FAO - Land Use | Land Portal

This dataset contains more than 60 indicators concerning various aspects of land use (such as Country area, Agricultural land, Arable land, Forest land, Agricultural area certified organic, etc...) as provided by the Statistics Division of FAO. Additional information are available on FAOSTAT, under the Land Use domain.

Land Use

Indicator	Min-Max Number of years	Countries / Obs	Min / Max Value
Country area
Land area

Agriculture

Indicator	Min-Max Number of years	Countries / Obs	Min / Max Value
Agricultural land
Agriculture (Land Use)
Arable Land
Cropland
Land under perm. meadows and pastures
Land under permanent crops
Land under protective cover
Land under temp. meadows and pastures
Land under temporary crops
Land with temporary fallow
Perm. meadows & pastures - Cultivated
Perm. meadows & pastures - Naturally growing
Relative agricultural land
Relative arable land

Forestry

Indicator	Min-Max Number of years	Countries / Obs	Min / Max Value
Forest land
Forest land (million tonnes)
Forestry (Land Use)
Other naturally regenerated forest
Planted forest
Primary forest
Relative forest land

Aquaculture and Fisheries

Indicator	Min-Max Number of years	Countries / Obs	Min / Max Value
Coastal waters used for aquac. or holding facilities
Coastal waters used for capture fisheries
EEZ used for aquac. or holding facilities
EEZ used for capture fisheries
Inland waters used for aquac. or holding facilities
Inland waters used for capture fisheries
Land used for aquaculture

Other land

Indicator	Min-Max Number of years	Countries / Obs	Min / Max Value
Other land

Water

Indicator	Min-Max Number of years	Countries / Obs	Min / Max Value
Coastal waters
Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)
Inland waters

Irrigation

Indicator	Min-Max Number of years	Countries / Obs	Min / Max Value
Agricultural area actually irrigated
Cropland area actually irrigated
Forestry area actually irrigated
Land area actually irrigated
Land area equipped for irrigation
Perm. meadows & pastures - area actually irrigated

Agricultural practices

Indicator	Min-Max Number of years	Countries / Obs	Min / Max Value
Agricultural area certified organic
Agriculture area under organic agric.
Cropland area certified organic
Cropland area under conservation tillage
Cropland area under conventional tillage
Cropland area under organic agric.
Cropland area under zero or no tillage
Farm buildings & farmyards
Permanent meadows & pastures area under organic agriculture
Permanent meadows and pastures area certified organic