Agricultural land (sq. km), per capita in OECD members
OECD members: Agricultural land (sq. km), per capita was 0.0087 sq. km per person in 2023. ▼ Falling
Agricultural land (sq. km), per capita in OECD members, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in sq. km per person.
Analysis
OECD members recorded 0.0087 sq. km per person for agricultural land (sq. km), per capita in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 63 years on record.
The figure is down 1.0% on the previous year and down 7.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, agricultural land (sq. km), per capita in OECD members peaked at 0.0171 sq. km per person in 1961 and was at its lowest, 0.0087 sq. km per person, in 2023.
That places OECD members 12th out of 47 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Agricultural land (sq. km), per capita in OECD members, year by year
| Year | sq. km per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0171 sq. km per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0169 sq. km per person | -1.4% |
| 1963 | 0.0167 sq. km per person | -1.3% |
| 1964 | 0.0165 sq. km per person | -1.3% |
| 1965 | 0.0163 sq. km per person | -1.1% |
| 1966 | 0.0161 sq. km per person | -1.2% |
| 1967 | 0.0159 sq. km per person | -1.1% |
| 1968 | 0.016 sq. km per person | +0.5% |
| 1969 | 0.0158 sq. km per person | -1.3% |
| 1970 | 0.0154 sq. km per person | -2.2% |
| 1971 | 0.0153 sq. km per person | -1.1% |
| 1972 | 0.0151 sq. km per person | -1.3% |
| 1973 | 0.0149 sq. km per person | -1.4% |
| 1974 | 0.0147 sq. km per person | -1.1% |
| 1975 | 0.0145 sq. km per person | -1.1% |
| 1976 | 0.0144 sq. km per person | -0.9% |
| 1977 | 0.0142 sq. km per person | -1.6% |
| 1978 | 0.0141 sq. km per person | -0.8% |
| 1979 | 0.0139 sq. km per person | -1.2% |
| 1980 | 0.0138 sq. km per person | -0.8% |
| 1981 | 0.0137 sq. km per person | -0.9% |
| 1982 | 0.0135 sq. km per person | -1.1% |
| 1983 | 0.0133 sq. km per person | -1.3% |
| 1984 | 0.0133 sq. km per person | -0.6% |
| 1985 | 0.0132 sq. km per person | -0.8% |
| 1986 | 0.0129 sq. km per person | -2.1% |
| 1987 | 0.0128 sq. km per person | -0.8% |
| 1988 | 0.0127 sq. km per person | -0.8% |
| 1989 | 0.0125 sq. km per person | -1.1% |
| 1990 | 0.0124 sq. km per person | -1.1% |
| 1991 | 0.0123 sq. km per person | -1.2% |
| 1992 | 0.0121 sq. km per person | -0.9% |
| 1993 | 0.012 sq. km per person | -1.6% |
| 1994 | 0.0119 sq. km per person | -0.4% |
| 1995 | 0.0117 sq. km per person | -1.5% |
| 1996 | 0.0116 sq. km per person | -0.9% |
| 1997 | 0.0115 sq. km per person | -1.2% |
| 1998 | 0.0114 sq. km per person | -0.6% |
| 1999 | 0.0112 sq. km per person | -1.6% |
| 2000 | 0.0112 sq. km per person | -0.7% |
| 2001 | 0.0111 sq. km per person | -1.0% |
| 2002 | 0.0109 sq. km per person | -1.6% |
| 2003 | 0.0107 sq. km per person | -1.5% |
| 2004 | 0.0103 sq. km per person | -4.0% |
| 2005 | 0.0103 sq. km per person | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 0.0102 sq. km per person | -1.1% |
| 2007 | 0.01 sq. km per person | -1.8% |
| 2008 | 0.0099 sq. km per person | -1.6% |
| 2009 | 0.0098 sq. km per person | -1.2% |
| 2010 | 0.0096 sq. km per person | -1.5% |
| 2011 | 0.0097 sq. km per person | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 0.0096 sq. km per person | -1.2% |
| 2013 | 0.0094 sq. km per person | -1.7% |
| 2014 | 0.0094 sq. km per person | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 0.0091 sq. km per person | -2.8% |
| 2016 | 0.009 sq. km per person | -1.1% |
| 2017 | 0.0091 sq. km per person | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 0.009 sq. km per person | -1.8% |
| 2019 | 0.0089 sq. km per person | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 0.0089 sq. km per person | -0.9% |
| 2021 | 0.0089 sq. km per person | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 0.0088 sq. km per person | -0.8% |
| 2023 | 0.0087 sq. km per person | -1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0164 sq. km per person | 0.0158 sq. km per person | 0.0171 sq. km per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0146 sq. km per person | 0.0139 sq. km per person | 0.0154 sq. km per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0132 sq. km per person | 0.0125 sq. km per person | 0.0138 sq. km per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0118 sq. km per person | 0.0112 sq. km per person | 0.0124 sq. km per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0104 sq. km per person | 0.0098 sq. km per person | 0.0112 sq. km per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0093 sq. km per person | 0.0089 sq. km per person | 0.0097 sq. km per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0088 sq. km per person | 0.0087 sq. km per person | 0.0089 sq. km per person | 4 |
Countries ranked near OECD members
- 9 Greenland 0.0428 sq. km per person compare
- 10 Iceland 0.0425 sq. km per person compare
- 11 Uruguay 0.042 sq. km per person compare
- 12 Bolivia 0.0317 sq. km per person compare
- 13 Paraguay 0.0313 sq. km per person compare
- 14 Chad 0.0261 sq. km per person compare
- 15 Argentina 0.0255 sq. km per person compare
More agriculture & rural data for OECD members
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 977.64 billion current US$ (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.4% (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 3.99 % change on previous year (2024)
- Rural population 262.00 million (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.3% (2025)
- Rural population 18.7% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0143 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 699.9 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.3033 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is agricultural land (sq. km), per capita in OECD members?
- Agricultural land (sq. km), per capita in OECD members was 0.0087 sq. km per person in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest agricultural land (sq. km), per capita recorded in OECD members?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0171 sq. km per person in 1961.
- What is the lowest agricultural land (sq. km), per capita recorded in OECD members?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0087 sq. km per person in 2023.
- How does OECD members rank for agricultural land (sq. km), per capita?
- OECD members ranks 12th out of 47 groups with data for 2023.
- Is agricultural land (sq. km), per capita rising or falling in OECD members?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this OECD members data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Agricultural land (sq. km), per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Agricultural land (sq. km) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Agricultural land (sq. km) ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Agricultural land FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Agricultural land (sq. km) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.