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Reading no. 2024/340

EnvironmentObserved dataAnnual fixture: World Soil Day

Agricultural land as a share of land area, Indo-Pacific

48.6% of land area

Indo-Pacific

TongaAustraliaThailandPhilippinesVietnamNew ZealandCambodiaIndonesia

Agricultural land as a share of land area, latest known year of each territory up to 2022: the top ten.

  1. Tonga48.6
  2. Australia47.3
  3. Thailand46.0
  4. Philippines42.4
  5. Vietnam39.3
  6. New Zealand37.0
  7. Cambodia34.8
  8. Indonesia29.0
  9. Malaysia26.1
  10. Timor-Leste23.0

In the first territory of the ranking, Tonga, agricultural land covers 48.6% of the land area.

Observation

Method

World Bank indicator AG.LND.AGRI.ZS, read for eighteen territories of the Indo-Pacific from 2016 to 2022. The latest published value of each is kept, then the ten highest are ranked.

Source

Nature

Observed data

Value read at the source and reproduced without processing.

Recurring annual series. This reading is published every year on this date.

Confidence

Medium

See also

2024/362 · 27 Dec39.7% of land areaTerrestrial protected areas, Indo-Pacific2024/160 · 8 Jun14,776,132tAquaculture production, Indo-Pacific2026/121 · 1 May84.3%Labour force participation rate, ages 15 and over, Indo-Pacific2025/121 · 1 May84.3%Labour force participation rate, ages 15 and over, Indo-Pacific

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