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Share of land area used for arable agriculture by country

The share of land area used for arable agriculture, measured as a percentage of total land area. Arable land includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow.

Countries reporting
206
Highest
60.6%
Bangladesh
Lowest
0.1%
Faroe Islands
Median
10.0%
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
11,871

What the numbers show

Share of land area used for arable agriculture is currently reported for 206 countries. The highest value is 60.6% in Bangladesh; the lowest is 0.1% in Faroe Islands.

The median across all reporting countries is 10.0%, and the mean is 13.9%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 1,187.

Over the past decade 78 countries rose and 81 fell. The largest increase was in Oman (up 131.1%), and the largest decrease in Northern Mariana Islands (down 68.0%).

Share of land area used for arable agriculture: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Bangladesh 60.6% 2023 up 2.3% falling
2 Denmark 59.1% 2023 down 1.8% falling
3 Ukraine 56.8% 2023 up 0.4% flat
4 Republic of Moldova 56.8% 2023 up 2.9% flat
5 India 51.8% 2023 down 1.6% flat
6 Burundi 51.4% 2023 up 25.4% rising
7 Togo 48.7% 2023 unchanged rising
8 Rwanda 47.0% 2023 down 8.1% rising
9 Hungary 45.4% 2023 down 4.7% falling
10 Gambia 43.5% 2023 down 2.2% rising
11 Malawi 42.4% 2023 up 12.8% rising
12 Isle of Man 41.1% 2023 up 7.0% flat
13 Nigeria 40.5% 2023 up 2.3% rising
14 Pakistan 39.3% 2023 down 0.7% flat
15 Mauritius 37.6% 2023 unchanged falling
16 Lithuania 36.8% 2023 up 0.7% falling
17 Poland 36.6% 2023 up 3.8% falling
18 Romania 36.5% 2023 down 3.9% falling
19 Haiti 36.5% 2023 down 14.8% rising
20 Comoros 34.9% 2023 unchanged flat
21 El Salvador 34.8% 2023 up 6.0% rising
22 Uganda 34.4% 2023 unchanged rising
23 Germany 33.4% 2023 down 1.8% flat
24 San Marino 33.1% 2023 up 98.5% rising
25 Czechia 32.7% 2023 up 1.0% falling
26 Bulgaria 32.1% 2023 up 0.2% falling
27 Benin 31.4% 2023 up 31.3% rising
28 France 31.4% 2023 down 7.7% flat
29 Thailand 31.0% 2023 down 8.7% rising
30 Serbia 31.0% 2023 up 4.5% flat
31 Netherlands 30.0% 2023 down 2.8% rising
32 Burkina Faso 28.9% 2023 up 16.7% rising
33 Belgium 28.3% 2023 up 5.2% flat
34 Cuba 28.0% 2023 down 7.5% rising
35 Tonga 27.8% 2023 up 11.1% rising
36 Belarus 27.4% 2023 up 0.1% falling
37 Slovakia 27.2% 2023 down 4.0% falling
38 Türkiye 26.3% 2023 down 1.4% falling
39 Azerbaijan 25.3% 2023 up 8.7% rising
40 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 25.0% 2023 down 3.5% falling
41 Guinea 24.4% 2023 up 41.4% rising
42 Syria 24.0% 2023 down 5.6% falling
43 Italy 24.0% 2023 up 3.8% falling
44 Luxembourg 23.8% 2023 down 1.8% flat
45 Cambodia 23.3% 2023 up 6.1% rising
46 Spain 23.0% 2023 down 5.5% falling
47 Malta 22.8% 2023 down 18.6% falling
48 Sri Lanka 22.2% 2023 up 7.0% rising
49 Sierra Leone 21.9% 2023 up 0.0% volatile
50 Latvia 21.9% 2023 up 12.6% rising
51 Albania 21.6% 2023 down 4.3% rising
52 Viet Nam 21.5% 2023 up 4.6% rising
53 Ghana 20.7% 2023 up 7.7% rising
54 Dominican Republic 20.2% 2023 up 17.7% flat
55 Senegal 19.9% 2023 up 16.1% rising
56 Saint Kitts and Nevis 19.2% 2023 unchanged falling
57 North Korea 19.1% 2023 down 2.3% rising
58 Philippines 18.7% 2023 unchanged rising
59 Tunisia 18.2% 2023 down 0.8% falling
