Agricultural land — Share in Land area in Australia and New Zealand
Australia and New Zealand: Agricultural land — Share in Land area was 46.94 % in 2024. ▼ Falling
Agricultural land — Share in Land area in Australia and New Zealand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Australia and New Zealand recorded 46.94 % for agricultural land — share in land area in 2024.
The figure is down 3.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, agricultural land — share in land area in Australia and New Zealand peaked at 66.3 % in 1968 and was at its lowest, 44.4 %, in 2016.
That places Australia and New Zealand 75th out of 220 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Agricultural land — Share in Land area in Australia and New Zealand, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 61.37 % | — |
| 1962 | 61.65 % | +0.5% |
| 1963 | 62 % | +0.6% |
| 1964 | 62.33 % | +0.5% |
| 1965 | 62.87 % | +0.9% |
| 1966 | 62.96 % | +0.1% |
| 1967 | 63.28 % | +0.5% |
| 1968 | 66.3 % | +4.8% |
| 1969 | 65.95 % | -0.5% |
| 1970 | 63.75 % | -3.3% |
| 1971 | 64.52 % | +1.2% |
| 1972 | 64.6 % | +0.1% |
| 1973 | 64.36 % | -0.4% |
| 1974 | 64.67 % | +0.5% |
| 1975 | 64.63 % | -0.1% |
| 1976 | 64.83 % | +0.3% |
| 1977 | 63.66 % | -1.8% |
| 1978 | 64.26 % | +0.9% |
| 1979 | 63.89 % | -0.6% |
| 1980 | 64.22 % | +0.5% |
| 1981 | 64.28 % | +0.1% |
| 1982 | 63.61 % | -1.0% |
| 1983 | 62.72 % | -1.4% |
| 1984 | 63.06 % | +0.5% |
| 1985 | 63.08 % | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 60.78 % | -3.6% |
| 1987 | 61.08 % | +0.5% |
| 1988 | 61.2 % | +0.2% |
| 1989 | 60.56 % | -1.0% |
| 1990 | 60.2 % | -0.6% |
| 1991 | 59.98 % | -0.4% |
| 1992 | 60.36 % | +0.6% |
| 1993 | 59.6 % | -1.3% |
| 1994 | 60.72 % | +1.9% |
| 1995 | 59.97 % | -1.2% |
| 1996 | 60.18 % | +0.4% |
| 1997 | 59.79 % | -0.6% |
| 1998 | 59.97 % | +0.3% |
| 1999 | 58.67 % | -2.2% |
| 2000 | 58.88 % | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 58.89 % | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 57.77 % | -1.9% |
| 2003 | 56.81 % | -1.7% |
| 2004 | 51.2 % | -9.9% |
| 2005 | 53.1 % | +3.7% |
| 2006 | 52.94 % | -0.3% |
| 2007 | 51.58 % | -2.6% |
| 2008 | 50.43 % | -2.2% |
| 2009 | 49.81 % | -1.2% |
| 2010 | 48.8 % | -2.0% |
| 2011 | 51.29 % | +5.1% |
| 2012 | 50.13 % | -2.3% |
| 2013 | 48.19 % | -3.9% |
| 2014 | 48.52 % | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 45.16 % | -6.9% |
| 2016 | 44.4 % | -1.7% |
| 2017 | 48.08 % | +8.3% |
| 2018 | 46.43 % | -3.4% |
| 2019 | 46.86 % | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 46 % | -1.8% |
| 2021 | 46.97 % | +2.1% |
| 2022 | 46.92 % | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 46.92 % | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 46.94 % | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 63.19 % | 61.37 % | 66.3 % | 9 |
| 1970s | 64.32 % | 63.66 % | 64.83 % | 10 |
| 1980s | 62.46 % | 60.56 % | 64.28 % | 10 |
| 1990s | 59.94 % | 58.67 % | 60.72 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 54.14 % | 49.81 % | 58.89 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 47.79 % | 44.4 % | 51.29 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 46.75 % | 46 % | 46.97 % | 5 |
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More environment data for Australia and New Zealand
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -5.87 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -4.39 Percentage change (2025)
- Temperature change 1.39 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.335 °C (2025)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 4.99 million t (2024)
- Recovered paper — Production 2.98 million t (2024)
- Cropland — Area 32,246 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Area 31,787 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Area per capita 1.01 ha/cap (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is agricultural land — share in land area in Australia and New Zealand?
- Agricultural land — share in land area in Australia and New Zealand was 46.94 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest agricultural land — share in land area recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 66.3 % in 1968.
- What is the lowest agricultural land — share in land area recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 44.4 % in 2016.
- How does Australia and New Zealand rank for agricultural land — share in land area?
- Australia and New Zealand ranks 75th out of 220 countries with data for 2024.
- Is agricultural land — share in land area rising or falling in Australia and New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Australia and New Zealand data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Agricultural land — Share in 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.