Farm buildings and Farmyards — Area by country
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...
What the numbers show
Farm buildings and Farmyards — Area is currently reported for 28 countries. The highest value is 13,232 1000 ha in United States; the lowest is 0.0098 1000 ha in Luxembourg.
The median across all reporting countries is 26.72 1000 ha, and the mean is 623.69 1000 ha.
Over the past decade 17 countries rose and 6 fell. The largest increase was in United Arab Emirates (up 3,211.5%), and the largest decrease in Hungary (down 98.6%).
Farm buildings and Farmyards — Area: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 13,232 1000 ha | 2024 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 2 | Canada | 1,439 1000 ha | 2024 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 3 | Ukraine | 581 1000 ha | 2024 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 3 | Poland | 581 1000 ha | 2024 | up 333.6% | volatile |
| 5 | Italy | 518 1000 ha | 2024 | — | falling |
| 6 | Armenia | 367.1 1000 ha | 2024 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 7 | Australia | 133 1000 ha | 2024 | up 64.2% | rising |
| 8 | Sweden | 128 1000 ha | 2024 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 9 | Mongolia | 99.97 1000 ha | 2024 | up 30.2% | rising |
| 10 | Morocco | 87.9 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 11 | Turkmenistan | 61.1 1000 ha | 2024 | up 3.6% | flat |
| 12 | Republic of Moldova | 51.6 1000 ha | 2024 | up 186.7% | rising |
| 12 | Moldova | 51.6 1000 ha | 2024 | up 186.7% | rising |
| 14 | Switzerland | 29.9 1000 ha | 2024 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 15 | Austria | 23.55 1000 ha | 2024 | — | falling |
| 16 | United Arab Emirates | 18.54 1000 ha | 2024 | up 3,211.5% | volatile |
| 17 | Sri Lanka | 17 1000 ha | 2024 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 18 | Malaysia | 15.5 1000 ha | 2024 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 19 | Greece | 7.24 1000 ha | 2024 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 20 | Hungary | 4.09 1000 ha | 2024 | down 98.6% | volatile |
| 20 | Slovenia | 4.09 1000 ha | 2024 | up 4.6% | flat |
| 22 | Germany | 4 1000 ha | 2018 | — | flat |
| 23 | Cyprus | 2.87 1000 ha | 2024 | up 617.5% | volatile |
| 24 | Albania | 2.09 1000 ha | 2024 | up 92.6% | rising |
| 25 | Malta | 2 1000 ha | 2024 | — | flat |
| 26 | Bahrain | 1.1 1000 ha | 2024 | up 37.5% | rising |
| 27 | Denmark | 0.38 1000 ha | 2018 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 28 | Luxembourg | 0.0098 1000 ha | 2024 | up 390.0% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- United States of America 13,232 1000 ha
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.