High income - Agricultural land

Agricultural land (sq. km)

The value for Agricultural land (sq. km) in High income was 12,141,650 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 13,508,150 in 1968 and a minimum value of 11,979,030 in 2016.

Definition: Agricultural land refers to the share of land area that is arable, under permanent crops, and under permanent pastures. Arable land includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded. Land under permanent crops is land cultivated with crops that occupy the land for long periods and need not be replanted after each harvest, such as cocoa, coffee, and rubber. This category includes land under flowering shrubs, fruit trees, nut trees, and vines, but excludes land under trees grown for wood or timber. Permanent pasture is land used for five or more years for forage, including natural and cultivated crops.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

See also:

Year Value
1961 13,256,770
1962 13,244,670
1963 13,245,600
1964 13,245,010
1965 13,253,390
1966 13,253,950
1967 13,274,320
1968 13,508,150
1969 13,472,910
1970 13,266,150
1971 13,293,940
1972 13,284,840
1973 13,249,890
1974 13,262,840
1975 13,255,260
1976 13,268,690
1977 13,168,980
1978 13,189,580
1979 13,149,390
1980 13,162,000
1981 13,157,390
1982 13,131,380
1983 13,050,230
1984 13,123,780
1985 13,169,780
1986 13,033,730
1987 13,059,860
1988 13,116,520
1989 13,116,270
1990 13,133,740
1991 13,084,780
1992 13,190,480
1993 13,231,050
1994 13,358,430
1995 13,340,010
1996 13,384,570
1997 13,403,020
1998 13,495,800
1999 13,450,000
2000 13,459,450
2001 13,441,420
2002 13,297,550
2003 13,198,940
2004 12,751,140
2005 12,898,080
2006 12,864,680
2007 12,728,690
2008 12,620,350
2009 12,530,860
2010 12,398,750
2011 12,562,150
2012 12,440,300
2013 12,282,000
2014 12,300,640
2015 12,036,710
2016 11,979,030
2017 12,278,820
2018 12,141,650

Agricultural land (% of land area)

Agricultural land (% of land area) in High income was 34.74 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 57 years was 39.14 in 1968, while its lowest value was 34.28 in 2016.

Definition: Agricultural land refers to the share of land area that is arable, under permanent crops, and under permanent pastures. Arable land includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded. Land under permanent crops is land cultivated with crops that occupy the land for long periods and need not be replanted after each harvest, such as cocoa, coffee, and rubber. This category includes land under flowering shrubs, fruit trees, nut trees, and vines, but excludes land under trees grown for wood or timber. Permanent pasture is land used for five or more years for forage, including natural and cultivated crops.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

See also:

Year Value
1961 38.41
1962 38.38
1963 38.38
1964 38.38
1965 38.40
1966 38.41
1967 38.47
1968 39.14
1969 39.04
1970 38.44
1971 38.52
1972 38.50
1973 38.39
1974 38.43
1975 38.41
1976 38.45
1977 38.16
1978 38.22
1979 38.10
1980 38.14
1981 38.13
1982 38.05
1983 37.82
1984 38.03
1985 38.17
1986 37.77
1987 37.85
1988 38.01
1989 38.01
1990 38.06
1991 37.92
1992 37.96
1993 37.94
1994 38.30
1995 38.25
1996 38.38
1997 38.35
1998 38.62
1999 38.49
2000 38.51
2001 38.46
2002 38.05
2003 37.77
2004 36.49
2005 36.91
2006 36.81
2007 36.42
2008 36.13
2009 35.87
2010 35.49
2011 35.96
2012 35.62
2013 35.16
2014 35.21
2015 34.46
2016 34.28
2017 35.14
2018 34.74

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use