Projections for global peak agricultural land by country
Countries reporting
221
Highest
555.42 million
USSR
Lowest
300
Bermuda
Median
2.60 million
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
13,212
What the numbers show
Projections for global peak agricultural land is currently reported for 221 countries. The highest value is 555.42 million in USSR; the lowest is 300 in Bermuda.
The median across all reporting countries is 2.60 million, and the mean is 24.23 million.
Over the past decade 91 countries rose and 93 fell. The largest increase was in San Marino (up 130.0%), and the largest decrease in Northern Mariana Islands (down 68.2%).
Projections for global peak agricultural land: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | USSR | 555.42 million | 1991 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 2 | China (People’s Republic of) | 520.41 million | 2023 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 3 | United States | 421.54 million | 2023 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 4 | Australia | 363.24 million | 2023 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 5 | Brazil | 236.76 million | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 6 | Russia | 215.70 million | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 7 | Kazakhstan | 214.27 million | 2023 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 8 | India | 178.57 million | 2023 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 9 | Saudi Arabia | 173.64 million | 2023 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 10 | Argentina | 116.14 million | 2023 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 11 | Sudan | 112.67 million | 2023 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 12 | Mongolia | 107.47 million | 2023 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 13 | Mexico | 98.55 million | 2023 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 14 | South Africa | 96.34 million | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 15 | Nigeria | 69.40 million | 2023 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 16 | Canada | 56.88 million | 2023 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 17 | Indonesia | 55.12 million | 2023 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 18 | Chad | 50.34 million | 2023 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 19 | Iran | 47.07 million | 2023 | up 2.4% | falling |
| 20 | Niger | 46.60 million | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 21 | Angola | 46.06 million | 2023 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 22 | Somalia | 44.13 million | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 23 | Mali | 43.28 million | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 24 | Mozambique | 41.51 million | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 25 | Algeria | 41.34 million | 2023 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 26 | Ukraine | 41.31 million | 2023 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 27 | Madagascar | 40.90 million | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 28 | Colombia | 40.48 million | 2023 | down 9.7% | flat |
| 29 | Mauritania | 39.71 million | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 30 | Turkmenistan | 39.58 million | 2023 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 31 | Tanzania | 39.52 million | 2023 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 32 | Bolivia | 38.82 million | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 33 | Namibia | 38.81 million | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 34 | Türkiye | 38.59 million | 2023 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 35 | Ethiopia | 38.46 million | 2023 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 36 | Afghanistan | 38.12 million | 2023 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 37 | Pakistan | 35.99 million | 2023 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 38 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 35.10 million | 2023 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 39 | Morocco | 29.79 million | 2023 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 40 | Kenya | 28.77 million | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 41 | South Sudan | 28.35 million | 2023 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 42 | France | 28.30 million | 2023 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 43 | Côte d’Ivoire | 27.50 million | 2023 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 44 | Botswana | 25.86 million | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 45 | Uzbekistan | 25.58 million | 2023 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 46 | Spain | 24.77 million | 2023 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 47 | Peru | 24.39 million | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 48 | Zambia | 23.84 million | 2023 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 49 | Yemen | 23.45 million | 2023 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 50 | Thailand | 22.38 million | 2023 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 51 | Venezuela | 21.50 million | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 52 | Paraguay | 21.43 million | 2023 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 53 | Guinea | 17.99 million | 2023 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 54 | United Kingdom | 17.01 million | 2023 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 55 | Germany | 16.59 million | 2023 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 56 | Zimbabwe | 16.17 million | 2023 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 57 | Libya | 15.35 million | 2023 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 58 | Burkina Faso | 14.61 million | 2023 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 59 | Poland | 14.58 million | 2023 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 60 | Uganda | 14.41 million | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 61 | Uruguay | 14.24 million | 2023 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 62 | Syria | 13.61 million | 2023 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 63 | Italy | 13.09 million | 2023 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 64 | Myanmar | 13.00 million | 2023 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 65 | Philippines | 12.72 million | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 66 | Romania | 12.71 million | 2023 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 67 | Ghana | 12.60 million | 2023 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 68 | Vietnam | 12.29 million | 2023 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 69 | Chile | 10.70 million | 2023 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 70 | Congo | 10.65 million | 2023 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 71 | Kyrgyzstan | 10.36 million | 2023 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 72 | Cameroon | 9.90 million | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 73 | New Zealand | 9.71 million | 2023 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 74 | Tunisia | 9.70 million | 2023 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 75 | Senegal | 9.51 million | 2023 | up 6.1% | flat |
