Cropland extent over the long-term by country
Total cropland area for each separate country over time.
Countries reporting
195
Highest
166.71 million hectares
India
Lowest
0 hectares
Svalbard and Jan Mayen
Median
1.63 million hectares
Years covered
1026
1000–2025
Data points
21,816
What the numbers show
Cropland extent over the long-term is currently reported for 195 countries. The highest value is 166.71 million hectares in India; the lowest is 0 hectares in Svalbard and Jan Mayen.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.63 million hectares, and the mean is 8.19 million hectares.
Over the past decade 92 countries rose and 64 fell. The largest increase was in Lesotho (up 94.1%), and the largest decrease in Aruba (down 100.0%).
Cropland extent over the long-term: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 166.71 million hectares | 2025 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 2 | United States | 160.44 million hectares | 2025 | up 0.7% | volatile |
| 3 | China | 133.72 million hectares | 2025 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 4 | Russia | 123.44 million hectares | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 5 | Brazil | 62.09 million hectares | 2025 | up 11.5% | volatile |
| 6 | Indonesia | 51.04 million hectares | 2025 | up 9.4% | volatile |
| 7 | Argentina | 46.33 million hectares | 2025 | up 12.0% | volatile |
| 8 | Nigeria | 46.03 million hectares | 2025 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 9 | Canada | 38.07 million hectares | 2025 | down 1.0% | volatile |
| 10 | Ukraine | 33.80 million hectares | 2025 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 11 | Australia | 32.01 million hectares | 2025 | up 2.0% | volatile |
| 12 | Pakistan | 30.24 million hectares | 2025 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 13 | Kazakhstan | 29.80 million hectares | 2025 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 14 | Turkey | 24.22 million hectares | 2025 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 15 | Sudan | 23.69 million hectares | 2025 | up 3.4% | volatile |
| 16 | Thailand | 23.33 million hectares | 2025 | up 5.8% | volatile |
| 17 | Mexico | 22.17 million hectares | 2025 | down 10.4% | rising |
| 18 | France | 20.43 million hectares | 2025 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 19 | Ethiopia | 19.20 million hectares | 2025 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 20 | Niger | 17.81 million hectares | 2025 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 21 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 17.77 million hectares | 2025 | up 24.7% | volatile |
| 22 | Iran | 17.73 million hectares | 2025 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 23 | Spain | 16.64 million hectares | 2025 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 24 | Tanzania | 15.92 million hectares | 2025 | up 10.1% | volatile |
| 25 | Cote d'Ivoire | 14.48 million hectares | 2025 | up 28.6% | volatile |
| 26 | Myanmar | 12.43 million hectares | 2025 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 27 | South Africa | 12.41 million hectares | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 28 | Vietnam | 11.83 million hectares | 2025 | up 2.8% | volatile |
| 29 | Germany | 11.79 million hectares | 2025 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 30 | Poland | 11.67 million hectares | 2025 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 31 | Philippines | 11.25 million hectares | 2025 | up 2.0% | volatile |
| 32 | Italy | 9.67 million hectares | 2025 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 33 | Morocco | 9.32 million hectares | 2025 | up 3.0% | volatile |
| 34 | Mali | 9.23 million hectares | 2025 | up 26.2% | volatile |
| 35 | Uganda | 9.10 million hectares | 2025 | up 0.0% | volatile |
| 36 | Bangladesh | 9.00 million hectares | 2025 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 37 | Burkina Faso | 8.98 million hectares | 2025 | up 20.0% | volatile |
| 38 | Algeria | 8.50 million hectares | 2025 | up 0.4% | volatile |
| 39 | Malaysia | 8.29 million hectares | 2025 | up 0.0% | volatile |
| 40 | Romania | 8.28 million hectares | 2025 | down 10.0% | rising |
| 41 | Afghanistan | 8.10 million hectares | 2025 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 42 | Cameroon | 7.75 million hectares | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 43 | Ghana | 7.59 million hectares | 2025 | up 9.1% | volatile |
| 44 | Peru | 6.96 million hectares | 2025 | up 18.0% | volatile |
| 45 | Guinea | 6.94 million hectares | 2025 | up 25.2% | rising |
| 46 | Kenya | 6.82 million hectares | 2025 | down 2.7% | volatile |
| 47 | Bolivia | 6.23 million hectares | 2025 | up 19.3% | volatile |
| 48 | United Kingdom | 5.99 million hectares | 2025 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 49 | Mozambique | 5.95 million hectares | 2025 | up 0.0% | volatile |
| 50 | Angola | 5.70 million hectares | 2025 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 51 | Belarus | 5.59 million hectares | 2025 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 52 | Iraq | 5.54 million hectares | 2025 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 53 | Chad | 5.34 million hectares | 2025 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 54 | Syria | 5.28 million hectares | 2025 | down 7.8% | rising |
| 55 | Colombia | 5.21 million hectares | 2025 | up 42.3% | rising |
| 56 | Tunisia | 4.95 million hectares | 2025 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 57 | Cambodia | 4.86 million hectares | 2025 | up 17.2% | volatile |
| 58 | Paraguay | 4.83 million hectares | 2025 | up 15.6% | volatile |
| 59 | Benin | 4.44 million hectares | 2025 | up 26.1% | volatile |
