Is agricultural land expanding? Change over the prior decade in Philippines
Philippines: Is agricultural land expanding? Change over the prior decade was 2.0% in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Is agricultural land expanding? Change over the prior decade in Philippines, 1971–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Philippines recorded 2.0% for is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade in 2023.
That represents a change of up 20.3% on the previous year and down 81.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade in Philippines peaked at 28.9% in 1981 and was at its lowest, 0.2%, in 2002.
Philippines ranks 53rd 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 Philippines, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 7.3% | — |
| 1972 | 8.2% | +11.6% |
| 1973 | 9.2% | +12.3% |
| 1974 | 8.7% | -5.3% |
| 1975 | 13.0% | +49.7% |
| 1976 | 19.0% | +45.7% |
| 1977 | 21.5% | +13.2% |
| 1978 | 22.4% | +4.4% |
| 1979 | 25.9% | +15.6% |
| 1980 | 27.9% | +7.4% |
| 1981 | 28.9% | +3.7% |
| 1982 | 27.4% | -5.1% |
| 1983 | 25.4% | -7.3% |
| 1984 | 22.1% | -13.0% |
| 1985 | 18.7% | -15.4% |
| 1986 | 13.5% | -27.8% |
| 1987 | 9.2% | -31.7% |
| 1988 | 9.1% | -1.6% |
| 1989 | 6.8% | -25.1% |
| 1990 | 4.8% | -28.6% |
| 1991 | 4.6% | -5.8% |
| 1992 | 3.5% | -23.5% |
| 1993 | 2.6% | -24.3% |
| 1994 | 1.8% | -31.8% |
| 1995 | 1.0% | -46.6% |
| 1996 | 1.1% | +18.3% |
| 1997 | 2.9% | +151.1% |
| 1998 | 2.0% | -28.8% |
| 1999 | 1.2% | -40.2% |
| 2000 | 0.8% | -30.6% |
| 2001 | 0.2% | -71.3% |
| 2002 | 0.2% | -25.6% |
| 2003 | 1.6% | +779.0% |
| 2004 | 4.1% | +161.2% |
| 2005 | 3.1% | -25.3% |
| 2006 | 4.3% | +38.6% |
| 2007 | 4.0% | -6.2% |
| 2008 | 6.4% | +60.0% |
| 2009 | 7.7% | +19.8% |
| 2010 | 7.7% | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 9.6% | +24.8% |
| 2012 | 11.6% | +20.9% |
| 2013 | 10.9% | -6.0% |
| 2014 | 9.0% | -18.0% |
| 2015 | 10.3% | +15.2% |
| 2016 | 8.4% | -18.3% |
| 2017 | 6.8% | -19.5% |
| 2018 | 5.0% | -26.0% |
| 2019 | 4.4% | -11.8% |
| 2020 | 4.6% | +4.3% |
| 2021 | 3.5% | -25.3% |
| 2022 | 1.7% | -51.0% |
| 2023 | 2.0% | +20.3% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Is agricultural land expanding? Change over the prior decade in Philippines 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | +779.0% | 0.2% | 1.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 15.0% | 7.3% | 25.9% | 9 |
| 1980s | 18.9% | 6.8% | 28.9% | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.6% | 1.0% | 4.8% | 10 |
| 2000s | 3.2% | 0.2% | 7.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.4% | 4.4% | 11.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.9% | 1.7% | 4.6% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Philippines
More agriculture & rural data for Philippines
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -0.2488 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0859 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 358.34 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.0874 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4423 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 8.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 8.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade in Philippines?
- Is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade in Philippines was 2.0% 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 Philippines?
- The highest recorded value was 28.9% in 1981.
- What is the lowest is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade recorded in Philippines?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2% in 2002.
- How does Philippines rank for is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade?
- Philippines ranks 53rd out of 225 countries with data for 2023.
- Is is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade rising or falling in Philippines?
- Over the last ten years it is down 81.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Philippines 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.