Is agricultural land expanding? Change over the prior decade in Austria
Austria: Is agricultural land expanding? Change over the prior decade was -4.4% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Is agricultural land expanding? Change over the prior decade in Austria, 1971–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade in Austria stood at -4.4%.
That represents a change of up 12.9% on the previous year and up 25.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade in Austria peaked at -0.9% in 1993 and was at its lowest, -7.9%, in 1975.
That places Austria 187th out of 225 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 53 years of available data.
Is agricultural land expanding? Change over the prior decade in Austria, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | -6.6% | — |
| 1972 | -6.3% | -3.9% |
| 1973 | -7.7% | +20.9% |
| 1974 | -7.7% | +1.0% |
| 1975 | -7.9% | +2.4% |
| 1976 | -6.5% | -17.6% |
| 1977 | -5.8% | -11.0% |
| 1978 | -5.3% | -8.6% |
| 1979 | -6.2% | +16.9% |
| 1980 | -5.8% | -6.0% |
| 1981 | -5.0% | -14.7% |
| 1982 | -5.0% | -0.3% |
| 1983 | -6.1% | +22.6% |
| 1984 | -5.4% | -10.9% |
| 1985 | -4.8% | -12.2% |
| 1986 | -4.9% | +3.3% |
| 1987 | -4.7% | -4.4% |
| 1988 | -4.2% | -11.5% |
| 1989 | -2.9% | -29.5% |
| 1990 | -3.7% | +26.9% |
| 1991 | -3.8% | +0.7% |
| 1992 | -4.1% | +9.9% |
| 1993 | -0.9% | -78.5% |
| 1994 | -1.3% | +45.0% |
| 1995 | -1.9% | +44.0% |
| 1996 | -1.8% | -4.8% |
| 1997 | -2.1% | +18.5% |
| 1998 | -2.9% | +38.5% |
| 1999 | -3.1% | +7.8% |
| 2000 | -2.8% | -11.5% |
| 2001 | -4.0% | +43.7% |
| 2002 | -3.7% | -7.6% |
| 2003 | -3.8% | +3.2% |
| 2004 | -4.2% | +11.5% |
| 2005 | -4.2% | -1.5% |
| 2006 | -4.4% | +4.9% |
| 2007 | -4.5% | +3.8% |
| 2008 | -5.1% | +12.1% |
| 2009 | -5.4% | +6.6% |
| 2010 | -5.5% | +1.0% |
| 2011 | -5.4% | -0.6% |
| 2012 | -5.8% | +5.7% |
| 2013 | -5.9% | +1.7% |
| 2014 | -5.3% | -8.7% |
| 2015 | -4.8% | -9.4% |
| 2016 | -6.1% | +25.7% |
| 2017 | -6.2% | +1.8% |
| 2018 | -5.6% | -10.1% |
| 2019 | -5.1% | -7.7% |
| 2020 | -6.4% | +23.5% |
| 2021 | -5.6% | -11.6% |
| 2022 | -5.0% | -10.3% |
| 2023 | -4.4% | -12.9% |
Austria compared with similar countries
- Austria's -4.4% is below the median for high income countries, which is -0.5%, 8.4× the median. (79 countries reporting)
- Austria's -4.4% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is -0.7%, 6.7× the median. (54 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | -6.7% | -7.9% | -5.3% | 9 |
| 1980s | -4.9% | -6.1% | -2.9% | 10 |
| 1990s | -2.6% | -4.1% | -0.9% | 10 |
| 2000s | -4.2% | -5.4% | -2.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | -5.6% | -6.2% | -4.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | -5.3% | -6.4% | -4.4% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Austria
More agriculture & rural data for Austria
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 11.95 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0126 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 791 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.4906 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3028 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.3% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade in Austria?
- Is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade in Austria was -4.4% in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade recorded in Austria?
- The highest recorded value was -0.9% in 1993.
- What is the lowest is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade recorded in Austria?
- The lowest recorded value was -7.9% in 1975.
- How does Austria rank for is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade?
- Austria ranks 187th out of 225 countries with data for 2023.
- Is is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade rising or falling in Austria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Austria data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Is agricultural land expanding? Change over the prior decade. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.