Agricultural land (% of land area) by country
Agricultural land refers to the share of land area that is arable, under permanent crops, and under permanent pastures. Arable land includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen...
Countries reporting
209
Highest
86.5%
Côte d'Ivoire
Lowest
0.4%
Suriname
Median
38.0%
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
15,082
What the numbers show
Agricultural land (% of land area) is currently reported for 209 countries. The highest value is 86.5% in Côte d'Ivoire; the lowest is 0.4% in Suriname.
The median across all reporting countries is 38.0%, and the mean is 37.2%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 194.
Over the past decade 89 countries rose and 89 fell. The largest increase was in San Marino (up 130.0%), and the largest decrease in Northern Mariana Islands (down 68.2%).
Agricultural land: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Côte d'Ivoire | 86.5% | 2023 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 2 | Turkmenistan | 84.2% | 2023 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 3 | Burundi | 83.9% | 2023 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 4 | Uruguay | 81.4% | 2023 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 5 | Saudi Arabia | 80.8% | 2023 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 6 | South Africa | 79.4% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 7 | Kazakhstan | 79.4% | 2023 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 8 | Lesotho | 77.8% | 2023 | up 4.8% | falling |
| 9 | Rwanda | 76.3% | 2023 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 10 | Nigeria | 76.2% | 2023 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 11 | Republic of Moldova | 74.1% | 2023 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 12 | Syria | 74.1% | 2023 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 13 | Djibouti | 73.5% | 2023 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 14 | Guinea | 73.2% | 2023 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 15 | Bangladesh | 72.3% | 2023 | up 3.3% | falling |
| 16 | Uganda | 71.9% | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 17 | Comoros | 71.5% | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 18 | Ukraine | 71.3% | 2023 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 19 | Somalia | 70.3% | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 20 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 70.3% | 2023 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 21 | Madagascar | 70.3% | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 22 | Togo | 70.2% | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 23 | Faroe Islands | 70.1% | 2023 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 24 | Eswatini | 69.5% | 2023 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 25 | Isle of Man | 69.1% | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 26 | Mongolia | 69.0% | 2023 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 27 | Morocco | 66.7% | 2023 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 28 | Lebanon | 65.9% | 2023 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 29 | Denmark | 65.5% | 2023 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 30 | Haiti | 65.1% | 2023 | down 13.2% | rising |
| 31 | Palestine, State of | 64.9% | 2023 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 32 | Malawi | 64.2% | 2023 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 33 | Eritrea | 62.7% | 2023 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 34 | Gambia | 62.6% | 2023 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 35 | Tunisia | 62.4% | 2023 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 36 | Cuba | 61.7% | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 37 | Ireland | 60.8% | 2023 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 38 | Sudan | 60.3% | 2023 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 39 | India | 60.1% | 2023 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 40 | Tuvalu | 60.0% | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 41 | Armenia | 58.6% | 2023 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 42 | Afghanistan | 58.4% | 2023 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 43 | Uzbekistan | 58.1% | 2023 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 44 | Azerbaijan | 57.8% | 2023 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 45 | El Salvador | 57.7% | 2023 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 46 | Hungary | 55.7% | 2023 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 47 | China | 55.4% | 2023 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 48 | Ghana | 55.4% | 2023 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 49 | Dominican Republic | 55.4% | 2023 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 50 | Romania | 55.3% | 2023 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 51 | Sierra Leone | 54.7% | 2023 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 52 | Paraguay | 54.1% | 2023 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 53 | Kyrgyzstan | 54.0% | 2023 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 54 | Netherlands | 53.5% | 2023 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 55 | Burkina Faso | 53.4% | 2023 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 56 | Mozambique | 52.8% | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 57 | France | 52.5% | 2023 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 58 | Luxembourg | 51.7% | 2023 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 59 | Mexico | 50.7% | 2023 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 60 | Türkiye | 50.1% | 2023 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 61 | North Macedonia | 49.6% | 2023 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 62 | Spain | 49.6% | 2023 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 63 | Kenya | 49.5% | 2023 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 64 | Senegal | 49.4% | 2023 | up 6.1% | flat |
