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Agricultural land in Egypt

Agricultural land in Egypt was 4.3% in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is up 0.1 pts from 2023. That is the 209th highest of 224 countries in 2024.

20244.3% Estimated
Change on 2023+0.1 pts
Rank209th of 224Countries ranked
Series high4.32024
Series low2.51983

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Agricultural land in Egypt, 1961 to 2024

22.533.544.519611971198119912001201120241961: 2.6 %1962: 2.5 %1963: 2.5 %1964: 2.5 %1965: 2.7 %1966: 2.8 %1967: 2.8 %1968: 2.8 %1969: 2.9 %1970: 2.9 %1971: 2.9 %1972: 2.9 %1973: 2.9 %1974: 2.9 %1975: 2.8 %1976: 2.7 %1977: 2.7 %1978: 2.6 %1979: 2.5 %1980: 2.5 %1981: 2.5 %1982: 2.5 %1983: 2.5 %1984: 2.5 %1985: 2.5 %1986: 2.6 %1987: 2.6 %1988: 2.6 %1989: 2.6 %1990: 2.7 %1991: 2.7 %1992: 3 %1993: 3 %1994: 3 %1995: 3.3 %1996: 3.2 %1997: 3.3 %1998: 3.3 %1999: 3.5 %2000: 3.3 %2001: 3.4 %2002: 3.4 %2003: 3.4 %2004: 3.5 %2005: 3.5 %2006: 3.6 %2007: 3.6 %2008: 3.6 %2009: 3.7 %2010: 3.7 %2011: 3.6 %2012: 3.7 %2013: 3.8 %2014: 3.7 %2015: 3.8 %2016: 3.8 %2017: 3.9 %2018: 3.9 %2019: 3.9 %2020: 4 %2021: 4.1 %2022: 4.1 %2023: 4.1 %2024: 4.3 %22.533.544.519611983200520241961: 2.6 %1962: 2.5 %1963: 2.5 %1964: 2.5 %1965: 2.7 %1966: 2.8 %1967: 2.8 %1968: 2.8 %1969: 2.9 %1970: 2.9 %1971: 2.9 %1972: 2.9 %1973: 2.9 %1974: 2.9 %1975: 2.8 %1976: 2.7 %1977: 2.7 %1978: 2.6 %1979: 2.5 %1980: 2.5 %1981: 2.5 %1982: 2.5 %1983: 2.5 %1984: 2.5 %1985: 2.5 %1986: 2.6 %1987: 2.6 %1988: 2.6 %1989: 2.6 %1990: 2.7 %1991: 2.7 %1992: 3 %1993: 3 %1994: 3 %1995: 3.3 %1996: 3.2 %1997: 3.3 %1998: 3.3 %1999: 3.5 %2000: 3.3 %2001: 3.4 %2002: 3.4 %2003: 3.4 %2004: 3.5 %2005: 3.5 %2006: 3.6 %2007: 3.6 %2008: 3.6 %2009: 3.7 %2010: 3.7 %2011: 3.6 %2012: 3.7 %2013: 3.8 %2014: 3.7 %2015: 3.8 %2016: 3.8 %2017: 3.9 %2018: 3.9 %2019: 3.9 %2020: 4 %2021: 4.1 %2022: 4.1 %2023: 4.1 %2024: 4.3 %
%. 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.
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19963.2 Estimated
19953.3 Estimated
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19902.7 Estimated
19892.6 Estimated
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19852.5 Estimated
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19802.5 Estimated
19792.5 Estimated
19782.6 Estimated
19772.7 Estimated
19762.7 Estimated
19752.8 Estimated
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19702.9 Estimated
19692.9 Estimated
19682.8 Estimated
19672.8 Estimated
19662.8 Estimated
19652.7 Estimated
19642.5 Estimated
19632.5 Estimated
19622.5 Estimated
19612.6 Estimated

Egypt 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, %. Egypt 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, Egypt, 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, Egypt, 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/egypt. 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, Egypt, 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/egypt.

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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, Egypt, 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/egypt (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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}
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Agricultural land in Egypt was 4.3% in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is up 0.1 pts from 2023. That is the 209th 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.

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4.3% in 2024, the highest value since 1961 in this series.

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