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Agricultural land in Belgium

Agricultural land in Belgium was 44.4% in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is unchanged from 2023. That is the 14th highest of 27 EU countries in 2024.

202444.4% Estimated
Change on 20230 pts
Rank14th of 27EU countries ranked
Series high45.92003
Series low43.82017

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Agricultural land in Belgium, 2000 to 2024

43.54444.54545.54620002004200820122016202020242000: 45.8 %2001: 45.7 %2002: 45.8 %2003: 45.9 %2004: 45.9 %2005: 45.6 %2006: 45.5 %2007: 45.1 %2008: 45 %2009: 45 %2010: 44.7 %2011: 44 %2012: 43.9 %2013: 44.1 %2014: 43.9 %2015: 43.8 %2016: 44.5 %2017: 43.8 %2018: 44.4 %2019: 44.5 %2020: 44.8 %2021: 44.8 %2022: 44.6 %2023: 44.4 %2024: 44.4 %434445462000200920242000: 45.8 %2001: 45.7 %2002: 45.8 %2003: 45.9 %2004: 45.9 %2005: 45.6 %2006: 45.5 %2007: 45.1 %2008: 45 %2009: 45 %2010: 44.7 %2011: 44 %2012: 43.9 %2013: 44.1 %2014: 43.9 %2015: 43.8 %2016: 44.5 %2017: 43.8 %2018: 44.4 %2019: 44.5 %2020: 44.8 %2021: 44.8 %2022: 44.6 %2023: 44.4 %2024: 44.4 %
%. 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 25 values
Period%
202444.4 Estimated
202344.4 Estimated
202244.6 Estimated
202144.8 Estimated
202044.8 Estimated
201944.5 Estimated
201844.4 Estimated
201743.8 Estimated
201644.5 Estimated
201543.8 Estimated
201443.9 Estimated
201344.1 Estimated
201243.9 Estimated
201144 Estimated
201044.7 Estimated
200945 Estimated
200845 Estimated
200745.1 Estimated
200645.5 Estimated
200545.6 Estimated
200445.9 Estimated
200345.9 Estimated
200245.8 Estimated
200145.7 Estimated
200045.8 Estimated

Belgium compared with nearby places

Austria: 31.1 %Belgium: 44.4 %Bulgaria: 46.2 %Cyprus: 13.6 %Czechia: 45.8 %Germany: 47.4 %Denmark: 65.1 %Estonia: 23 %Spain: 49.3 %Finland: 7.4 %France: 52.8 %Greece: 38.9 %Croatia: 26.2 %Hungary: 55.5 %Ireland: 65.2 %Italy: 43.6 %Lithuania: 45.7 %Luxembourg: 51.7 %Latvia: 31.7 %Malta: 25.5 %Netherlands: 53.4 %Poland: 46.2 %Portugal: 41.3 %Romania: 55.2 %Sweden: 7.3 %Slovenia: 30.4 %Slovakia: 37.8 %
  • Under 27
  • 27 to 40
  • 40 to 46
  • 46 to 53
  • 53 and over
Agricultural land, 2024, %. Belgium 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, Belgium, 2000 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, Belgium, 2000 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/belgium. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

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, Belgium, 2000 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/belgium.

Harvard

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, Belgium, 2000 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/belgium (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, Belgium, 2000 to 2024}},
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  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/agricultural-land-share/belgium. Publisher attribution: 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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What is the agricultural land in Belgium?

Agricultural land in Belgium was 44.4% in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is unchanged from 2023. That is the 14th highest of 27 EU countries in 2024.

Where does this figure come from?

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 Belgium?

45.9% in 2003, the highest value since 2000 in this series.

Agricultural land elsewhere in European Union (27)

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