Agricultural land (% of land area) by country
Agricultural land refers to the share of land area that is arable, under permanent crops, and under permanent pastures. 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...
Countries reporting
209
Highest
86.5%
Cote d'Ivoire
Lowest
0.4%
Suriname
Median
38.0%
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
15,082
What the numbers show
Agricultural land (% of land area) is currently reported for 209 countries. The highest value is 86.5% in Cote 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%).
Agricultural land: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cote 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | Turkey | 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 | 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 | 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 |
| 87 | Mauritius | 43.0% | 2023 | down 0.0% | falling |
| 88 | Guatemala | 43.0% | 2023 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 89 | Philippines | 42.7% | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 90 | Argentina | 42.4% | 2023 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 91 | Nicaragua | 42.3% | 2023 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 92 | Kiribati | 42.0% | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 93 | Benin | 41.8% | 2023 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 94 | Zimbabwe | 41.8% | 2023 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 95 | Greece | 41.7% | 2023 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 96 | Serbia | 40.4% | 2023 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 97 | Chad | 40.0% | 2023 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 98 | Andorra | 39.9% | 2023 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 99 | Belarus | 39.6% | 2023 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 100 | Vietnam | 39.2% | 2023 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 101 | Marshall Islands | 38.9% | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 102 | Mauritania | 38.5% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 103 | Jamaica | 38.5% | 2023 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 104 | San Marino | 38.3% | 2023 | up 130.0% | rising |
| 105 | Albania | 38.1% | 2023 | down 12.0% | flat |
| 106 | Slovakia | 38.0% | 2023 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 107 | Switzerland | 37.8% | 2023 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 108 | Angola | 36.9% | 2023 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 109 | New Zealand | 36.9% | 2023 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 110 | Niger | 36.8% | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 111 | Colombia | 36.5% | 2023 | down 9.7% | flat |
| 112 | Bolivia | 35.8% | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 113 | Mali | 35.5% | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 114 | Cambodia | 34.9% | 2023 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 115 | Georgia | 34.1% | 2023 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 116 | Ethiopia | 34.1% | 2023 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 117 | Dominica | 33.3% | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 118 | Costa Rica | 33.1% | 2023 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 119 | Liechtenstein | 32.3% | 2023 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 120 | Zambia | 32.1% | 2023 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 121 | Honduras | 32.0% | 2023 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 122 | Latvia | 31.7% | 2023 | up 5.0% | flat |
| 123 | Austria | 31.5% | 2023 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 124 | Congo | 31.2% | 2023 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 125 | Slovenia | 30.4% | 2023 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 126 | Guinea-Bissau | 29.9% | 2023 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 127 | Guam | 29.6% | 2023 | down 11.1% | flat |
| 128 | Panama | 29.5% | 2023 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 129 | Indonesia | 29.1% | 2023 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 130 | Iran | 29.0% | 2023 | up 2.8% | falling |
| 131 | Brazil | 28.3% | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 132 | Tajikistan | 27.9% | 2023 | up 5.6% | falling |
| 133 | Croatia | 26.6% | 2023 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 134 | Nepal | 26.1% | 2023 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 135 | Malaysia | 26.1% | 2023 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 136 | Malta | 25.9% | 2023 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 137 | Israel | 24.8% | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 138 | Venezuela | 24.4% | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 139 | Grenada | 23.5% | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 140 | Barbados | 23.3% | 2023 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 141 | Estonia | 23.1% | 2023 | up 4.2% | falling |
| 142 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 23.1% | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 143 | East Timor | 23.0% | 2023 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 144 | Iraq | 21.8% | 2023 | up 6.7% | flat |
| 145 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 21.7% | 2023 | down 48.5% | falling |
| 146 | North Korea | 21.6% | 2023 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 147 | Ecuador | 21.5% | 2023 | down 28.8% | rising |
| 148 | Cameroon | 20.9% | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 149 | Antigua and Barbuda | 20.5% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 150 | Nauru | 20.0% | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 151 | Liberia | 20.0% | 2023 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 152 | Myanmar | 19.9% | 2023 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 153 | Maldives | 19.8% | 2023 | down 7.2% | rising |
