Agricultural land (sq. km) by country
Agricultural land refers to the 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...
Countries reporting
209
Highest
5.20 million sq. km
China
Lowest
3 sq. km
Bermuda
Median
28,730 sq. km
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
15,984
What the numbers show
Agricultural land (sq. km) is currently reported for 209 countries. The highest value is 5.20 million sq. km in China; the lowest is 3 sq. km in Bermuda.
The median across all reporting countries is 28,730 sq. km, and the mean is 229,290 sq. km.
Over the past decade 88 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 | China | 5.20 million sq. km | 2023 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 2 | United States | 4.22 million sq. km | 2023 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 3 | Australia | 3.63 million sq. km | 2023 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 4 | Brazil | 2.37 million sq. km | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 5 | Russia | 2.16 million sq. km | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 6 | Kazakhstan | 2.14 million sq. km | 2023 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 7 | India | 1.79 million sq. km | 2023 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 8 | Saudi Arabia | 1.74 million sq. km | 2023 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 9 | Argentina | 1.16 million sq. km | 2023 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 10 | Sudan | 1.13 million sq. km | 2023 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 11 | Mongolia | 1.07 million sq. km | 2023 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 12 | Mexico | 985,454 sq. km | 2023 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 13 | South Africa | 963,410 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 14 | Nigeria | 693,982 sq. km | 2023 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 15 | Canada | 568,750 sq. km | 2023 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 16 | Indonesia | 551,222 sq. km | 2023 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 17 | Chad | 503,373 sq. km | 2023 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 18 | Iran | 470,670 sq. km | 2023 | up 2.4% | falling |
| 19 | Niger | 465,985 sq. km | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 20 | Angola | 460,630 sq. km | 2023 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 21 | Somalia | 441,292 sq. km | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 22 | Mali | 432,795 sq. km | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 23 | Mozambique | 415,123 sq. km | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 24 | Algeria | 413,447 sq. km | 2023 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 25 | Ukraine | 413,110 sq. km | 2023 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 26 | Madagascar | 408,950 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 27 | Colombia | 404,830 sq. km | 2023 | down 9.7% | flat |
| 28 | Mauritania | 397,100 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 29 | Turkmenistan | 395,782 sq. km | 2023 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 30 | Tanzania | 395,212 sq. km | 2023 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 31 | Bolivia | 388,154 sq. km | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 32 | Namibia | 388,120 sq. km | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 33 | Turkey | 385,880 sq. km | 2023 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 34 | Ethiopia | 384,569 sq. km | 2023 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 35 | Afghanistan | 381,160 sq. km | 2023 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 36 | Pakistan | 359,950 sq. km | 2023 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 37 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 350,957 sq. km | 2023 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 38 | Morocco | 297,883 sq. km | 2023 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 39 | Kenya | 287,687 sq. km | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 40 | South Sudan | 283,472 sq. km | 2023 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 41 | France | 282,972 sq. km | 2023 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 42 | Cote d'Ivoire | 274,993 sq. km | 2023 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 43 | Botswana | 258,620 sq. km | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 44 | Uzbekistan | 255,820 sq. km | 2023 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 45 | Spain | 247,727 sq. km | 2023 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 46 | Peru | 243,856 sq. km | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 47 | Zambia | 238,390 sq. km | 2023 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 48 | Yemen | 234,520 sq. km | 2023 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 49 | Thailand | 223,760 sq. km | 2023 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 50 | Venezuela | 215,000 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 51 | Paraguay | 214,270 sq. km | 2023 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 52 | Guinea | 179,939 sq. km | 2023 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 53 | United Kingdom | 170,094 sq. km | 2023 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 54 | Germany | 165,860 sq. km | 2023 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 55 | Zimbabwe | 161,671 sq. km | 2023 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 56 | Libya | 153,500 sq. km | 2023 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 57 | Burkina Faso | 146,108 sq. km | 2023 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 58 | Poland | 145,800 sq. km | 2023 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 59 | Uganda | 144,150 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 60 | Uruguay | 142,386 sq. km | 2023 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 61 | Syria | 136,060 sq. km | 2023 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 62 | Italy | 130,876 sq. km | 2023 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 63 | Myanmar | 129,973 sq. km | 2023 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 64 | Philippines | 127,226 sq. km | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 65 | Romania | 127,150 sq. km | 2023 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 66 | Ghana | 126,037 sq. km | 2023 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 67 | Vietnam | 122,910 sq. km | 2023 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 68 | Chile | 106,975 sq. km | 2023 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 69 | Congo | 106,514 sq. km | 2023 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 70 | Kyrgyzstan | 103,588 sq. km | 2023 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 71 | Cameroon | 98,969 sq. km | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 72 | New Zealand | 97,110 sq. km | 2023 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 73 | Tunisia | 97,005 sq. km | 2023 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 74 | Senegal | 95,110 sq. km | 2023 | up 6.1% | flat |
