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Agricultural land in Afghanistan

Agricultural land in Afghanistan was 58.4% in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is unchanged from 2023. That is the 45th highest of 224 countries in 2024.

202458.4% Estimated
Change on 2023-0 pts
Rank45th of 224Countries ranked
Series high58.72021
Series low57.91961

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Agricultural land in Afghanistan, 1961 to 2024

57.85858.258.458.658.819611971198119912001201120241961: 57.9 %1962: 58 %1963: 58 %1964: 58.1 %1965: 58.1 %1966: 58.2 %1967: 58.2 %1968: 58.2 %1969: 58.3 %1970: 58.3 %1971: 58.3 %1972: 58.3 %1973: 58.3 %1974: 58.3 %1975: 58.3 %1976: 58.3 %1977: 58.3 %1978: 58.3 %1979: 58.3 %1980: 58.3 %1981: 58.3 %1982: 58.3 %1983: 58.3 %1984: 58.3 %1985: 58.3 %1986: 58.3 %1987: 58.3 %1988: 58.3 %1989: 58.3 %1990: 58.3 %1991: 58.3 %1992: 58.3 %1993: 58.2 %1994: 58 %1995: 57.9 %1996: 57.9 %1997: 58 %1998: 58.1 %1999: 57.9 %2000: 58 %2001: 58 %2002: 57.9 %2003: 58.1 %2004: 58.1 %2005: 58.1 %2006: 58.1 %2007: 58.1 %2008: 58.1 %2009: 58.1 %2010: 58.1 %2011: 58.1 %2012: 58.1 %2013: 58.1 %2014: 58.1 %2015: 58.1 %2016: 58.1 %2017: 58.1 %2018: 58.3 %2019: 58.3 %2020: 58.4 %2021: 58.7 %2022: 58.7 %2023: 58.4 %2024: 58.4 %57.85858.358.558.819611983200520241961: 57.9 %1962: 58 %1963: 58 %1964: 58.1 %1965: 58.1 %1966: 58.2 %1967: 58.2 %1968: 58.2 %1969: 58.3 %1970: 58.3 %1971: 58.3 %1972: 58.3 %1973: 58.3 %1974: 58.3 %1975: 58.3 %1976: 58.3 %1977: 58.3 %1978: 58.3 %1979: 58.3 %1980: 58.3 %1981: 58.3 %1982: 58.3 %1983: 58.3 %1984: 58.3 %1985: 58.3 %1986: 58.3 %1987: 58.3 %1988: 58.3 %1989: 58.3 %1990: 58.3 %1991: 58.3 %1992: 58.3 %1993: 58.2 %1994: 58 %1995: 57.9 %1996: 57.9 %1997: 58 %1998: 58.1 %1999: 57.9 %2000: 58 %2001: 58 %2002: 57.9 %2003: 58.1 %2004: 58.1 %2005: 58.1 %2006: 58.1 %2007: 58.1 %2008: 58.1 %2009: 58.1 %2010: 58.1 %2011: 58.1 %2012: 58.1 %2013: 58.1 %2014: 58.1 %2015: 58.1 %2016: 58.1 %2017: 58.1 %2018: 58.3 %2019: 58.3 %2020: 58.4 %2021: 58.7 %2022: 58.7 %2023: 58.4 %2024: 58.4 %
%. Source: FAOSTAT, Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-10-02.
All 64 values
Period%
202458.4 Estimated
202358.4 Estimated
202258.7 Estimated
202158.7 Estimated
202058.4 Estimated
201958.3 Estimated
201858.3 Estimated
201758.1 Estimated
201658.1 Estimated
201558.1 Estimated
201458.1 Estimated
201358.1 Estimated
201258.1 Estimated
201158.1 Estimated
201058.1 Estimated
200958.1 Estimated
200858.1 Estimated
200758.1 Estimated
200658.1 Estimated
200558.1 Estimated
200458.1 Estimated
200358.1 Estimated
200257.9 Estimated
200158 Estimated
200058 Estimated
199957.9 Estimated
199858.1 Estimated
199758 Estimated
199657.9 Estimated
199557.9 Estimated
199458 Estimated
199358.2 Estimated
199258.3 Estimated
199158.3 Estimated
199058.3 Estimated
198958.3 Estimated
198858.3 Estimated
198758.3 Estimated
198658.3 Estimated
198558.3 Estimated
198458.3 Estimated
198358.3 Estimated
198258.3 Estimated
198158.3 Estimated
198058.3 Estimated
197958.3 Estimated
197858.3 Estimated
197758.3 Estimated
197658.3 Estimated
197558.3 Estimated
197458.3 Estimated
197358.3 Estimated
197258.3 Estimated
197158.3 Estimated
197058.3 Estimated
196958.3 Estimated
196858.2 Estimated
196758.2 Estimated
196658.2 Estimated
196558.1 Estimated
196458.1 Estimated
196358 Estimated
196258 Estimated
196157.9 Estimated

