Agricultural land use, per square kilometre by country
Agricultural land use divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
209
Highest
86.48 hectares per square kilometre
Cote d'Ivoire
Lowest
0.445 hectares per square kilometre
Suriname
Median
37.96 hectares per square kilometre
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
12,060
What the numbers show
Agricultural land use, per square kilometre is currently reported for 209 countries. The highest value is 86.48 hectares per square kilometre in Cote d'Ivoire; the lowest is 0.445 hectares per square kilometre in Suriname.
The median across all reporting countries is 37.96 hectares per square kilometre, and the mean is 37.16 hectares per square kilometre.
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 use, per square kilometre: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cote d'Ivoire | 86.48 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 2 | Turkmenistan | 84.22 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 3 | Burundi | 83.89 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 4 | Uruguay | 81.35 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 5 | Saudi Arabia | 80.77 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 6 | South Africa | 79.42 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 7 | Kazakhstan | 79.37 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 8 | Lesotho | 77.76 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.8% | falling |
| 9 | Rwanda | 76.33 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 10 | Nigeria | 76.2 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 11 | Moldova | 74.1 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 12 | Syria | 74.09 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 13 | Djibouti | 73.51 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 14 | Guinea | 73.23 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 15 | Bangladesh | 72.31 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.3% | falling |
| 16 | Uganda | 71.89 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 17 | Comoros | 71.47 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 18 | Ukraine | 71.3 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 19 | Somalia | 70.34 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 20 | United Kingdom | 70.31 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 21 | Madagascar | 70.29 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 22 | Togo | 70.23 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 23 | Faroe Islands | 70.12 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 24 | Eswatini | 69.48 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 25 | Isle of Man | 69.09 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 26 | Mongolia | 68.96 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 27 | Morocco | 66.75 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 28 | Lebanon | 65.91 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 29 | Denmark | 65.53 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 30 | Haiti | 65.13 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 13.2% | rising |
| 31 | Palestine | 64.93 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 32 | Malawi | 64.17 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 33 | Eritrea | 62.65 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 34 | Gambia | 62.65 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 35 | Tunisia | 62.44 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 36 | Cuba | 61.67 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 37 | Ireland | 60.81 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 38 | Sudan | 60.31 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 39 | India | 60.06 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 40 | Tuvalu | 60 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 41 | Armenia | 58.59 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 42 | Afghanistan | 58.44 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 43 | Uzbekistan | 58.06 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 44 | Azerbaijan | 57.83 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 45 | El Salvador | 57.71 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 46 | Hungary | 55.7 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 47 | China | 55.43 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 48 | Ghana | 55.39 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 49 | Dominican Republic | 55.35 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 50 | Romania | 55.26 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 51 | Sierra Leone | 54.71 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 52 | Paraguay | 54.11 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 53 | Kyrgyzstan | 54.01 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 54 | Netherlands | 53.55 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 55 | Burkina Faso | 53.4 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 56 | Mozambique | 52.79 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 57 | France | 52.5 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 58 | Luxembourg | 51.66 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 59 | Mexico | 50.69 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 60 | Turkey | 50.14 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 61 | North Macedonia | 49.6 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 62 | Spain | 49.58 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 63 | Kenya | 49.53 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 64 | Senegal | 49.4 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.1% | flat |
| 65 | Tonga | 48.61 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 66 | Sri Lanka | 48.61 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 67 | Poland | 47.61 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 68 | Germany | 47.47 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 69 | Australia | 47.22 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 70 | Namibia | 47.14 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 71 | Pakistan | 46.69 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 72 | British Virgin Islands | 46.67 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 73 | Bulgaria | 46.09 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 74 | United States | 46.08 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 75 | Lithuania | 45.89 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 76 | Czechia | 45.8 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 77 | Botswana | 45.63 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 78 | South Sudan | 44.86 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 79 | Sao Tome and Principe | 44.79 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.9% | rising |
| 80 | Tanzania | 44.62 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 81 | Yemen | 44.42 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 82 | Belgium | 44.38 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 83 | Italy | 44.26 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 84 | Thailand | 43.8 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 85 | Portugal | 43.34 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.3% | falling |
| 86 | Mauritius | 43.04 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.0% | falling |
| 87 | Guatemala | 43.04 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 88 | Philippines | 42.67 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 89 | Argentina | 42.44 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 90 | Nicaragua | 42.31 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 91 | Kiribati | 41.98 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 92 | Benin | 41.83 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 93 | Zimbabwe | 41.79 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 94 | Greece | 41.68 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 95 | Serbia | 40.39 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 96 | Chad | 39.98 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 97 | Andorra | 39.87 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 98 | Belarus | 39.58 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 99 | Vietnam | 39.21 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 100 | Marshall Islands | 38.89 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 101 | Mauritania | 38.53 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 102 | Jamaica | 38.5 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 103 | San Marino | 38.33 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 130.0% | rising |
| 104 | Albania | 38.12 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.0% | flat |
