Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land in Southern Asia
Southern Asia: Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land was 6.11 % in 2024. ▲ Rising
Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land in Southern Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for permanent crops — share in agricultural land in Southern Asia is 6.11 %, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 8.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, permanent crops — share in agricultural land in Southern Asia peaked at 6.11 % in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1.87 %, in 1967.
Southern Asia ranks 8th of 31 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.01 % | 1.87 % | 2.34 % | 9 |
| 1970s | 2.18 % | 2.05 % | 2.33 % | 10 |
| 1980s | 2.65 % | 2.39 % | 2.9 % | 10 |
| 1990s | 3.33 % | 2.95 % | 3.67 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 4.39 % | 3.7 % | 5.15 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.5 % | 5.31 % | 5.77 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 6 % | 5.83 % | 6.11 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Asia
- 5 Marshall Islands 93.12 % compare
- 6 Seychelles 90.28 % compare
- 7 Sao Tome and Principe 88.7 % compare
- 8 Malaysia 86.11 % compare
- 9 French Polynesia 85.81 % compare
- 10 Pacific Islands Trust Territory 79.41 % compare
- 11 Solomon Islands 69.91 % compare
More environment data for Southern Asia
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 6.69 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 0.4009 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.274 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.44 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 8.45 million t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 15.39 million t (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per area of cropland 44.63 kg/ha (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per capita 13.9 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 38.89 g/Int$ (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is permanent crops — share in agricultural land in Southern Asia?
- Permanent crops — share in agricultural land in Southern Asia was 6.11 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest permanent crops — share in agricultural land recorded in Southern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 6.11 % in 2024.
- What is the lowest permanent crops — share in agricultural land recorded in Southern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.87 % in 1967.
- How does Southern Asia rank for permanent crops — share in agricultural land?
- Southern Asia ranks 8th out of 31 groups with data for 2024.
- Is permanent crops — share in agricultural land rising or falling in Southern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Southern Asia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Permanent crops — 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.