Cropland — Share in Agricultural land in Eastern Asia
Eastern Asia: Cropland — Share in Agricultural land was 27.3 % in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cropland — Share in Agricultural land in Eastern Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cropland — share in agricultural land in Eastern Asia is 27.3 %, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cropland — share in agricultural land in Eastern Asia peaked at 27.3 % in 2023 and was at its lowest, 19.52 %, in 1975.
That places Eastern Asia 35th out of 47 regions with data for 2024, putting it 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 | 20.05 % | 19.85 % | 20.15 % | 9 |
| 1970s | 19.84 % | 19.52 % | 20.1 % | 10 |
| 1980s | 22.7 % | 20.14 % | 24.53 % | 10 |
| 1990s | 24.81 % | 24.55 % | 25.02 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 25.63 % | 24.57 % | 26.61 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 26.75 % | 26.64 % | 26.84 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 27.04 % | 26.83 % | 27.3 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Asia
- 32 Denmark 91.48 % compare
- 33 Mauritius 91.43 % compare
- 34 Solomon Islands 90.02 % compare
- 35 Comoros, Union of the 89.83 % compare
- 36 Trinidad and Tobago 89.58 % compare
- 37 Benin 88.69 % compare
- 38 Tonga 88.54 % compare
More environment data for Eastern Asia
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.309 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.98 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 98.06 million t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 137.56 million t (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per value of agricultural 8.81 g/Int$ (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity 8.85 million t (2024)
- Agricultural land — Share in Land area 43.97 % (2024)
- Agricultural land — Value of agricultural production (Int. $) per Area 2,108 USD_PPP/ha (2024)
- Cropland — Area 138,841 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cropland — share in agricultural land in Eastern Asia?
- Cropland — share in agricultural land in Eastern Asia was 27.3 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cropland — share in agricultural land recorded in Eastern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 27.3 % in 2023.
- What is the lowest cropland — share in agricultural land recorded in Eastern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 19.52 % in 1975.
- How does Eastern Asia rank for cropland — share in agricultural land?
- Eastern Asia ranks 35th out of 47 regions with data for 2024.
- Is cropland — share in agricultural land rising or falling in Eastern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eastern Asia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cropland — 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.