Agricultural land in European Union
Agricultural land made up 40.3% of the land area of the European Union in 2023. The value for 2023 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1961.
European Union is a group: European Union, 27 member states (composition from February 2020). The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
European Union, 2023
40.3%
Change from 2022
−0.4percentage points
World, 2023
36.9%
Agricultural land in European Union 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 | European Union | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 40.3% | 36.9% |
| 2022 | 40.7% | 37.0% |
| 2021 | 40.8% | 37.0% |
| 2020 | 40.8% | 36.9% |
| 2019 | 41.4% | 36.9% |
| 2018 | 41.1% | 36.9% |
| 2017 | 41.2% | 37.0% |
| 2016 | 41.2% | 36.8% |
| 2015 | 41.4% | 36.8% |
| 2014 | 41.5% | 37.0% |
| 2013 | 41.9% | 37.0% |
| 2012 | 42.0% | 37.0% |
| 2011 | 42.3% | 36.7% |
| 2010 | 42.5% | 36.5% |
| 2009 | 42.9% | 36.5% |
| 2008 | 43.2% | 36.5% |
| 2007 | 43.0% | 36.6% |
| 2006 | 43.5% | 36.6% |
| 2005 | 43.9% | 36.6% |
| 2004 | 43.9% | 36.6% |
| 2003 | 44.2% | 37.0% |
| 2002 | 44.7% | 37.1% |
| 2001 | 45.3% | 37.2% |
| 2000 | 45.8% | 37.2% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.4 percentage points from 40.7% in 2022.
- Since 2013, when it was 41.9%, the figure has changed by −1.6 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2023 was 36.9%.
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