Agricultural land in United Arab Emirates

Agricultural land made up 5.6% of the land area of United Arab Emirates in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest since 2008.

Measure: Agricultural land as a share of land area Unit: % of land area Data: 1961 to 2024 Source: World Bank
United Arab Emirates, 2024 5.6% % of land area
Change from 2023 0percentage points 2023: 5.6%
World, 2023 36.9% Official aggregate Not the same period as United Arab Emirates (2024).
Position in 2024 191st of 208 See the full ranking

Agricultural land in United Arab Emirates 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 United Arab EmiratesWorld
2024 5.6% –
2023 5.6% 36.9%
2022 5.5% 37.0%
2021 5.5% 37.0%
2020 5.5% 36.9%
2019 5.5% 36.9%
2018 5.4% 36.9%
2017 5.4% 37.0%
2016 5.4% 36.8%
2015 5.4% 36.8%
2014 5.4% 37.0%
2013 5.3% 37.0%
2012 5.3% 37.0%
2011 5.5% 36.7%
2010 5.5% 36.5%
2009 5.5% 36.5%
2008 7.6% 36.5%
2007 7.7% 36.6%
2006 7.7% 36.6%
2005 7.7% 36.6%
2004 7.8% 36.6%
2003 7.8% 37.0%
2002 8.0% 37.1%
2001 7.9% 37.2%
2000 7.7% 37.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of 0 percentage points from 5.6% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 5.4%, the figure has changed by +0.2 percentage points.
  • Among the 208 countries with data for 2024, United Arab Emirates has the 191st highest value.

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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 United Arab Emirates
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)