Afghanistan compared with nearby places

United Arab Emirates: 5.6 %Afghanistan: 58.4 %Antigua and Barbuda: 21.1 %Albania: 41.1 %Armenia: 59.4 %Angola: 36.3 %Argentina: 45.8 %Austria: 31.1 %Australia: 47.3 %Azerbaijan: 57.8 %Bosnia and Herzegovina: 22.4 %Bangladesh: 72.2 %Belgium: 44.4 %Burkina Faso: 62.6 %Bulgaria: 46.2 %Burundi: 74.2 %Benin: 43.1 %Brunei: 2.9 %Bolivia: 36.1 %Brazil: 28.4 %Bahamas: 1.3 %Bhutan: 13.8 %Botswana: 45.6 %Belarus: 39.1 %Belize: 8.2 %Canada: 6.5 %Democratic Republic of the Congo: 16.2 %Central African Republic: 9.3 %Republic of the Congo: 31.2 %Switzerland: 37.7 %Côte d’Ivoire: 83.9 %Chile: 14.4 %Cameroon: 21.1 %China: 41.7 %Colombia: 36.5 %Costa Rica: 31.4 %Cuba: 61.7 %Cape Verde: 24.8 %Cyprus: 13.6 %Czechia: 45.8 %Germany: 47.4 %Djibouti: 73.5 %Denmark: 65.1 %Dominican Republic: 51.5 %Algeria: 17.4 %Ecuador: 20.3 %Estonia: 23 %Egypt: 4.3 %Western Sahara: 18.8 %Eritrea: 62.8 %Spain: 49.3 %Ethiopia: 34.3 %Finland: 7.4 %Fiji: 17 %Falkland Islands: 93.2 %Faroe Islands: 70.1 %France: 52.8 %Gabon: 6.9 %United Kingdom: 69.2 %Georgia: 33.7 %Ghana: 55.4 %Greenland: 0.6 %Gambia: 76.1 %Guinea: 73.2 %Equatorial Guinea: 3.4 %Greece: 38.9 %Guatemala: 46 %Guinea-Bissau: 31.4 %Guyana: 3.4 %Hong Kong: 3.8 %Honduras: 28.5 %Croatia: 26.2 %Haiti: 65.1 %Hungary: 55.5 %Indonesia: 28.9 %Ireland: 65.2 %Israel: 23.8 %Isle of Man: 68.3 %India: 59.9 %Iraq: 21.7 %Iran: 29 %Iceland: 16.3 %Italy: 43.6 %Jamaica: 39.1 %Jordan: 11.6 %Japan: 12.6 %Kenya: 50 %Kyrgyzstan: 54 %Cambodia: 34.7 %Kiribati: 41.9 %North Korea: 21.6 %South Korea: 16 %Kuwait: 8.4 %Cayman Islands: 11.3 %Kazakhstan: 79.2 %Laos: 9.5 %Lebanon: 63.7 %Sri Lanka: 48.8 %Liberia: 20.1 %Lesotho: 92.9 %Lithuania: 45.7 %Luxembourg: 51.7 %Latvia: 31.7 %Libya: 8.7 %Morocco: 67.2 %Moldova: 73.2 %Montenegro: 18.5 %Madagascar: 70.4 %North Macedonia: 49.2 %Mali: 34.2 %Myanmar: 19.9 %Mongolia: 68.8 %Mauritania: 38.5 %Mauritius: 40.9 %Malawi: 65 %Mexico: 50.6 %Malaysia: 24.8 %Mozambique: 56.1 %Namibia: 47.1 %New Caledonia: 9.8 %Niger: 36.8 %Nigeria: 77.1 %Netherlands: 53.4 %Norway: 2.7 %Nepal: 26.1 %New Zealand: 36.8 %Oman: 4.8 %Panama: 23.1 %Peru: 19 %French Polynesia: 8.1 %Papua New Guinea: 3.1 %Philippines: 42.8 %Pakistan: 47.2 %Poland: 46.2 %Puerto Rico: 18.5 %Palestine: 64.9 %Portugal: 41.3 %Palau: 9.4 %Paraguay: 54.1 %Qatar: 6.4 %Romania: 55.2 %Serbia: 38.1 %Russia: 13.2 %Rwanda: 75.7 %Saudi Arabia: 81.7 %Solomon Islands: 4.1 %Sudan: 60.3 %Sweden: 7.3 %Singapore: 0.9 %Slovenia: 30.4 %Slovakia: 37.8 %Sierra Leone: 55.2 %Senegal: 49.4 %Somalia: 70.3 %Suriname: 0.5 %South Sudan: 44.7 %El Salvador: 57.3 %Syria: 74.1 %Eswatini: 69.6 %Chad: 40 %Togo: 69.1 %Thailand: 43.3 %Tajikistan: 28 %Timor-Leste: 23 %Turkmenistan: 84.3 %Tunisia: 62.1 %Türkiye: 50.2 %Trinidad and Tobago: 11.6 %Taiwan: 21.9 %Tanzania: 45.1 %Ukraine: 71.3 %Uganda: 80.3 %United States: 46.1 %Uruguay: 87.4 %Uzbekistan: 59 %Venezuela: 24.4 %Vietnam: 39.2 %Vanuatu: 13.3 %Samoa: 17.8 %Yemen: 44.4 %South Africa: 79.4 %Zambia: 32.1 %Zimbabwe: 48.1 %
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Agricultural land, 2024, %. Afghanistan is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

