Agricultural area over the long-term by country
Total agricultural area for each separate country over time.
Countries reporting
197
Highest
526.33 million hectares
China
Lowest
0 hectares
Netherlands Antilles
Median
3.65 million hectares
Years covered
1026
1000–2025
Data points
21,816
What the numbers show
Agricultural area over the long-term is currently reported for 197 countries. The highest value is 526.33 million hectares in China; the lowest is 0 hectares in Netherlands Antilles.
The median across all reporting countries is 3.65 million hectares, and the mean is 24.33 million hectares.
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%).
Agricultural area over the long-term: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 526.33 million hectares | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 2 | United States | 418.11 million hectares | 2025 | up 0.3% | volatile |
| 3 | Australia | 350.71 million hectares | 2025 | up 4.2% | volatile |
| 4 | Brazil | 272.89 million hectares | 2025 | up 9.6% | volatile |
| 5 | Russia | 215.49 million hectares | 2025 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 6 | Kazakhstan | 212.91 million hectares | 2025 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 7 | India | 177.19 million hectares | 2025 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 8 | Sudan | 138.40 million hectares | 2025 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 9 | Saudi Arabia | 137.72 million hectares | 2025 | down 0.1% | volatile |
| 10 | Argentina | 121.02 million hectares | 2025 | up 0.2% | volatile |
| 11 | Mongolia | 110.90 million hectares | 2025 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 12 | Mexico | 96.60 million hectares | 2025 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 13 | South Africa | 96.34 million hectares | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 14 | Nigeria | 71.09 million hectares | 2025 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 15 | Indonesia | 61.55 million hectares | 2025 | up 7.7% | volatile |
| 16 | Canada | 56.19 million hectares | 2025 | down 3.1% | volatile |
| 17 | Chad | 50.34 million hectares | 2025 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 18 | Iran | 47.20 million hectares | 2025 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 19 | Niger | 46.59 million hectares | 2025 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 20 | Angola | 45.99 million hectares | 2025 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 21 | Somalia | 44.13 million hectares | 2025 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 22 | Mali | 43.87 million hectares | 2025 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 23 | Ukraine | 41.30 million hectares | 2025 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 24 | Algeria | 41.28 million hectares | 2025 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 25 | Madagascar | 40.90 million hectares | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 26 | Colombia | 40.51 million hectares | 2025 | down 8.4% | volatile |
| 27 | Tanzania | 39.92 million hectares | 2025 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 28 | Mauritania | 39.71 million hectares | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 29 | Namibia | 39.63 million hectares | 2025 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 30 | Bolivia | 39.23 million hectares | 2025 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 31 | Ethiopia | 39.20 million hectares | 2025 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 32 | Turkmenistan | 39.02 million hectares | 2025 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 33 | Mozambique | 38.90 million hectares | 2025 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 34 | Turkey | 38.84 million hectares | 2025 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 35 | Afghanistan | 38.65 million hectares | 2025 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 36 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 35.97 million hectares | 2025 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 37 | Pakistan | 35.24 million hectares | 2025 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 38 | Morocco | 30.32 million hectares | 2025 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 39 | France | 28.15 million hectares | 2025 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 40 | Kenya | 28.12 million hectares | 2025 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 41 | Cote d'Ivoire | 27.68 million hectares | 2025 | up 13.2% | volatile |
| 42 | Spain | 26.78 million hectares | 2025 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 43 | Botswana | 25.86 million hectares | 2025 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 44 | Uzbekistan | 25.66 million hectares | 2025 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 45 | Thailand | 24.13 million hectares | 2025 | up 5.6% | volatile |
| 46 | Zambia | 23.84 million hectares | 2025 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 47 | Yemen | 23.45 million hectares | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 48 | Peru | 22.95 million hectares | 2025 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 49 | Venezuela | 21.50 million hectares | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 50 | Myanmar | 18.43 million hectares | 2025 | down 0.1% | volatile |
| 51 | Guinea | 17.64 million hectares | 2025 | up 8.6% | volatile |
| 52 | Paraguay | 16.82 million hectares | 2025 | up 4.0% | volatile |
| 53 | United Kingdom | 16.56 million hectares | 2025 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 54 | Germany | 16.53 million hectares | 2025 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 55 | Libya | 15.35 million hectares | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 56 | Zimbabwe | 15.11 million hectares | 2025 | down 2.1% | volatile |
