0 percentage points from 44.4% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 43.9%, the figure has changed by +0.5 percentage points.
  • Among the 208 countries with data for 2024, Belgium has the 82nd 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
2000 to 2024 for Belgium
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)