Is agricultural land expanding? Change over the prior decade in Indonesia
Indonesia: Is agricultural land expanding? Change over the prior decade was 7.3% in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Is agricultural land expanding? Change over the prior decade in Indonesia, 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 Indonesia stood at 7.3%.
The figure is down 7.5% on the previous year and down 29.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade in Indonesia peaked at 24.7% in 1988 and was at its lowest, -2.3%, in 1998.
Indonesia ranks 28th of 225 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Is agricultural land expanding? Change over the prior decade in Indonesia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 7.6% | — |
| 1972 | 8.1% | +7.2% |
| 1973 | 8.3% | +2.1% |
| 1974 | 8.8% | +5.6% |
| 1975 | 9.2% | +4.7% |
| 1976 | 8.5% | -6.7% |
| 1977 | 8.8% | +2.6% |
| 1978 | 8.3% | -5.1% |
| 1979 | 8.4% | +1.4% |
| 1980 | 9.2% | +9.3% |
| 1981 | 9.1% | -1.7% |
| 1982 | 9.0% | -0.4% |
| 1983 | 8.7% | -4.1% |
| 1984 | 7.3% | -15.6% |
| 1985 | 12.5% | +70.4% |
| 1986 | 18.3% | +46.7% |
| 1987 | 23.8% | +30.4% |
| 1988 | 24.7% | +3.6% |
| 1989 | 23.9% | -3.1% |
| 1990 | 24.3% | +1.6% |
| 1991 | 13.3% | -45.2% |
| 1992 | 11.7% | -12.5% |
| 1993 | 12.9% | +10.4% |
| 1994 | 13.3% | +3.1% |
| 1995 | 9.4% | -29.1% |
| 1996 | 4.1% | -56.9% |
| 1997 | -1.2% | -129.3% |
| 1998 | -2.3% | +94.2% |
| 1999 | -0.7% | -69.1% |
| 2000 | -1.0% | +44.6% |
| 2001 | 9.4% | -1014.6% |
| 2002 | 11.3% | +20.1% |
| 2003 | 10.8% | -4.9% |
| 2004 | 11.1% | +3.1% |
| 2005 | 8.9% | -19.4% |
| 2006 | 11.5% | +28.7% |
| 2007 | 13.8% | +20.0% |
| 2008 | 14.1% | +2.0% |
| 2009 | 13.1% | -7.2% |
| 2010 | 11.8% | -9.8% |
| 2011 | 12.0% | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 10.5% | -12.4% |
| 2013 | 10.3% | -1.2% |
| 2014 | 10.8% | +3.9% |
| 2015 | 10.7% | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 9.2% | -14.0% |
| 2017 | 6.6% | -28.7% |
| 2018 | 8.4% | +28.3% |
| 2019 | 8.2% | -2.7% |
| 2020 | 9.0% | +10.1% |
| 2021 | 7.7% | -14.4% |
| 2022 | 7.9% | +2.7% |
| 2023 | 7.3% | -7.5% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Is agricultural land expanding? Change over the prior decade in Indonesia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | +1014.6% | -1.0% | 9.4% |
| 1997 | -129.3% | 4.1% | -1.2% |
| 1998 | -94.2% | -1.2% | -2.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 8.4% | 7.6% | 9.2% | 9 |
| 1980s | 14.7% | 7.3% | 24.7% | 10 |
| 1990s | 8.5% | -2.3% | 24.3% | 10 |
| 2000s | 10.3% | -1.0% | 14.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 9.8% | 6.6% | 12.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.0% | 7.3% | 9.0% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Indonesia
More agriculture & rural data for Indonesia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.56 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.131 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 662.79 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.7808 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4061 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 13.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 13.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 3.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade in Indonesia?
- Is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade in Indonesia was 7.3% 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 Indonesia?
- The highest recorded value was 24.7% in 1988.
- What is the lowest is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade recorded in Indonesia?
- The lowest recorded value was -2.3% in 1998.
- How does Indonesia rank for is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade?
- Indonesia ranks 28th out of 225 countries with data for 2023.
- Is is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade rising or falling in Indonesia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 29.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Indonesia 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.