| 57 | Burkina Faso | 14.98 million hectares | 2025 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 58 | Uganda | 14.41 million hectares | 2025 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 59 | Poland | 14.14 million hectares | 2025 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 60 | Uruguay | 14.06 million hectares | 2025 | down 2.8% | volatile |
| 61 | Syria | 13.44 million hectares | 2025 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 62 | Ghana | 12.95 million hectares | 2025 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 63 | Italy | 12.93 million hectares | 2025 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 64 | Philippines | 12.75 million hectares | 2025 | up 1.8% | volatile |
| 65 | Vietnam | 12.47 million hectares | 2025 | up 2.7% | volatile |
| 66 | Romania | 12.10 million hectares | 2025 | down 12.7% | rising |
| 67 | Congo | 10.73 million hectares | 2025 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 68 | Kyrgyzstan | 10.35 million hectares | 2025 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 69 | Cameroon | 9.75 million hectares | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 70 | Tunisia | 9.70 million hectares | 2025 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 71 | Senegal | 9.65 million hectares | 2025 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 72 | Chile | 9.60 million hectares | 2025 | down 26.3% | volatile |
| 73 | Bangladesh | 9.60 million hectares | 2025 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 74 | Iraq | 9.51 million hectares | 2025 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 75 | New Zealand | 9.35 million hectares | 2025 | down 12.7% | volatile |
| 76 | Malaysia | 8.57 million hectares | 2025 | up 0.0% | volatile |
| 77 | Eritrea | 8.01 million hectares | 2025 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 78 | Belarus | 7.81 million hectares | 2025 | down 8.9% | rising |
| 79 | Cuba | 6.48 million hectares | 2025 | up 3.9% | volatile |
| 80 | Cambodia | 6.36 million hectares | 2025 | up 12.6% | volatile |
| 81 | Malawi | 6.21 million hectares | 2025 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 82 | Central African Republic | 6.02 million hectares | 2025 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 83 | Ecuador | 5.64 million hectares | 2025 | down 2.5% | volatile |
| 84 | Greece | 5.46 million hectares | 2025 | down 12.6% | rising |
| 85 | Nicaragua | 5.10 million hectares | 2025 | up 0.5% | volatile |
| 86 | Bulgaria | 5.03 million hectares | 2025 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 87 | Western Sahara | 5.00 million hectares | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 88 | Benin | 4.99 million hectares | 2025 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 89 | Hungary | 4.78 million hectares | 2025 | down 9.1% | rising |
| 90 | Azerbaijan | 4.78 million hectares | 2025 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 91 | Guatemala | 4.67 million hectares | 2025 | up 4.6% | volatile |
| 92 | Japan | 4.55 million hectares | 2025 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 93 | Egypt | 4.20 million hectares | 2025 | up 10.9% | volatile |
| 94 | Ireland | 4.19 million hectares | 2025 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 95 | Portugal | 4.09 million hectares | 2025 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 96 | Sierra Leone | 3.95 million hectares | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 97 | Tajikistan | 3.85 million hectares | 2025 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 98 | Togo | 3.82 million hectares | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 99 | Nepal | 3.65 million hectares | 2025 | down 9.0% | rising |
| 100 | Honduras | 3.64 million hectares | 2025 | up 7.9% | volatile |
| 101 | Czechia | 3.54 million hectares | 2025 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 102 | Sweden | 3.00 million hectares | 2025 | down 1.1% | volatile |
| 103 | Lithuania | 2.89 million hectares | 2025 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 104 | Sri Lanka | 2.81 million hectares | 2025 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 105 | Denmark | 2.61 million hectares | 2025 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 106 | North Korea | 2.59 million hectares | 2025 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 107 | Austria | 2.54 million hectares | 2025 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 108 | Dominican Republic | 2.43 million hectares | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 109 | Georgia | 2.39 million hectares | 2025 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 110 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2.31 million hectares | 2025 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 111 | Moldova | 2.30 million hectares | 2025 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 112 | Finland | 2.26 million hectares | 2025 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 113 | Burundi | 2.21 million hectares | 2025 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 114 | Panama | 2.17 million hectares | 2025 | down 2.4% | volatile |
| 115 | Gabon | 2.15 million hectares | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 116 | Laos | 2.15 million hectares | 2025 | down 10.6% | rising |
| 117 | Rwanda | 2.07 million hectares | 2025 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 118 | Latvia | 2.00 million hectares | 2025 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 119 | Liberia | 1.94 million hectares | 2025 | up 6.6% | volatile |
| 120 | Iceland | 1.87 million hectares | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 121 | Slovakia | 1.86 million hectares | 2025 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 122 | Netherlands | 1.79 million hectares | 2025 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 123 | Costa Rica | 1.76 million hectares | 2025 | down 0.5% | volatile |
