Agricultural land use by country
Land used for cultivation of crops and animal husbandry. The total of areas under cropland and permanent meadows and pastures.
Countries reporting
219
Highest
520.41 million hectares
China
Lowest
300 hectares
Bermuda
Median
2.44 million hectares
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
13,212
What the numbers show
Agricultural land use is currently reported for 219 countries. The highest value is 520.41 million hectares in China; the lowest is 300 hectares in Bermuda.
The median across all reporting countries is 2.44 million hectares, and the mean is 21.89 million hectares.
Over the past decade 89 countries rose and 88 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: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 520.41 million hectares | 2023 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 2 | United States | 421.54 million hectares | 2023 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 3 | Australia | 363.24 million hectares | 2023 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 4 | Brazil | 236.76 million hectares | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 5 | Russia | 215.70 million hectares | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 6 | Kazakhstan | 214.27 million hectares | 2023 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 7 | India | 178.57 million hectares | 2023 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 8 | Saudi Arabia | 173.64 million hectares | 2023 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 9 | Argentina | 116.14 million hectares | 2023 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 10 | Sudan | 112.67 million hectares | 2023 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 11 | Mongolia | 107.47 million hectares | 2023 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 12 | Mexico | 98.55 million hectares | 2023 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 13 | South Africa | 96.34 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 14 | Nigeria | 69.40 million hectares | 2023 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 15 | Canada | 56.88 million hectares | 2023 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 16 | Indonesia | 55.12 million hectares | 2023 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 17 | Chad | 50.34 million hectares | 2023 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 18 | Iran | 47.07 million hectares | 2023 | up 2.4% | falling |
| 19 | Niger | 46.60 million hectares | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 20 | Angola | 46.06 million hectares | 2023 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 21 | Somalia | 44.13 million hectares | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 22 | Mali | 43.28 million hectares | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 23 | Mozambique | 41.51 million hectares | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 24 | Algeria | 41.34 million hectares | 2023 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 25 | Ukraine | 41.31 million hectares | 2023 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 26 | Madagascar | 40.90 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 27 | Colombia | 40.48 million hectares | 2023 | down 9.7% | flat |
| 28 | Mauritania | 39.71 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 29 | Turkmenistan | 39.58 million hectares | 2023 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 30 | Tanzania | 39.52 million hectares | 2023 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 31 | Bolivia | 38.82 million hectares | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 32 | Namibia | 38.81 million hectares | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 33 | Turkey | 38.59 million hectares | 2023 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 34 | Ethiopia | 38.46 million hectares | 2023 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 35 | Afghanistan | 38.12 million hectares | 2023 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 36 | Pakistan | 35.99 million hectares | 2023 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 37 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 35.10 million hectares | 2023 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 38 | Morocco | 29.79 million hectares | 2023 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 39 | Kenya | 28.77 million hectares | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 40 | South Sudan | 28.35 million hectares | 2023 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 41 | France | 28.30 million hectares | 2023 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 42 | Cote d'Ivoire | 27.50 million hectares | 2023 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 43 | Botswana | 25.86 million hectares | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 44 | Uzbekistan | 25.58 million hectares | 2023 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 45 | Spain | 24.77 million hectares | 2023 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 46 | Peru | 24.39 million hectares | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 47 | Zambia | 23.84 million hectares | 2023 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 48 | Yemen | 23.45 million hectares | 2023 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 49 | Thailand | 22.38 million hectares | 2023 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 50 | Venezuela | 21.50 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 51 | Paraguay | 21.43 million hectares | 2023 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 52 | Guinea | 17.99 million hectares | 2023 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 53 | United Kingdom | 17.01 million hectares | 2023 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 54 | Germany | 16.59 million hectares | 2023 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 55 | Zimbabwe | 16.17 million hectares | 2023 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 56 | Libya | 15.35 million hectares | 2023 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 57 | Burkina Faso | 14.61 million hectares | 2023 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 58 | Poland | 14.58 million hectares | 2023 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 59 | Uganda | 14.41 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 60 | Uruguay | 14.24 million hectares | 2023 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 61 | Syria | 13.61 million hectares | 2023 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 62 | Italy | 13.09 million hectares | 2023 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 63 | Myanmar | 13.00 million hectares | 2023 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 64 | Philippines | 12.72 million hectares | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 65 | Romania | 12.71 million hectares | 2023 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 66 | Ghana | 12.60 million hectares | 2023 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 67 | Vietnam | 12.29 million hectares | 2023 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 68 | Chile | 10.70 million hectares | 2023 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 69 | Congo | 10.65 million hectares | 2023 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 70 | Kyrgyzstan | 10.36 million hectares | 2023 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 71 | Cameroon | 9.90 million hectares | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 72 | New Zealand | 9.71 million hectares | 2023 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 73 | Tunisia | 9.70 million hectares | 2023 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 74 | Senegal | 9.51 million hectares | 2023 | up 6.1% | flat |