| 65 | Tonga | 48.6% | 2023 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 66 | Sri Lanka | 48.6% | 2023 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 67 | Poland | 47.6% | 2023 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 68 | Germany | 47.5% | 2023 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 69 | Australia | 47.2% | 2023 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 70 | Namibia | 47.1% | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 71 | Pakistan | 46.7% | 2023 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 72 | British Virgin Islands | 46.7% | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 73 | Bulgaria | 46.1% | 2023 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 74 | United States of America | 46.1% | 2023 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 75 | Lithuania | 45.9% | 2023 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 76 | Czechia | 45.8% | 2023 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 77 | Botswana | 45.6% | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 78 | South Sudan | 44.9% | 2023 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 79 | Sao Tome and Principe | 44.8% | 2023 | up 22.9% | rising |
| 80 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 44.6% | 2023 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 81 | Yemen | 44.4% | 2023 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 82 | Belgium | 44.4% | 2023 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 83 | Italy | 44.3% | 2023 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 84 | Thailand | 43.8% | 2023 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 85 | Portugal | 43.3% | 2023 | up 7.3% | falling |
| 86 | Mauritius | 43.0% | 2023 | down 0.0% | falling |
| 87 | Guatemala | 43.0% | 2023 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 88 | Philippines | 42.7% | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 89 | Argentina | 42.4% | 2023 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 90 | Nicaragua | 42.3% | 2023 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 91 | Kiribati | 42.0% | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 92 | Benin | 41.8% | 2023 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 93 | Zimbabwe | 41.8% | 2023 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 94 | Greece | 41.7% | 2023 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 95 | Serbia | 40.4% | 2023 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 96 | Chad | 40.0% | 2023 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 97 | Andorra | 39.9% | 2023 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 98 | Belarus | 39.6% | 2023 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 99 | Viet Nam | 39.2% | 2023 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 100 | Marshall Islands | 38.9% | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 101 | Mauritania | 38.5% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 102 | Jamaica | 38.5% | 2023 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 103 | San Marino | 38.3% | 2023 | up 130.0% | rising |
| 104 | Albania | 38.1% | 2023 | down 12.0% | flat |
| 105 | Slovakia | 38.0% | 2023 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 106 | Switzerland | 37.8% | 2023 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 107 | Angola | 36.9% | 2023 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 108 | New Zealand | 36.9% | 2023 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 109 | Niger | 36.8% | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 110 | Colombia | 36.5% | 2023 | down 9.7% | flat |
| 111 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 35.8% | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 112 | Mali | 35.5% | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 113 | Cambodia | 34.9% | 2023 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 114 | Georgia | 34.1% | 2023 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 115 | Ethiopia | 34.1% | 2023 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 116 | Dominica | 33.3% | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 117 | Costa Rica | 33.1% | 2023 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 118 | Liechtenstein | 32.3% | 2023 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 119 | Zambia | 32.1% | 2023 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 120 | Honduras | 32.0% | 2023 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 121 | Latvia | 31.7% | 2023 | up 5.0% | flat |
| 122 | Austria | 31.5% | 2023 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 123 | Congo | 31.2% | 2023 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 124 | Slovenia | 30.4% | 2023 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 125 | Guinea-Bissau | 29.9% | 2023 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 126 | Guam | 29.6% | 2023 | down 11.1% | flat |
| 127 | Panama | 29.5% | 2023 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 128 | Indonesia | 29.1% | 2023 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 129 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 29.0% | 2023 | up 2.8% | falling |
| 130 | Brazil | 28.3% | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 131 | Tajikistan | 27.9% | 2023 | up 5.6% | falling |
| 132 | Croatia | 26.6% | 2023 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 133 | Nepal | 26.1% | 2023 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 134 | Malaysia | 26.1% | 2023 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 135 | Malta | 25.9% | 2023 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 136 | Israel | 24.8% | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 137 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 24.4% | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 138 | Grenada | 23.5% | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 139 | Barbados | 23.3% | 2023 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 140 | Estonia | 23.1% | 2023 | up 4.2% | falling |
| 141 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 23.1% | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 142 | Timor-Leste | 23.0% | 2023 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 143 | Iraq | 21.8% | 2023 | up 6.7% | flat |
| 144 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 21.7% | 2023 | down 48.5% | falling |
| 145 | North Korea | 21.6% | 2023 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 146 | Ecuador | 21.5% | 2023 | down 28.8% | rising |
| 147 | Cameroon | 20.9% | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 148 | Antigua and Barbuda | 20.5% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 149 | Naoero | 20.0% | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 150 | Liberia | 20.0% | 2023 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 151 | Myanmar | 19.9% | 2023 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 152 | Maldives | 19.8% | 2023 | down 7.2% | rising |
| 153 | Cape Verde | 19.6% | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 154 | Montenegro | 19.6% | 2023 | up 18.1% | falling |