| 75 | Iraq | 94,774 sq. km | 2023 | up 6.7% | flat |
| 76 | Bangladesh | 93,990 sq. km | 2023 | up 3.2% | falling |
| 77 | Malaysia | 85,710 sq. km | 2023 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 78 | Belarus | 80,340 sq. km | 2023 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 79 | Eritrea | 75,920 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 80 | Cuba | 64,010 sq. km | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 81 | Cambodia | 61,543 sq. km | 2023 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 82 | Malawi | 60,500 sq. km | 2023 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 83 | Central African Republic | 56,688 sq. km | 2023 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 84 | Greece | 53,720 sq. km | 2023 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 85 | Ecuador | 53,500 sq. km | 2023 | down 28.8% | rising |
| 86 | Nicaragua | 50,910 sq. km | 2023 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 87 | Hungary | 50,830 sq. km | 2023 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 88 | Bulgaria | 50,030 sq. km | 2023 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 89 | Azerbaijan | 47,796 sq. km | 2023 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 90 | Benin | 47,168 sq. km | 2023 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 91 | Guatemala | 46,120 sq. km | 2023 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 92 | Japan | 46,070 sq. km | 2023 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 93 | Ireland | 41,890 sq. km | 2023 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 94 | Egypt | 40,580 sq. km | 2023 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 95 | Portugal | 39,700 sq. km | 2023 | up 7.3% | falling |
| 96 | Sierra Leone | 39,490 sq. km | 2023 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 97 | Tajikistan | 38,787 sq. km | 2023 | up 4.7% | falling |
| 98 | Togo | 38,200 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 99 | Nepal | 37,441 sq. km | 2023 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 100 | Honduras | 35,760 sq. km | 2023 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 101 | Czechia | 35,344 sq. km | 2023 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 102 | Serbia | 33,960 sq. km | 2023 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 103 | Sri Lanka | 30,069 sq. km | 2023 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 104 | Sweden | 29,820 sq. km | 2023 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 105 | Lithuania | 28,730 sq. km | 2023 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 106 | Dominican Republic | 26,679 sq. km | 2023 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 107 | Denmark | 26,210 sq. km | 2023 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 108 | Austria | 25,973 sq. km | 2023 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 109 | North Korea | 25,953 sq. km | 2023 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 110 | Moldova | 24,400 sq. km | 2023 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 111 | Georgia | 23,719 sq. km | 2023 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 112 | Lesotho | 23,608 sq. km | 2023 | up 4.8% | falling |
| 113 | Laos | 22,872 sq. km | 2023 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 114 | Finland | 22,620 sq. km | 2023 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 115 | Panama | 21,900 sq. km | 2023 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 116 | Burundi | 21,542 sq. km | 2023 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 117 | Gabon | 21,532 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 118 | Latvia | 19,710 sq. km | 2023 | up 5.0% | falling |
| 119 | Liberia | 19,230 sq. km | 2023 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 120 | Rwanda | 18,831 sq. km | 2023 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 121 | Slovakia | 18,250 sq. km | 2023 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 122 | Netherlands | 18,030 sq. km | 2023 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 123 | Haiti | 17,950 sq. km | 2023 | down 13.2% | rising |
| 124 | Djibouti | 17,039 sq. km | 2023 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 125 | Costa Rica | 16,923 sq. km | 2023 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 126 | Armenia | 16,523 sq. km | 2023 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 127 | Iceland | 16,380 sq. km | 2023 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 128 | South Korea | 15,680 sq. km | 2023 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 129 | Switzerland | 14,932 sq. km | 2023 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 130 | Croatia | 14,860 sq. km | 2023 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 131 | Oman | 14,717 sq. km | 2023 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 132 | Papua New Guinea | 14,050 sq. km | 2023 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 133 | Belgium | 13,533 sq. km | 2023 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 134 | North Macedonia | 12,510 sq. km | 2023 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 135 | El Salvador | 11,957 sq. km | 2023 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 136 | Eswatini | 11,950 sq. km | 2023 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 137 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 11,130 sq. km | 2023 | down 48.5% | falling |
| 138 | Albania | 10,446 sq. km | 2023 | down 12.0% | flat |
| 139 | Jordan | 10,240 sq. km | 2023 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 140 | Estonia | 9,880 sq. km | 2023 | up 2.4% | falling |