| 105 | Slovakia | 37.96 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 106 | Switzerland | 37.79 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 107 | Angola | 36.95 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 108 | New Zealand | 36.88 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 109 | Niger | 36.79 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 110 | Colombia | 36.49 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.7% | flat |
| 111 | Bolivia | 35.83 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 112 | Mali | 35.47 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 113 | Cambodia | 34.86 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 114 | Georgia | 34.13 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 115 | Ethiopia | 34.08 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 116 | Dominica | 33.33 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 117 | Costa Rica | 33.14 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 118 | Liechtenstein | 32.31 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 119 | Zambia | 32.07 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 120 | Honduras | 31.96 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 121 | Latvia | 31.67 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.0% | flat |
| 122 | Austria | 31.47 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 123 | Congo | 31.19 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 124 | Slovenia | 30.36 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 125 | Guinea-Bissau | 29.89 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 126 | Guam | 29.63 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.1% | flat |
| 127 | Panama | 29.52 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 128 | Indonesia | 29.13 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 129 | Iran | 29.01 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.8% | falling |
| 130 | Brazil | 28.33 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 131 | Tajikistan | 27.95 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.6% | falling |
| 132 | Croatia | 26.55 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 133 | Nepal | 26.12 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 134 | Malaysia | 26.09 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 135 | Malta | 25.91 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 136 | Israel | 24.8 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 137 | Venezuela | 24.38 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 138 | Grenada | 23.53 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 139 | Barbados | 23.26 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 140 | Estonia | 23.12 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.2% | falling |
| 141 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 23.08 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 142 | East Timor | 22.96 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 143 | Iraq | 21.83 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.7% | flat |
| 144 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 21.74 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 48.5% | falling |
| 145 | North Korea | 21.55 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 146 | Ecuador | 21.54 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 28.8% | rising |
| 147 | Cameroon | 20.94 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 148 | Antigua and Barbuda | 20.45 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 149 | Nauru | 20 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 150 | Liberia | 19.97 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 151 | Myanmar | 19.91 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 152 | Maldives | 19.8 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.2% | rising |
| 153 | Cape Verde | 19.6 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 154 | Montenegro | 19.59 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.1% | falling |
| 155 | Peru | 19.05 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 156 | Puerto Rico | 19.04 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 157 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 17.95 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 158 | Samoa | 17.56 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 159 | Algeria | 17.36 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 160 | Fiji | 17.06 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 161 | Saint Lucia | 16.3 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 162 | Iceland | 16.25 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 163 | South Korea | 16.07 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 164 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 15.48 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 165 | Vanuatu | 15.34 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 166 | American Samoa | 14.8 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 167 | Chile | 14.4 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 168 | Cyprus | 13.96 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.5% | volatile |
| 169 | Bhutan | 13.82 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 170 | Russia | 13.17 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 171 | Japan | 12.64 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 172 | Jordan | 11.53 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 173 | Cayman Islands | 11.25 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 174 | Aruba | 11.11 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 175 | Trinidad and Tobago | 10.53 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 176 | Bahrain | 10.12 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 177 | New Caledonia | 10.07 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 178 | Laos | 9.91 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 179 | United States Virgin Islands | 9.43 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 180 | Palau | 9.35 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 181 | Central African Republic | 9.1 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 182 | Libya | 8.72 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 183 | French Polynesia | 8.66 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 184 | Kuwait | 8.42 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 185 | Gabon | 8.36 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 186 | Belize | 7.98 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 187 | Finland | 7.44 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 188 | Sweden | 7.32 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 189 | Micronesia (country) | 7.14 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 190 | Canada | 6.47 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 191 | Qatar | 6.44 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 192 | Bermuda | 5.56 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 193 | United Arab Emirates | 5.52 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 194 | Oman | 4.76 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 195 | Egypt | 4.08 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 196 | Solomon Islands | 3.9 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 197 | Hong Kong | 3.81 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 198 | Equatorial Guinea | 3.73 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 199 | Guyana | 3.41 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 200 | Seychelles | 3.37 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 201 | Papua New Guinea | 3.1 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 202 | Norway | 2.7 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 203 | Brunei | 2.54 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 204 | Bahamas | 1.3 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 205 | Northern Mariana Islands | 1.17 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 68.2% | volatile |
| 206 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 1.05 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 207 | Singapore | 0.9192 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.0% | volatile |
| 208 | Greenland | 0.5923 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.0% | falling |
| 209 | Suriname | 0.445 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.1% | rising |
How this figure is calculated
Agricultural land use divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Agricultural land use ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Agricultural land use Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Agricultural land use divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.