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Agricultural land in Canada

Agricultural land in Canada was 6.5% in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is unchanged from 2023. That is the 204th highest of 224 countries in 2024.

20246.5% Estimated
Change on 2023-0 pts
Rank204th of 224Countries ranked
Series high7.11966
Series low6.42020

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Agricultural land in Canada, 1961 to 2024

6.26.46.66.877.219611971198119912001201120241961: 6.9 %1962: 7 %1963: 7 %1964: 7 %1965: 7.1 %1966: 7.1 %1967: 7.1 %1968: 7.1 %1969: 7.1 %1970: 7 %1971: 7 %1972: 7 %1973: 7 %1974: 7 %1975: 7 %1976: 7 %1977: 7 %1978: 7 %1979: 6.9 %1980: 6.9 %1981: 6.8 %1982: 6.8 %1983: 6.8 %1984: 6.8 %1985: 6.8 %1986: 6.8 %1987: 6.8 %1988: 6.8 %1989: 6.8 %1990: 6.9 %1991: 6.9 %1992: 6.9 %1993: 6.9 %1994: 6.8 %1995: 6.8 %1996: 6.8 %1997: 6.8 %1998: 6.8 %1999: 6.8 %2000: 6.8 %2001: 6.8 %2002: 6.9 %2003: 6.9 %2004: 6.9 %2005: 6.9 %2006: 6.8 %2007: 6.7 %2008: 6.6 %2009: 6.6 %2010: 6.5 %2011: 6.4 %2012: 6.4 %2013: 6.5 %2014: 6.5 %2015: 6.5 %2016: 6.5 %2017: 6.5 %2018: 6.5 %2019: 6.4 %2020: 6.4 %2021: 6.5 %2022: 6.5 %2023: 6.5 %2024: 6.5 %
%. 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.
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20206.4 Estimated
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20006.8 Estimated
19996.8 Estimated
19986.8 Estimated
19976.8 Estimated
19966.8 Estimated
19956.8 Estimated
19946.8 Estimated
19936.9 Estimated
19926.9 Estimated
19916.9 Estimated
19906.9 Estimated
19896.8 Estimated
19886.8 Estimated
19876.8 Estimated
19866.8 Estimated
19856.8 Estimated
19846.8 Estimated
19836.8 Estimated
19826.8 Estimated
19816.8 Estimated
19806.9 Estimated
19796.9 Estimated
19787 Estimated
19777 Estimated
19767 Estimated
19757 Estimated
19747 Estimated
19737 Estimated
19727 Estimated
19717 Estimated
19707 Estimated
19697.1 Estimated
19687.1 Estimated
19677.1 Estimated
19667.1 Estimated
19657.1 Estimated
19647 Estimated
19637 Estimated
19627 Estimated
19616.9 Estimated

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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.

How to cite

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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APA 7

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, Canada, 1961 to 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip

MLA 9

Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209), Agricultural land, Canada, 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/canada. 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, Canada, 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/canada.

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, Canada, 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/canada (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
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  title = {{Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, \% (item 6610, element 7209): Agricultural land, Canada, 1961 to 2024}},
  year = {2026},
  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/canada. 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 Canada?

Agricultural land in Canada was 6.5% in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is unchanged from 2023. That is the 204th highest of 224 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 Canada?

7.1% in 1966, the highest value since 1961 in this series.

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