| 60 | Uzbekistan | 4.42 million hectares | 2025 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 61 | Malawi | 4.37 million hectares | 2025 | up 13.2% | volatile |
| 62 | Japan | 4.25 million hectares | 2025 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 63 | Egypt | 4.20 million hectares | 2025 | up 10.9% | volatile |
| 64 | Hungary | 4.06 million hectares | 2025 | down 9.8% | rising |
| 65 | Senegal | 4.05 million hectares | 2025 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 66 | Zambia | 3.84 million hectares | 2025 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 67 | Saudi Arabia | 3.67 million hectares | 2025 | up 1.5% | volatile |
| 68 | Bulgaria | 3.62 million hectares | 2025 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 69 | Madagascar | 3.60 million hectares | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 70 | Cuba | 3.56 million hectares | 2025 | up 1.3% | volatile |
| 71 | Venezuela | 3.30 million hectares | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 72 | Central African Republic | 3.03 million hectares | 2025 | up 57.8% | rising |
| 73 | Zimbabwe | 3.01 million hectares | 2025 | down 9.9% | volatile |
| 74 | Togo | 2.82 million hectares | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 75 | Guatemala | 2.77 million hectares | 2025 | up 4.3% | volatile |
| 76 | North Korea | 2.54 million hectares | 2025 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 77 | Sweden | 2.52 million hectares | 2025 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 78 | Czechia | 2.52 million hectares | 2025 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 79 | Lithuania | 2.48 million hectares | 2025 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 80 | Greece | 2.42 million hectares | 2025 | down 27.5% | rising |
| 81 | Ecuador | 2.41 million hectares | 2025 | down 5.7% | volatile |
| 82 | Azerbaijan | 2.37 million hectares | 2025 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 83 | Sri Lanka | 2.37 million hectares | 2025 | up 3.1% | volatile |
| 84 | Denmark | 2.36 million hectares | 2025 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 85 | Finland | 2.24 million hectares | 2025 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 86 | Uruguay | 2.06 million hectares | 2025 | down 16.7% | volatile |
| 87 | Libya | 2.05 million hectares | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 88 | Moldova | 1.97 million hectares | 2025 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 89 | Chile | 1.86 million hectares | 2025 | down 7.0% | volatile |
| 90 | Portugal | 1.86 million hectares | 2025 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 91 | Nepal | 1.85 million hectares | 2025 | down 16.2% | rising |
| 92 | Turkmenistan | 1.85 million hectares | 2025 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 93 | Nicaragua | 1.80 million hectares | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 94 | Sierra Leone | 1.75 million hectares | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 95 | Burundi | 1.72 million hectares | 2025 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 96 | Rwanda | 1.70 million hectares | 2025 | up 6.5% | volatile |
| 97 | Honduras | 1.64 million hectares | 2025 | up 5.2% | volatile |
| 98 | Namibia | 1.63 million hectares | 2025 | up 0.4% | volatile |
| 99 | South Korea | 1.48 million hectares | 2025 | down 11.9% | rising |
| 100 | Laos | 1.48 million hectares | 2025 | down 14.7% | volatile |
| 101 | Yemen | 1.45 million hectares | 2025 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 102 | Latvia | 1.43 million hectares | 2025 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 103 | Austria | 1.38 million hectares | 2025 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 104 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.36 million hectares | 2025 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 105 | Slovakia | 1.36 million hectares | 2025 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 106 | Dominican Republic | 1.23 million hectares | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 107 | Papua New Guinea | 1.22 million hectares | 2025 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 108 | Haiti | 1.15 million hectares | 2025 | down 27.4% | rising |
| 109 | Somalia | 1.13 million hectares | 2025 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 110 | Eritrea | 1.11 million hectares | 2025 | up 11.6% | volatile |
| 111 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.11 million hectares | 2025 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 112 | Tajikistan | 1.03 million hectares | 2025 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 113 | Netherlands | 1.02 million hectares | 2025 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 114 | Croatia | 997,300 hectares | 2025 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 115 | Mongolia | 980,591 hectares | 2025 | down 26.4% | rising |
| 116 | Belgium | 901,855 hectares | 2025 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 117 | El Salvador | 880,794 hectares | 2025 | up 0.3% | volatile |
| 118 | Norway | 808,262 hectares | 2025 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 119 | Congo | 727,245 hectares | 2025 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 120 | Estonia | 726,600 hectares | 2025 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 121 | Liberia | 700,000 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 122 | Guinea-Bissau | 698,169 hectares | 2025 | up 26.9% | volatile |
| 123 | Albania | 676,862 hectares | 2025 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 124 | New Zealand | 672,000 hectares | 2025 | up 23.3% | volatile |
