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Share of land area used for agriculture by country

The share of land area used for agriculture, measured as a percentage of total land area. Agricultural land refers to the share of land area that is arable, under permanent crops, and under permanent pastures.

Countries reporting
209
Highest
86.5%
Côte d'Ivoire
Lowest
0.4%
Suriname
Median
38.0%
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
12,060

What the numbers show

Share of land area used for agriculture is currently reported for 209 countries. The highest value is 86.5% in Côte d'Ivoire; the lowest is 0.4% in Suriname.

The median across all reporting countries is 38.0%, and the mean is 37.2%.

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%).

Share of land area used for agriculture: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Côte d'Ivoire 86.5% 2023 up 22.0% rising
2 Turkmenistan 84.2% 2023 up 12.1% rising
3 Burundi 83.9% 2023 up 14.2% rising
4 Uruguay 81.4% 2023 down 0.8% falling
5 Saudi Arabia 80.8% 2023 down 0.0% rising
6 South Africa 79.4% 2023 unchanged flat
7 Kazakhstan 79.4% 2023 down 1.3% flat
8 Lesotho 77.8% 2023 up 4.8% falling
9 Rwanda 76.3% 2023 down 4.9% rising
10 Nigeria 76.2% 2023 up 3.6% rising
11 Republic of Moldova 74.1% 2023 down 1.0% falling
12 Syria 74.1% 2023 down 2.3% flat
13 Djibouti 73.5% 2023 up 0.1% rising
14 Guinea 73.2% 2023 up 15.0% rising
15 Bangladesh 72.3% 2023 up 3.3% falling
16 Uganda 71.9% 2023 unchanged rising
17 Comoros 71.5% 2023 unchanged rising
18 Ukraine 71.3% 2023 down 0.5% flat
19 Somalia 70.3% 2023 up 0.0% flat
20 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 70.3% 2023 down 1.4% falling
21 Madagascar 70.3% 2023 unchanged rising
22 Togo 70.2% 2023 unchanged rising
23 Faroe Islands 70.1% 2023 up 1.5% flat
24 Eswatini 69.5% 2023 down 1.9% falling
25 Isle of Man 69.1% 2023 up 1.5% rising
26 Mongolia 69.0% 2023 down 5.8% falling
27 Morocco 66.7% 2023 down 2.6% rising
28 Lebanon 65.9% 2023 up 2.2% rising
29 Denmark 65.5% 2023 down 0.3% falling
30 Haiti 65.1% 2023 down 13.2% rising
31 Palestine, State of 64.9% 2023 down 5.7% falling
32 Malawi 64.2% 2023 up 9.1% rising
33 Eritrea 62.7% 2023 down 0.1% falling
34 Gambia 62.6% 2023 down 1.6% rising
35 Tunisia 62.4% 2023 down 2.4% rising
36 Cuba 61.7% 2023 up 1.3% rising
37 Ireland 60.8% 2023 down 6.4% falling
38 Sudan 60.3% 2023 up 1.1% flat
39 India 60.1% 2023 down 0.6% flat
40 Tuvalu 60.0% 2023 unchanged falling
41 Armenia 58.6% 2023 down 0.9% rising
42 Afghanistan 58.4% 2023 up 0.5% flat
43 Uzbekistan 58.1% 2023 up 1.0% falling
44 Azerbaijan 57.8% 2023 up 0.2% rising
45 El Salvador 57.7% 2023 down 1.9% flat
46 Hungary 55.7% 2023 down 4.1% falling
47 China 55.4% 2023 down 0.9% rising
48 Ghana 55.4% 2023 up 1.1% rising
49 Dominican Republic 55.4% 2023 up 10.5% rising
50 Romania 55.3% 2023 down 8.6% falling
51 Sierra Leone 54.7% 2023 up 0.0% rising
52 Paraguay 54.1% 2023 up 10.2% rising
53 Kyrgyzstan 54.0% 2023 down 1.9% flat
54 Netherlands 53.5% 2023 down 2.4% falling
55 Burkina Faso 53.4% 2023 up 11.0% rising
56 Mozambique 52.8% 2023 up 3.0% rising
57 France 52.5% 2023 down 1.7% falling
58 Luxembourg 51.7% 2023 up 1.6% flat
59 Mexico 50.7% 2023 down 0.9% flat
60 Türkiye 50.1% 2023 up 0.4% flat
61 North Macedonia 49.6% 2023 down 0.7% flat
62 Spain 49.6% 2023 down 7.2% falling
63 Kenya 49.5% 2023 down 0.5% rising
