Agricultural land — Share in Land area in Northern America
Northern America: Agricultural land — Share in Land area was 26.09 % in 2024. ▼ Falling
Agricultural land — Share in Land area in Northern America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Northern America recorded 26.09 % for agricultural land — share in land area in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, agricultural land — share in land area in Northern America peaked at 27.6 % in 1961 and was at its lowest, 25.52 %, in 2007.
That places Northern America 27th out of 31 groups 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.
Agricultural land — Share in Land area in Northern America, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 27.6 % | — |
| 1962 | 27.43 % | -0.6% |
| 1963 | 27.31 % | -0.4% |
| 1964 | 27.21 % | -0.4% |
| 1965 | 27.06 % | -0.6% |
| 1966 | 27.05 % | -0.0% |
| 1967 | 27.03 % | -0.1% |
| 1968 | 27.05 % | +0.1% |
| 1969 | 27.02 % | -0.1% |
| 1970 | 27.22 % | +0.7% |
| 1971 | 27.09 % | -0.5% |
| 1972 | 26.97 % | -0.4% |
| 1973 | 26.85 % | -0.4% |
| 1974 | 26.72 % | -0.5% |
| 1975 | 26.73 % | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 26.73 % | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 26.72 % | -0.0% |
| 1978 | 26.58 % | -0.5% |
| 1979 | 26.56 % | -0.1% |
| 1980 | 26.54 % | -0.1% |
| 1981 | 26.52 % | -0.1% |
| 1982 | 26.69 % | +0.6% |
| 1983 | 26.68 % | -0.0% |
| 1984 | 26.68 % | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 26.68 % | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 26.67 % | -0.0% |
| 1987 | 26.44 % | -0.9% |
| 1988 | 26.44 % | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 26.45 % | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 26.46 % | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 26.47 % | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 26.38 % | -0.3% |
| 1993 | 26.24 % | -0.5% |
| 1994 | 26.14 % | -0.4% |
| 1995 | 26.08 % | -0.2% |
| 1996 | 25.87 % | -0.8% |
| 1997 | 25.7 % | -0.7% |
| 1998 | 25.68 % | -0.1% |
| 1999 | 25.65 % | -0.1% |
| 2000 | 25.67 % | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 25.7 % | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 25.64 % | -0.2% |
| 2003 | 25.63 % | -0.0% |
| 2004 | 25.62 % | -0.0% |
| 2005 | 25.61 % | -0.0% |
| 2006 | 25.55 % | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 25.52 % | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 25.62 % | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 25.7 % | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 25.78 % | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 25.85 % | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 25.97 % | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 26.02 % | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 26.07 % | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 26.12 % | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 26.17 % | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 26.2 % | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 26.14 % | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 26.07 % | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 25.98 % | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 26.16 % | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 26.1 % | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 26.09 % | -0.0% |
| 2024 | 26.09 % | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 27.2 % | 27.02 % | 27.6 % | 9 |
| 1970s | 26.82 % | 26.56 % | 27.22 % | 10 |
| 1980s | 26.58 % | 26.44 % | 26.69 % | 10 |
| 1990s | 26.07 % | 25.65 % | 26.47 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 25.63 % | 25.52 % | 25.7 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 26.04 % | 25.78 % | 26.2 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 26.08 % | 25.98 % | 26.16 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Northern America
More environment data for Northern America
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -2.23 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -3.25 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.466 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.49 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 43.74 million t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 92.54 million t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per area of cropland 75.85 kg/ha (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per capita 37.99 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita 13.25 kg/cap (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is agricultural land — share in land area in Northern America?
- Agricultural land — share in land area in Northern America was 26.09 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest agricultural land — share in land area recorded in Northern America?
- The highest recorded value was 27.6 % in 1961.
- What is the lowest agricultural land — share in land area recorded in Northern America?
- The lowest recorded value was 25.52 % in 2007.
- How does Northern America rank for agricultural land — share in land area?
- Northern America ranks 27th out of 31 groups with data for 2024.
- Is agricultural land — share in land area rising or falling in Northern America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Northern America 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.