Arable land — Share in Agricultural land in Morocco
Morocco: Arable land — Share in Agricultural land was 23.56 % in 2024. ▼ Falling
Arable land — Share in Agricultural land in Morocco, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Morocco recorded 23.56 % for arable land — share in agricultural land in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.3% on the previous year and down 6.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, arable land — share in agricultural land in Morocco peaked at 29.47 % in 1994 and was at its lowest, 23.3 %, in 2019.
Morocco ranks 147th of 231 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 27.83 % | 27.53 % | 28.2 % | 9 |
| 1970s | 27.18 % | 26.8 % | 27.53 % | 10 |
| 1980s | 26.94 % | 26.03 % | 28.13 % | 10 |
| 1990s | 29.07 % | 28.7 % | 29.47 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 27.55 % | 26.8 % | 29.33 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 25.7 % | 23.3 % | 27.12 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 23.65 % | 23.54 % | 23.88 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Morocco
More environment data for Morocco
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 21.85 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 1,967 1000 ha (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 25 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 47.05 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 70 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 21,000 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 6.44 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 1,932 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Area 7,068 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Area per capita 0.24 ha/cap (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is arable land — share in agricultural land in Morocco?
- Arable land — share in agricultural land in Morocco was 23.56 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest arable land — share in agricultural land recorded in Morocco?
- The highest recorded value was 29.47 % in 1994.
- What is the lowest arable land — share in agricultural land recorded in Morocco?
- The lowest recorded value was 23.3 % in 2019.
- How does Morocco rank for arable land — share in agricultural land?
- Morocco ranks 147th out of 231 countries with data for 2024.
- Is arable land — share in agricultural land rising or falling in Morocco?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Morocco 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 64 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
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.