Algeria
Agricultural land (% of land area)

Agricultural land refers to the share of land area that is arable, under permanent crops, and under permanent pastures. Arable land includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded. Land under permanent crops is land cultivated with crops that occupy the land for long periods and need not be replanted after each harvest, such as cocoa, coffee, and rubber. This category includes land under flowering shrubs, fruit trees, nut trees, and vines, but excludes land under trees grown for wood or timber. Permanent pasture is land used for five or more years for forage, including natural and cultivated crops.

Global rank#159out of 209 countries
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Historical trend

19.118.417.716.916.2196119922023Algeria · 2023: 17.36%Algeria

Analytical takeaways

  • Algeria records 17.36% for Agricultural land (% of land area) in 2023, ranking #159 globally out of 209 countries.
  • Agricultural land (% of land area) declined from 19.09% in 1961 to 17.36% in 2023, a decrease of 1.73%.
  • The country sits in the bottom quartile of the global distribution for this metric, which also makes the page relevant for low-value and lagging-performance searches.

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