Total agricultural area over the long term by country
Countries reporting
202
Highest
526.33 million
China
Lowest
0
Svalbard and Jan Mayen
Median
3.27 million
Years covered
1026
1000–2025
Data points
21,816
What the numbers show
Total agricultural area over the long term is currently reported for 202 countries. The highest value is 526.33 million in China; the lowest is 0 in Svalbard and Jan Mayen.
The median across all reporting countries is 3.27 million, and the mean is 23.73 million.
Over the past decade 86 countries rose and 82 fell. The largest increase was in French Guiana (up 35.0%), and the largest decrease in Taiwan (down 100.0%).
Total agricultural area over the long term: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 526.33 million | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 2 | United States | 418.11 million | 2025 | up 0.3% | volatile |
| 3 | Australia | 350.71 million | 2025 | up 4.2% | volatile |
| 4 | Brazil | 272.89 million | 2025 | up 9.6% | volatile |
| 5 | Russia | 215.49 million | 2025 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 6 | Kazakhstan | 212.91 million | 2025 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 7 | India | 177.19 million | 2025 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 8 | Sudan | 138.40 million | 2025 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 9 | Saudi Arabia | 137.72 million | 2025 | down 0.1% | volatile |
| 10 | Argentina | 121.02 million | 2025 | up 0.2% | volatile |
| 11 | Mongolia | 110.90 million | 2025 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 12 | Mexico | 96.60 million | 2025 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 13 | South Africa | 96.34 million | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 14 | Nigeria | 71.09 million | 2025 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 15 | Indonesia | 61.55 million | 2025 | up 7.7% | volatile |
| 16 | Canada | 56.19 million | 2025 | down 3.1% | volatile |
| 17 | Chad | 50.34 million | 2025 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 18 | Iran | 47.20 million | 2025 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 19 | Niger | 46.59 million | 2025 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 20 | Angola | 45.99 million | 2025 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 21 | Somalia | 44.13 million | 2025 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 22 | Mali | 43.87 million | 2025 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 23 | Ukraine | 41.30 million | 2025 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 24 | Algeria | 41.28 million | 2025 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 25 | Madagascar | 40.90 million | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 26 | Colombia | 40.51 million | 2025 | down 8.4% | volatile |
| 27 | Tanzania | 39.92 million | 2025 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 28 | Mauritania | 39.71 million | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 29 | Namibia | 39.63 million | 2025 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 30 | Bolivia | 39.23 million | 2025 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 31 | Ethiopia | 39.20 million | 2025 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 32 | Turkmenistan | 39.02 million | 2025 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 33 | Mozambique | 38.90 million | 2025 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 34 | Turkey | 38.84 million | 2025 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 35 | Afghanistan | 38.65 million | 2025 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 36 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 35.97 million | 2025 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 37 | Pakistan | 35.24 million | 2025 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 38 | Morocco | 30.32 million | 2025 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 39 | France | 28.15 million | 2025 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 40 | Kenya | 28.12 million | 2025 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 41 | Cote d'Ivoire | 27.68 million | 2025 | up 13.2% | volatile |
| 42 | Spain | 26.78 million | 2025 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 43 | Botswana | 25.86 million | 2025 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 44 | Uzbekistan | 25.66 million | 2025 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 45 | Thailand | 24.13 million | 2025 | up 5.6% | volatile |
| 46 | Zambia | 23.84 million | 2025 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 47 | Yemen | 23.45 million | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 48 | Peru | 22.95 million | 2025 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 49 | Venezuela | 21.50 million | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 50 | Myanmar | 18.43 million | 2025 | down 0.1% | volatile |
| 51 | Guinea | 17.64 million | 2025 | up 8.6% | volatile |
| 52 | Paraguay | 16.82 million | 2025 | up 4.0% | volatile |
| 53 | United Kingdom | 16.56 million | 2025 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 54 | Germany | 16.53 million | 2025 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 55 | Libya | 15.35 million | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 56 | Zimbabwe | 15.11 million | 2025 | down 2.1% | volatile |
