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Agricultural land in Eswatini

Agricultural land in Eswatini was 69.6% in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is unchanged from 2023. That is the 25th highest of 224 countries in 2024.

202469.6% Estimated
Change on 20230 pts
Rank25th of 224Countries ranked
Series high881972
Series low69.52020

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Agricultural land in Eswatini, 1961 to 2024

65707580859019611971198119912001201120241961: 85.4 %1962: 85.9 %1963: 85.7 %1964: 85.9 %1965: 86.3 %1966: 86.8 %1967: 87 %1968: 87.1 %1969: 86.9 %1970: 86.9 %1971: 86.9 %1972: 88 %1973: 88 %1974: 86.2 %1975: 76.3 %1976: 79.7 %1977: 81 %1978: 81 %1979: 77.9 %1980: 75.1 %1981: 74.7 %1982: 74.8 %1983: 74.9 %1984: 73.8 %1985: 74.7 %1986: 77.3 %1987: 76 %1988: 74.7 %1989: 73.5 %1990: 72 %1991: 71.3 %1992: 71.1 %1993: 71.1 %1994: 71.1 %1995: 71.1 %1996: 71.1 %1997: 71.1 %1998: 71.1 %1999: 71.1 %2000: 71.1 %2001: 71.1 %2002: 71.1 %2003: 71.1 %2004: 71.1 %2005: 71.1 %2006: 71.1 %2007: 71.1 %2008: 71.1 %2009: 71.1 %2010: 71 %2011: 71 %2012: 70.9 %2013: 70.9 %2014: 70.7 %2015: 70.4 %2016: 70.2 %2017: 70 %2018: 69.8 %2019: 69.6 %2020: 69.5 %2021: 69.5 %2022: 69.6 %2023: 69.6 %2024: 69.6 %65707580859019611983200520241961: 85.4 %1962: 85.9 %1963: 85.7 %1964: 85.9 %1965: 86.3 %1966: 86.8 %1967: 87 %1968: 87.1 %1969: 86.9 %1970: 86.9 %1971: 86.9 %1972: 88 %1973: 88 %1974: 86.2 %1975: 76.3 %1976: 79.7 %1977: 81 %1978: 81 %1979: 77.9 %1980: 75.1 %1981: 74.7 %1982: 74.8 %1983: 74.9 %1984: 73.8 %1985: 74.7 %1986: 77.3 %1987: 76 %1988: 74.7 %1989: 73.5 %1990: 72 %1991: 71.3 %1992: 71.1 %1993: 71.1 %1994: 71.1 %1995: 71.1 %1996: 71.1 %1997: 71.1 %1998: 71.1 %1999: 71.1 %2000: 71.1 %2001: 71.1 %2002: 71.1 %2003: 71.1 %2004: 71.1 %2005: 71.1 %2006: 71.1 %2007: 71.1 %2008: 71.1 %2009: 71.1 %2010: 71 %2011: 71 %2012: 70.9 %2013: 70.9 %2014: 70.7 %2015: 70.4 %2016: 70.2 %2017: 70 %2018: 69.8 %2019: 69.6 %2020: 69.5 %2021: 69.5 %2022: 69.6 %2023: 69.6 %2024: 69.6 %
%. 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%
202469.6 Estimated
202369.6 Estimated
202269.6 Estimated
202169.5 Estimated
202069.5 Estimated
201969.6 Estimated
201869.8 Estimated
201770 Estimated
201670.2 Estimated
201570.4 Estimated
201470.7 Estimated
201370.9 Estimated
201270.9 Estimated
201171 Estimated
201071 Estimated
200971.1 Estimated
200871.1 Estimated
200771.1 Estimated
200671.1 Estimated
200571.1 Estimated
200471.1 Estimated
200371.1 Estimated
200271.1 Estimated
200171.1 Estimated
200071.1 Estimated
199971.1 Estimated
199871.1 Estimated
199771.1 Estimated
199671.1 Estimated
199571.1 Estimated
199471.1 Estimated
199371.1 Estimated
199271.1 Estimated
199171.3 Estimated
199072 Estimated
198973.5 Estimated
198874.7 Estimated
198776 Estimated
198677.3 Estimated
198574.7 Estimated
198473.8 Estimated
198374.9 Estimated
198274.8 Estimated
198174.7 Estimated
198075.1 Estimated
197977.9 Estimated
197881 Estimated
197781 Estimated
197679.7 Estimated
197576.3 Estimated
197486.2 Estimated
197388 Estimated
197288 Estimated
197186.9 Estimated
197086.9 Estimated
196986.9 Estimated
196887.1 Estimated
196787 Estimated
196686.8 Estimated
196586.3 Estimated
196485.9 Estimated
196385.7 Estimated
196285.9 Estimated
196185.4 Estimated

Eswatini 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, %. Eswatini 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, Eswatini, 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, Eswatini, 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/eswatini. 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, Eswatini, 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/eswatini.

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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, Eswatini, 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/eswatini (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/agricultural-land-share/eswatini. 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 Eswatini?

Agricultural land in Eswatini was 69.6% in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is unchanged from 2023. That is the 25th 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 Eswatini?

88% in 1972, the highest value since 1961 in this series.

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