Land Matrix

The Land Matrix is an online public database that permits all users to contribute to and improve data on land deals, and for this data to be visualised. The visualisations offer both overviews of the data and complete access to the public database down to the level of an individual deal. The Land Matrix facilitates the collection and representation of data; encourages citizens, researchers, governments, and companies to provide data and improve the quality of and access to data; and provides a regular and accessible analysis of trends. You can explore data through multiple entry points, ranging from summaries that provide insight concerning the contents of the database, to direct access to the data for more in-depth exploration and analysis. ... Read more

Get the Idea

Go here if you want to see quickly with some infographics:

• Who are the top investing countries?
• Which are the top investor countries
• Which countries have the highest or the lowest score in making land acquisition data available?

Get the Picture

Go here to quickly understand by using interactive visualisations:

• Who is acquiring land from whom and who is providing to whom,
• The timeline of all the deals
• The timeline of types of investment sectors.

Get the Detail

Go here to explore the entire land matrix database through pre-filtered data sets:

• By region or country,
• Dive directly into details to the level of individual records
• Download the complete dataset and form your own opinion

We documented 924 deals

since the year 2000

amounting to 48,829,193 ha of land

10% of investors account for

68% of the acquired land

35% of the land acquired is in Africa

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