Foreign-Held U.S. Farmland · country dossier
United Arab Emirates
Investors attributed to United Arab Emirates reported holding 214K acres of US agricultural land as of 2024-12-31 — 0.45% of all foreign-held US farmland, across 356 holdings.
- Acres (2024)
- 214,155
- Share of foreign-held
- 0.5%
- Holdings
- 356
- Held as ownership
- 23%
Fifteen-year trend
Reported United Arab Emirates holdings grew from 10K acres in 2010 to 214K in 2024. Figures are reported holdings under AFIDA — self-reported minimums that include leases of ten years or longer.
| Year | Reported acres |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 214,155 |
| 2023 | 48,005 |
| 2022 | 47,746 |
| 2021 | 47,746 |
| 2020 | 47,746 |
| 2019 | 47,746 |
| 2018 | 47,746 |
| 2017 | 7,929 |
| 2016 | 7,929 |
| 2015 | 7,929 |
| 2014 | 7,929 |
| 2013 | 7,929 |
| 2012 | 10,137 |
| 2011 | 10,137 |
| 2010 | 10,137 |
Where, and what kind of land
Largest states
Land use (acres)
Aggregated from the USDA FSA AFIDA detailed holdings files (public domain) — see the full dataset, methodology, and the register's documented defects at Foreign-Held U.S. Farmland. Country is the reported first-tier investor, not a verified ultimate parent. Aggregate-level only; no record-level owner names. Keyless JSON for all countries: /foreign-farmland/index.json. CC0.