Agricultural land — Share in Land area in Comoros
Comoros: Agricultural land — Share in Land area was 78.91 % in 2024. ▲ Rising
Agricultural land — Share in Land area in Comoros, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Comoros recorded 78.91 % for agricultural land — share in land area in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.8% on the previous year and up 7.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, agricultural land — share in land area in Comoros peaked at 80.87 % in 2018 and was at its lowest, 51.05 %, in 1961.
That places Comoros 10th out of 237 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 51.05 % | 51.05 % | 51.05 % | 9 |
| 1970s | 51.59 % | 51.05 % | 53.73 % | 10 |
| 1980s | 57.55 % | 53.73 % | 61.26 % | 10 |
| 1990s | 64.86 % | 61.26 % | 68.24 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 70.88 % | 68.78 % | 71.47 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 75.1 % | 71.24 % | 80.87 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 79.05 % | 78.37 % | 79.59 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Comoros
More environment data for Comoros
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 0.1 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 0.13 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 8.02 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 10.17 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 15 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 52.32 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 77.19 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 37.52 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 55.35 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Area per capita 0.15 ha/cap (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is agricultural land — share in land area in Comoros?
- Agricultural land — share in land area in Comoros was 78.91 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest agricultural land — share in land area recorded in Comoros?
- The highest recorded value was 80.87 % in 2018.
- What is the lowest agricultural land — share in land area recorded in Comoros?
- The lowest recorded value was 51.05 % in 1961.
- How does Comoros rank for agricultural land — share in land area?
- Comoros ranks 10th out of 237 countries with data for 2024.
- Is agricultural land — share in land area rising or falling in Comoros?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Comoros 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.