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Agricultural land in Iran

Agricultural land in Iran was 29% in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is unchanged from 2023. That is the 131st highest of 224 countries in 2024.

202429% Estimated
Change on 20230 pts
Rank131st of 224Countries ranked
Series high39.81998
Series low28.22013

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Agricultural land in Iran, 1961 to 2024

27.53032.53537.54019611971198119912001201120241961: 36.4 %1962: 36.4 %1963: 36.4 %1964: 36.5 %1965: 36.5 %1966: 36.5 %1967: 36.6 %1968: 36.6 %1969: 36.6 %1970: 36.7 %1971: 36.9 %1972: 37.3 %1973: 37.8 %1974: 37.4 %1975: 37.1 %1976: 36.8 %1977: 36.7 %1978: 36.1 %1979: 36.8 %1980: 35.4 %1981: 35.8 %1982: 36.1 %1983: 36.4 %1984: 36.6 %1985: 37.1 %1986: 37.3 %1987: 37.5 %1988: 38 %1989: 37.9 %1990: 37.8 %1991: 38.7 %1992: 39.2 %1993: 39.4 %1994: 39.4 %1995: 39.4 %1996: 39.6 %1997: 39.2 %1998: 39.8 %1999: 39.1 %2000: 38.6 %2001: 39.2 %2002: 39.3 %2003: 39.5 %2004: 39.6 %2005: 29.2 %2006: 29.4 %2007: 29.5 %2008: 28.7 %2009: 28.7 %2010: 28.6 %2011: 28.5 %2012: 28.4 %2013: 28.2 %2014: 28.2 %2015: 28.2 %2016: 28.2 %2017: 28.6 %2018: 28.9 %2019: 29 %2020: 29 %2021: 29 %2022: 29 %2023: 29 %2024: 29 %2530354019611983200520241961: 36.4 %1962: 36.4 %1963: 36.4 %1964: 36.5 %1965: 36.5 %1966: 36.5 %1967: 36.6 %1968: 36.6 %1969: 36.6 %1970: 36.7 %1971: 36.9 %1972: 37.3 %1973: 37.8 %1974: 37.4 %1975: 37.1 %1976: 36.8 %1977: 36.7 %1978: 36.1 %1979: 36.8 %1980: 35.4 %1981: 35.8 %1982: 36.1 %1983: 36.4 %1984: 36.6 %1985: 37.1 %1986: 37.3 %1987: 37.5 %1988: 38 %1989: 37.9 %1990: 37.8 %1991: 38.7 %1992: 39.2 %1993: 39.4 %1994: 39.4 %1995: 39.4 %1996: 39.6 %1997: 39.2 %1998: 39.8 %1999: 39.1 %2000: 38.6 %2001: 39.2 %2002: 39.3 %2003: 39.5 %2004: 39.6 %2005: 29.2 %2006: 29.4 %2007: 29.5 %2008: 28.7 %2009: 28.7 %2010: 28.6 %2011: 28.5 %2012: 28.4 %2013: 28.2 %2014: 28.2 %2015: 28.2 %2016: 28.2 %2017: 28.6 %2018: 28.9 %2019: 29 %2020: 29 %2021: 29 %2022: 29 %2023: 29 %2024: 29 %
%. 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%
202429 Estimated
202329 Estimated
202229 Estimated
202129 Estimated
202029 Estimated
201929 Estimated
201828.9 Estimated
201728.6 Estimated
201628.2 Estimated
201528.2 Estimated
201428.2 Estimated
201328.2 Estimated
201228.4 Estimated
201128.5 Estimated
201028.6 Estimated
200928.7 Estimated
200828.7 Estimated
200729.5 Estimated
200629.4 Estimated
200529.2 Estimated
200439.6 Estimated
200339.5 Estimated
200239.3 Estimated
200139.2 Estimated
200038.6 Estimated
199939.1 Estimated
199839.8 Estimated
199739.2 Estimated
199639.6 Estimated
199539.4 Estimated
199439.4 Estimated
199339.4 Estimated
199239.2 Estimated
199138.7 Estimated
199037.8 Estimated
198937.9 Estimated
198838 Estimated
198737.5 Estimated
198637.3 Estimated
198537.1 Estimated
198436.6 Estimated
198336.4 Estimated
198236.1 Estimated
198135.8 Estimated
198035.4 Estimated
197936.8 Estimated
197836.1 Estimated
197736.7 Estimated
197636.8 Estimated
197537.1 Estimated
197437.4 Estimated
197337.8 Estimated
197237.3 Estimated
197136.9 Estimated
197036.7 Estimated
196936.6 Estimated
196836.6 Estimated
196736.6 Estimated
196636.5 Estimated
196536.5 Estimated
196436.5 Estimated
196336.4 Estimated
196236.4 Estimated
196136.4 Estimated

Iran 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, %. Iran 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, Iran, 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, Iran, 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/iran. 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, Iran, 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/iran.

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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, Iran, 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/iran (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, Iran, 1961 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/iran. 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 Iran?

Agricultural land in Iran was 29% in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is unchanged from 2023. That is the 131st 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 Iran?

39.8% in 1998, the highest value since 1961 in this series.

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