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Cropland is land used to grow crops, excluding pasture used for livestock grazing.
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- Area of permanent meadows and pastures
- Breakdown of habitable land area
- Change in cereal production, yield, land use and population
- Commodity-driven deforestation
- Contribution to global mean surface temperature rise from agriculture and land use
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- Cropland per person over the long-term
- Dietary land use vs. GDP per capita
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- Global agricultural land use by major crop type
- Global land use since 10,000 BCE
- Grazing land use over the long-term
- Has the world passed peak agricultural land?
- How much cropland has the world spared due to increases in crop yields?
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- Land use over the long-term
- Land use per 100 grams of protein
- Land use per kilogram of food product
- Land use vs. yield change in cereal production
- Land used for agriculture
- Number of unique settlements
- Organic agricultural area
- Pig production: Land use vs. cost to animal welfare
- Projections for global peak agricultural land
- Share of adults who perceive their rights to land as secure
- Share of adults with legal documentation of their rights to land
- Share of arable land which is organic
- Share of deforestation that is driven by domestic consumption
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- Share of land area used for agriculture
- Share of land area used for arable agriculture
- Share of land covered by lakes and rivers
- Share of land defined as natural habitat
- Share of land that is degraded
- Share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures
- Share of mountain land that is degraded
- Share of rural land area where the elevation is 5 meters or less
- Share of world regions with land use present
- Terrain Ruggedness Index
- Tree cover loss by dominant driver
- Woodland area by type