| 75 | Iraq | 9.48 million hectares | 2023 | up 6.7% | flat |
| 76 | Bangladesh | 9.40 million hectares | 2023 | up 3.2% | falling |
| 77 | Malaysia | 8.57 million hectares | 2023 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 78 | Belarus | 8.03 million hectares | 2023 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 79 | Eritrea | 7.59 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 80 | Cuba | 6.40 million hectares | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 81 | Cambodia | 6.15 million hectares | 2023 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 82 | Malawi | 6.05 million hectares | 2023 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 83 | Central African Republic | 5.67 million hectares | 2023 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 84 | Greece | 5.37 million hectares | 2023 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 85 | Ecuador | 5.35 million hectares | 2023 | down 28.8% | rising |
| 86 | Nicaragua | 5.09 million hectares | 2023 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 87 | Hungary | 5.08 million hectares | 2023 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 88 | Western Sahara | 5.00 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 89 | Bulgaria | 5.00 million hectares | 2023 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 90 | Azerbaijan | 4.78 million hectares | 2023 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 91 | Benin | 4.72 million hectares | 2023 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 92 | Guatemala | 4.61 million hectares | 2023 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 93 | Japan | 4.61 million hectares | 2023 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 95 | Egypt | 4.06 million hectares | 2023 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 96 | Portugal | 3.97 million hectares | 2023 | up 7.3% | falling |
| 97 | Sierra Leone | 3.95 million hectares | 2023 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 98 | Tajikistan | 3.88 million hectares | 2023 | up 4.7% | falling |
| 99 | Togo | 3.82 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 100 | Nepal | 3.74 million hectares | 2023 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 101 | Honduras | 3.58 million hectares | 2023 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 102 | Czechia | 3.53 million hectares | 2023 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 103 | Serbia | 3.40 million hectares | 2023 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 104 | Sri Lanka | 3.01 million hectares | 2023 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 105 | Sweden | 2.98 million hectares | 2023 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 106 | Lithuania | 2.87 million hectares | 2023 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 107 | Dominican Republic | 2.67 million hectares | 2023 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 108 | Denmark | 2.62 million hectares | 2023 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 109 | Austria | 2.60 million hectares | 2023 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 110 | North Korea | 2.60 million hectares | 2023 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 111 | Moldova | 2.44 million hectares | 2023 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 112 | Georgia | 2.37 million hectares | 2023 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 113 | Lesotho | 2.36 million hectares | 2023 | up 4.8% | falling |
| 114 | Laos | 2.29 million hectares | 2023 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 115 | Finland | 2.26 million hectares | 2023 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 116 | Panama | 2.19 million hectares | 2023 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 117 | Burundi | 2.15 million hectares | 2023 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 118 | Gabon | 2.15 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 119 | Latvia | 1.97 million hectares | 2023 | up 5.0% | flat |
| 120 | Liberia | 1.92 million hectares | 2023 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 121 | Rwanda | 1.88 million hectares | 2023 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 122 | Slovakia | 1.82 million hectares | 2023 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 123 | Netherlands | 1.80 million hectares | 2023 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 124 | Haiti | 1.79 million hectares | 2023 | down 13.2% | rising |
| 125 | Djibouti | 1.70 million hectares | 2023 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 126 | Costa Rica | 1.69 million hectares | 2023 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 127 | Armenia | 1.65 million hectares | 2023 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 128 | Iceland | 1.64 million hectares | 2023 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 129 | South Korea | 1.57 million hectares | 2023 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 130 | Switzerland | 1.49 million hectares | 2023 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 131 | Croatia | 1.49 million hectares | 2023 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 132 | Oman | 1.47 million hectares | 2023 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 133 | Papua New Guinea | 1.41 million hectares | 2023 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 134 | Belgium | 1.35 million hectares | 2023 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 135 | North Macedonia | 1.25 million hectares | 2023 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 136 | El Salvador | 1.20 million hectares | 2023 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 137 | Eswatini | 1.20 million hectares | 2023 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 138 | Falkland Islands | 1.13 million hectares | 2023 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 139 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.11 million hectares | 2023 | down 48.5% | falling |
| 140 | Albania | 1.04 million hectares | 2023 | down 12.0% | flat |
| 141 | Jordan | 1.02 million hectares | 2023 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 142 | Estonia | 988,000 hectares | 2023 | up 2.4% | falling |
