Agricultural land area — Arable land by country
Countries reporting
53
Highest
154,644 Hectares
United States
Lowest
7.57 Hectares
Malta
Median
3,455 Hectares
Years covered
42
1984–2025
Data points
2,005
What the numbers show
Agricultural land area — Arable land is currently reported for 53 countries. The highest value is 154,644 Hectares in United States; the lowest is 7.57 Hectares in Malta.
The median across all reporting countries is 3,455 Hectares, and the mean is 18,884 Hectares.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 20,429.
Over the past decade 21 countries rose and 28 fell. The largest increase was in Colombia (up 73.4%), and the largest decrease in Costa Rica (down 28.0%).
Agricultural land area — Arable land: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 154,644 Hectares | 2023 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 1 | India | 153,869 Hectares | 2023 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 2 | Russia | 121,649 Hectares | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 2 | Türkiye | 20,201 Hectares | 2024 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 3 | China | 109,018 Hectares | 2023 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 3 | Poland | 11,187 Hectares | 2024 | up 2.7% | falling |
| 3 | Viet Nam | 6,728 Hectares | 2023 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 4 | Australia | 64,949 Hectares | 2020 | down 25.7% | rising |
| 4 | United Kingdom | 6,083 Hectares | 2025 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 5 | Brazil | 55,642 Hectares | 2023 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 5 | Lithuania | 2,294 Hectares | 2024 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 6 | Argentina | 40,387 Hectares | 2023 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 7 | Canada | 37,848 Hectares | 2024 | up 2.4% | falling |
| 7 | Latvia | 1,356 Hectares | 2024 | up 12.2% | falling |
| 8 | Ukraine | 32,924 Hectares | 2023 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 9 | Kazakhstan | 29,670 Hectares | 2023 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 9 | Netherlands | 1,002 Hectares | 2024 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 10 | Mexico | 20,024 Hectares | 2023 | down 11.0% | flat |
| 10 | Croatia | 850.26 Hectares | 2024 | up 4.8% | flat |
| 11 | Indonesia | 17,783 Hectares | 2023 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 11 | Estonia | 704.67 Hectares | 2024 | up 9.4% | falling |
| 12 | France | 16,938 Hectares | 2024 | down 8.8% | flat |
| 12 | Slovenia | 173.93 Hectares | 2024 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 13 | South Africa | 12,000 Hectares | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 14 | Germany | 11,656 Hectares | 2024 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 15 | Spain | 11,366 Hectares | 2024 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 16 | Romania | 8,381 Hectares | 2024 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 17 | Italy | 6,930 Hectares | 2024 | up 3.0% | falling |
| 18 | Philippines | 5,590 Hectares | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 19 | Hungary | 4,130 Hectares | 2024 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 20 | Peru | 3,918 Hectares | 2023 | up 1.7% | falling |
| 21 | Bulgaria | 3,480 Hectares | 2024 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 22 | Japan | 3,455 Hectares | 2023 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 23 | Egypt | 3,103 Hectares | 2023 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 24 | Colombia | 2,549 Hectares | 2023 | up 73.4% | falling |
| 25 | Czechia | 2,531 Hectares | 2024 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 26 | Sweden | 2,518 Hectares | 2024 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 27 | Denmark | 2,349 Hectares | 2024 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 28 | Finland | 2,240 Hectares | 2024 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 29 | Greece | 1,588 Hectares | 2024 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 30 | Chile | 1,407 Hectares | 2023 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 31 | Austria | 1,321 Hectares | 2024 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 32 | Belgium | 865.59 Hectares | 2024 | up 5.7% | flat |
| 33 | Portugal | 854.52 Hectares | 2024 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 34 | Norway | 804.69 Hectares | 2023 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 35 | New Zealand | 596.8 Hectares | 2024 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 36 | Ireland | 439.46 Hectares | 2024 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 37 | Switzerland | 399.5 Hectares | 2024 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 38 | Costa Rica | 167.13 Hectares | 2023 | down 28.0% | falling |
| 39 | Iceland | 123.11 Hectares | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 40 | Cyprus | 96.31 Hectares | 2024 | up 22.4% | flat |
| 41 | Luxembourg | 61.68 Hectares | 2024 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 42 | Malta | 7.57 Hectares | 2024 | down 15.6% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- European Union (28 countries) 105,600 Hectares
- European Union (27 countries from 01/02/2020) 96,625 Hectares
- Korea 1,606 Hectares
- Slovak Republic 1,304 Hectares