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Agricultural land in Somalia

Agricultural land in Somalia was 70.3% in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is unchanged from 2023. That is the 23rd highest of 224 countries in 2024.

202470.3% Estimated
Change on 20230 pts
Rank23rd of 224Countries ranked
Series high70.42004
Series low701961

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Agricultural land in Somalia, 1961 to 2024

69.97070.170.270.370.419611971198119912001201120241961: 70 %1962: 70 %1963: 70 %1964: 70 %1965: 70 %1966: 70 %1967: 70 %1968: 70 %1969: 70.1 %1970: 70.1 %1971: 70.1 %1972: 70.1 %1973: 70.1 %1974: 70.1 %1975: 70.1 %1976: 70.1 %1977: 70.1 %1978: 70.1 %1979: 70.1 %1980: 70.1 %1981: 70.2 %1982: 70.2 %1983: 70.2 %1984: 70.2 %1985: 70.2 %1986: 70.2 %1987: 70.2 %1988: 70.2 %1989: 70.2 %1990: 70.2 %1991: 70.2 %1992: 70.2 %1993: 70.2 %1994: 70.2 %1995: 70.2 %1996: 70.2 %1997: 70.2 %1998: 70.2 %1999: 70.2 %2000: 70.2 %2001: 70.3 %2002: 70.3 %2003: 70.3 %2004: 70.4 %2005: 70.3 %2006: 70.3 %2007: 70.2 %2008: 70.3 %2009: 70.3 %2010: 70.3 %2011: 70.2 %2012: 70.2 %2013: 70.3 %2014: 70.3 %2015: 70.3 %2016: 70.3 %2017: 70.3 %2018: 70.3 %2019: 70.3 %2020: 70.3 %2021: 70.3 %2022: 70.3 %2023: 70.3 %2024: 70.3 %69.87070.270.419611983200520241961: 70 %1962: 70 %1963: 70 %1964: 70 %1965: 70 %1966: 70 %1967: 70 %1968: 70 %1969: 70.1 %1970: 70.1 %1971: 70.1 %1972: 70.1 %1973: 70.1 %1974: 70.1 %1975: 70.1 %1976: 70.1 %1977: 70.1 %1978: 70.1 %1979: 70.1 %1980: 70.1 %1981: 70.2 %1982: 70.2 %1983: 70.2 %1984: 70.2 %1985: 70.2 %1986: 70.2 %1987: 70.2 %1988: 70.2 %1989: 70.2 %1990: 70.2 %1991: 70.2 %1992: 70.2 %1993: 70.2 %1994: 70.2 %1995: 70.2 %1996: 70.2 %1997: 70.2 %1998: 70.2 %1999: 70.2 %2000: 70.2 %2001: 70.3 %2002: 70.3 %2003: 70.3 %2004: 70.4 %2005: 70.3 %2006: 70.3 %2007: 70.2 %2008: 70.3 %2009: 70.3 %2010: 70.3 %2011: 70.2 %2012: 70.2 %2013: 70.3 %2014: 70.3 %2015: 70.3 %2016: 70.3 %2017: 70.3 %2018: 70.3 %2019: 70.3 %2020: 70.3 %2021: 70.3 %2022: 70.3 %2023: 70.3 %2024: 70.3 %
%. 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%
202470.3 Estimated
202370.3 Estimated
202270.3 Estimated
202170.3 Estimated
202070.3 Estimated
201970.3 Estimated
201870.3 Estimated
201770.3 Estimated
201670.3 Estimated
201570.3 Estimated
201470.3 Estimated
201370.3 Estimated
201270.2 Estimated
201170.2 Estimated
201070.3 Estimated
200970.3 Estimated
200870.3 Estimated
200770.2 Estimated
200670.3 Estimated
200570.3 Estimated
200470.4 Estimated
200370.3 Estimated
200270.3 Estimated
200170.3 Estimated
200070.2 Estimated
199970.2 Estimated
199870.2 Estimated
199770.2 Estimated
199670.2 Estimated
199570.2 Estimated
199470.2 Estimated
199370.2 Estimated
199270.2 Estimated
199170.2 Estimated
199070.2 Estimated
198970.2 Estimated
198870.2 Estimated
198770.2 Estimated
198670.2 Estimated
198570.2 Estimated
198470.2 Estimated
198370.2 Estimated
198270.2 Estimated
198170.2 Estimated
198070.1 Estimated
197970.1 Estimated
197870.1 Estimated
197770.1 Estimated
197670.1 Estimated
197570.1 Estimated
197470.1 Estimated
197370.1 Estimated
197270.1 Estimated
197170.1 Estimated
197070.1 Estimated
196970.1 Estimated
196870 Estimated
196770 Estimated
196670 Estimated
196570 Estimated
196470 Estimated
196370 Estimated
196270 Estimated
196170 Estimated

Somalia 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, %. Somalia 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, Somalia, 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, Somalia, 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/somalia. 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, Somalia, 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/somalia.

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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, Somalia, 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/somalia (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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}
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What is the agricultural land in Somalia?

Agricultural land in Somalia was 70.3% in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is unchanged from 2023. That is the 23rd 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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70.4% in 2004, the highest value since 1961 in this series.

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