| 124 | Djibouti | 1.71 million hectares | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 125 | Armenia | 1.67 million hectares | 2025 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 126 | Haiti | 1.64 million hectares | 2025 | down 20.9% | rising |
| 127 | South Korea | 1.53 million hectares | 2025 | down 11.6% | rising |
| 128 | Switzerland | 1.49 million hectares | 2025 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 129 | Oman | 1.47 million hectares | 2025 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 130 | Croatia | 1.43 million hectares | 2025 | down 6.8% | rising |
| 131 | Papua New Guinea | 1.41 million hectares | 2025 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 132 | Jordan | 1.28 million hectares | 2025 | up 27.9% | volatile |
| 133 | North Macedonia | 1.25 million hectares | 2025 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 134 | Eswatini | 1.19 million hectares | 2025 | down 1.8% | volatile |
| 135 | Albania | 1.10 million hectares | 2025 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 136 | Guyana | 1.04 million hectares | 2025 | up 0.2% | volatile |
| 137 | Falkland Islands | 1.03 million hectares | 2025 | down 0.0% | volatile |
| 138 | Estonia | 986,400 hectares | 2025 | down 0.7% | volatile |
| 139 | Norway | 982,491 hectares | 2025 | down 0.4% | volatile |
| 140 | El Salvador | 944,308 hectares | 2025 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 141 | Belgium | 901,855 hectares | 2025 | down 40.6% | falling |
| 142 | Guinea-Bissau | 873,369 hectares | 2025 | up 10.6% | volatile |
| 143 | Lesotho | 832,760 hectares | 2025 | up 33.7% | volatile |
| 144 | Lebanon | 686,961 hectares | 2025 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 145 | Israel | 640,877 hectares | 2025 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 146 | Gambia | 634,000 hectares | 2025 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 147 | Slovenia | 616,659 hectares | 2025 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 148 | Bhutan | 467,153 hectares | 2025 | down 11.1% | rising |
| 149 | Jamaica | 417,000 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 150 | United Arab Emirates | 399,407 hectares | 2025 | up 4.3% | volatile |
| 151 | East Timor | 340,840 hectares | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 152 | Fiji | 309,720 hectares | 2025 | down 1.9% | volatile |
| 153 | Belize | 192,000 hectares | 2025 | up 12.9% | volatile |
| 154 | New Caledonia | 184,030 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 155 | Puerto Rico | 168,900 hectares | 2025 | down 7.7% | volatile |
| 156 | Vanuatu | 156,499 hectares | 2025 | up 3.6% | volatile |
| 157 | Kuwait | 150,000 hectares | 2025 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 158 | Comoros | 121,233 hectares | 2025 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 159 | Cyprus | 114,746 hectares | 2025 | down 9.4% | volatile |
| 160 | Solomon Islands | 114,702 hectares | 2025 | down 1.1% | volatile |
| 161 | Equatorial Guinea | 105,156 hectares | 2025 | up 0.8% | volatile |
| 162 | Cape Verde | 79,000 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 163 | Qatar | 74,000 hectares | 2025 | up 4.2% | volatile |
| 164 | Luxembourg | 63,781 hectares | 2025 | down 57.4% | falling |
| 165 | Suriname | 61,500 hectares | 2025 | down 29.3% | rising |
| 166 | Trinidad and Tobago | 54,000 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 167 | Sao Tome and Principe | 44,900 hectares | 2025 | up 18.2% | volatile |
| 168 | Samoa | 44,802 hectares | 2025 | down 40.8% | volatile |
| 169 | Guadeloupe | 42,371 hectares | 2025 | down 19.6% | rising |
| 170 | French Guiana | 42,246 hectares | 2025 | up 35.0% | volatile |
| 171 | Reunion | 35,783 hectares | 2025 | down 25.3% | volatile |
| 172 | Tonga | 30,556 hectares | 2025 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 173 | Martinique | 30,283 hectares | 2025 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 174 | Mauritius | 21,287 hectares | 2025 | down 12.2% | rising |
| 175 | Andorra | 18,685 hectares | 2025 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 176 | Brunei | 13,400 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 177 | Bahamas | 13,000 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 178 | Dominica | 10,103 hectares | 2025 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 179 | Barbados | 10,000 hectares | 2025 | down 9.1% | rising |
| 180 | Saint Lucia | 9,940 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 181 | Antigua and Barbuda | 9,000 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 182 | American Samoa | 8,266 hectares | 2025 | down 17.7% | volatile |
| 183 | Bahrain | 8,100 hectares | 2025 | down 2.6% | volatile |
| 184 | Grenada | 8,000 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 185 | Malta | 7,029 hectares | 2025 | down 31.3% | rising |
| 186 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 7,000 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 187 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 6,000 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 188 | Liechtenstein | 5,162 hectares | 2025 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 189 | United States Virgin Islands | 3,300 hectares | 2025 | down 17.5% | volatile |
| 190 | Montserrat | 3,000 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 191 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 2,370 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 192 | Aruba | 2,000 hectares | 2025 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 193 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 1,000 hectares | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 194 | Faroe Islands | 0 hectares | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 194 | Singapore | 0 hectares | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 194 | Taiwan | 0 hectares | 2025 | down 100.0% | rising |
| 194 | Netherlands Antilles | 0 hectares | 2025 | — | volatile |
About this data
Total agricultural area for each separate country over time.