Arable land (% of land area) in United States was reported at 16.57 % in 2022, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. United States - Arable land (% of land area) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on September of 2025.

Agricultural land (% of land area) in United States was reported at 45.09 % in 2022, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. United States - Agricultural land (% of land area) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on July of 2025.

From 2000 onwards, the total area of land in U.S. farms has decreased annually, aside from a small increase in 2012. Over the time period displayed, the total farmland area has decreased by over 66 million acres, reaching a total of 876.5 million acres as of 2024. Farming in the U.S. Not only has the land for farming been decreasing in the U.S., but so has the total number of farms. From 2000 to 2021, the number of farms in the U.S. decreased from about 2.17 million farms in 2000 to just under 1.9 million in 2023. Texas has more than double the number of farms compared to other U.S. states, with 231,000 farms in 2023. U.S. agricultural exports The U.S. is known for agriculture production and is the leading exporter of agricultural products worldwide. The total U.S. agricultural exports were valued at over 178 billion U.S. dollars in 2023. Over 4.8 billion dollars’ worth of agricultural exports came from fresh or processed vegetables in 2022.

This coverage contains estimates of land in agricultural production in counties in the conterminous United States as reported in the 1987 Census of Agriculture (U.S. Department of Commerce, 1989a). Land in agriculture data are reported as either a number (for example, number of Farms), acres, or as a percentage of county area. Land in agriculture estimates were generated from surveys of all farms where $1,000 or more of agricultural products were sold, or normally would have been sold, during the census year. Most of the attributes summarized represent 1987 data, but some information for the 1982 Census of Agriculture also was included. The polygons representing county boundaries in the conterminous United States, as well as lakes, estuaries, and other nonland-area features were derived from the Digital Line Graph (DLG) files representing the 1:2,000,000-scale map in the National Atlas of the United States (1970). Agricultural land Census of Agriculture Counties United States

The Census of Agriculture highlight key agricultural metrics for US states and counties. Percentage metrics included were calculated as follows: Percent of harvested cropland in cover crops = (cover crops acres)/((harvested cropland)+(failed crops)-(alfalfa))Percent of total tilled cropland using no-till = (no-till acreage)/(no till + reduced till + conventional till)Percent of tilled cropland using conservation tillage = (no till + reduced till acreage)/(no till + reduced till + conventional till)Percent of agricultural land in conservation easement = (conservation easement acres that excludes CRP)/((land in farms) – (CRP WRP FWP CREP acres))Percent of agricultural land in Conservation Reserve Program = (Conservation Reserve Program acres / cropland acres + Conservation Reserve Program acres ))*100Note, that counties for the Census of Agriculture are different than standard US Census Bureau counties; for example, cities in Virginia such as Harrisonburg, VA are rolled into the respective county and counties in Alaska are rolled into regions with their own district/region FIPS codes, etc. Also note, some counties have no data as one or more of the input variables included suppression.These data have been made publicly available from an authoritative source other than this Atlas and data should be obtained directly from that source for any re-use. See the original metadata from the authoritative source for more information about these data and use limitations. The authoritative source of these data can be found at the following location: https://www.nass.usda.gov/Publications/AgCensus/2017/Online_Resources/Ag_Census_Web_Maps/Data_download/index.php

Around ** percent of the contiguous United States was covered by forests in 2017. However agriculture combined with grassland and pasture make up a larger share of the U.S., at around ** percent. The U.S. still maintains a lot of its agrarian economy. Soy beans and corn make up a large share of the country's agricultural land use. These two commodities are primarily used as livestock feed and to produce ethanol.

The USA: Percent agricultural land: The latest value from 2022 is 45.09 percent, a decline from 45.21 percent in 2021. In comparison, the world average is 38.55 percent, based on data from 189 countries. Historically, the average for the USA from 1961 to 2022 is 46.33 percent. The minimum value, 45.06 percent, was reached in 2007 while the maximum of 48.86 percent was recorded in 1961.

The average for 2022 based on 189 countries was 38.55 percent. The highest value was in Turkmenistan: 84.55 percent and the lowest value was in Suriname: 0.45 percent. The indicator is available from 1961 to 2022. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

In 2022, the agricultural land in use in Latin America and the Caribbean amounted to over *** million hectares, representing an increase of *** percent compared to the previous year.In 2023, the value of agricultural production in Latin America and the Caribbean reached ****** billion international U.S. dollars.

Africa Arable land (% of land area) Dataset

  Overview

This dataset contains arable land (% of land area) data for African countries from the World Bank.

  Data Details

Indicator Code: AG.LND.ARBL.ZS Description: Arable land (% of land area) Geographic Coverage: 54 African countries Time Period: 1961-2022 Data Points: 3,182 observations Coverage: 90.66% of possible country-year combinations

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  Main Dataset (ag_lnd_arbl_zs_africa.csv)… See the full description on the dataset page: https://huggingface.co/datasets/electricsheepafrica/Africa-Arable-land-percentage-of-land-area.

These data report the percent of agricultural land, within each selected Chesapeake Bay watershed, that is enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), based on county-level data for each year from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency.