| 76 | Iraq | 9.48 million | 2023 | up 6.7% | flat |
| 77 | Bangladesh | 9.40 million | 2023 | up 3.2% | falling |
| 78 | Malaysia | 8.57 million | 2023 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 79 | Belarus | 8.03 million | 2023 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 80 | Eritrea | 7.59 million | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 81 | Cuba | 6.40 million | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 82 | Cambodia | 6.15 million | 2023 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 83 | Malawi | 6.05 million | 2023 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 84 | Central African Republic | 5.67 million | 2023 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 85 | Greece | 5.37 million | 2023 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 86 | Ecuador | 5.35 million | 2023 | down 28.8% | rising |
| 87 | Nicaragua | 5.09 million | 2023 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 88 | Hungary | 5.08 million | 2023 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 89 | Western Sahara | 5.00 million | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 90 | Bulgaria | 5.00 million | 2023 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 91 | Azerbaijan | 4.78 million | 2023 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 92 | Benin | 4.72 million | 2023 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 93 | Guatemala | 4.61 million | 2023 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 94 | Japan | 4.61 million | 2023 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 95 | Ireland | 4.19 million | 2023 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 96 | Egypt | 4.06 million | 2023 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 97 | Portugal | 3.97 million | 2023 | up 7.3% | falling |
| 98 | Sierra Leone | 3.95 million | 2023 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 99 | Tajikistan | 3.88 million | 2023 | up 4.7% | falling |
| 100 | Togo | 3.82 million | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 101 | Nepal | 3.74 million | 2023 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 102 | Honduras | 3.58 million | 2023 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 103 | Czechia | 3.53 million | 2023 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 104 | Serbia | 3.40 million | 2023 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 105 | Sri Lanka | 3.01 million | 2023 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 106 | Sweden | 2.98 million | 2023 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 107 | Lithuania | 2.87 million | 2023 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 108 | Dominican Republic | 2.67 million | 2023 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 109 | Denmark | 2.62 million | 2023 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 110 | Austria | 2.60 million | 2023 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 111 | North Korea | 2.60 million | 2023 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 112 | Moldova | 2.44 million | 2023 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 113 | Georgia | 2.37 million | 2023 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 114 | Lesotho | 2.36 million | 2023 | up 4.8% | falling |
| 115 | Laos | 2.29 million | 2023 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 116 | Finland | 2.26 million | 2023 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 117 | Panama | 2.19 million | 2023 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 118 | Burundi | 2.15 million | 2023 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 119 | Gabon | 2.15 million | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 120 | Latvia | 1.97 million | 2023 | up 5.0% | flat |
| 121 | Liberia | 1.92 million | 2023 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 122 | Rwanda | 1.88 million | 2023 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 123 | Slovak Republic | 1.82 million | 2023 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 124 | Netherlands | 1.80 million | 2023 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 125 | Haiti | 1.79 million | 2023 | down 13.2% | rising |
| 126 | Djibouti | 1.70 million | 2023 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 127 | Costa Rica | 1.69 million | 2023 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 128 | Armenia | 1.65 million | 2023 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 129 | Iceland | 1.64 million | 2023 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 130 | Korea | 1.57 million | 2023 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 131 | Switzerland | 1.49 million | 2023 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 132 | Croatia | 1.49 million | 2023 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 133 | Oman | 1.47 million | 2023 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 134 | Papua New Guinea | 1.41 million | 2023 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 135 | Belgium | 1.35 million | 2023 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 136 | North Macedonia | 1.25 million | 2023 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 137 | El Salvador | 1.20 million | 2023 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 138 | Eswatini | 1.20 million | 2023 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 139 | Falkland Islands | 1.13 million | 2023 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 140 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.11 million | 2023 | down 48.5% | falling |
| 141 | Albania | 1.04 million | 2023 | down 12.0% | flat |
