FAO Land Use Indicators

Data source: Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

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The FAOSTAT Land Use domain contains data on 47 categories of land use, irrigation and agricultural practices, relevant to monitor agriculture, forestry, and fisheries activities at national, regional and global level. Data are available by country and year, with global coverage and annual updates.

Note: Micronesia has been dropped due to duplicate cases.

Dataset type
Time-Series
Dataset level
Country
Last updated by source
2025-11-14

Citation

When using this dataset, please cite as:

• FAO. (2024). FAOSTAT land, inputs and sustainability, land use indicators.

Variables in this dataset

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Agricultural land (% of Land area)
QoG code: fao_luagr

Agricultural land as a share of total land area.

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Arable land (% of Agricultural land)
QoG code: fao_luagrara

Arable land as a share of total agricultural land.

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Cropland (% of Agricultural land)
QoG code: fao_luagrcrop

Cropland as a share of total agricultural land.

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Agriculture area actually irrigated (% of Agricultural land)
QoG code: fao_luagrirrac

Agriculture area actually irrigated as a share of total agricultural land.

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Land area equipped for irrigation (% of Agricultural land)
QoG code: fao_luagrirreq

Land area equipped for irrigation as a share of total agricultural land.

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Land area equipped for irrigation (% of Cropland)
QoG code: fao_luagrirreqcrop

Land area equipped for irrigation as a share of total cropland.

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Agriculture area under organic agric. (% of Agricultural land)
QoG code: fao_luagrorg

Agriculture area under organic agriculture as a share of total agricultural land.

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Land under perm meadows and pastures (% of Agricultural land)
QoG code: fao_luagrpas

Land under perm meadows and pastures as a share of total agricultural land.

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Land under permanent crops (% of Agricultural land)
QoG code: fao_luagrpcrop

Land under permanent crops as a share of total agricultural land.

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Cropland (% of Land area)
QoG code: fao_lucrop

Cropland as a share of total land area.

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Forest land (% of Land area)
QoG code: fao_luforest

Forest land as a share of total land area.

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Planted forest (% of Forest area)
QoG code: fao_luforplant

Planted forest as a share of total forest area.

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Other naturally regenerated forest (% of Forest area)
QoG code: fao_luforreg

Other naturally regenerated forest as a share of total forest area.

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Land under perm meadows and pastures (% of Land area)
QoG code: fao_lupas

Land under perm meadows and pastures as a share of total land area.

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