Global Agricultural Land Area Statistics

Agricultural land area in square kilometers, encompassing arable land, permanent crops, and permanent pastures as defined by the FAO. The dataset is part of the World Development Indicators collection from the World Bank. The temporal coverage and update frequency are not specified in the input.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in arable land area over time to assess food production capacity.
• Model the relationship between permanent pasture area and livestock production metrics.
• Compare land under permanent crops, such as cocoa or coffee, across different countries.
• Forecast future agricultural land use based on historical time-series data for arable, crop, and pasture categories.

Strengths

• Data adheres to standardized FAO definitions for land categories, ensuring comparability.
• Covers three distinct land use types: arable, permanent crops, and permanent pastures.

Limitations

• The specific number of country-year observations, row count, and temporal coverage are unknown.
• Potential for geographic or temporal gaps exists without details on data collection methodology.

Provenance

Source

World Development Indicators, The World Bank.

Collection Method

Compiled based on Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) definitions and data.

Geography

Global, country-level.