| 57 | Burkina Faso | 14.98 million | 2025 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 58 | Uganda | 14.41 million | 2025 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 59 | Poland | 14.14 million | 2025 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 60 | Uruguay | 14.06 million | 2025 | down 2.8% | volatile |
| 61 | Syria | 13.44 million | 2025 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 62 | Ghana | 12.95 million | 2025 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 63 | Italy | 12.93 million | 2025 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 64 | Philippines | 12.75 million | 2025 | up 1.8% | volatile |
| 65 | Vietnam | 12.47 million | 2025 | up 2.7% | volatile |
| 66 | Romania | 12.10 million | 2025 | down 12.7% | rising |
| 67 | Congo | 10.73 million | 2025 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 68 | Kyrgyzstan | 10.35 million | 2025 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 69 | Cameroon | 9.75 million | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 70 | Tunisia | 9.70 million | 2025 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 71 | Senegal | 9.65 million | 2025 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 72 | Chile | 9.60 million | 2025 | down 26.3% | volatile |
| 73 | Bangladesh | 9.60 million | 2025 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 74 | Iraq | 9.51 million | 2025 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 75 | New Zealand | 9.35 million | 2025 | down 12.7% | volatile |
| 76 | Malaysia | 8.57 million | 2025 | up 0.0% | volatile |
| 77 | Eritrea | 8.01 million | 2025 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 78 | Belarus | 7.81 million | 2025 | down 8.9% | rising |
| 79 | Cuba | 6.48 million | 2025 | up 3.9% | volatile |
| 80 | Cambodia | 6.36 million | 2025 | up 12.6% | volatile |
| 81 | Malawi | 6.21 million | 2025 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 82 | Central African Republic | 6.02 million | 2025 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 83 | Ecuador | 5.64 million | 2025 | down 2.5% | volatile |
| 84 | Greece | 5.46 million | 2025 | down 12.6% | rising |
| 85 | Nicaragua | 5.10 million | 2025 | up 0.5% | volatile |
| 86 | Bulgaria | 5.03 million | 2025 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 87 | Western Sahara | 5.00 million | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 88 | Benin | 4.99 million | 2025 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 89 | Hungary | 4.78 million | 2025 | down 9.1% | rising |
| 90 | Azerbaijan | 4.78 million | 2025 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 91 | Guatemala | 4.67 million | 2025 | up 4.6% | volatile |
| 92 | Japan | 4.55 million | 2025 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 93 | Egypt | 4.20 million | 2025 | up 10.9% | volatile |
| 94 | Ireland | 4.19 million | 2025 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 95 | Portugal | 4.09 million | 2025 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 96 | Sierra Leone | 3.95 million | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 97 | Tajikistan | 3.85 million | 2025 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 98 | Togo | 3.82 million | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 99 | Nepal | 3.65 million | 2025 | down 9.0% | rising |
| 100 | Honduras | 3.64 million | 2025 | up 7.9% | volatile |
| 101 | Czechia | 3.54 million | 2025 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 102 | Sweden | 3.00 million | 2025 | down 1.1% | volatile |
| 103 | Lithuania | 2.89 million | 2025 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 104 | Sri Lanka | 2.81 million | 2025 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 105 | Denmark | 2.61 million | 2025 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 106 | North Korea | 2.59 million | 2025 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 107 | Austria | 2.54 million | 2025 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 108 | Dominican Republic | 2.43 million | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 109 | Georgia | 2.39 million | 2025 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 110 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2.31 million | 2025 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 111 | Moldova | 2.30 million | 2025 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 112 | Finland | 2.26 million | 2025 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 113 | Burundi | 2.21 million | 2025 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 114 | Panama | 2.17 million | 2025 | down 2.4% | volatile |
| 115 | Gabon | 2.15 million | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 116 | Laos | 2.15 million | 2025 | down 10.6% | rising |
| 117 | Rwanda | 2.07 million | 2025 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 118 | Latvia | 2.00 million | 2025 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 119 | Liberia | 1.94 million | 2025 | up 6.6% | volatile |
| 120 | Iceland | 1.87 million | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 121 | Slovakia | 1.86 million | 2025 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 122 | Netherlands | 1.79 million | 2025 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 123 | Costa Rica | 1.76 million | 2025 | down 0.5% | volatile |
| 124 | Djibouti | 1.71 million | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 125 | Armenia | 1.67 million | 2025 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 126 | Haiti | 1.64 million | 2025 | down 20.9% | rising |