64 Senegal 49.4% 2023 up 6.1% flat
65 Tonga 48.6% 2023 up 6.1% rising
66 Sri Lanka 48.6% 2023 up 11.2% rising
67 Poland 47.6% 2023 up 1.2% falling
68 Germany 47.5% 2023 down 0.8% falling
69 Australia 47.2% 2023 down 2.4% falling
70 Namibia 47.1% 2023 up 0.0% flat
71 Pakistan 46.7% 2023 down 0.8% flat
72 British Virgin Islands 46.7% 2023 unchanged falling
73 Bulgaria 46.1% 2023 up 0.2% falling
74 United States of America 46.1% 2023 down 0.5% flat
75 Lithuania 45.9% 2023 down 0.5% falling
76 Czechia 45.8% 2023 up 0.4% falling
77 Botswana 45.6% 2023 down 0.1% flat
78 South Sudan 44.9% 2023 down 0.4% flat
79 Sao Tome and Principe 44.8% 2023 up 22.9% rising
80 Tanzania, United Republic of 44.6% 2023 up 3.9% rising
81 Yemen 44.4% 2023 down 0.2% flat
82 Belgium 44.4% 2023 up 0.7% flat
83 Italy 44.3% 2023 down 4.0% falling
84 Thailand 43.8% 2023 down 2.0% rising
85 Portugal 43.3% 2023 up 7.3% falling
86 Mauritius 43.0% 2023 down 0.0% falling
87 Guatemala 43.0% 2023 up 9.2% rising
88 Philippines 42.7% 2023 up 2.0% rising
89 Argentina 42.4% 2023 down 5.5% falling
90 Nicaragua 42.3% 2023 up 0.4% rising
91 Kiribati 42.0% 2023 unchanged falling
92 Benin 41.8% 2023 up 18.5% rising
93 Zimbabwe 41.8% 2023 down 0.1% rising
94 Greece 41.7% 2023 down 24.9% falling
95 Serbia 40.4% 2023 up 1.2% flat
96 Chad 40.0% 2023 up 0.6% rising
97 Andorra 39.9% 2023 down 0.4% falling
98 Belarus 39.6% 2023 down 7.8% falling
99 Viet Nam 39.2% 2023 up 13.1% rising
100 Marshall Islands 38.9% 2023 unchanged falling
101 Mauritania 38.5% 2023 unchanged flat
102 Jamaica 38.5% 2023 down 0.4% falling
103 San Marino 38.3% 2023 up 130.0% rising
104 Albania 38.1% 2023 down 12.0% flat
105 Slovakia 38.0% 2023 down 3.6% falling
106 Switzerland 37.8% 2023 down 2.1% falling
107 Angola 36.9% 2023 up 1.3% flat
108 New Zealand 36.9% 2023 down 12.6% falling
109 Niger 36.8% 2023 up 2.0% rising
110 Colombia 36.5% 2023 down 9.7% flat
111 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 35.8% 2023 up 1.9% rising
112 Mali 35.5% 2023 up 4.0% rising
113 Cambodia 34.9% 2023 up 10.8% rising
114 Georgia 34.1% 2023 down 4.6% falling
115 Ethiopia 34.1% 2023 up 4.6% rising
116 Dominica 33.3% 2023 unchanged rising
117 Costa Rica 33.1% 2023 down 6.0% falling
118 Liechtenstein 32.3% 2023 down 3.2% falling
119 Zambia 32.1% 2023 up 0.4% rising
120 Honduras 32.0% 2023 up 6.1% rising
121 Latvia 31.7% 2023 up 5.0% flat
122 Austria 31.5% 2023 down 4.4% falling
123 Congo 31.2% 2023 up 0.2% flat
124 Slovenia 30.4% 2023 up 0.2% rising
125 Guinea-Bissau 29.9% 2023 up 8.7% rising
126 Guam 29.6% 2023 down 11.1% flat
127 Panama 29.5% 2023 down 2.2% rising
128 Indonesia 29.1% 2023 up 6.5% rising
129 Iran, Islamic Republic of 29.0% 2023 up 2.8% falling
130 Brazil 28.3% 2023 up 1.2% rising
131 Tajikistan 27.9% 2023 up 5.6% falling
132 Croatia 26.6% 2023 down 5.2% falling
133 Nepal 26.1% 2023 down 7.7% rising
134 Malaysia 26.1% 2023 up 6.3% rising
135 Malta 25.9% 2023 down 19.0% falling
136 Israel 24.8% 2023 up 3.2% rising
137 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 24.4% 2023 unchanged rising
138 Grenada 23.5% 2023 unchanged falling
139 Barbados 23.3% 2023 down 20.0% falling
140 Estonia 23.1% 2023 up 4.2% falling
141 Saint Kitts and Nevis 23.1% 2023 unchanged falling
142 Timor-Leste 23.0% 2023 up 0.5% rising
143 Iraq 21.8% 2023 up 6.7% flat
144 Bosnia and Herzegovina 21.7% 2023 down 48.5% falling
