Permanent cropland (% of land area) by country
Permanent cropland 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.
Countries reporting
201
Highest
100.0%
Tuvalu
Lowest
0.0%
Mongolia
Median
1.6%
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
14,449
What the numbers show
Permanent cropland (% of land area) is currently reported for 201 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Tuvalu; the lowest is 0.0% in Mongolia.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.6%, and the mean is 4.9%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 28,915.
Over the past decade 119 countries rose and 64 fell. The largest increase was in Central African Republic (up 774.9%), and the largest decrease in United States Virgin Islands (down 79.9%).
Permanent cropland (% of land area): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tuvalu | 100.0% | 2024 | up 66.7% | flat |
| 2 | Comoros | 41.3% | 2024 | up 32.2% | volatile |
| 3 | Sao Tome and Principe | 40.9% | 2024 | up 15.3% | flat |
| 4 | Kiribati | 39.5% | 2024 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 5 | Marshall Islands | 37.4% | 2024 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 6 | Cote d'Ivoire | 26.7% | 2024 | up 33.0% | volatile |
| 7 | Micronesia (country) | 24.3% | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 8 | Dominica | 22.6% | 2024 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 9 | Rwanda | 21.5% | 2024 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 10 | Malaysia | 21.3% | 2024 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 11 | Sri Lanka | 19.5% | 2024 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 12 | Philippines | 19.0% | 2024 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 13 | Nauru | 16.2% | 2024 | down 19.0% | rising |
| 14 | Vietnam | 15.7% | 2024 | up 28.7% | volatile |
| 15 | Lebanon | 13.8% | 2024 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 16 | Indonesia | 13.8% | 2024 | up 13.4% | volatile |
| 17 | Uganda | 13.7% | 2024 | up 35.6% | rising |
| 18 | Tunisia | 13.6% | 2024 | down 9.1% | rising |
| 19 | Guam | 12.9% | 2024 | down 22.4% | rising |
| 20 | Tonga | 12.7% | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 21 | Thailand | 12.3% | 2024 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 22 | Burundi | 11.9% | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 23 | Ghana | 11.9% | 2024 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 24 | Palestine | 11.8% | 2024 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 25 | Grenada | 11.6% | 2024 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 26 | Samoa | 11.4% | 2024 | up 9.4% | falling |
| 27 | Saint Lucia | 11.3% | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 28 | Guatemala | 11.0% | 2024 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 29 | Haiti | 10.9% | 2024 | down 12.9% | rising |
| 30 | Spain | 10.2% | 2024 | up 3.9% | flat |
| 31 | Portugal | 9.6% | 2024 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 32 | Nigeria | 8.6% | 2024 | up 28.3% | rising |
| 33 | Guinea-Bissau | 8.3% | 2024 | down 8.4% | volatile |
| 34 | Vanuatu | 8.2% | 2024 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 35 | Greece | 8.2% | 2024 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 36 | Italy | 8.1% | 2024 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 37 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 7.7% | 2024 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 38 | Costa Rica | 7.5% | 2024 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 39 | El Salvador | 7.3% | 2024 | down 19.9% | flat |
| 40 | Bangladesh | 7.1% | 2024 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 41 | French Polynesia | 7.0% | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 42 | Moldova | 6.8% | 2024 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 43 | British Virgin Islands | 6.6% | 2024 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 44 | Jamaica | 6.4% | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 45 | Honduras | 6.3% | 2024 | up 30.9% | rising |
| 46 | Cuba | 6.3% | 2024 | up 53.4% | rising |
| 47 | Dominican Republic | 6.0% | 2024 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 48 | Benin | 5.9% | 2024 | down 10.6% | volatile |
| 49 | Syria | 5.7% | 2024 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 50 | Ecuador | 5.4% | 2024 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 51 | East Timor | 5.4% | 2024 | up 5.5% | volatile |
| 52 | San Marino | 5.1% | 2024 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 53 | American Samoa | 5.0% | 2024 | up 30.9% | rising |
| 54 | Guinea | 5.0% | 2024 | up 62.6% | rising |
| 55 | Turkey | 4.9% | 2024 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 56 | India | 4.8% | 2024 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 57 | Trinidad and Tobago | 4.5% | 2024 | up 0.0% | falling |
| 58 | Israel | 4.4% | 2024 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 59 | Palau | 4.3% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 60 | Morocco | 4.3% | 2024 | up 30.4% | volatile |
| 61 | Cameroon | 3.7% | 2024 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 62 | Fiji | 3.4% | 2024 | down 17.3% | flat |
| 63 | Maldives | 3.4% | 2024 | down 32.9% | volatile |
| 64 | Azerbaijan | 3.3% | 2024 | up 17.6% | falling |
| 65 | Malta | 3.3% | 2024 | down 16.3% | rising |
| 66 | Albania | 3.2% | 2024 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 67 | Seychelles | 3.0% | 2024 | up 30.8% | falling |
