Land use — Agriculture area under organic agriculture in United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates: Land use — Agriculture area under organic agriculture was 54.2 Square kilometres in 2024. ▲ Rising
Land use — Agriculture area under organic agriculture in United Arab Emirates, 2008–2024
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Square kilometres.
Analysis
United Arab Emirates recorded 54.2 Square kilometres for land use — agriculture area under organic agriculture in 2024. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
That represents a change of up 26.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, land use — agriculture area under organic agriculture in United Arab Emirates peaked at 54.2 Square kilometres in 2020 and was at its lowest, 3 Square kilometres, in 2008.
That places United Arab Emirates 88th out of 152 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Land use — Agriculture area under organic agriculture in United Arab Emirates, year by year
| Year | Square kilometres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 3 Square kilometres | — |
| 2009 | 3.7 Square kilometres | +23.3% |
| 2010 | 3.6 Square kilometres | -2.7% |
| 2011 | 9.6 Square kilometres | +166.7% |
| 2012 | 39 Square kilometres | +306.2% |
| 2013 | 41.5 Square kilometres | +6.4% |
| 2014 | 43 Square kilometres | +3.6% |
| 2015 | 43 Square kilometres | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 46 Square kilometres | +7.0% |
| 2017 | 47 Square kilometres | +2.2% |
| 2018 | 46.9 Square kilometres | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 46.4 Square kilometres | -1.1% |
| 2020 | 54.2 Square kilometres | +16.8% |
| 2021 | 54.2 Square kilometres | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 54.2 Square kilometres | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 54.2 Square kilometres | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 54.2 Square kilometres | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3.35 Square kilometres | 3 Square kilometres | 3.7 Square kilometres | 2 |
| 2010s | 36.6 Square kilometres | 3.6 Square kilometres | 47 Square kilometres | 10 |
| 2020s | 54.2 Square kilometres | 54.2 Square kilometres | 54.2 Square kilometres | 5 |
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More environment data for United Arab Emirates
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -80.98 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -85.4 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.331 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.5 °C (2025)
- Paper and paperboard — Import quantity, annual growth rate 18.24 % change on previous year (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import quantity, per capita 0.1211 t per person (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import value, annual growth rate 12.88 % change on previous year (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is land use — agriculture area under organic agriculture in United Arab Emirates?
- Land use — agriculture area under organic agriculture in United Arab Emirates was 54.2 Square kilometres in 2024, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest land use — agriculture area under organic agriculture recorded in United Arab Emirates?
- The highest recorded value was 54.2 Square kilometres in 2020.
- What is the lowest land use — agriculture area under organic agriculture recorded in United Arab Emirates?
- The lowest recorded value was 3 Square kilometres in 2008.
- How does United Arab Emirates rank for land use — agriculture area under organic agriculture?
- United Arab Emirates ranks 88th out of 152 countries with data for 2024.
- Is land use — agriculture area under organic agriculture rising or falling in United Arab Emirates?
- Over the last ten years it is up 26.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this United Arab Emirates data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Land use — Agriculture area under organic agriculture. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Land resources are one of the four components of the natural environment: water, air, land and living resources. In this context land is both: a physical "milieu" necessary for the development of natural vegetation as well as cultivated vegetation; a resource for human activities. The data presented here give information concerning land use state and changes (e.g. agricultural land, forest land). Data source(s): Food and Agriculture Organization of the U.N., (FAOSTAT) Contact: ENV.Stat@oecd.org Dataset release date: August 5, 2026 Database documentation Countries metadata