Agricultural land in Mongolia

Agricultural land made up 68.8% of the land area of Mongolia 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
Mongolia, 2024 68.8% % of land area
Change from 2023 −0.1percentage points 2023: 69.0%
World, 2023 36.9% Official aggregate Not the same period as Mongolia (2024).
Position in 2024 27th of 208 See the full ranking

Agricultural land in Mongolia 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 MongoliaWorld
2024 68.8% –
2023 69.0% 36.9%
2022 71.9% 37.0%
2021 72.2% 37.0%
2020 72.2% 36.9%
2019 72.7% 36.9%
2018 72.8% 36.9%
2017 72.9% 37.0%
2016 72.9% 36.8%
2015 73.0% 36.8%
2014 73.0% 37.0%
2013 73.2% 37.0%
2012 73.2% 37.0%
2011 73.3% 36.7%
2010 73.3% 36.5%
2009 73.4% 36.5%
2008 73.5% 36.5%
2007 73.6% 36.6%
2006 73.7% 36.6%
2005 73.3% 36.6%
2004 73.4% 36.6%
2003 73.5% 37.0%
2002 84.1% 37.1%
2001 84.1% 37.2%
2000 84.3% 37.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.1 percentage points from 69.0% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 73.0%, the figure has changed by −4.2 percentage points.
  • Among the 208 countries with data for 2024, Mongolia has the 27th 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 Mongolia
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)