| 68 | Malawi | 3.0% | 2024 | up 49.1% | volatile |
| 69 | Antigua and Barbuda | 3.0% | 2024 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 70 | Cyprus | 2.9% | 2024 | down 0.0% | falling |
| 71 | Solomon Islands | 2.9% | 2024 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 72 | Cambodia | 2.8% | 2024 | up 176.8% | volatile |
| 73 | Sierra Leone | 2.8% | 2024 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 74 | Bahrain | 2.7% | 2024 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 75 | Slovenia | 2.6% | 2024 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 76 | Gambia | 2.6% | 2024 | up 208.2% | volatile |
| 77 | Burkina Faso | 2.5% | 2024 | up 62.1% | volatile |
| 78 | Tanzania | 2.5% | 2024 | up 23.3% | rising |
| 79 | Nicaragua | 2.5% | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 80 | Serbia | 2.4% | 2024 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 81 | Barbados | 2.3% | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 82 | Myanmar | 2.3% | 2024 | up 0.1% | volatile |
| 83 | Mexico | 2.3% | 2024 | up 64.1% | rising |
| 84 | Colombia | 2.2% | 2024 | up 23.0% | rising |
| 85 | Liberia | 2.2% | 2024 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 86 | Armenia | 2.2% | 2024 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 87 | China | 2.1% | 2024 | up 28.1% | volatile |
| 88 | North Korea | 2.1% | 2024 | up 3.4% | volatile |
| 89 | Cayman Islands | 2.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 90 | South Korea | 2.1% | 2024 | down 5.7% | rising |
| 91 | Mauritius | 2.0% | 2024 | up 4.9% | falling |
| 92 | Togo | 2.0% | 2024 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 93 | Papua New Guinea | 2.0% | 2024 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 94 | France | 1.9% | 2024 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 95 | Kenya | 1.9% | 2024 | up 69.7% | rising |
| 96 | Georgia | 1.8% | 2024 | up 16.3% | falling |
| 97 | Ethiopia | 1.8% | 2024 | up 56.7% | rising |
| 98 | Peru | 1.8% | 2024 | up 41.5% | volatile |
| 99 | Romania | 1.8% | 2024 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 100 | Central African Republic | 1.7% | 2024 | up 774.9% | volatile |
| 101 | Laos | 1.6% | 2024 | up 80.1% | volatile |
| 102 | Hungary | 1.6% | 2024 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 103 | North Macedonia | 1.5% | 2024 | up 2.6% | falling |
| 104 | Puerto Rico | 1.5% | 2024 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 105 | Brunei | 1.5% | 2024 | up 17.4% | falling |
| 106 | Tajikistan | 1.5% | 2024 | up 49.6% | rising |
| 107 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.5% | 2024 | down 28.8% | falling |
| 108 | Ukraine | 1.5% | 2024 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 109 | Croatia | 1.4% | 2024 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 110 | Belize | 1.4% | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 111 | Equatorial Guinea | 1.4% | 2024 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 112 | Panama | 1.3% | 2024 | down 40.3% | rising |
| 113 | Bulgaria | 1.3% | 2024 | up 7.9% | falling |
| 114 | Eswatini | 1.2% | 2024 | up 22.5% | volatile |
| 115 | Iraq | 1.2% | 2024 | up 39.4% | rising |
| 116 | Iran | 1.2% | 2024 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 117 | Poland | 1.1% | 2024 | down 8.5% | rising |
| 118 | Madagascar | 1.1% | 2024 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 119 | Netherlands | 1.0% | 2024 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 120 | Uzbekistan | 1.0% | 2024 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 121 | Nepal | 1.0% | 2024 | down 18.4% | volatile |
| 122 | Brazil | 1.0% | 2024 | down 8.4% | rising |
| 123 | Egypt | 1.0% | 2024 | down 11.2% | volatile |
| 124 | Jordan | 1.0% | 2024 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 125 | Hong Kong | 1.0% | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 126 | Pakistan | 0.9% | 2024 | down 13.9% | rising |
| 127 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.9% | 2024 | up 23.0% | rising |
| 128 | Venezuela | 0.8% | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 129 | Austria | 0.8% | 2024 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 130 | Belgium | 0.8% | 2024 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 131 | Argentina | 0.8% | 2024 | up 99.2% | rising |
| 132 | Denmark | 0.7% | 2024 | up 1.3% | volatile |
| 133 | Montenegro | 0.7% | 2024 | up 86.8% | falling |
| 134 | Japan | 0.7% | 2024 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 135 | Chile | 0.7% | 2024 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 136 | Gabon | 0.7% | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 137 | Switzerland | 0.6% | 2024 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 138 | Cape Verde | 0.6% | 2024 | down 33.8% | rising |
| 139 | Yemen | 0.6% | 2024 | up 5.2% | volatile |
| 140 | Luxembourg | 0.6% | 2024 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 141 | United Arab Emirates | 0.6% | 2024 | up 7.5% | volatile |
| 142 | United States Virgin Islands | 0.6% | 2024 | down 79.9% | falling |
| 143 | Germany | 0.6% | 2024 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 144 | Lithuania | 0.5% | 2024 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 145 | Czechia | 0.5% | 2024 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 146 | Mozambique | 0.5% | 2024 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 147 | Senegal | 0.4% | 2024 | up 14.7% | volatile |
