Cropland — Share in Land area in Australia and New Zealand
Australia and New Zealand: Cropland — Share in Land area was 4.06 % in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cropland — Share in Land area in Australia and New Zealand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Australia and New Zealand recorded 4.06 % for cropland — share in land area in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and down 2.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cropland — share in land area in Australia and New Zealand peaked at 4.15 % in 2014 and was at its lowest, 1.78 %, in 1975.
Australia and New Zealand ranks 172nd of 217 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cropland — Share in Land area in Australia and New Zealand, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1.88 % | — |
| 1962 | 2.03 % | +8.0% |
| 1963 | 2.01 % | -1.0% |
| 1964 | 2.12 % | +5.5% |
| 1965 | 2.25 % | +6.1% |
| 1966 | 2.44 % | +8.4% |
| 1967 | 2.5 % | +2.5% |
| 1968 | 2.77 % | +10.8% |
| 1969 | 2.55 % | -7.9% |
| 1970 | 2.4 % | -5.9% |
| 1971 | 2.2 % | -8.3% |
| 1972 | 2.22 % | +0.9% |
| 1973 | 1.95 % | -12.2% |
| 1974 | 1.93 % | -1.0% |
| 1975 | 1.78 % | -7.8% |
| 1976 | 1.9 % | +6.7% |
| 1977 | 1.94 % | +2.1% |
| 1978 | 2.17 % | +11.9% |
| 1979 | 2.25 % | +3.7% |
| 1980 | 2.31 % | +2.7% |
| 1981 | 2.37 % | +2.6% |
| 1982 | 2.53 % | +6.8% |
| 1983 | 2.5 % | -1.2% |
| 1984 | 2.82 % | +12.8% |
| 1985 | 2.72 % | -3.5% |
| 1986 | 2.69 % | -1.1% |
| 1987 | 2.55 % | -5.2% |
| 1988 | 2.36 % | -7.5% |
| 1989 | 2.28 % | -3.4% |
| 1990 | 2.21 % | -3.1% |
| 1991 | 2.24 % | +1.4% |
| 1992 | 2.12 % | -5.4% |
| 1993 | 2.23 % | +5.2% |
| 1994 | 2.33 % | +4.5% |
| 1995 | 2.2 % | -5.6% |
| 1996 | 2.5 % | +13.6% |
| 1997 | 2.72 % | +8.8% |
| 1998 | 2.77 % | +1.8% |
| 1999 | 2.98 % | +7.6% |
| 2000 | 3.05 % | +2.3% |
| 2001 | 3.14 % | +3.0% |
| 2002 | 3.09 % | -1.6% |
| 2003 | 3.03 % | -1.9% |
| 2004 | 3.34 % | +10.2% |
| 2005 | 3.43 % | +2.7% |
| 2006 | 3.15 % | -8.2% |
| 2007 | 3.02 % | -4.1% |
| 2008 | 3.13 % | +3.6% |
| 2009 | 3.53 % | +12.8% |
| 2010 | 3.34 % | -5.4% |
| 2011 | 4.11 % | +23.1% |
| 2012 | 4.1 % | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 4.06 % | -1.0% |
| 2014 | 4.15 % | +2.2% |
| 2015 | 4.02 % | -3.1% |
| 2016 | 3.89 % | -3.2% |
| 2017 | 3.98 % | +2.3% |
| 2018 | 4.01 % | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 3.96 % | -1.2% |
| 2020 | 3.97 % | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 4.07 % | +2.5% |
| 2022 | 4.05 % | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 4.05 % | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 4.06 % | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.28 % | 1.88 % | 2.77 % | 9 |
| 1970s | 2.07 % | 1.78 % | 2.4 % | 10 |
| 1980s | 2.51 % | 2.28 % | 2.82 % | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.43 % | 2.12 % | 2.98 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 3.19 % | 3.02 % | 3.53 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.96 % | 3.34 % | 4.15 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.04 % | 3.97 % | 4.07 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Australia and New Zealand
More environment data for Australia and New Zealand
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -5.87 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -4.39 Percentage change (2025)
- Temperature change 1.39 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.335 °C (2025)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 4.99 million t (2024)
- Recovered paper — Production 2.98 million t (2024)
- Agricultural land — Value of agricultural production (Int. $) per Area 187.5 USD_PPP/ha (2024)
- Arable land — Area 31,787 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Area per capita 1.01 ha/cap (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cropland — share in land area in Australia and New Zealand?
- Cropland — share in land area in Australia and New Zealand was 4.06 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cropland — share in land area recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 4.15 % in 2014.
- What is the lowest cropland — share in land area recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.78 % in 1975.
- How does Australia and New Zealand rank for cropland — share in land area?
- Australia and New Zealand ranks 172nd out of 217 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cropland — share in land area rising or falling in Australia and New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Australia and New Zealand data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cropland — Share in Land area. 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.