| 127 | South Korea | 1.53 million | 2025 | down 11.6% | rising |
| 128 | Switzerland | 1.49 million | 2025 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 129 | Oman | 1.47 million | 2025 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 130 | Croatia | 1.43 million | 2025 | down 6.8% | rising |
| 131 | Papua New Guinea | 1.41 million | 2025 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 132 | Jordan | 1.28 million | 2025 | up 27.9% | volatile |
| 133 | North Macedonia | 1.25 million | 2025 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 134 | Eswatini | 1.19 million | 2025 | down 1.8% | volatile |
| 135 | Albania | 1.10 million | 2025 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 136 | Guyana | 1.04 million | 2025 | up 0.2% | volatile |
| 137 | Falkland Islands | 1.03 million | 2025 | down 0.0% | volatile |
| 138 | Estonia | 986,400 | 2025 | down 0.7% | volatile |
| 139 | Norway | 982,491 | 2025 | down 0.4% | volatile |
| 140 | El Salvador | 944,308 | 2025 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 141 | Belgium | 901,855 | 2025 | down 40.6% | falling |
| 142 | Guinea-Bissau | 873,369 | 2025 | up 10.6% | volatile |
| 143 | Lesotho | 832,760 | 2025 | up 33.7% | volatile |
| 144 | Lebanon | 686,961 | 2025 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 145 | Israel | 640,877 | 2025 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 146 | Gambia | 634,000 | 2025 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 147 | Slovenia | 616,659 | 2025 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 148 | Bhutan | 467,153 | 2025 | down 11.1% | rising |
| 149 | Jamaica | 417,000 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 150 | United Arab Emirates | 399,407 | 2025 | up 4.3% | volatile |
| 151 | East Timor | 340,840 | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 152 | Fiji | 309,720 | 2025 | down 1.9% | volatile |
| 153 | Belize | 192,000 | 2025 | up 12.9% | volatile |
| 154 | New Caledonia | 184,030 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 155 | Puerto Rico | 168,900 | 2025 | down 7.7% | volatile |
| 156 | Vanuatu | 156,499 | 2025 | up 3.6% | volatile |
| 157 | Kuwait | 150,000 | 2025 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 158 | Comoros | 121,233 | 2025 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 159 | Cyprus | 114,746 | 2025 | down 9.4% | volatile |
| 160 | Solomon Islands | 114,702 | 2025 | down 1.1% | volatile |
| 161 | Equatorial Guinea | 105,156 | 2025 | up 0.8% | volatile |
| 162 | Cape Verde | 79,000 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 163 | Qatar | 74,000 | 2025 | up 4.2% | volatile |
| 164 | Luxembourg | 63,781 | 2025 | down 57.4% | falling |
| 165 | Suriname | 61,500 | 2025 | down 29.3% | rising |
| 166 | Trinidad and Tobago | 54,000 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 167 | Sao Tome and Principe | 44,900 | 2025 | up 18.2% | volatile |
| 168 | Samoa | 44,802 | 2025 | down 40.8% | volatile |
| 169 | Guadeloupe | 42,371 | 2025 | down 19.6% | rising |
| 170 | French Guiana | 42,246 | 2025 | up 35.0% | volatile |
| 171 | Reunion | 35,783 | 2025 | down 25.3% | volatile |
| 172 | Tonga | 30,556 | 2025 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 173 | Martinique | 30,283 | 2025 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 174 | Mauritius | 21,287 | 2025 | down 12.2% | rising |
| 175 | Andorra | 18,685 | 2025 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 176 | Brunei | 13,400 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 177 | Bahamas | 13,000 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 178 | Dominica | 10,103 | 2025 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 179 | Barbados | 10,000 | 2025 | down 9.1% | rising |
| 180 | Saint Lucia | 9,940 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 181 | Antigua and Barbuda | 9,000 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 182 | American Samoa | 8,266 | 2025 | down 17.7% | volatile |
| 183 | Bahrain | 8,100 | 2025 | down 2.6% | volatile |
| 184 | Grenada | 8,000 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 185 | Malta | 7,029 | 2025 | down 31.3% | rising |
| 186 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 7,000 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 187 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 6,000 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 188 | Liechtenstein | 5,162 | 2025 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 189 | United States Virgin Islands | 3,300 | 2025 | down 17.5% | volatile |
| 190 | Montserrat | 3,000 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 191 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 2,370 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 192 | Aruba | 2,000 | 2025 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 193 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 1,000 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 194 | Faroe Islands | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 194 | Greenland | 0 | 2025 | — | flat |
| 194 | Hong Kong | 0 | 2025 | — | flat |
| 194 | Singapore | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 194 | Mayotte | 0 | 2025 | — | flat |
| 194 | Taiwan | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | rising |
| 194 | Anguilla | 0 | 2025 | — | flat |
| 194 | Netherlands Antilles | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 194 | Svalbard and Jan Mayen | 0 | 2025 | — | flat |