Americas vs Mongolia: Agricultural land — Share in Land area

Americas
28.68 %
in 2024
Mongolia
68.81 %
in 2024
Americas rank
8th
Mongolia rank
25th

Agricultural land — Share in Land area over time

  • Americas
  • Mongolia
20406080100196119922024

How they compare

Mongolia currently reports 68.81 % against 28.68 % in Americas, a difference of 40.13 %.

That makes Mongolia's figure about 2.4 times Americas's.

Across all 64 years both countries report, Mongolia has been ahead every year.

Americas ranks 8th and Mongolia ranks 25th of 10 groups.

Mongolia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Americas Mongolia Difference Ahead
1960s 28.09 % 90.91 % 62.82 % Mongolia
1970s 29.02 % 87 % 57.98 % Mongolia
1980s 30.08 % 80.65 % 50.56 % Mongolia
1990s 29.95 % 80.02 % 50.07 % Mongolia
2000s 29.75 % 76.69 % 46.94 % Mongolia
2010s 29.73 % 73.04 % 43.31 % Mongolia
2020s 28.73 % 70.82 % 42.09 % Mongolia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher agricultural land — share in land area, Americas or Mongolia?
Mongolia, at 68.81 % against 28.68 % in Americas as of 2024.
What is the difference in agricultural land — share in land area between Americas and Mongolia?
40.13 %, with Mongolia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Americas and Mongolia?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Americas and Mongolia rank globally for agricultural land — share in land area?
Americas ranks 8th and Mongolia ranks 25th of 10 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Agricultural land — Share in Land area. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Agricultural land — Share in Land area
Unit
%
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
273 places, 16,066 data points, 1961–2024
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The FAOSTAT Land Use domain contains data on twenty-one land use categories and twenty-three categories of irrigation and agricultural practices. Data are available yearly and by country, regional and global levels. The domain includes Land Use Indicators providing information on the percentage share of agricultural and forest land, and their sub-components, including irrigated areas and areas under organic agriculture, within a country land use matrix. Data are available at country, regional and global level, for the following elements: (in percentage) i) Share in Land area; ii) Share in Agricultural land, iii) Share in Cropland; and iv) Share in Forest land; (in ha/pc) v) Area per capita.