Agricultural land — Share in Land area in Europe
Europe: Agricultural land — Share in Land area was 20.57 % in 2024. ▼ Falling
Agricultural land — Share in Land area in Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Europe recorded 20.57 % for agricultural land — share in land area in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is down 0.1% on the previous year and down 1.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, agricultural land — share in land area in Europe peaked at 29.33 % in 1969 and was at its lowest, 20.57 %, in 2024.
That places Europe 38th out of 47 regions with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 29.26 % | 29.2 % | 29.33 % | 9 |
| 1970s | 29.2 % | 29.14 % | 29.26 % | 10 |
| 1980s | 29.19 % | 29.13 % | 29.24 % | 10 |
| 1990s | 23.55 % | 21.98 % | 29.07 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 21.49 % | 21.21 % | 21.9 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 20.97 % | 20.85 % | 21.14 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 20.71 % | 20.57 % | 20.81 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Europe
More environment data for Europe
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -1.75 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -3.33 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.435 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.71 °C (2025)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 101.18 million t (2024)
- Recovered paper — Production 57.94 million t (2024)
- Arable land — Area 270,153 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 15,732 1000 ha (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 7.21 g/Int$ (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is agricultural land — share in land area in Europe?
- Agricultural land — share in land area in Europe was 20.57 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest agricultural land — share in land area recorded in Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 29.33 % in 1969.
- What is the lowest agricultural land — share in land area recorded in Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 20.57 % in 2024.
- How does Europe rank for agricultural land — share in land area?
- Europe ranks 38th out of 47 regions with data for 2024.
- Is agricultural land — share in land area rising or falling in Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Europe 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.