Agricultural land — Share in Land area in Finland
Finland: Agricultural land — Share in Land area was 7.43 % in 2024. ▼ Falling
Agricultural land — Share in Land area in Finland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, agricultural land — share in land area in Finland stood at 7.43 %.
That represents a change of down 0.4% on the previous year and down 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, agricultural land — share in land area in Finland peaked at 9.48 % in 1968 and was at its lowest, 7.06 %, in 1997.
Finland ranks 193rd of 216 countries on this measure, 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 | 9.27 % | 9.08 % | 9.48 % | 9 |
| 1970s | 8.6 % | 8.43 % | 8.94 % | 10 |
| 1980s | 8.01 % | 7.79 % | 8.33 % | 10 |
| 1990s | 7.56 % | 7.06 % | 7.96 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 7.44 % | 7.28 % | 7.57 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.49 % | 7.43 % | 7.54 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.46 % | 7.43 % | 7.47 % | 5 |
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More environment data for Finland
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.986 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.94 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 460,000 t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 9.74 million t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 8,174 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import quantity 3,522 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export value 4.29 million 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export quantity 4.11 million t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import value 209,365 1000 USD (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is agricultural land — share in land area in Finland?
- Agricultural land — share in land area in Finland was 7.43 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest agricultural land — share in land area recorded in Finland?
- The highest recorded value was 9.48 % in 1968.
- What is the lowest agricultural land — share in land area recorded in Finland?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.06 % in 1997.
- How does Finland rank for agricultural land — share in land area?
- Finland ranks 193rd out of 216 countries with data for 2024.
- Is agricultural land — share in land area rising or falling in Finland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Finland 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.