| 148 | Afghanistan | 0.4% | 2024 | up 95.0% | rising |
| 149 | Algeria | 0.4% | 2024 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 150 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.4% | 2024 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 151 | Belarus | 0.4% | 2024 | down 33.7% | falling |
| 152 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.4% | 2024 | down 0.4% | volatile |
| 153 | Bhutan | 0.4% | 2024 | up 12.8% | flat |
| 154 | Slovakia | 0.4% | 2024 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 155 | United States | 0.3% | 2024 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 156 | South Africa | 0.3% | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 157 | Kuwait | 0.3% | 2024 | down 9.1% | volatile |
| 158 | Congo | 0.3% | 2024 | up 25.9% | rising |
| 159 | Bahamas | 0.3% | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 160 | Angola | 0.3% | 2024 | up 20.4% | falling |
| 161 | New Zealand | 0.3% | 2024 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 162 | Mali | 0.3% | 2024 | up 109.7% | volatile |
| 163 | Qatar | 0.3% | 2024 | up 22.8% | rising |
| 164 | Bolivia | 0.2% | 2024 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 165 | Uruguay | 0.2% | 2024 | up 0.0% | falling |
| 166 | Paraguay | 0.2% | 2024 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 167 | Lesotho | 0.2% | 2024 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 168 | Libya | 0.2% | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 169 | United Kingdom | 0.2% | 2024 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 170 | Latvia | 0.2% | 2024 | up 66.7% | volatile |
| 171 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0.2% | 2024 | down 71.8% | volatile |
| 172 | Guyana | 0.1% | 2024 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 173 | Singapore | 0.1% | 2024 | down 2.3% | volatile |
| 174 | Saudi Arabia | 0.1% | 2024 | up 98.9% | volatile |
| 175 | South Sudan | 0.1% | 2024 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 176 | Russia | 0.1% | 2024 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 177 | Zimbabwe | 0.1% | 2024 | up 24.9% | rising |
| 178 | Oman | 0.1% | 2024 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 179 | Sudan | 0.1% | 2024 | up 28.6% | rising |
| 180 | New Caledonia | 0.1% | 2024 | down 58.8% | falling |
| 181 | Estonia | 0.1% | 2024 | up 35.6% | falling |
| 182 | Niger | 0.1% | 2024 | up 8.6% | volatile |
| 183 | Turkmenistan | 0.1% | 2024 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 184 | Kazakhstan | 0.1% | 2024 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 185 | Zambia | 0.1% | 2024 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 186 | Australia | 0.1% | 2024 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 187 | Somalia | 0.0% | 2024 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 188 | Djibouti | 0.0% | 2024 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 189 | Chad | 0.0% | 2024 | up 4.0% | volatile |
| 190 | Andorra | 0.0% | 2024 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 191 | Canada | 0.0% | 2024 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 192 | Suriname | 0.0% | 2024 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 193 | Namibia | 0.0% | 2024 | up 50.1% | volatile |
| 194 | Finland | 0.0% | 2024 | up 48.4% | rising |
| 195 | Ireland | 0.0% | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 196 | Eritrea | 0.0% | 2024 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 197 | Mauritania | 0.0% | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 198 | Norway | 0.0% | 2024 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 199 | Sweden | 0.0% | 2024 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 200 | Botswana | 0.0% | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 201 | Mongolia | 0.0% | 2024 | up 12.2% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Pacific island small states 5.1%
- South Asia 4.9%
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 4.9%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 4.6%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 4.6%
- IDA blend 4.4%
- Euro area 3.9%
- East Asia & Pacific 3.1%
- European Union 3.0%
- Lower middle income 2.9%
- Africa Western and Central 2.9%
- Middle income 2.5%
- Early-demographic dividend 2.5%
- Upper middle income 2.4%
- Low & middle income 2.2%
- IDA total 1.9%
- IDA & IBRD total 1.8%
- IBRD only 1.8%
- Pre-demographic dividend 1.7%
- Other small states 1.7%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 1.7%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 1.7%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 1.7%
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 1.6%
- World 1.5%
- Late-demographic dividend 1.3%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 1.3%
- IDA only 1.3%
- Latin America & Caribbean 1.3%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 1.3%
- Central Europe and the Baltics 1.1%
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 1.1%
- Small states 1.1%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 1.1%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 1.1%
- Least developed countries 1.1%
- Low income 1.0%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 0.9%
- Africa Eastern and Southern 0.9%
- OECD members 0.8%
About this data
Permanent cropland 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.