| 141 | Norway | 9,820 sq. km | 2023 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 142 | Guinea-Bissau | 8,405 sq. km | 2023 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 143 | Guyana | 7,200 sq. km | 2023 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 144 | Lebanon | 6,742 sq. km | 2023 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 145 | Gambia | 6,340 sq. km | 2023 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 146 | Slovenia | 6,112 sq. km | 2023 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 147 | Israel | 5,367 sq. km | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 148 | Bhutan | 5,270 sq. km | 2023 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 149 | Jamaica | 4,170 sq. km | 2023 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 150 | United Arab Emirates | 3,917 sq. km | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 151 | Palestine | 3,912 sq. km | 2023 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 152 | East Timor | 3,414 sq. km | 2023 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 153 | Fiji | 3,116 sq. km | 2023 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 154 | Montenegro | 2,635 sq. km | 2023 | up 18.1% | falling |
| 155 | Greenland | 2,431 sq. km | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 156 | Vanuatu | 1,870 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 157 | New Caledonia | 1,840 sq. km | 2023 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 158 | Belize | 1,820 sq. km | 2023 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 159 | Puerto Rico | 1,689 sq. km | 2023 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 160 | Kuwait | 1,500 sq. km | 2023 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 161 | Comoros | 1,330 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 162 | Luxembourg | 1,330 sq. km | 2023 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 163 | Cyprus | 1,290 sq. km | 2023 | up 18.5% | volatile |
| 164 | Solomon Islands | 1,092 sq. km | 2023 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 165 | Equatorial Guinea | 1,047 sq. km | 2023 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 166 | Faroe Islands | 960.7 sq. km | 2023 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 167 | Mauritius | 859.57 sq. km | 2023 | down 0.0% | falling |
| 168 | Cape Verde | 790 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 169 | Qatar | 740 sq. km | 2023 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 170 | Suriname | 714.32 sq. km | 2023 | down 14.1% | rising |
| 171 | Trinidad and Tobago | 540 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 172 | Samoa | 488.3 sq. km | 2023 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 173 | Sao Tome and Principe | 430 sq. km | 2023 | up 22.9% | rising |
| 174 | Isle of Man | 393.81 sq. km | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 175 | Tonga | 350 sq. km | 2023 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 176 | Kiribati | 340 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 177 | French Polynesia | 300.65 sq. km | 2023 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 178 | Dominica | 250 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 179 | Andorra | 187.41 sq. km | 2023 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 180 | Guam | 160 sq. km | 2023 | down 11.1% | flat |
| 181 | Brunei | 134 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 182 | Bahamas | 130 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 183 | Barbados | 100 sq. km | 2023 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 184 | Saint Lucia | 99.4 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 185 | Antigua and Barbuda | 90 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 187 | Malta | 82.91 sq. km | 2023 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 188 | Bahrain | 81 sq. km | 2023 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 189 | Grenada | 80 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 190 | Marshall Islands | 70 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 190 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 70 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 190 | British Virgin Islands | 70 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 193 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 60 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 194 | Maldives | 59 sq. km | 2023 | down 7.8% | rising |
| 195 | Liechtenstein | 51.7 sq. km | 2023 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 196 | Micronesia (country) | 50 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 197 | Palau | 43 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 198 | Hong Kong | 40 sq. km | 2023 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 199 | United States Virgin Islands | 33 sq. km | 2023 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 200 | American Samoa | 29.6 sq. km | 2023 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 201 | Cayman Islands | 27 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 202 | San Marino | 23 sq. km | 2023 | up 130.0% | rising |
| 203 | Aruba | 20 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 204 | Tuvalu | 18 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 205 | Seychelles | 15.5 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 206 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 10 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 207 | Singapore | 6.6 sq. km | 2023 | down 1.5% | volatile |
| 208 | Northern Mariana Islands | 5.4 sq. km | 2023 | down 68.2% | falling |
| 209 | Nauru | 4 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 210 | Bermuda | 3 sq. km | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Channel Islands 85.7 sq. km
- World 47.92 million sq. km
- IDA & IBRD total 36.00 million sq. km
- Low & middle income 33.30 million sq. km
- Middle income 27.11 million sq. km
- IBRD only 25.36 million sq. km
- Upper middle income 19.00 million sq. km
- Late-demographic dividend 15.20 million sq. km
- High income 14.62 million sq. km
- Early-demographic dividend 13.33 million sq. km
- OECD members 12.11 million sq. km
- East Asia & Pacific 11.45 million sq. km
About this data
Agricultural land refers to the 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.