Data / Agricultural land / Spain

Agricultural land in Spain

Agricultural land in Spain was 49.3% in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is down 0.3 pts from 2023. That is the 8th highest of 27 EU countries in 2024.

202449.3% Estimated
Change on 2023-0.3 pts
Rank8th of 27EU countries ranked
Series high66.51961
Series low49.32024

Next release: Saturday, 2 October 2027, estimated by Invokely from past publication dates (low confidence), not announced by the publisher. Release calendar

Get an email when a new figure is out or this one is revised.

Agricultural land in Spain, 1961 to 2024

45505560657019611971198119912001201120241961: 66.5 %1962: 66.5 %1963: 66.3 %1964: 65.5 %1965: 65.4 %1966: 64.3 %1967: 64.8 %1968: 64.4 %1969: 65.1 %1970: 64.3 %1971: 65.4 %1972: 65.2 %1973: 64.6 %1974: 64.2 %1975: 63.9 %1976: 63.1 %1977: 63.2 %1978: 63 %1979: 62.8 %1980: 62.5 %1981: 62.5 %1982: 62.5 %1983: 61.7 %1984: 61.3 %1985: 61.5 %1986: 61.3 %1987: 61.3 %1988: 61.2 %1989: 61.5 %1990: 61 %1991: 60.8 %1992: 60.6 %1993: 60.1 %1994: 60.4 %1995: 59.5 %1996: 60.4 %1997: 60.2 %1998: 60 %1999: 59.6 %2000: 59.7 %2001: 59.2 %2002: 59 %2003: 58.4 %2004: 58.2 %2005: 58.4 %2006: 57.3 %2007: 56.1 %2008: 56.4 %2009: 56.1 %2010: 55.1 %2011: 54 %2012: 53.9 %2013: 53.4 %2014: 53.1 %2015: 53.2 %2016: 52.6 %2017: 52.6 %2018: 52.4 %2019: 52.5 %2020: 52.3 %2021: 52.5 %2022: 53.4 %2023: 49.6 %2024: 49.3 %45505560657019611983200520241961: 66.5 %1962: 66.5 %1963: 66.3 %1964: 65.5 %1965: 65.4 %1966: 64.3 %1967: 64.8 %1968: 64.4 %1969: 65.1 %1970: 64.3 %1971: 65.4 %1972: 65.2 %1973: 64.6 %1974: 64.2 %1975: 63.9 %1976: 63.1 %1977: 63.2 %1978: 63 %1979: 62.8 %1980: 62.5 %1981: 62.5 %1982: 62.5 %1983: 61.7 %1984: 61.3 %1985: 61.5 %1986: 61.3 %1987: 61.3 %1988: 61.2 %1989: 61.5 %1990: 61 %1991: 60.8 %1992: 60.6 %1993: 60.1 %1994: 60.4 %1995: 59.5 %1996: 60.4 %1997: 60.2 %1998: 60 %1999: 59.6 %2000: 59.7 %2001: 59.2 %2002: 59 %2003: 58.4 %2004: 58.2 %2005: 58.4 %2006: 57.3 %2007: 56.1 %2008: 56.4 %2009: 56.1 %2010: 55.1 %2011: 54 %2012: 53.9 %2013: 53.4 %2014: 53.1 %2015: 53.2 %2016: 52.6 %2017: 52.6 %2018: 52.4 %2019: 52.5 %2020: 52.3 %2021: 52.5 %2022: 53.4 %2023: 49.6 %2024: 49.3 %
%. 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%
202449.3 Estimated
202349.6 Estimated
202253.4 Estimated
202152.5 Estimated
202052.3 Estimated
201952.5 Estimated
201852.4 Estimated
201752.6 Estimated
201652.6 Estimated
201553.2 Estimated
201453.1 Estimated
201353.4 Estimated
201253.9 Estimated
201154 Estimated
201055.1 Estimated
200956.1 Estimated
200856.4 Estimated
200756.1 Estimated
200657.3 Estimated
200558.4 Estimated
200458.2 Estimated
200358.4 Estimated
200259 Estimated
200159.2 Estimated
200059.7 Estimated
199959.6 Estimated
199860 Estimated
199760.2 Estimated
199660.4 Estimated
199559.5 Estimated
199460.4 Estimated
199360.1 Estimated
199260.6 Estimated
199160.8 Estimated
199061 Estimated
198961.5 Estimated
198861.2 Estimated
198761.3 Estimated
198661.3 Estimated
198561.5 Estimated
198461.3 Estimated
198361.7 Estimated
198262.5 Estimated
198162.5 Estimated
198062.5 Estimated
197962.8 Estimated
197863 Estimated
197763.2 Estimated
197663.1 Estimated
197563.9 Estimated
197464.2 Estimated
197364.6 Estimated
197265.2 Estimated
197165.4 Estimated
197064.3 Estimated
196965.1 Estimated
196864.4 Estimated
196764.8 Estimated
196664.3 Estimated
196565.4 Estimated
196465.5 Estimated
196366.3 Estimated
196266.5 Estimated
196166.5 Estimated

Rankings

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.

How to cite

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.

Citation styles

The publisher is the author. Invokely is named only as the place the figures were read, where a style asks for it.

APA 7

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, Spain, 1961 to 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip

MLA 9

Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209), Agricultural land, Spain, 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/spain. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

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, Spain, 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/spain.

Harvard

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, Spain, 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/spain (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{food_agricultural_land_spain_2024,
  author = {{Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations}},
  title = {{Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, \% (item 6610, element 7209): Agricultural land, Spain, 1961 to 2024}},
  year = {2026},
  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/spain. 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.},
}
RIS
TY  - DATA
AU  - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
TI  - Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209): Agricultural land, Spain, 1961 to 2024
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/10/02
PB  - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
DB  - Invokely
UR  - https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip
L2  - https://invokely.ai/en/agricultural-land-share/spain
Y2  - 2026/10/12
N1  - Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/agricultural-land-share/spain.
N1  - 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.
ER  -
Embed this chart

Paste this code into a web page or a blog post. The chart shows the latest figures as they are published, with the source and a link back to this page.

Sites that read oEmbed links, such as WordPress, can show the chart when you paste the link to this page.

Use this data in your AI agent

Invokely serves this figure to AI assistants through MCP and to code through a REST API, with the source and citation attached. Ask your assistant:

What is the latest agricultural land in Spain? Cite the source.
get_value {"indicator":"agricultural_land_share","place":"es"}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/value?indicator=agricultural_land_share&place=es

Connect Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor in one step. The trial answers 25 calls a day without an account.

Questions

What is the agricultural land in Spain?

Agricultural land in Spain was 49.3% in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is down 0.3 pts from 2023. That is the 8th highest of 27 EU 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 Spain?

66.5% in 1961, the highest value since 1961 in this series.

Agricultural land elsewhere in European Union (27)

Related statistics for Spain

All statistics for Spain | Spain in figures