Is agricultural land expanding? Change over the prior decade in Luxembourg
Luxembourg: Is agricultural land expanding? Change over the prior decade was 1.6% in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Is agricultural land expanding? Change over the prior decade in Luxembourg, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Luxembourg recorded 1.6% for is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade in 2023.
That represents a change of up 95.1% on the previous year and down 28.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade in Luxembourg peaked at 2.7% in 2012 and was at its lowest, 0.1%, in 2017.
Luxembourg ranks 56th 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 Luxembourg, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2.4% | — |
| 2011 | 2.6% | +7.6% |
| 2012 | 2.7% | +4.6% |
| 2013 | 2.3% | -15.8% |
| 2014 | 2.3% | +3.8% |
| 2015 | 1.8% | -24.7% |
| 2016 | 1.3% | -27.3% |
| 2017 | 0.1% | -90.6% |
| 2018 | 0.4% | +253.8% |
| 2019 | 0.7% | +58.2% |
| 2020 | 0.8% | +22.8% |
| 2021 | 1.2% | +40.8% |
| 2022 | 0.8% | -28.9% |
| 2023 | 1.6% | +95.1% |
Luxembourg compared with similar countries
- Luxembourg's 1.6% is above the median for high income countries, which is -0.5%. (79 countries reporting)
- Luxembourg's 1.6% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is -0.7%. (54 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1.6% | 0.1% | 2.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.1% | 0.8% | 1.6% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Luxembourg
More agriculture & rural data for Luxembourg
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 20.21 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0023 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 341.94 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.6761 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0512 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.2% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade in Luxembourg?
- Is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade in Luxembourg was 1.6% 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 Luxembourg?
- The highest recorded value was 2.7% in 2012.
- What is the lowest is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade recorded in Luxembourg?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1% in 2017.
- How does Luxembourg rank for is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade?
- Luxembourg ranks 56th out of 225 countries with data for 2023.
- Is is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade rising or falling in Luxembourg?
- Over the last ten years it is down 28.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Luxembourg 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.