Agricultural land — Share in Land area in Moldova
Moldova: Agricultural land — Share in Land area was 73.23 % in 2024. ▼ Falling
Agricultural land — Share in Land area in Moldova, 1992–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Moldova recorded 73.23 % for agricultural land — share in land area in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.2% on the previous year and up 4.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, agricultural land — share in land area in Moldova peaked at 77.88 % in 1992 and was at its lowest, 68.64 %, in 2018.
That places Moldova 20th out of 255 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 33 years of available data.
Agricultural land — Share in Land area in Moldova, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 77.88 % | — |
| 1993 | 77.6 % | -0.4% |
| 1994 | 77.63 % | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 77.62 % | -0.0% |
| 1996 | 77.62 % | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 77.64 % | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 77.67 % | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 77.72 % | +0.1% |
| 2000 | 77.37 % | -0.5% |
| 2001 | 77.22 % | -0.2% |
| 2002 | 77.07 % | -0.2% |
| 2003 | 76.91 % | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 76.7 % | -0.3% |
| 2005 | 75.98 % | -0.9% |
| 2006 | 75.49 % | -0.6% |
| 2007 | 75.55 % | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 75.43 % | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 75.16 % | -0.4% |
| 2010 | 75.04 % | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 74.95 % | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 74.86 % | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 74.85 % | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 70.41 % | -5.9% |
| 2015 | 70.5 % | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 70.5 % | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 70.46 % | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 68.64 % | -2.6% |
| 2019 | 68.77 % | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 75.14 % | +9.3% |
| 2021 | 75.07 % | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 74.97 % | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 74.1 % | -1.2% |
| 2024 | 73.23 % | -1.2% |
Moldova compared with similar countries
- Moldova's 73.23 % is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 39.07 %, 1.9× the median. (55 countries reporting)
- Moldova's 73.23 % is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 43.63 %, 1.7× the median. (53 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 77.67 % | 77.6 % | 77.88 % | 8 |
| 2000s | 76.29 % | 75.16 % | 77.37 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 71.9 % | 68.64 % | 75.04 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 74.5 % | 73.23 % | 75.14 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Moldova
- 17 Syrian Arab Republic 74.13 % compare
- 17 Syria 74.13 % compare
- 19 Djibouti 73.53 % compare
- 20 Republic of Moldova 73.23 % compare
- 22 Guinea 73.22 % compare
- 23 Bangladesh 72.21 % compare
More environment data for Moldova
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.3607 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e), per 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e), per 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e), annual 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 0.4965 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is agricultural land — share in land area in Moldova?
- Agricultural land — share in land area in Moldova was 73.23 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest agricultural land — share in land area recorded in Moldova?
- The highest recorded value was 77.88 % in 1992.
- What is the lowest agricultural land — share in land area recorded in Moldova?
- The lowest recorded value was 68.64 % in 2018.
- How does Moldova rank for agricultural land — share in land area?
- Moldova ranks 20th out of 255 countries with data for 2024.
- Is agricultural land — share in land area rising or falling in Moldova?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Moldova 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.