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Agricultural land in United States

Agricultural land in the United States was 46.1% in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is unchanged from 2023. That is the 77th highest of 224 countries in 2024.

202446.1% Estimated
Change on 20230 pts
Rank77th of 224Countries ranked
Series high48.91961
Series low45.12007

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Agricultural land in United States, 1961 to 2024

454647484919611971198119912001201120241961: 48.9 %1962: 48.5 %1963: 48.2 %1964: 47.9 %1965: 47.6 %1966: 47.6 %1967: 47.5 %1968: 47.6 %1969: 47.5 %1970: 48 %1971: 47.7 %1972: 47.5 %1973: 47.2 %1974: 47 %1975: 47 %1976: 47 %1977: 47 %1978: 46.8 %1979: 46.8 %1980: 46.8 %1981: 46.8 %1982: 47.1 %1983: 47.1 %1984: 47.1 %1985: 47.1 %1986: 47.1 %1987: 46.6 %1988: 46.6 %1989: 46.6 %1990: 46.6 %1991: 46.6 %1992: 46.5 %1993: 46.2 %1994: 46 %1995: 45.9 %1996: 45.5 %1997: 45.3 %1998: 45.3 %1999: 45.2 %2000: 45.2 %2001: 45.3 %2002: 45.1 %2003: 45.1 %2004: 45.1 %2005: 45.1 %2006: 45.1 %2007: 45.1 %2008: 45.4 %2009: 45.6 %2010: 45.8 %2011: 46 %2012: 46.2 %2013: 46.3 %2014: 46.4 %2015: 46.5 %2016: 46.6 %2017: 46.7 %2018: 46.6 %2019: 46.5 %2020: 46.3 %2021: 46.2 %2022: 46.1 %2023: 46.1 %2024: 46.1 %454647484919611983200520241961: 48.9 %1962: 48.5 %1963: 48.2 %1964: 47.9 %1965: 47.6 %1966: 47.6 %1967: 47.5 %1968: 47.6 %1969: 47.5 %1970: 48 %1971: 47.7 %1972: 47.5 %1973: 47.2 %1974: 47 %1975: 47 %1976: 47 %1977: 47 %1978: 46.8 %1979: 46.8 %1980: 46.8 %1981: 46.8 %1982: 47.1 %1983: 47.1 %1984: 47.1 %1985: 47.1 %1986: 47.1 %1987: 46.6 %1988: 46.6 %1989: 46.6 %1990: 46.6 %1991: 46.6 %1992: 46.5 %1993: 46.2 %1994: 46 %1995: 45.9 %1996: 45.5 %1997: 45.3 %1998: 45.3 %1999: 45.2 %2000: 45.2 %2001: 45.3 %2002: 45.1 %2003: 45.1 %2004: 45.1 %2005: 45.1 %2006: 45.1 %2007: 45.1 %2008: 45.4 %2009: 45.6 %2010: 45.8 %2011: 46 %2012: 46.2 %2013: 46.3 %2014: 46.4 %2015: 46.5 %2016: 46.6 %2017: 46.7 %2018: 46.6 %2019: 46.5 %2020: 46.3 %2021: 46.2 %2022: 46.1 %2023: 46.1 %2024: 46.1 %
%. 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%
202446.1 Estimated
202346.1 Estimated
202246.1 Estimated
202146.2 Estimated
202046.3 Estimated
201946.5 Estimated
201846.6 Estimated
201746.7 Estimated
201646.6 Estimated
201546.5 Estimated
201446.4 Estimated
201346.3 Estimated
201246.2 Estimated
201146 Estimated
201045.8 Estimated
200945.6 Estimated
200845.4 Estimated
200745.1 Estimated
200645.1 Estimated
200545.1 Estimated
200445.1 Estimated
200345.1 Estimated
200245.1 Estimated
200145.3 Estimated
200045.2 Estimated
199945.2 Estimated
199845.3 Estimated
199745.3 Estimated
199645.5 Estimated
199545.9 Estimated
199446 Estimated
199346.2 Estimated
199246.5 Estimated
199146.6 Estimated
199046.6 Estimated
198946.6 Estimated
198846.6 Estimated
198746.6 Estimated
198647.1 Estimated
198547.1 Estimated
198447.1 Estimated
198347.1 Estimated
198247.1 Estimated
198146.8 Estimated
198046.8 Estimated
197946.8 Estimated
197846.8 Estimated
197747 Estimated
197647 Estimated
197547 Estimated
197447 Estimated
197347.2 Estimated
197247.5 Estimated
197147.7 Estimated
197048 Estimated
196947.5 Estimated
196847.6 Estimated
196747.5 Estimated
196647.6 Estimated
196547.6 Estimated
196447.9 Estimated
196348.2 Estimated
196248.5 Estimated
196148.9 Estimated

United States 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, %. United States 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, United States, 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, United States, 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/united-states. 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, United States, 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/united-states.

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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, United States, 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/united-states (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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}
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What is the agricultural land in United States?

Agricultural land in the United States was 46.1% in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is unchanged from 2023. That is the 77th 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 United States?

48.9% in 1961, the highest value since 1961 in this series.

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