United States's agriculture share fell from 1.3 % in 1997 to 0.9 % in 2021.
United States · Agriculture & natural resources
Land, production, employment and resource rents.
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United States's employment in agriculture (% of total employment) fell from 2.9 % in 1996 to 1.5 % in 2025.
United States's resource rents rose from 0.9 % in 1992 to 1.3 % in 2021.
United States's agricultural land (% of land area) rose from 46.0 % in 1994 to 46.1 % in 2023.
United States's arable land (% of land area) fell from 19.9 % in 1994 to 16.6 % in 2023.
United States's arable land (hectares per person) fell from 1 ha in 1994 to 0 ha in 2023.
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- Cereal yieldup +1.0 %3rd of 79
- Food production indexdown −3.7 pts130th of 195
- Crop production indexdown −8.0 pts165th of 195
- Livestock production indexup +0.5 pts81st of 194
- Oil productionup +3.4 %1st of 50
- Gas productiondown −0.0 %1st of 49
- Coal productiondown −9.9 %5th of 34
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- Fertilizer consumptiondown −0.0 %69th of 191
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- Oil rents (% of GDP)up +0.4 pts49th of 190
- Mineral rents (% of GDP)up +0.1 pts69th of 197
- Forest rents (% of GDP)up +0.0 pts131st of 197
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- Agricultural raw materials exports (% of merchandise exports)down −0.1 pts41st of 130
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- Prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurityup +1.0 pts41st of 134
- Prevalence of undernourishmentunchanged +0.0 pts1st of 165