Arable land — Share in Agricultural land in Mongolia
Mongolia: Arable land — Share in Agricultural land was 1.05 % in 2024. ▲ Rising
Arable land — Share in Agricultural land in Mongolia, 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 Mongolia is 1.05 %, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.9% on the previous year and down 8.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, arable land — share in agricultural land in Mongolia peaked at 1.17 % in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.44 %, in 1961.
Mongolia ranks 243rd of 248 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Arable land — Share in Agricultural land in Mongolia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.44 % | — |
| 1962 | 0.51 % | +15.9% |
| 1963 | 0.52 % | +2.0% |
| 1964 | 0.6 % | +15.4% |
| 1965 | 0.62 % | +3.3% |
| 1966 | 0.63 % | +1.6% |
| 1967 | 0.58 % | -7.9% |
| 1968 | 0.55 % | -5.2% |
| 1969 | 0.53 % | -3.6% |
| 1970 | 0.53 % | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 0.55 % | +3.8% |
| 1972 | 0.55 % | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 0.56 % | +1.8% |
| 1974 | 0.57 % | +1.8% |
| 1975 | 0.59 % | +3.5% |
| 1976 | 0.76 % | +28.8% |
| 1977 | 0.87 % | +14.5% |
| 1978 | 0.92 % | +5.7% |
| 1979 | 0.93 % | +1.1% |
| 1980 | 0.95 % | +2.2% |
| 1981 | 0.97 % | +2.1% |
| 1982 | 1 % | +3.1% |
| 1983 | 1.05 % | +5.0% |
| 1984 | 1.07 % | +1.9% |
| 1985 | 1.09 % | +1.9% |
| 1986 | 1.05 % | -3.7% |
| 1987 | 1.07 % | +1.9% |
| 1988 | 1.09 % | +1.9% |
| 1989 | 1.09 % | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 1.09 % | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 1.08 % | -0.9% |
| 1992 | 1.1 % | +1.9% |
| 1993 | 1.14 % | +3.6% |
| 1994 | 1.12 % | -1.8% |
| 1995 | 1.12 % | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 1.12 % | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 0.95 % | -15.2% |
| 1998 | 1.04 % | +9.5% |
| 1999 | 0.91 % | -12.5% |
| 2000 | 0.9 % | -1.1% |
| 2001 | 0.9 % | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.9 % | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 1.03 % | +14.4% |
| 2004 | 1.03 % | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 1.03 % | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 1.02 % | -1.0% |
| 2007 | 1.02 % | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 1.04 % | +2.0% |
| 2009 | 1.06 % | +1.9% |
| 2010 | 1.08 % | +1.9% |
| 2011 | 1.13 % | +4.6% |
| 2012 | 1.16 % | +2.7% |
| 2013 | 1.13 % | -2.6% |
| 2014 | 1.15 % | +1.8% |
| 2015 | 1.17 % | +1.7% |
| 2016 | 1.17 % | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 1.17 % | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 1.17 % | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.98 % | -16.2% |
| 2020 | 1 % | +2.0% |
| 2021 | 1 % | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 1.01 % | +1.0% |
| 2023 | 1.06 % | +5.0% |
| 2024 | 1.05 % | -0.9% |
Mongolia compared with similar countries
- Mongolia's 1.05 % is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 30.94 %, 3% of the median. (54 countries reporting)
- Mongolia's 1.05 % is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 24.07 %, 4% of the median. (30 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Arable land — Share in Agricultural land in Mongolia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | +28.8% | 0.59 % | 0.76 % |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.5533 % | 0.44 % | 0.63 % | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.683 % | 0.53 % | 0.93 % | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.04 % | 0.95 % | 1.09 % | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.07 % | 0.91 % | 1.14 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.993 % | 0.9 % | 1.06 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.13 % | 0.98 % | 1.17 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.02 % | 1 % | 1.06 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mongolia
More environment data for Mongolia
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -5.5 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -6.27 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.602 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.37 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 11.35 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 1.42 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is arable land — share in agricultural land in Mongolia?
- Arable land — share in agricultural land in Mongolia was 1.05 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest arable land — share in agricultural land recorded in Mongolia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.17 % in 2015.
- What is the lowest arable land — share in agricultural land recorded in Mongolia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.44 % in 1961.
- How does Mongolia rank for arable land — share in agricultural land?
- Mongolia ranks 243rd out of 248 countries with data for 2024.
- Is arable land — share in agricultural land rising or falling in Mongolia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mongolia 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.