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BookletLand use statistics and indicators
Global, regional and country trends 1990–2019
2021Also available in:
No results found.This analytical brief reports the main results and changes over time in land use statistics with a focus on agricultural land uses, including important irrigation and agricultural practices, and with details at the global, regional and country levels during the period 1990–2019. -
BookletLand statistics and indicators 2000–2021
Global, regional and country trends
2023Also available in:
No results found.Land use statistics describe the ways in which land is utilized and managed by humans and allocated for different purposes, including through administrative arrangements. FAO collects annual land use data from countries via a standard Land Use, Irrigation and Agricultural Practices questionnaire, covering the full land use matrix in countries using international definitions first developed by the World Census of Agriculture. The resulting Land Use statistics and indicators are disseminated annually in FAOSTAT and complemented by land cover statistics independently compiled by FAO from available land cover maps. This analytical brief reports the main results and changes over time in land statistics and indicators with details at global, regional and country level during the past two decades (2000–2021), with a focus on agriculture. -
BookletLand statistics 2001–2022
Global, regional and country trends
2024Also available in:
No results found.Land statistics describe the human use of the land surface for different purposes and economic activities (land use), as well as the biophysical characteristics associated with both human and natural systems (land cover). FAO collects annual land use data from countries via its land use, irrigation and agricultural practices questionnaire, covering the full land use matrix in line with international definitions first developed by the World Census of Agriculture. This information is complemented with land cover data, compiled independently of the questionnaire data from global remote sensing maps.This analytical brief reports the main results and changes over time in land statistics and indicators with details at global, regional and country level during the past two decades (2001–2022), with a focus on agriculture. In 2022, world total agricultural land was 4 781 million ha, more than one-third of the global land area. Within agricultural land, cropland covered 1 573 million ha while permanent meadows and pastures were 3 208 million ha.
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