Arable land — Share in Agricultural land in Americas
Americas: Arable land — Share in Agricultural land was 31.51 % in 2024. ▲ Rising
Arable land — Share in Agricultural land in Americas, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for arable land — share in agricultural land in Americas is 31.51 %, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 5.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, arable land — share in agricultural land in Americas peaked at 31.65 % in 2021 and was at its lowest, 28.14 %, in 1962.
Americas ranks 15th of 36 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 28.58 % | 28.14 % | 29.77 % | 9 |
| 1970s | 29.75 % | 29.47 % | 30.38 % | 10 |
| 1980s | 30.51 % | 30.41 % | 30.62 % | 10 |
| 1990s | 30.06 % | 29.89 % | 30.38 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 29.79 % | 29.47 % | 30.06 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 29.89 % | 29.49 % | 30.57 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 31.45 % | 31.11 % | 31.65 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Americas
More environment data for Americas
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per area of cropland 41.48 kg/ha (2024)
- Cropland — Area per capita 0.36 ha/cap (2024)
- Arable land — Area 347,983 1000 ha (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 16.06 g/Int$ (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita 14.92 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity 19.01 million t (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 2.71 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 29,878 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Land area 9.81 % (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Agricultural Use 15.65 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is arable land — share in agricultural land in Americas?
- Arable land — share in agricultural land in Americas was 31.51 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest arable land — share in agricultural land recorded in Americas?
- The highest recorded value was 31.65 % in 2021.
- What is the lowest arable land — share in agricultural land recorded in Americas?
- The lowest recorded value was 28.14 % in 1962.
- How does Americas rank for arable land — share in agricultural land?
- Americas ranks 15th out of 36 groups with data for 2024.
- Is arable land — share in agricultural land rising or falling in Americas?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Americas data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Arable land — Share in Agricultural land. 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.