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Agricultural land in Australia

Agricultural land in Australia was 47.3% in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is unchanged from 2023. That is the 71st highest of 224 countries in 2024.

202447.3% Estimated
Change on 20230 pts
Rank71st of 224Countries ranked
Series high66.91968
Series low44.52016

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Agricultural land in Australia, 1961 to 2024

4045505560657019611971198119912001201120241961: 61.8 %1962: 62 %1963: 62.4 %1964: 62.7 %1965: 63.3 %1966: 63.4 %1967: 63.7 %1968: 66.9 %1969: 66.5 %1970: 64.2 %1971: 65 %1972: 65.1 %1973: 64.8 %1974: 65.1 %1975: 65 %1976: 65.2 %1977: 64 %1978: 64.6 %1979: 64.2 %1980: 64.5 %1981: 64.5 %1982: 63.9 %1983: 63 %1984: 63.3 %1985: 63.4 %1986: 61 %1987: 61.3 %1988: 61.5 %1989: 60.8 %1990: 60.5 %1991: 60.2 %1992: 60.7 %1993: 59.9 %1994: 61.1 %1995: 60.3 %1996: 60.6 %1997: 60.2 %1998: 60.4 %1999: 59.1 %2000: 59.3 %2001: 59.3 %2002: 58.2 %2003: 57.2 %2004: 51.4 %2005: 53.4 %2006: 53.3 %2007: 51.9 %2008: 50.7 %2009: 50 %2010: 49 %2011: 51.6 %2012: 50.4 %2013: 48.4 %2014: 48.7 %2015: 45.3 %2016: 44.5 %2017: 48.3 %2018: 46.7 %2019: 47.1 %2020: 46.3 %2021: 47.3 %2022: 47.3 %2023: 47.3 %2024: 47.3 %4050607019611983200520241961: 61.8 %1962: 62 %1963: 62.4 %1964: 62.7 %1965: 63.3 %1966: 63.4 %1967: 63.7 %1968: 66.9 %1969: 66.5 %1970: 64.2 %1971: 65 %1972: 65.1 %1973: 64.8 %1974: 65.1 %1975: 65 %1976: 65.2 %1977: 64 %1978: 64.6 %1979: 64.2 %1980: 64.5 %1981: 64.5 %1982: 63.9 %1983: 63 %1984: 63.3 %1985: 63.4 %1986: 61 %1987: 61.3 %1988: 61.5 %1989: 60.8 %1990: 60.5 %1991: 60.2 %1992: 60.7 %1993: 59.9 %1994: 61.1 %1995: 60.3 %1996: 60.6 %1997: 60.2 %1998: 60.4 %1999: 59.1 %2000: 59.3 %2001: 59.3 %2002: 58.2 %2003: 57.2 %2004: 51.4 %2005: 53.4 %2006: 53.3 %2007: 51.9 %2008: 50.7 %2009: 50 %2010: 49 %2011: 51.6 %2012: 50.4 %2013: 48.4 %2014: 48.7 %2015: 45.3 %2016: 44.5 %2017: 48.3 %2018: 46.7 %2019: 47.1 %2020: 46.3 %2021: 47.3 %2022: 47.3 %2023: 47.3 %2024: 47.3 %
%. 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%
202447.3 Estimated
202347.3 Estimated
202247.3 Estimated
202147.3 Estimated
202046.3 Estimated
201947.1 Estimated
201846.7 Estimated
201748.3 Estimated
201644.5 Estimated
201545.3 Estimated
201448.7 Estimated
201348.4 Estimated
201250.4 Estimated
201151.6 Estimated
201049 Estimated
200950 Estimated
200850.7 Estimated
200751.9 Estimated
200653.3 Estimated
200553.4 Estimated
200451.4 Estimated
200357.2 Estimated
200258.2 Estimated
200159.3 Estimated
200059.3 Estimated
199959.1 Estimated
199860.4 Estimated
199760.2 Estimated
199660.6 Estimated
199560.3 Estimated
199461.1 Estimated
199359.9 Estimated
199260.7 Estimated
199160.2 Estimated
199060.5 Estimated
198960.8 Estimated
198861.5 Estimated
198761.3 Estimated
198661 Estimated
198563.4 Estimated
198463.3 Estimated
198363 Estimated
198263.9 Estimated
198164.5 Estimated
198064.5 Estimated
197964.2 Estimated
197864.6 Estimated
197764 Estimated
197665.2 Estimated
197565 Estimated
197465.1 Estimated
197364.8 Estimated
197265.1 Estimated
197165 Estimated
197064.2 Estimated
196966.5 Estimated
196866.9 Estimated
196763.7 Estimated
196663.4 Estimated
196563.3 Estimated
196462.7 Estimated
196362.4 Estimated
196262 Estimated
196161.8 Estimated

Australia 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, %. Australia 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, Australia, 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, Australia, 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/australia. 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, Australia, 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/australia.

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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, Australia, 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/australia (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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}
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What is the agricultural land in Australia?

Agricultural land in Australia was 47.3% in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is unchanged from 2023. That is the 71st 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 Australia?

66.9% in 1968, the highest value since 1961 in this series.

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