Agricultural land area — Total agricultural land area by country
Countries reporting
54
Highest
521,196 Hectares
China
Lowest
10.31 Hectares
Malta
Median
7,421 Hectares
Years covered
42
1984–2025
Data points
2,032
What the numbers show
Agricultural land area — Total agricultural land area is currently reported for 54 countries. The highest value is 521,196 Hectares in China; the lowest is 10.31 Hectares in Malta.
The median across all reporting countries is 7,421 Hectares, and the mean is 54,703 Hectares.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 50,552.
Over the past decade 20 countries rose and 32 fell. The largest increase was in Croatia (up 18.3%), and the largest decrease in Chile (down 22.0%).
Agricultural land area — Total agricultural land area: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 521,196 Hectares | 2023 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 1 | United States | 417,826 Hectares | 2023 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 2 | Australia | 368,934 Hectares | 2022 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 2 | Türkiye | 38,619 Hectares | 2024 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 3 | Brazil | 236,759 Hectares | 2023 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 16,821 Hectares | 2025 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 3 | Viet Nam | 12,291 Hectares | 2023 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 4 | Russian Federation | 215,701 Hectares | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 4 | Poland | 14,172 Hectares | 2024 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 5 | Kazakhstan | 214,266 Hectares | 2023 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 5 | Lithuania | 2,858 Hectares | 2024 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 6 | India | 178,571 Hectares | 2023 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 6 | Latvia | 1,971 Hectares | 2024 | up 5.2% | falling |
| 7 | Argentina | 116,136 Hectares | 2023 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 8 | Mexico | 98,545 Hectares | 2023 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 8 | Netherlands | 1,798 Hectares | 2024 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 9 | South Africa | 96,341 Hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 10 | Indonesia | 55,122 Hectares | 2023 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 10 | Croatia | 1,468 Hectares | 2024 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 11 | Canada | 54,729 Hectares | 2024 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 11 | Estonia | 982.44 Hectares | 2024 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 12 | Ukraine | 41,311 Hectares | 2023 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 12 | Slovenia | 475.91 Hectares | 2024 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 13 | Colombia | 40,483 Hectares | 2023 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 14 | France | 28,620 Hectares | 2024 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 15 | Spain | 24,734 Hectares | 2024 | up 4.9% | falling |
| 16 | Peru | 24,386 Hectares | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 17 | Germany | 16,569 Hectares | 2024 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 18 | Italy | 12,901 Hectares | 2024 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 19 | Philippines | 12,723 Hectares | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 20 | Romania | 12,690 Hectares | 2024 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 21 | Chile | 10,698 Hectares | 2023 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 22 | New Zealand | 9,772 Hectares | 2024 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 23 | Hungary | 5,071 Hectares | 2024 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 24 | Bulgaria | 5,014 Hectares | 2024 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 25 | Greece | 4,992 Hectares | 2024 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 26 | Ireland | 4,495 Hectares | 2024 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 27 | Japan | 4,298 Hectares | 2023 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 28 | Egypt | 4,058 Hectares | 2023 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 29 | Portugal | 3,787 Hectares | 2024 | up 2.4% | falling |
| 30 | Czechia | 3,535 Hectares | 2024 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 31 | Sweden | 2,975 Hectares | 2024 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 32 | Denmark | 2,610 Hectares | 2024 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 33 | Austria | 2,568 Hectares | 2024 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 34 | Finland | 2,257 Hectares | 2024 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 35 | Costa Rica | 1,692 Hectares | 2023 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 36 | Iceland | 1,591 Hectares | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 37 | Switzerland | 1,490 Hectares | 2024 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 38 | Belgium | 1,354 Hectares | 2024 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 39 | Norway | 984.72 Hectares | 2023 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 40 | Israel | 426.57 Hectares | 2024 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 41 | Luxembourg | 132.96 Hectares | 2024 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 42 | Cyprus | 125.45 Hectares | 2024 | up 17.2% | falling |
| 43 | Malta | 10.31 Hectares | 2024 | down 11.8% | rising |
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) 180,455 Hectares
- European Union (27 countries from 01/02/2020) 159,985 Hectares
- Slovak Republic 1,819 Hectares
- Korea 1,638 Hectares