| 155 | Peru | 19.1% | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 156 | Puerto Rico | 19.0% | 2023 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 157 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 17.9% | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 158 | Samoa | 17.6% | 2023 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 159 | Algeria | 17.4% | 2023 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 160 | Fiji | 17.1% | 2023 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 161 | Saint Lucia | 16.3% | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 162 | Iceland | 16.2% | 2023 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 163 | Republic of Korea | 16.1% | 2023 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 164 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 15.5% | 2023 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 165 | Vanuatu | 15.3% | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 166 | American Samoa | 14.8% | 2023 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 167 | Chile | 14.4% | 2023 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 168 | Cyprus | 14.0% | 2023 | up 18.5% | volatile |
| 169 | Bhutan | 13.8% | 2023 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 170 | Russian Federation | 13.2% | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 171 | Japan | 12.6% | 2023 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 172 | Jordan | 11.5% | 2023 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 173 | Cayman Islands | 11.2% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 174 | Aruba | 11.1% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 175 | Trinidad and Tobago | 10.5% | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 176 | Bahrain | 10.1% | 2023 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 177 | New Caledonia | 10.1% | 2023 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 178 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 9.9% | 2023 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 179 | United States Virgin Islands | 9.4% | 2023 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 180 | Palau | 9.3% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 181 | Central African Republic | 9.1% | 2023 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 182 | Libya | 8.7% | 2023 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 183 | French Polynesia | 8.7% | 2023 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 184 | Kuwait | 8.4% | 2023 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 185 | Gabon | 8.4% | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 186 | Belize | 8.0% | 2023 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 187 | Finland | 7.4% | 2023 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 188 | Sweden | 7.3% | 2023 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 189 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 7.1% | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 190 | Canada | 6.5% | 2023 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 191 | Qatar | 6.4% | 2023 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 192 | Bermuda | 5.6% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 193 | United Arab Emirates | 5.5% | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 194 | Oman | 4.8% | 2023 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 195 | Egypt | 4.1% | 2023 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 196 | Solomon Islands | 3.9% | 2023 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 197 | Hong Kong, China | 3.8% | 2023 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 198 | Equatorial Guinea | 3.7% | 2023 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 199 | Guyana | 3.4% | 2023 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 200 | Seychelles | 3.4% | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 201 | Papua New Guinea | 3.1% | 2023 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 202 | Norway | 2.7% | 2023 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 203 | Brunei Darussalam | 2.5% | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 204 | Bahamas | 1.3% | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 205 | Northern Mariana Islands | 1.2% | 2023 | down 68.2% | volatile |
| 206 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 1.1% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 207 | Singapore | 0.9% | 2023 | down 3.0% | volatile |
| 208 | Greenland | 0.6% | 2023 | up 0.0% | falling |
| 209 | Suriname | 0.4% | 2023 | down 14.1% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 67.7%
- Chagai 43.3%
- South Asia 58.3%
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 58.3%
- Euro area 42.1%
- European Union 40.3%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 48.0%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 47.8%
- East Asia & Pacific 46.8%
- Africa Eastern and Southern 46.6%
- IDA blend 46.3%
- Central Europe and the Baltics 45.9%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 44.7%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 44.7%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 44.7%
- Pre-demographic dividend 43.3%
- Lower middle income 43.0%
- Middle income 42.8%
- Upper middle income 42.8%
- Low & middle income 42.7%
- Low income 42.1%
- IDA total 42.0%
- Africa Western and Central 41.6%
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 41.3%
- IDA only 41.0%
- Least developed countries 40.7%
- Early-demographic dividend 40.0%
- Arab World 39.9%
- IDA & IBRD total 37.5%
- World 36.9%
- IBRD only 35.8%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 35.4%
- OECD members 34.3%
- Late-demographic dividend 34.1%
- Post-demographic dividend 34.0%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 33.5%
- Latin America & Caribbean 32.9%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 32.7%
- Europe & Central Asia 29.1%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 28.3%
About this data
Agricultural land refers to the share of land area that is arable, under permanent crops, and under permanent pastures. Arable land includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded. Land under permanent crops is land cultivated with crops that occupy the land for long periods and need not be replanted after each harvest, such as cocoa, coffee, and rubber. This category includes land under flowering shrubs, fruit trees, nut trees, and vines, but excludes land under trees grown for wood or timber. Permanent pasture is land used for five or more years for forage, including natural and cultivated crops.