60 Myanmar 16.9% 2023 up 2.2% rising
61 Estonia 16.6% 2023 up 13.4% falling
62 United States 16.6% 2023 down 2.5% falling
63 North Macedonia 16.5% 2023 up 0.7% falling
64 Barbados 16.3% 2023 down 26.3% falling
65 Austria 16.0% 2023 down 2.4% falling
66 Armenia 15.7% 2023 down 0.5% flat
67 Croatia 15.5% 2023 down 1.0% falling
68 Morocco 15.4% 2023 down 15.4% rising
69 Tanzania, United Republic of 15.2% 2023 up 10.4% rising
70 Côte d'Ivoire 15.1% 2023 up 37.2% rising
71 Republic of Korea 14.9% 2023 down 2.8% falling
72 Argentina 14.8% 2023 up 2.5% rising
73 Ethiopia 14.5% 2023 up 6.0% rising
74 Guatemala 14.5% 2023 up 12.7% rising
75 Greece 14.4% 2023 down 25.9% falling
76 Guinea-Bissau 14.1% 2023 up 31.8% rising
77 Niger 14.0% 2023 up 5.4% rising
78 Maldives 13.4% 2023 up 3.3% rising
79 Lebanon 13.1% 2023 up 1.7% falling
80 Cameroon 13.1% 2023 unchanged rising
81 Nepal 12.6% 2023 down 14.0% flat
82 Uruguay 12.6% 2023 down 4.7% rising
83 Israel 12.5% 2023 down 5.0% falling
84 Nicaragua 12.5% 2023 unchanged rising
85 Cape Verde 12.4% 2023 unchanged rising
86 Afghanistan 12.0% 2023 up 0.8% flat
87 Lesotho 11.8% 2023 up 43.8% falling
88 China 11.5% 2023 down 6.8% rising
89 Paraguay 11.5% 2023 up 15.3% volatile
90 Iraq 11.4% 2023 up 8.9% falling
91 Kenya 11.4% 2023 up 0.9% rising
92 Sudan 11.2% 2023 up 5.8% rising
93 Aruba 11.1% 2023 unchanged flat
94 Japan 11.1% 2023 down 4.6% falling
95 Jamaica 11.1% 2023 unchanged falling
96 Kazakhstan 11.0% 2023 up 0.9% falling
97 Liechtenstein 10.8% 2023 down 10.8% falling
98 Cyprus 10.6% 2023 up 22.8% volatile
99 Zimbabwe 10.4% 2023 down 0.7% rising
100 Mexico 10.3% 2023 down 11.0% rising
101 Eswatini 10.3% 2023 unchanged rising
102 Portugal 10.1% 2023 down 18.6% falling
103 Switzerland 10.0% 2023 down 1.6% rising
104 South Africa 9.9% 2023 unchanged flat
105 Iran 9.7% 2023 up 7.3% flat
106 Indonesia 9.4% 2023 down 1.2% rising
107 Uzbekistan 9.1% 2023 down 1.7% falling
108 Honduras 9.1% 2023 unchanged falling
109 Antigua and Barbuda 9.1% 2023 unchanged falling
110 Slovenia 8.9% 2023 down 3.3% flat
111 Grenada 8.8% 2023 unchanged falling
112 Dominica 8.0% 2023 unchanged falling
113 Panama 7.6% 2023 up 0.2% rising
114 Timor-Leste 7.5% 2023 down 2.9% rising
115 Russian Federation 7.4% 2023 unchanged falling
116 Finland 7.4% 2023 up 0.9% falling
117 Bosnia and Herzegovina 7.2% 2023 down 63.3% falling
118 Mozambique 7.2% 2023 unchanged rising
119 Palestine, State of 7.0% 2023 down 32.0% falling
120 Mali 6.8% 2023 up 22.2% volatile
121 Kyrgyzstan 6.7% 2023 up 0.6% falling
122 British Virgin Islands 6.7% 2023 unchanged falling
123 Brazil 6.7% 2023 up 4.4% rising
124 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 6.6% 2023 up 26.4% rising
125 Ireland 6.4% 2023 down 7.4% falling
126 Sweden 6.2% 2023 down 2.4% falling
127 Tajikistan 6.1% 2023 up 10.7% flat
128 Eritrea 5.7% 2023 down 0.1% rising
129 Puerto Rico 5.7% 2023 down 7.4% volatile
130 Bermuda 5.6% 2023 unchanged flat
131 Lao People's Democratic Republic 5.3% 2023 down 18.3% rising
132 Liberia 5.2% 2023 unchanged rising
133 Madagascar 5.2% 2023 unchanged rising
134 American Samoa 5.2% 2023 up 15.7% rising
135 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 5.1% 2023 up 14.5% rising
136 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 5.1% 2023 unchanged falling
137 Zambia 5.1% 2023 up 2.7% rising
