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Agricultural land in New Zealand

Agricultural land in New Zealand was 36.8% in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is down 0.1 pts from 2023. That is the 109th highest of 224 countries in 2024.

202436.8% Estimated
Change on 2023-0.1 pts
Rank109th of 224Countries ranked
Series high57.71981
Series low36.82024

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Agricultural land in New Zealand, 1961 to 2024

35404550556019611971198119912001201120241961: 50 %1962: 50.3 %1963: 50.5 %1964: 50.6 %1965: 50.3 %1966: 50.3 %1967: 50.3 %1968: 50.3 %1969: 49.7 %1970: 49.7 %1971: 49.7 %1972: 51.2 %1973: 51.2 %1974: 51.2 %1975: 53 %1976: 54.5 %1977: 54.2 %1978: 55.1 %1979: 54.9 %1980: 55.4 %1981: 57.7 %1982: 55.5 %1983: 55.4 %1984: 55 %1985: 54.7 %1986: 54.7 %1987: 54.2 %1988: 53.9 %1989: 53.6 %1990: 52.9 %1991: 52.3 %1992: 51.7 %1993: 51.1 %1994: 50.5 %1995: 49.9 %1996: 49.3 %1997: 48.7 %1998: 48.1 %1999: 47.5 %2000: 46.9 %2001: 46.3 %2002: 45.7 %2003: 45 %2004: 45.2 %2005: 44.5 %2006: 43.2 %2007: 43.6 %2008: 43.2 %2009: 43.6 %2010: 43.3 %2011: 43.2 %2012: 42.6 %2013: 42.2 %2014: 42.2 %2015: 40.7 %2016: 40.3 %2017: 40.4 %2018: 39.9 %2019: 39.3 %2020: 38.6 %2021: 38.6 %2022: 37 %2023: 36.9 %2024: 36.8 %3040506019611983200520241961: 50 %1962: 50.3 %1963: 50.5 %1964: 50.6 %1965: 50.3 %1966: 50.3 %1967: 50.3 %1968: 50.3 %1969: 49.7 %1970: 49.7 %1971: 49.7 %1972: 51.2 %1973: 51.2 %1974: 51.2 %1975: 53 %1976: 54.5 %1977: 54.2 %1978: 55.1 %1979: 54.9 %1980: 55.4 %1981: 57.7 %1982: 55.5 %1983: 55.4 %1984: 55 %1985: 54.7 %1986: 54.7 %1987: 54.2 %1988: 53.9 %1989: 53.6 %1990: 52.9 %1991: 52.3 %1992: 51.7 %1993: 51.1 %1994: 50.5 %1995: 49.9 %1996: 49.3 %1997: 48.7 %1998: 48.1 %1999: 47.5 %2000: 46.9 %2001: 46.3 %2002: 45.7 %2003: 45 %2004: 45.2 %2005: 44.5 %2006: 43.2 %2007: 43.6 %2008: 43.2 %2009: 43.6 %2010: 43.3 %2011: 43.2 %2012: 42.6 %2013: 42.2 %2014: 42.2 %2015: 40.7 %2016: 40.3 %2017: 40.4 %2018: 39.9 %2019: 39.3 %2020: 38.6 %2021: 38.6 %2022: 37 %2023: 36.9 %2024: 36.8 %
%. 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%
202436.8 Estimated
202336.9 Estimated
202237 Estimated
202138.6 Estimated
202038.6 Estimated
201939.3 Estimated
201839.9 Estimated
201740.4 Estimated
201640.3 Estimated
201540.7 Estimated
201442.2 Estimated
201342.2 Estimated
201242.6 Estimated
201143.2 Estimated
201043.3 Estimated
200943.6 Estimated
200843.2 Estimated
200743.6 Estimated
200643.2 Estimated
200544.5 Estimated
200445.2 Estimated
200345 Estimated
200245.7 Estimated
200146.3 Estimated
200046.9 Estimated
199947.5 Estimated
199848.1 Estimated
199748.7 Estimated
199649.3 Estimated
199549.9 Estimated
199450.5 Estimated
199351.1 Estimated
199251.7 Estimated
199152.3 Estimated
199052.9 Estimated
198953.6 Estimated
198853.9 Estimated
198754.2 Estimated
198654.7 Estimated
198554.7 Estimated
198455 Estimated
198355.4 Estimated
198255.5 Estimated
198157.7 Estimated
198055.4 Estimated
197954.9 Estimated
197855.1 Estimated
197754.2 Estimated
197654.5 Estimated
197553 Estimated
197451.2 Estimated
197351.2 Estimated
197251.2 Estimated
197149.7 Estimated
197049.7 Estimated
196949.7 Estimated
196850.3 Estimated
196750.3 Estimated
196650.3 Estimated
196550.3 Estimated
196450.6 Estimated
196350.5 Estimated
196250.3 Estimated
196150 Estimated

New Zealand 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, %. New Zealand 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, New Zealand, 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, New Zealand, 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/new-zealand. 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, New Zealand, 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/new-zealand.

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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, New Zealand, 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/new-zealand (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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}
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What is the agricultural land in New Zealand?

Agricultural land in New Zealand was 36.8% in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is down 0.1 pts from 2023. That is the 109th 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 New Zealand?

57.7% in 1981, the highest value since 1961 in this series.

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