Agricultural land in Euro area
Agricultural land made up 42.1% of the land area of the euro area in 2023. The value for 2023 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1961.
Euro area is a group: Euro area; membership follows each source definition (World Bank EMU, ECB U2 changing composition). The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
Euro area, 2023
42.1%
Change from 2022
−0.7percentage points
World, 2023
36.9%
Agricultural land in Euro area 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.
| Period | Euro area | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 42.1% | 36.9% |
| 2022 | 42.8% | 37.0% |
| 2021 | 42.6% | 37.0% |
| 2020 | 42.7% | 36.9% |
| 2019 | 43.1% | 36.9% |
| 2018 | 42.8% | 36.9% |
| 2017 | 43.0% | 37.0% |
| 2016 | 43.0% | 36.8% |
| 2015 | 43.2% | 36.8% |
| 2014 | 43.3% | 37.0% |
| 2013 | 43.8% | 37.0% |
| 2012 | 44.0% | 37.0% |
| 2011 | 44.1% | 36.7% |
| 2010 | 44.5% | 36.5% |
| 2009 | 44.7% | 36.5% |
| 2008 | 45.0% | 36.5% |
| 2007 | 44.8% | 36.6% |
| 2006 | 45.2% | 36.6% |
| 2005 | 45.7% | 36.6% |
| 2004 | 45.6% | 36.6% |
| 2003 | 45.8% | 37.0% |
| 2002 | 46.2% | 37.1% |
| 2001 | 46.5% | 37.2% |
| 2000 | 47.1% | 37.2% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.7 percentage points from 42.8% in 2022.
- Since 2013, when it was 43.8%, the figure has changed by −1.8 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2023 was 36.9%.
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