Dataset
<p style='margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:15px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;'>Land resources are one of the four components of the natural environment: water, air, land and living resources. In this context land is both:</span></p> <p style='margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:15px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;'> </span></p> <ul style="list-style-type: disc;"> <li><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;'>a physical "milieu" necessary for the development of natural vegetation as well as cultivated vegetation;</span></li> <li><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;'>a resource for human activities.</span></li> </ul> <p style='margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:15px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;'> </span></p> <p style='margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:15px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;'>The data presented here give information concerning land use state and changes (e.g. agricultural land, forest land).</span></p> <p style='margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:15px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;'> </span></p> <p style='margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:15px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;'><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;'>Data source(s)</span></strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;'>: Food and Agriculture Organization of the U.N., (<a href="https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/RL">FAOSTAT</a>)</span></p> <p style='margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:15px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;'> </span></p> <p style='margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:15px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;'><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;'>Contact</span></strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;'>: </span><a href="mailto:ENV.Stat@oecd.org"><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;'>ENV.Stat@oecd.org</span></a></p> <p style='margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:15px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;'> </span></p> <p style='margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:15px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;'><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;'>Dataset release date</span></strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;'>: August 5, 2026</span></p> <p style='margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:15px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;'> </span></p> <p style='margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:15px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;'><a href="https://webfs-env.oecd.org/files/Database%20documentation%20LAND_USE.pdf"><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;'>Database documentation</span></a></p> <p style='margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:15px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;'><br></p> <p style='margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:15px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;'><a href="https://webfs-env.oecd.org/files/RL_EN_Country_Notes.pdf">Countries metadata</a></span></p>
oecd-sdmx:DSD_LAND_USE@DF_LAND_USE
OECD.ENV.EPI
Land use carries observations for 230 countries and areas:
Aruba · Afghanistan · Angola · Anguilla · Albania · Andorra · United Arab Emirates · Argentina · Armenia · American Samoa · Antigua and Barbuda · Australia · Austria · Azerbaijan · Burundi · Belgium · Benin · Burkina Faso · Bangladesh · Bulgaria · Bahrain · Bahamas · Bosnia and Herzegovina · Belarus · Belize · Bermuda · Bolivia · Brazil · Barbados · Brunei Darussalam · Bhutan · Botswana · Central African Republic · Canada · Switzerland · Chile · China (People’s Republic of) · Côte d’Ivoire · Cameroon · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Congo · Cook Islands · Colombia · Comoros · Cabo Verde · Costa Rica · Cuba · Curaçao · Cayman Islands · Cyprus · Czechia · Germany · Djibouti · Dominica · Denmark · Dominican Republic · Algeria · Ecuador · Egypt · Eritrea · Spain · Estonia · Ethiopia · Finland · Fiji · Falkland Islands (Malvinas) · France · Faroe Islands · Micronesia · Gabon · United Kingdom · Georgia · Ghana · Gibraltar · Guinea · Guadeloupe · Gambia · Guinea-Bissau · Equatorial Guinea · Greece · Grenada · Greenland · Guatemala · French Guiana · Guam · Guyana · Hong Kong (China) · Honduras · Croatia · Haiti · Hungary · Indonesia · India · Ireland · Iran · Iraq · Iceland · Israel · Italy · Jamaica · Jordan · Japan · Kazakhstan · Kenya · Kyrgyzstan · Cambodia · Kiribati · Saint Kitts and Nevis · Korea · Kuwait · Lao People’s Democratic Republic · Lebanon · Liberia · Libya · Saint Lucia · Liechtenstein · Sri Lanka · Lesotho · Lithuania · Luxembourg · Latvia · Macau (China) · Morocco · Monaco · Moldova · Madagascar · Maldives · Mexico · Marshall Islands · North Macedonia · Mali · Malta · Myanmar · Mongolia · Northern Mariana Islands · Mozambique · Mauritania · Montserrat · Martinique · Mauritius · Malawi · Malaysia · Mayotte · Namibia · New Caledonia · Niger · Norfolk Island · Nigeria · Nicaragua · Niue · Netherlands · Norway · Nepal · Nauru · New Zealand · OECD · OECD America · OECD Europe · OECD Asia Oceania · Oman · Pakistan · Panama · Pitcairn · Peru · Philippines · Palau · Papua New Guinea · Poland · Puerto Rico · Democratic People’s Republic of Korea · Portugal · Paraguay · French Polynesia · Qatar · Réunion · Romania · Russia · Rwanda · Saudi Arabia · Sudan · Senegal · Singapore · Saint Helena · Solomon Islands · Sierra Leone · El Salvador · San Marino · Somalia · Saint Pierre and Miquelon · Sao Tome and Principe · Suriname · Slovak Republic · Slovenia · Sweden · Eswatini · Seychelles · Syrian Arab Republic · Turks and Caicos Islands · Chad · Togo · Thailand · Tajikistan · Tokelau · Turkmenistan · Timor-Leste · Tonga · Trinidad and Tobago · Tunisia · Türkiye · Tuvalu · Chinese Taipei · Tanzania · Uganda · Ukraine · Uruguay · United States · Uzbekistan · Holy See · Saint Vincent and the Grenadines · Venezuela · British Virgin Islands · United States Virgin Islands · Viet Nam · Vanuatu · Wallis and Futuna · Samoa · Yemen · South Africa · Zambia · Zimbabwe