145 North Korea 21.6% 2023 down 1.4% rising
146 Ecuador 21.5% 2023 down 28.8% rising
147 Cameroon 20.9% 2023 up 1.5% rising
148 Antigua and Barbuda 20.5% 2023 unchanged flat
149 Naoero 20.0% 2023 unchanged rising
150 Liberia 20.0% 2023 up 9.5% rising
151 Myanmar 19.9% 2023 up 3.3% rising
152 Maldives 19.8% 2023 down 7.2% rising
153 Cape Verde 19.6% 2023 unchanged rising
154 Montenegro 19.6% 2023 up 18.1% falling
155 Peru 19.1% 2023 up 1.5% rising
156 Puerto Rico 19.0% 2023 down 12.1% falling
157 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 17.9% 2023 unchanged falling
158 Samoa 17.6% 2023 down 18.5% falling
159 Algeria 17.4% 2023 down 0.2% falling
160 Fiji 17.1% 2023 down 1.7% rising
161 Saint Lucia 16.3% 2023 unchanged falling
162 Iceland 16.2% 2023 down 13.0% falling
163 Republic of Korea 16.1% 2023 down 11.5% falling
164 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 15.5% 2023 up 11.7% rising
165 Vanuatu 15.3% 2023 unchanged rising
166 American Samoa 14.8% 2023 up 11.3% rising
167 Chile 14.4% 2023 down 21.9% falling
168 Cyprus 14.0% 2023 up 18.5% volatile
169 Bhutan 13.8% 2023 up 1.4% rising
170 Russian Federation 13.2% 2023 up 0.1% flat
171 Japan 12.6% 2023 down 5.8% falling
172 Jordan 11.5% 2023 down 3.1% falling
173 Cayman Islands 11.2% 2023 unchanged flat
174 Aruba 11.1% 2023 unchanged flat
175 Trinidad and Tobago 10.5% 2023 unchanged falling
176 Bahrain 10.1% 2023 down 8.6% falling
177 New Caledonia 10.1% 2023 up 0.2% falling
178 Lao People's Democratic Republic 9.9% 2023 down 2.4% rising
179 United States Virgin Islands 9.4% 2023 down 17.5% falling
180 Palau 9.3% 2023 unchanged flat
181 Central African Republic 9.1% 2023 up 15.7% rising
182 Libya 8.7% 2023 down 0.0% rising
183 French Polynesia 8.7% 2023 down 6.0% falling
184 Kuwait 8.4% 2023 down 2.3% rising
185 Gabon 8.4% 2023 unchanged rising
186 Belize 8.0% 2023 up 13.8% rising
187 Finland 7.4% 2023 up 0.1% falling
188 Sweden 7.3% 2023 down 1.8% falling
189 Micronesia, Federated States of 7.1% 2023 unchanged falling
190 Canada 6.5% 2023 up 0.3% falling
191 Qatar 6.4% 2023 up 6.5% rising
192 Bermuda 5.6% 2023 unchanged flat
193 United Arab Emirates 5.5% 2023 up 3.2% rising
194 Oman 4.8% 2023 up 3.7% rising
195 Egypt 4.1% 2023 up 8.8% rising
196 Solomon Islands 3.9% 2023 up 11.1% rising
197 Hong Kong 3.8% 2023 down 21.6% falling
198 Equatorial Guinea 3.7% 2023 up 0.7% falling
199 Guyana 3.4% 2023 down 6.6% falling
200 Seychelles 3.4% 2023 unchanged falling
201 Papua New Guinea 3.1% 2023 up 9.3% rising
202 Norway 2.7% 2023 down 0.3% rising
203 Brunei Darussalam 2.5% 2023 unchanged falling
204 Bahamas 1.3% 2023 unchanged rising
205 Northern Mariana Islands 1.2% 2023 down 68.2% volatile
206 Turks and Caicos Islands 1.1% 2023 unchanged flat
207 Singapore 0.9% 2023 down 3.0% volatile
208 Greenland 0.6% 2023 up 0.0% falling
209 Suriname 0.4% 2023 down 14.1% rising

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Indicator
Share of land area used for agriculture
Unit
% of land area
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
209 places, 12,060 data points, 1961–2023
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The share of land area used for agriculture, measured as a percentage of total land area. Agricultural land refers to the share of land area that is arable, under permanent crops, and under permanent pastures.