Agricultural land in Syria

Agricultural land made up 74.1% of the land area of Syria in 2024.

Measure: Agricultural land as a share of land area Unit: % of land area Data: 1961 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Syria, 2024 74.1% % of land area
Change from 2023 0percentage points 2023: 74.1%
World, 2023 36.9% Official aggregate Not the same period as Syria (2024).
Position in 2024 15th of 208 See the full ranking

Agricultural land in Syria 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 SyriaWorld
2024 74.1% –
2023 74.1% 36.9%
2022 74.1% 37.0%
2021 75.0% 37.0%
2020 75.8% 36.9%
2019 75.8% 36.9%
2018 75.8% 36.9%
2017 75.8% 37.0%
2016 75.8% 36.8%
2015 75.8% 36.8%
2014 75.8% 37.0%
2013 75.8% 37.0%
2012 75.8% 37.0%
2011 75.8% 36.7%
2010 75.7% 36.5%
2009 75.7% 36.5%
2008 75.7% 36.5%
2007 75.7% 36.6%
2006 75.6% 36.6%
2005 75.3% 36.6%
2004 75.7% 36.6%
2003 75.2% 37.0%
2002 74.9% 37.1%
2001 74.7% 37.2%
2000 74.6% 37.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of 0 percentage points from 74.1% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 75.8%, the figure has changed by −1.7 percentage points.
  • Among the 208 countries with data for 2024, Syria has the 15th 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 Syria
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)