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Agricultural land in Iceland

Agricultural land in Iceland was 16.3% in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is unchanged from 2023. That is the 172nd highest of 224 countries in 2024.

202416.3% Estimated
Change on 20230 pts
Rank172nd of 224Countries ranked
Series high21.21961
Series low16.32023

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Agricultural land in Iceland, 1961 to 2024

1617181920212219611971198119912001201120241961: 21.2 %1962: 21.2 %1963: 21.2 %1964: 21.2 %1965: 21.2 %1966: 21.2 %1967: 21.2 %1968: 21.2 %1969: 21.2 %1970: 20 %1971: 19.9 %1972: 19.8 %1973: 19.7 %1974: 19.6 %1975: 19.5 %1976: 19.4 %1977: 19.3 %1978: 19.2 %1979: 19.1 %1980: 19 %1981: 19 %1982: 19 %1983: 19 %1984: 19 %1985: 19 %1986: 19 %1987: 19 %1988: 19 %1989: 19 %1990: 19 %1991: 19 %1992: 19 %1993: 19 %1994: 19 %1995: 18.9 %1996: 18.9 %1997: 18.9 %1998: 18.9 %1999: 18.8 %2000: 18.8 %2001: 18.8 %2002: 18.8 %2003: 18.8 %2004: 18.8 %2005: 18.8 %2006: 18.8 %2007: 18.7 %2008: 18.7 %2009: 18.7 %2010: 18.7 %2011: 18.7 %2012: 18.7 %2013: 18.7 %2014: 18.7 %2015: 18.7 %2016: 18.7 %2017: 18.7 %2018: 18.6 %2019: 18.6 %2020: 18.6 %2021: 18.6 %2022: 18.6 %2023: 16.3 %2024: 16.3 %1618202219611983200520241961: 21.2 %1962: 21.2 %1963: 21.2 %1964: 21.2 %1965: 21.2 %1966: 21.2 %1967: 21.2 %1968: 21.2 %1969: 21.2 %1970: 20 %1971: 19.9 %1972: 19.8 %1973: 19.7 %1974: 19.6 %1975: 19.5 %1976: 19.4 %1977: 19.3 %1978: 19.2 %1979: 19.1 %1980: 19 %1981: 19 %1982: 19 %1983: 19 %1984: 19 %1985: 19 %1986: 19 %1987: 19 %1988: 19 %1989: 19 %1990: 19 %1991: 19 %1992: 19 %1993: 19 %1994: 19 %1995: 18.9 %1996: 18.9 %1997: 18.9 %1998: 18.9 %1999: 18.8 %2000: 18.8 %2001: 18.8 %2002: 18.8 %2003: 18.8 %2004: 18.8 %2005: 18.8 %2006: 18.8 %2007: 18.7 %2008: 18.7 %2009: 18.7 %2010: 18.7 %2011: 18.7 %2012: 18.7 %2013: 18.7 %2014: 18.7 %2015: 18.7 %2016: 18.7 %2017: 18.7 %2018: 18.6 %2019: 18.6 %2020: 18.6 %2021: 18.6 %2022: 18.6 %2023: 16.3 %2024: 16.3 %
%. 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%
202416.3 Estimated
202316.3 Estimated
202218.6 Estimated
202118.6 Estimated
202018.6 Estimated
201918.6 Estimated
201818.6 Estimated
201718.7 Estimated
201618.7 Estimated
201518.7 Estimated
201418.7 Estimated
201318.7 Estimated
201218.7 Estimated
201118.7 Estimated
201018.7 Estimated
200918.7 Estimated
200818.7 Estimated
200718.7 Estimated
200618.8 Estimated
200518.8 Estimated
200418.8 Estimated
200318.8 Estimated
200218.8 Estimated
200118.8 Estimated
200018.8 Estimated
199918.8 Estimated
199818.9 Estimated
199718.9 Estimated
199618.9 Estimated
199518.9 Estimated
199419 Estimated
199319 Estimated
199219 Estimated
199119 Estimated
199019 Estimated
198919 Estimated
198819 Estimated
198719 Estimated
198619 Estimated
198519 Estimated
198419 Estimated
198319 Estimated
198219 Estimated
198119 Estimated
198019 Estimated
197919.1 Estimated
197819.2 Estimated
197719.3 Estimated
197619.4 Estimated
197519.5 Estimated
197419.6 Estimated
197319.7 Estimated
197219.8 Estimated
197119.9 Estimated
197020 Estimated
196921.2 Estimated
196821.2 Estimated
196721.2 Estimated
196621.2 Estimated
196521.2 Estimated
196421.2 Estimated
196321.2 Estimated
196221.2 Estimated
196121.2 Estimated

Iceland 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, %. Iceland 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, Iceland, 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, Iceland, 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/iceland. 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, Iceland, 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/iceland.

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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, Iceland, 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/iceland (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, Iceland, 1961 to 2024}},
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}
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What is the agricultural land in Iceland?

Agricultural land in Iceland was 16.3% in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is unchanged from 2023. That is the 172nd 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 Iceland?

21.2% in 1961, the highest value since 1961 in this series.

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