138 Trinidad and Tobago 4.9% 2023 unchanged falling
139 Belize 4.4% 2023 up 28.2% rising
140 Saint Lucia 4.4% 2023 unchanged falling
141 Georgia 4.4% 2023 down 26.9% falling
142 Canada 4.3% 2023 up 3.0% flat
143 Angola 4.3% 2023 up 11.1% rising
144 Chad 4.2% 2023 up 6.0% rising
145 Fiji 4.2% 2023 up 13.9% falling
146 Sao Tome and Principe 4.2% 2023 unchanged volatile
147 Ecuador 4.1% 2023 down 13.9% falling
148 Australia 4.0% 2023 down 0.9% rising
149 South Sudan 3.9% 2023 down 4.9% falling
150 Samoa 3.9% 2023 down 54.6% rising
151 Turkmenistan 3.4% 2023 down 14.6% rising
152 Costa Rica 3.3% 2023 down 28.0% falling
153 Algeria 3.2% 2023 up 0.5% rising
154 Egypt 3.1% 2023 up 14.6% rising
155 Peru 3.1% 2023 up 1.7% rising
156 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 2.9% 2023 unchanged falling
157 Central African Republic 2.9% 2023 unchanged flat
158 Micronesia (country) 2.9% 2023 unchanged falling
159 Marshall Islands 2.8% 2023 unchanged flat
160 Bahrain 2.6% 2023 down 2.4% falling
161 Bhutan 2.6% 2023 down 0.3% rising
162 United States Virgin Islands 2.6% 2023 down 10.0% volatile
163 Kiribati 2.5% 2023 unchanged flat
164 Malaysia 2.4% 2023 down 2.3% falling
165 Colombia 2.3% 2023 up 73.4% falling
166 Jordan 2.3% 2023 down 11.7% falling
167 Norway 2.2% 2023 down 0.4% flat
168 Yemen 2.2% 2023 down 3.6% falling
169 New Zealand 2.0% 2023 down 4.9% rising
170 Hong Kong 1.9% 2023 down 35.5% falling
171 Chile 1.9% 2023 down 2.8% falling
172 Equatorial Guinea 1.9% 2023 down 1.9% rising
173 Guam 1.9% 2023 unchanged falling
174 Qatar 1.8% 2023 up 24.1% volatile
175 Somalia 1.8% 2023 unchanged rising
176 Vanuatu 1.6% 2023 unchanged rising
177 Congo 1.6% 2023 unchanged flat
178 Saudi Arabia 1.6% 2023 down 1.6% rising
179 Andorra 1.6% 2023 down 9.6% falling
180 Gabon 1.3% 2023 unchanged rising
181 Iceland 1.2% 2023 down 0.7% flat
182 Turks and Caicos Islands 1.1% 2023 unchanged flat
183 Libya 1.0% 2023 unchanged flat
184 Namibia 1.0% 2023 unchanged rising
185 Cayman Islands 0.8% 2023 unchanged flat
186 Solomon Islands 0.8% 2023 up 4.5% rising
187 Bahamas 0.8% 2023 unchanged rising
188 Singapore 0.8% 2023 down 3.3% volatile
189 Brunei Darussalam 0.8% 2023 unchanged falling
190 Mongolia 0.7% 2023 down 11.2% rising
191 Papua New Guinea 0.7% 2023 up 10.0% rising
192 French Polynesia 0.7% 2023 unchanged rising
193 United Arab Emirates 0.7% 2023 up 34.4% volatile
194 Montenegro 0.7% 2023 up 16.0% volatile
195 Palau 0.7% 2023 unchanged flat
196 Guyana 0.5% 2023 down 6.8% flat
197 Botswana 0.5% 2023 down 7.1% falling
198 Kuwait 0.4% 2023 down 31.0% volatile
199 Mauritania 0.4% 2023 unchanged rising
200 Suriname 0.3% 2023 down 11.7% rising
201 New Caledonia 0.3% 2023 down 0.5% falling
202 Seychelles 0.3% 2023 unchanged falling
203 Oman 0.3% 2023 up 131.1% volatile
204 Northern Mariana Islands 0.2% 2023 down 68.0% volatile
205 Djibouti 0.1% 2023 up 50.0% rising
206 Faroe Islands 0.1% 2023 up 11.5% flat

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Indicator
Share of land area used for arable 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
206 places, 11,871 data points, 1961–2023
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The share of land area used for arable agriculture, measured as a percentage of total land area. Arable land includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow.