Iran vs Israel: Is agricultural land expanding? Change over the prior decade

Iran
2.4%
in 2023
Israel
3.2%
in 2023
Iran rank
49th
Israel rank
47th

Is agricultural land expanding? Change over the prior decade over time

  • Iran
  • Israel
-20020197119972023

How they compare

Israel currently reports 3.2% against 2.4% in Iran, a difference of 0.8%.

That makes Israel's figure about 1.3 times Iran's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 53 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Israel ahead.

Iran ranks 49th and Israel ranks 47th of 225 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Iran averaged higher in 1 and Israel in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade Iran Israel Difference Ahead
1970s 1.3% 2.8% 1.5% Israel
1980s -0.4% 5.3% 5.7% Israel
1990s 6.4% 1.9% 4.5% Iran
2000s -12.6% -6.6% 6.0% Israel
2010s -14.8% 5.7% 20.5% Israel
2020s 1.7% 4.1% 2.4% Israel

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade, Iran or Israel?
Israel, at 3.2% against 2.4% in Iran as of 2023.
What is the difference in is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade between Iran and Israel?
0.8%, with Israel ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Iran and Israel?
53 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2023.
How do Iran and Israel rank globally for is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade?
Iran ranks 49th and Israel ranks 47th of 225 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Is agricultural land expanding? Change over the prior decade. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Iran vs Israel: Is agricultural land expanding? Change over the prior decade. Statizoid, drawing on Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Retrieved 29 August 2026, from https://agriculture.statizoid.com/compare/agriculture-more-less-land/iran-islamic-rep/israel/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://agriculture.statizoid.com/compare/agriculture-more-less-land/iran-islamic-rep/israel/">Iran vs Israel: Is agricultural land expanding? Change over the prior decade</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Is agricultural land expanding? Change over the prior decade
Unit
%
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
226 places, 10,928 data points, 1971–2023
Last refreshed

Percentage change in surface area devoted to agriculture with respect to 10 years before. Negative values imply that surface area has decreased with respect to the previous decade. This data is used to assess which countries may have already peaked in their agricultural land use.