| 154 | Cape Verde | 19.6% | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 155 | Montenegro | 19.6% | 2023 | up 18.1% | falling |
| 156 | Peru | 19.1% | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 157 | Puerto Rico | 19.0% | 2023 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 158 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 17.9% | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 159 | Samoa | 17.6% | 2023 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 160 | Algeria | 17.4% | 2023 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 161 | Fiji | 17.1% | 2023 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 162 | Saint Lucia | 16.3% | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 163 | Iceland | 16.2% | 2023 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 164 | South Korea | 16.1% | 2023 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 165 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 15.5% | 2023 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 166 | Vanuatu | 15.3% | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 167 | American Samoa | 14.8% | 2023 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 168 | Chile | 14.4% | 2023 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 169 | Cyprus | 14.0% | 2023 | up 18.5% | volatile |
| 170 | Bhutan | 13.8% | 2023 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 171 | Russia | 13.2% | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 172 | Japan | 12.6% | 2023 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 173 | Jordan | 11.5% | 2023 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 174 | Cayman Islands | 11.2% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 175 | Aruba | 11.1% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 176 | Trinidad and Tobago | 10.5% | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 177 | Bahrain | 10.1% | 2023 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 178 | New Caledonia | 10.1% | 2023 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 179 | Laos | 9.9% | 2023 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 180 | United States Virgin Islands | 9.4% | 2023 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 181 | Palau | 9.3% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 182 | Central African Republic | 9.1% | 2023 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 183 | Libya | 8.7% | 2023 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 184 | French Polynesia | 8.7% | 2023 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 185 | Kuwait | 8.4% | 2023 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 186 | Gabon | 8.4% | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 187 | Belize | 8.0% | 2023 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 188 | Finland | 7.4% | 2023 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 189 | Sweden | 7.3% | 2023 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 190 | Micronesia (country) | 7.1% | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 191 | Canada | 6.5% | 2023 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 192 | Qatar | 6.4% | 2023 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 193 | Bermuda | 5.6% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 194 | United Arab Emirates | 5.5% | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 195 | Oman | 4.8% | 2023 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 196 | Egypt | 4.1% | 2023 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 197 | Solomon Islands | 3.9% | 2023 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 198 | Hong Kong | 3.8% | 2023 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 199 | Equatorial Guinea | 3.7% | 2023 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 200 | Guyana | 3.4% | 2023 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 201 | Seychelles | 3.4% | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 202 | Papua New Guinea | 3.1% | 2023 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 203 | Norway | 2.7% | 2023 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 204 | Brunei | 2.5% | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 205 | Bahamas | 1.3% | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 206 | Northern Mariana Islands | 1.2% | 2023 | down 68.2% | volatile |
| 207 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 1.1% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 208 | Singapore | 0.9% | 2023 | down 3.0% | volatile |
| 209 | Greenland | 0.6% | 2023 | up 0.0% | falling |
| 210 | Suriname | 0.4% | 2023 | down 14.1% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Channel Islands 43.3%
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 67.7%
- South Asia 58.3%
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 58.3%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 48.0%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 47.8%
- East Asia & Pacific 46.8%
- Africa Eastern and Southern 46.6%
- IDA blend 46.3%
- Central Europe and the Baltics 45.9%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 44.7%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 44.7%
About this data
Agricultural land refers to the share of land area that is arable, under permanent crops, and under permanent pastures. 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. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded. Land under permanent crops is land cultivated with crops that occupy the land for long periods and need not be replanted after each harvest, such as cocoa, coffee, and rubber. This category includes land under flowering shrubs, fruit trees, nut trees, and vines, but excludes land under trees grown for wood or timber. Permanent pasture is land used for five or more years for forage, including natural and cultivated crops.