| 125 | Panama | 661,020 hectares | 2025 | down 7.4% | volatile |
| 126 | Costa Rica | 513,458 hectares | 2025 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 127 | Armenia | 502,860 hectares | 2025 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 128 | Gabon | 495,000 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 129 | Israel | 470,677 hectares | 2025 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 130 | Mauritania | 459,992 hectares | 2025 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 131 | North Macedonia | 454,000 hectares | 2025 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 132 | Georgia | 451,050 hectares | 2025 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 133 | Guyana | 449,900 hectares | 2025 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 134 | Gambia | 447,000 hectares | 2025 | down 2.2% | volatile |
| 136 | Lesotho | 432,760 hectares | 2025 | up 94.1% | volatile |
| 137 | Switzerland | 419,642 hectares | 2025 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 138 | Jordan | 302,551 hectares | 2025 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 139 | Lebanon | 287,201 hectares | 2025 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 140 | Botswana | 262,320 hectares | 2025 | up 0.3% | volatile |
| 141 | Slovenia | 238,030 hectares | 2025 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 142 | Eswatini | 195,000 hectares | 2025 | up 0.5% | volatile |
| 143 | East Timor | 190,840 hectares | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 144 | Jamaica | 188,000 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 145 | Vanuatu | 145,000 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 146 | Belize | 142,000 hectares | 2025 | up 18.3% | volatile |
| 147 | Fiji | 136,720 hectares | 2025 | down 4.1% | volatile |
| 148 | Iceland | 121,000 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 149 | Comoros | 118,000 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 150 | Oman | 117,316 hectares | 2025 | up 41.3% | falling |
| 151 | Solomon Islands | 112,000 hectares | 2025 | up 3.7% | volatile |
| 152 | Cyprus | 111,796 hectares | 2025 | down 10.4% | volatile |
| 153 | Equatorial Guinea | 100,000 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 154 | United Arab Emirates | 99,407 hectares | 2025 | up 20.1% | volatile |
| 155 | Puerto Rico | 66,200 hectares | 2025 | down 12.2% | volatile |
| 157 | Bhutan | 54,153 hectares | 2025 | down 51.9% | volatile |
| 158 | Cape Verde | 54,000 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 159 | Trinidad and Tobago | 47,000 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 160 | Suriname | 45,500 hectares | 2025 | down 35.9% | rising |
| 161 | Sao Tome and Principe | 42,900 hectares | 2025 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 162 | Samoa | 39,520 hectares | 2025 | down 37.8% | volatile |
| 163 | Tonga | 30,444 hectares | 2025 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 164 | Qatar | 24,000 hectares | 2025 | up 14.3% | volatile |
| 165 | Reunion | 20,336 hectares | 2025 | down 45.2% | volatile |
| 166 | Mauritius | 20,214 hectares | 2025 | down 15.5% | rising |
| 169 | Kuwait | 14,000 hectares | 2025 | up 4.5% | volatile |
| 170 | French Guiana | 12,550 hectares | 2025 | down 33.6% | volatile |
| 171 | Bahamas | 11,000 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 172 | Brunei | 10,000 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 173 | New Caledonia | 9,700 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 174 | Saint Lucia | 9,570 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 175 | Dominica | 8,103 hectares | 2025 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 176 | Barbados | 8,000 hectares | 2025 | down 11.1% | rising |
| 178 | Grenada | 7,000 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 179 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 5,100 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 180 | Djibouti | 5,080 hectares | 2025 | up 81.4% | falling |
| 181 | Antigua and Barbuda | 5,000 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 181 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 5,000 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 183 | Bahrain | 4,100 hectares | 2025 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 184 | American Samoa | 2,984 hectares | 2025 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 185 | Montserrat | 2,000 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 185 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 2,000 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 188 | United States Virgin Islands | 1,100 hectares | 2025 | down 45.0% | rising |
| 189 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 1,000 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 190 | Andorra | 685.01 hectares | 2025 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 191 | Aruba | 0 hectares | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 191 | Faroe Islands | 0 hectares | 2025 | — | flat |
| 191 | Greenland | 0 hectares | 2025 | — | flat |
| 191 | Hong Kong | 0 hectares | 2025 | — | flat |
| 191 | Singapore | 0 hectares | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 191 | Taiwan | 0 hectares | 2025 | down 100.0% | rising |
| 191 | Western Sahara | 0 hectares | 2025 | — | flat |
| 191 | Anguilla | 0 hectares | 2025 | — | flat |
| 191 | Falkland Islands | 0 hectares | 2025 | — | flat |
| 191 | Netherlands Antilles | 0 hectares | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 191 | Svalbard and Jan Mayen | 0 hectares | 2025 | — | flat |
About this data
Total cropland area for each separate country over time.