Cropland — Share in Agricultural land in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs): Cropland — Share in Agricultural land was 25.98 % in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cropland — Share in Agricultural land in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, cropland — share in agricultural land in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) stood at 25.98 %. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 7.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cropland — share in agricultural land in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) peaked at 25.98 % in 2024 and was at its lowest, 16.23 %, in 1961.
That places Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 24th out of 31 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cropland — Share in Agricultural land in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 16.23 % | — |
| 1962 | 16.37 % | +0.9% |
| 1963 | 16.61 % | +1.5% |
| 1964 | 16.76 % | +0.9% |
| 1965 | 16.89 % | +0.8% |
| 1966 | 16.91 % | +0.1% |
| 1967 | 16.99 % | +0.5% |
| 1968 | 17.13 % | +0.8% |
| 1969 | 17.23 % | +0.6% |
| 1970 | 17.29 % | +0.3% |
| 1971 | 17.4 % | +0.6% |
| 1972 | 17.49 % | +0.5% |
| 1973 | 17.53 % | +0.2% |
| 1974 | 17.52 % | -0.1% |
| 1975 | 17.63 % | +0.6% |
| 1976 | 17.76 % | +0.7% |
| 1977 | 17.8 % | +0.2% |
| 1978 | 17.99 % | +1.1% |
| 1979 | 18.1 % | +0.6% |
| 1980 | 18.15 % | +0.3% |
| 1981 | 18.15 % | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 18.22 % | +0.4% |
| 1983 | 18.28 % | +0.3% |
| 1984 | 18.32 % | +0.2% |
| 1985 | 18.55 % | +1.3% |
| 1986 | 18.52 % | -0.2% |
| 1987 | 18.45 % | -0.4% |
| 1988 | 18.43 % | -0.1% |
| 1989 | 18.49 % | +0.3% |
| 1990 | 18.71 % | +1.2% |
| 1991 | 18.88 % | +0.9% |
| 1992 | 18.87 % | -0.1% |
| 1993 | 19.57 % | +3.7% |
| 1994 | 19.63 % | +0.3% |
| 1995 | 19.92 % | +1.5% |
| 1996 | 20.06 % | +0.7% |
| 1997 | 20.1 % | +0.2% |
| 1998 | 20.09 % | -0.0% |
| 1999 | 20.22 % | +0.6% |
| 2000 | 20.24 % | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 20.31 % | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 20.44 % | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 20.94 % | +2.4% |
| 2004 | 21.19 % | +1.2% |
| 2005 | 21.46 % | +1.3% |
| 2006 | 21.6 % | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 21.89 % | +1.3% |
| 2008 | 22.13 % | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 22.34 % | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 23.1 % | +3.4% |
| 2011 | 23.33 % | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 23.77 % | +1.9% |
| 2013 | 24.08 % | +1.3% |
| 2014 | 24.28 % | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 24.52 % | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 24.68 % | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 24.9 % | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 25.17 % | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 25.28 % | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 25.5 % | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 25.73 % | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 25.81 % | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 25.92 % | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 25.98 % | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 16.79 % | 16.23 % | 17.23 % | 9 |
| 1970s | 17.65 % | 17.29 % | 18.1 % | 10 |
| 1980s | 18.36 % | 18.15 % | 18.55 % | 10 |
| 1990s | 19.61 % | 18.71 % | 20.22 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 21.25 % | 20.24 % | 22.34 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 24.31 % | 23.1 % | 25.28 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 25.79 % | 25.5 % | 25.98 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
- 21 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 16.05 % compare
- 21 Thailand 97.61 % compare
- 22 Malaysia 96.55 % compare
- 22 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 15.32 % compare
- 23 Republic of Korea 96.41 % compare
- 24 Myanmar 96.35 % compare
- 25 Saint Lucia 96.27 % compare
- 26 Equatorial Guinea 94.91 % compare
- 27 French Polynesia 94.54 % compare
More environment data for Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Temperature change 1.36 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.238 °C (2025)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value US$ 299,875 million USD (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Agricultural Use 2.89 million t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Export quantity 316,092 t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Import quantity 1.96 million t (2024)
- Agricultural land — Area 863,406 1000 ha (2024)
- Agricultural land — Share in Land area 43 % (2024)
- Cropland — Area 224,322 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cropland — share in agricultural land in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- Cropland — share in agricultural land in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) was 25.98 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cropland — share in agricultural land recorded in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 25.98 % in 2024.
- What is the lowest cropland — share in agricultural land recorded in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 16.23 % in 1961.
- How does Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) rank for cropland — share in agricultural land?
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) ranks 24th out of 31 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cropland — share in agricultural land rising or falling in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 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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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.