Agricultural land in OECD members
Agricultural land made up 34.3% of the land area of OECD member countries in 2023.
OECD members is a group: OECD member countries as grouped by the World Bank. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
OECD members, 2023
34.3%
Change from 2022
−0.1percentage points
World, 2023
36.9%
Agricultural land in OECD members 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 | OECD members | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 34.3% | 36.9% |
| 2022 | 34.4% | 37.0% |
| 2021 | 34.5% | 37.0% |
| 2020 | 34.2% | 36.9% |
| 2019 | 34.4% | 36.9% |
| 2018 | 34.3% | 36.9% |
| 2017 | 34.7% | 37.0% |
| 2016 | 34.0% | 36.8% |
| 2015 | 34.2% | 36.8% |
| 2014 | 34.9% | 37.0% |
| 2013 | 34.9% | 37.0% |
| 2012 | 35.3% | 37.0% |
| 2011 | 35.5% | 36.7% |
| 2010 | 35.0% | 36.5% |
| 2009 | 35.3% | 36.5% |
| 2008 | 35.5% | 36.5% |
| 2007 | 35.8% | 36.6% |
| 2006 | 36.2% | 36.6% |
| 2005 | 36.3% | 36.6% |
| 2004 | 35.9% | 36.6% |
| 2003 | 37.1% | 37.0% |
| 2002 | 37.4% | 37.1% |
| 2001 | 37.7% | 37.2% |
| 2000 | 37.8% | 37.2% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.1 percentage points from 34.4% in 2022.
- Since 2013, when it was 34.9%, the figure has changed by −0.6 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2023 was 36.9%.
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