| 143 | Norway | 982,000 hectares | 2023 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 144 | Guinea-Bissau | 840,530 hectares | 2023 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 145 | Taiwan | 779,000 hectares | 2023 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 146 | Guyana | 720,000 hectares | 2023 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 147 | Lebanon | 674,214 hectares | 2023 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 148 | Gambia | 634,000 hectares | 2023 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 149 | Slovenia | 611,200 hectares | 2023 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 150 | Israel | 536,700 hectares | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 151 | Bhutan | 527,000 hectares | 2023 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 152 | Jamaica | 417,000 hectares | 2023 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 153 | United Arab Emirates | 391,704 hectares | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 154 | Palestine | 391,200 hectares | 2023 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 155 | East Timor | 341,400 hectares | 2023 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 156 | Fiji | 311,600 hectares | 2023 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 157 | Montenegro | 263,520 hectares | 2023 | up 18.1% | falling |
| 158 | Greenland | 243,110 hectares | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 159 | Vanuatu | 187,000 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 160 | New Caledonia | 184,030 hectares | 2023 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 161 | Belize | 182,000 hectares | 2023 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 162 | Puerto Rico | 168,900 hectares | 2023 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 163 | Kuwait | 150,000 hectares | 2023 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 164 | Comoros | 133,000 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 166 | Cyprus | 128,996 hectares | 2023 | up 18.5% | volatile |
| 167 | Solomon Islands | 109,200 hectares | 2023 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 168 | Equatorial Guinea | 104,720 hectares | 2023 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 169 | Faroe Islands | 96,070 hectares | 2023 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 170 | Mauritius | 85,957 hectares | 2023 | down 0.0% | falling |
| 171 | Cape Verde | 79,000 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 172 | Qatar | 74,000 hectares | 2023 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 173 | Suriname | 71,432 hectares | 2023 | down 14.1% | rising |
| 174 | Trinidad and Tobago | 54,000 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 175 | Samoa | 48,830 hectares | 2023 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 177 | Sao Tome and Principe | 43,000 hectares | 2023 | up 22.9% | rising |
| 178 | French Guiana | 42,004 hectares | 2023 | up 46.4% | volatile |
| 179 | Reunion | 41,627 hectares | 2023 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 180 | Isle of Man | 39,381 hectares | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 181 | Tonga | 35,000 hectares | 2023 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 182 | Kiribati | 34,000 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 184 | French Polynesia | 30,065 hectares | 2023 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 185 | Dominica | 25,000 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 187 | Andorra | 18,741 hectares | 2023 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 188 | Guam | 16,000 hectares | 2023 | down 11.1% | flat |
| 189 | Brunei | 13,400 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 190 | Bahamas | 13,000 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 191 | Saint Helena | 12,000 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 192 | Barbados | 10,000 hectares | 2023 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 193 | Saint Lucia | 9,940 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 194 | Antigua and Barbuda | 9,000 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 196 | Bahrain | 8,100 hectares | 2023 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 197 | Grenada | 8,000 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 197 | Netherlands Antilles | 8,000 hectares | 2010 | unchanged | rising |
| 199 | Marshall Islands | 7,000 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 199 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 7,000 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 199 | British Virgin Islands | 7,000 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 202 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 6,000 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 202 | Wallis and Futuna | 6,000 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 204 | Maldives | 5,900 hectares | 2023 | down 7.8% | rising |
| 206 | Micronesia (country) | 5,000 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 207 | Niue | 4,800 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 208 | Palau | 4,300 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 209 | Hong Kong | 4,000 hectares | 2023 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 210 | United States Virgin Islands | 3,300 hectares | 2023 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 211 | Montserrat | 3,000 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 212 | American Samoa | 2,960 hectares | 2023 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 213 | Cayman Islands | 2,700 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 214 | San Marino | 2,300 hectares | 2023 | up 130.0% | rising |
| 215 | Aruba | 2,000 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 215 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 2,000 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 217 | Cook Islands | 1,900 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 218 | Tuvalu | 1,800 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 219 | Seychelles | 1,550 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 220 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 1,000 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 220 | Norfolk Island | 1,000 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 222 | Singapore | 660 hectares | 2023 | down 1.5% | volatile |
| 223 | Tokelau | 600 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 224 | Northern Mariana Islands | 540 hectares | 2023 | down 68.2% | volatile |
| 225 | Nauru | 400 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 226 | Bermuda | 300 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- OECD (FAO) 1.17 billion hectares
- USSR 555.42 million hectares
About this data
Land used for cultivation of crops and animal husbandry. The total of areas under cropland and permanent meadows and pastures.