Agricultural land — Area in Eastern Europe
Eastern Europe: Agricultural land — Area was 309,629 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Agricultural land — Area in Eastern Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for agricultural land — area in Eastern Europe is 309,629 1000 ha, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.2% on the previous year and down 0.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, agricultural land — area in Eastern Europe peaked at 611,817 1000 ha in 1986 and was at its lowest, 309,629 1000 ha, in 2024.
Eastern Europe ranks 19th of 36 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 598,937 1000 ha | 596,756 1000 ha | 602,690 1000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 605,225 1000 ha | 601,984 1000 ha | 607,730 1000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 609,698 1000 ha | 606,947 1000 ha | 611,817 1000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 380,789 1000 ha | 321,887 1000 ha | 609,151 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 316,491 1000 ha | 313,679 1000 ha | 321,790 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 311,887 1000 ha | 311,197 1000 ha | 312,732 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 310,198 1000 ha | 309,629 1000 ha | 310,710 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Europe
More environment data for Eastern Europe
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Agricultural Use 1.72 million t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per area of cropland 32.53 kg/ha (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per capita 22.51 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 28.04 g/Int$ (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Import quantity 1.01 million t (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per capita 6.05 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity 1.18 million t (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per value of agricultural 7.53 g/Int$ (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Agricultural Use 6.42 million t (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per area of cropland 8.74 kg/ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is agricultural land — area in Eastern Europe?
- Agricultural land — area in Eastern Europe was 309,629 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest agricultural land — area recorded in Eastern Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 611,817 1000 ha in 1986.
- What is the lowest agricultural land — area recorded in Eastern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 309,629 1000 ha in 2024.
- How does Eastern Europe rank for agricultural land — area?
- Eastern Europe ranks 19th out of 36 groups with data for 2024.
- Is agricultural land — area rising or falling in Eastern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Eastern Europe data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Agricultural land — Area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.