Agricultural land — Share in Land area in Qatar
Qatar: Agricultural land — Share in Land area was 6.44 % in 2024. ▲ Rising
Agricultural land — Share in Land area in Qatar, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Qatar recorded 6.44 % for agricultural land — share in land area in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 4.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, agricultural land — share in land area in Qatar peaked at 6.44 % in 2018 and was at its lowest, 4.39 %, in 1961.
That places Qatar 217th out of 237 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4.39 % | 4.39 % | 4.39 % | 9 |
| 1970s | 4.45 % | 4.39 % | 4.57 % | 10 |
| 1980s | 5.05 % | 4.74 % | 5.25 % | 10 |
| 1990s | 5.55 % | 5.25 % | 5.68 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 5.68 % | 5.56 % | 5.8 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.17 % | 5.89 % | 6.44 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.44 % | 6.44 % | 6.44 % | 5 |
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More environment data for Qatar
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 100 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 25 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 4.35 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 67.57 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 50 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 4.14 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 3.07 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 28.29 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 20.93 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Area per capita 0.01 ha/cap (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is agricultural land — share in land area in Qatar?
- Agricultural land — share in land area in Qatar was 6.44 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest agricultural land — share in land area recorded in Qatar?
- The highest recorded value was 6.44 % in 2018.
- What is the lowest agricultural land — share in land area recorded in Qatar?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.39 % in 1961.
- How does Qatar rank for agricultural land — share in land area?
- Qatar ranks 217th out of 237 countries with data for 2024.
- Is agricultural land — share in land area rising or falling in Qatar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Qatar 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.