Agriculture & Rural in World

29 indicators covering agriculture & rural for World.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Agricultural raw materials exports 1.2% 2024 down 18.4%
Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% 2024 down 20.3%
Rural population 42.2% 2025 down 7.5%
Rural population growth 0.3% 2025 up 431.5%
Rural population 3.46 billion 2025 up 2.2%
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 4.0% 2025 down 4.2%
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 4.75 trillion current US$ 2025 up 49.5%
Land under cereal production 415.70 million hectares 2024 down 42.6%
Cereal yield 3,955 kg per hectare 2024 up 1.6%
Cereal production 1.64 billion metric tons 2024 down 41.7%
Fertilizer consumption 137.65 kilograms per hectare of arable land 2023 up 3.2%
Land area 129.76 million sq. km 2023 down 0.1%
Agricultural land 47.92 million sq. km 2023 down 0.2%
Agricultural land 36.9% 2023 down 0.1%
Permanent cropland 1.5% 2023 up 15.4%
Arable land 10.7% 2023 up 0.1%
Arable land 0.1717 hectares per person 2023 down 9.6%
Employment in agriculture, female (% of female employment) 26.1% 2025 down 4.0%
Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) 25.5% 2025 down 13.2%
Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) 25.8% 2025 down 9.7%
Crop production index 100 2014-2016 = 100 2020 up 6.4%
Food production index 100 2014-2016 = 100 2020 up 0.5%
Livestock production index 100 2014-2016 = 100 2020 down 2.7%
Forest area 31.1% 2023 down 1.1%
Forest area 40.35 million sq. km 2023 down 1.2%
Fertilizer consumption 90.7% 2023 down 3.4%
Annual freshwater withdrawals, agriculture 71.0% 2022 down 0.2%
Surface area 140.54 million sq. km 2023 up 0.1%
Access to electricity, rural 84.9% 2024 up 11.5%