Agricultural land — Share in Land area in Eastern Asia
Eastern Asia: Agricultural land — Share in Land area was 43.97 % in 2024. ▼ Falling
Agricultural land — Share in Land area in Eastern Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Eastern Asia recorded 43.97 % for agricultural land — share in land area in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and down 4.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, agricultural land — share in land area in Eastern Asia peaked at 50.2 % in 1991 and was at its lowest, 43.97 %, in 2024.
That places Eastern Asia 14th out of 31 groups 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 49.8 % | 49.66 % | 49.89 % | 9 |
| 1970s | 48.96 % | 47.96 % | 49.63 % | 10 |
| 1980s | 49.16 % | 47.88 % | 50.05 % | 10 |
| 1990s | 49.6 % | 49 % | 50.2 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 48.55 % | 47.57 % | 49.77 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 45.92 % | 44.56 % | 47.28 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 44.24 % | 43.97 % | 44.45 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Asia
More environment data for Eastern Asia
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -2 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -2.3 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.309 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.98 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 98.06 million t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 137.56 million t (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per value of agricultural 8.81 g/Int$ (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity 8.85 million t (2024)
- Agricultural land — Value of agricultural production (Int. $) per Area 2,108 USD_PPP/ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is agricultural land — share in land area in Eastern Asia?
- Agricultural land — share in land area in Eastern Asia was 43.97 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest agricultural land — share in land area recorded in Eastern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 50.2 % in 1991.
- What is the lowest agricultural land — share in land area recorded in Eastern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 43.97 % in 2024.
- How does Eastern Asia rank for agricultural land — share in land area?
- Eastern Asia ranks 14th out of 31 groups with data for 2024.
- Is agricultural land — share in land area rising or falling in Eastern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Eastern Asia 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.