Arable land — Share in Agricultural land in Western Asia
Western Asia: Arable land — Share in Agricultural land was 14.1 % in 2024. ▼ Falling
Arable land — Share in Agricultural land in Western Asia, 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 Western Asia is 14.1 %, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and down 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, arable land — share in agricultural land in Western Asia peaked at 22.9 % in 1979 and was at its lowest, 13.79 %, in 2020.
Western Asia ranks 28th of 31 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 22.01 % | 21.46 % | 22.59 % | 9 |
| 1970s | 22.58 % | 22.3 % | 22.9 % | 10 |
| 1980s | 21.35 % | 19.32 % | 22.82 % | 10 |
| 1990s | 17.81 % | 15.5 % | 19.5 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 14.91 % | 14.04 % | 15.3 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 14 % | 13.83 % | 14.15 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 13.94 % | 13.79 % | 14.1 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Asia
More environment data for Western Asia
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.404 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.7 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 5.50 million t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 5.65 million t (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Agricultural Use 386,319 t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Agricultural Use 2.62 million t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Export quantity 8.39 million t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Import quantity 2.01 million t (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity 392,185 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is arable land — share in agricultural land in Western Asia?
- Arable land — share in agricultural land in Western Asia was 14.1 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest arable land — share in agricultural land recorded in Western Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 22.9 % in 1979.
- What is the lowest arable land — share in agricultural land recorded in Western Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 13.79 % in 2020.
- How does Western Asia rank for arable land — share in agricultural land?
- Western Asia ranks 28th out of 31 groups with data for 2024.
- Is arable land — share in agricultural land rising or falling in Western Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Western Asia 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.