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Definition

Agricultural land as a share of land area: cropland (arable land and permanent crops) plus permanent meadows and pastures. Land area excludes inland waters. FAOSTAT land use domain, element "Share in Land area".

Many countries report land use rarely, so FAO often carries the last figure forward and recent years can repeat earlier ones. This is the FAO series the World Bank republishes as AG.LND.AGRI.ZS. FAO fills gaps in national reporting with its own estimates and imputations, which are marked as estimated, and revises past years when countries send new figures.

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FAO. 2026. FAOSTAT: Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209). Accessed on 2026-10-12. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip Licence: CC-BY-4.0. FAO does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. (2026). Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209) (Agricultural land, Afghanistan, 1961 to 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip

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Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209), Agricultural land, Afghanistan, 1961 to 2024. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2 Oct. 2026, https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/agricultural-land-share/afghanistan. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 2026. Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209). Agricultural land, Afghanistan, 1961 to 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/agricultural-land-share/afghanistan.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209), Agricultural land, Afghanistan, 1961 to 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/agricultural-land-share/afghanistan (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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  title = {{Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, \% (item 6610, element 7209): Agricultural land, Afghanistan, 1961 to 2024}},
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}
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What is the agricultural land in Afghanistan?

Agricultural land in Afghanistan was 58.4% in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is unchanged from 2023. That is the 45th highest of 224 countries in 2024.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest agricultural land in Afghanistan?

58.7% in 2021, the highest value since 1961 in this series.

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