| 142 | Jordan | 1.02 million | 2023 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 143 | Estonia | 988,000 | 2023 | up 2.4% | falling |
| 144 | Norway | 982,000 | 2023 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 145 | Guinea-Bissau | 840,530 | 2023 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 146 | Taiwan | 779,000 | 2023 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 147 | Guyana | 720,000 | 2023 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 148 | Lebanon | 674,214 | 2023 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 149 | Gambia | 634,000 | 2023 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 150 | Slovenia | 611,200 | 2023 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 151 | Israel | 536,700 | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 152 | Bhutan | 527,000 | 2023 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 153 | Jamaica | 417,000 | 2023 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 154 | United Arab Emirates | 391,704 | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 155 | Palestine | 391,200 | 2023 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 156 | East Timor | 341,400 | 2023 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 157 | Fiji | 311,600 | 2023 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 158 | Montenegro | 263,520 | 2023 | up 18.1% | falling |
| 159 | Greenland | 243,110 | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 160 | Vanuatu | 187,000 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 161 | New Caledonia | 184,030 | 2023 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 162 | Belize | 182,000 | 2023 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 163 | Puerto Rico | 168,900 | 2023 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 164 | Kuwait | 150,000 | 2023 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 165 | Comoros | 133,000 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 166 | Luxembourg | 132,998 | 2023 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 167 | Cyprus | 128,996 | 2023 | up 18.5% | volatile |
| 168 | Solomon Islands | 109,200 | 2023 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 169 | Equatorial Guinea | 104,720 | 2023 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 170 | Faroe Islands | 96,070 | 2023 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 171 | Mauritius | 85,957 | 2023 | down 0.0% | falling |
| 172 | Cape Verde | 79,000 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 173 | Qatar | 74,000 | 2023 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 174 | Suriname | 71,432 | 2023 | down 14.1% | rising |
| 175 | Trinidad and Tobago | 54,000 | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 176 | Samoa | 48,830 | 2023 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 177 | Guadeloupe | 46,585 | 2023 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 178 | Sao Tome and Principe | 43,000 | 2023 | up 22.9% | rising |
| 179 | French Guiana | 42,004 | 2023 | up 46.4% | volatile |
| 180 | Reunion | 41,627 | 2023 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 181 | Isle of Man | 39,381 | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 182 | Tonga | 35,000 | 2023 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 183 | Kiribati | 34,000 | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 184 | Martinique | 31,223 | 2023 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 185 | French Polynesia | 30,065 | 2023 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 186 | Dominica | 25,000 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 187 | Andorra | 18,741 | 2023 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 188 | Guam | 16,000 | 2023 | down 11.1% | flat |
| 189 | Brunei | 13,400 | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 190 | Bahamas | 13,000 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 191 | Barbados | 10,000 | 2023 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 192 | Saint Lucia | 9,940 | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 193 | Antigua and Barbuda | 9,000 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 194 | Malta | 8,291 | 2023 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 195 | Bahrain | 8,100 | 2023 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 196 | Grenada | 8,000 | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 196 | Netherlands Antilles | 8,000 | 2010 | unchanged | rising |
| 198 | Marshall Islands | 7,000 | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 198 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 7,000 | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 198 | British Virgin Islands | 7,000 | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 201 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 6,000 | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 201 | Wallis and Futuna | 6,000 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 203 | Maldives | 5,900 | 2023 | down 7.8% | rising |
| 204 | Liechtenstein | 5,170 | 2023 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 205 | Micronesia (country) | 5,000 | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 206 | Palau | 4,300 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 207 | Hong Kong (China) | 4,000 | 2023 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 208 | United States Virgin Islands | 3,300 | 2023 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 209 | American Samoa | 2,960 | 2023 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 210 | Cayman Islands | 2,700 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 211 | San Marino | 2,300 | 2023 | up 130.0% | rising |
| 212 | Aruba | 2,000 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 212 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 2,000 | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 214 | Tuvalu | 1,800 | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 215 | Seychelles | 1,550 | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 216 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 1,000 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 216 | Norfolk Island | 1,000 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 218 | Singapore | 660 | 2023 | down 1.5% | volatile |
| 219 | Northern Mariana Islands | 540 | 2023 | down 68.2% | volatile |
| 220 | Nauru | 400 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 221 | Bermuda | 300 | 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