This EnviroAtlas dataset shows the percent land cover with potentially restorable wetlands on agricultural land for each 12-digit Hydrologic Unit (HUC) watershed in the contiguous U.S. Beginning two centuries ago, many wetlands were turned into farm fields or urban areas, yet wetlands play an important role in removing water pollution, regulating water storage and flows, and providing habitat for wildlife. Wetland restoration could help restore these benefits. Potentially restorable wetlands, as developed for this map, are lands currently in agriculture that naturally accumulate water due to topography and have historically had poorly or very poorly draining soils. This dataset was produced by the US EPA to support research and online mapping activities related to the EnviroAtlas. EnviroAtlas (https://www.epa.gov/enviroatlas) allows the user to interact with a web-based, easy-to-use, mapping application to view and analyze multiple ecosystem services for the contiguous United States. The dataset is available as downloadable data (https://edg.epa.gov/data/Public/ORD/EnviroAtlas) or as an EnviroAtlas map service. Additional descriptive information about each attribute in this dataset can be found in its associated EnviroAtlas Fact Sheet (https://www.epa.gov/enviroatlas/enviroatlas-fact-sheets).

Arable land (% of land area) in American Samoa was reported at 4.85 % in 2022, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. American Samoa - Arable land (% of land area) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on September of 2025.

This statistic shows the organic agricultural land area as a share of total agricultural area in North America from 2013 to 2023. Since 2016, organic farming land in North America had stayed constant with a share of *** percent of total North American agricultural land.

The Census of Agriculture highlight key agricultural metrics for US states and counties. Percentage metrics included were calculated as follows: Percent of harvested cropland in cover crops = (cover crops acres)/((harvested cropland)+(failed crops)-(alfalfa))Percent of total tilled cropland using no-till = (no-till acreage)/(no till + reduced till + conventional till)Percent of tilled cropland using conservation tillage = (no till + reduced till acreage)/(no till + reduced till + conventional till)Percent of agricultural land in conservation easement = (conservation easement acres that excludes CRP)/((land in farms) – (CRP WRP FWP CREP acres))Percent of agricultural land in Conservation Reserve Program = (Conservation Reserve Program acres / cropland acres + Conservation Reserve Program acres ))*100Note, that counties for the Census of Agriculture are different than standard US Census Bureau counties; for example, cities in Virginia such as Harrisonburg, VA are rolled into the respective county and counties in Alaska are rolled into regions with their own district/region FIPS codes, etc. Also note, some counties have no data as one or more of the input variables included suppression.These data have been made publicly available from an authoritative source other than this Atlas and data should be obtained directly from that source for any re-use. See the original metadata from the authoritative source for more information about these data and use limitations. The authoritative source of these data can be found at the following location: https://www.nass.usda.gov/Publications/AgCensus/2017/Online_Resources/Ag_Census_Web_Maps/Data_download/index.php

The total area of cropland in the United States has not changed significantly over the last several years, with only a slight decrease from ***** million acres in 2012 to around ***** million acres in 2018. The largest decrease in area during that time period occurred between 2014 and 2015. Crop Diversity in the United States A significant portion of the United States economy is rooted in agriculture. As a large country with a diverse and varied climate, the United States is perfectly suited to producing a huge variety of crops. For instance, much of the tobacco produced in the United States originates from North Carolina, Kentucky, and Virginia. However, when it comes to fresh vegetables, California had by far the highest production volume of any U.S. state as of 2018. Facts about U.S. Farms As the largest state in the continental United States, Texas also has the highest number of farms of any U.S. state, at *** thousand in 2018. Missouri came in second place at ** thousand farms in that year. Operating and maintaining a farm in the United States is labor intensive, with many different costs and expenses that must be considered in order to keep the farm profitable. As of 2017, around **** percent of total farm production expenditure was attributed to animal feed.

Land-use estimates of agricultural and developed land for the period 1985-2012 for selected Chesapeake Bay watersheds.

This EnviroAtlas dataset contains data on Agricultural Land Coverage on Hydric Soils for each Watershed Boundary Dataset (WBD) 12-Digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC-12) of the conterminous United States. This is based on the October 2023 Natural Resources Conservation Service gridded Service Soil Survey Geographic Database and gridded National Soil Survey Geographic Databased (NRCS gSSURGO and gNATSGO), the 2021 National Land Cover Database (NLCD) and the 2020 Cropland Data Layer (CDL). The hydric soils are determined based on whether hydric soils make up 80% or more of a mapunit's components. The raster was made binary, where the mapunit's with at least 80% hydric soil coverage were assigned a value of 1. This was then intersected with a 30-m raster that combines the NLCD and CDL resources, where the CDL provides more exact and detailed agricultural land coverage. This layer does not include the NLCD class Pasture/Hay as agricultural lands. This dataset was produced by the US EPA to support research and online mapping activities related to EnviroAtlas. EnviroAtlas (https://www.epa.gov/enviroatlas) allows the user to interact with a web-based, easy-to-use, mapping application to view and analyze multiple ecosystem services for the contiguous United States. The dataset is available as downloadable data (https://edg.epa.gov/data/Public/ORD/EnviroAtlas) or as an EnviroAtlas map service. Additional descriptive information about each attribute in this dataset can be found in its associated EnviroAtlas Fact Sheet (https://www.epa.gov/enviroatlas/enviroatlas-fact-sheets).

Africa Agricultural land (% of land area) Dataset

  Overview

This dataset contains agricultural land (% of land area) data for African countries from the World Bank.

  Data Details

Indicator Code: AG.LND.AGRI.ZS Description: Agricultural land (% of land area) Geographic Coverage: 54 African countries Time Period: 1961-2022 Data Points: 3,182 observations Coverage: 90.66% of possible country-year combinations

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  Main Dataset… See the full description on the dataset page: https://huggingface.co/datasets/electricsheepafrica/Africa-Agricultural-land-percentage-of-land-area.

Agricultural land (% of land area) in American Samoa was reported at 14.5 % in 2022, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. American Samoa - Agricultural land (% of land area) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on August of 2025.