Agricultural land — Area by country
The FAOSTAT Land Use domain contains data on twenty-one land use categories and twenty-three categories of irrigation and agricultural practices. Data are available yearly and by country, regional and global levels. The domain includes Land Use Indicators providing information on the percentage share of...
Countries reporting
237
Highest
1.16 million 1000 ha
OECD
Lowest
0.3 1000 ha
Bermuda
Median
2,411 1000 ha
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
16,066
What the numbers show
Agricultural land — Area is currently reported for 237 countries. The highest value is 1.16 million 1000 ha in OECD; the lowest is 0.3 1000 ha in Bermuda.
The median across all reporting countries is 2,411 1000 ha, and the mean is 28,869 1000 ha.
Over the past decade 104 countries rose and 105 fell. The largest increase was in Tuvalu (up 44.4%), and the largest decrease in Bosnia and Herzegovina (down 46.8%).
Agricultural land — Area: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OECD | 1.16 million 1000 ha | 2024 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 2 | USSR | 555,420 1000 ha | 1991 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 3 | China | 392,604 1000 ha | 2024 | down 4.2% | flat |
| 4 | China, mainland | 391,823 1000 ha | 2024 | down 4.2% | flat |
| 5 | Australia and New Zealand | 373,213 1000 ha | 2024 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 6 | Australia | 363,519 1000 ha | 2024 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 7 | Brazil | 237,091 1000 ha | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 8 | Russian Federation | 215,712 1000 ha | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 9 | Kazakhstan | 213,784 1000 ha | 2024 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 10 | India | 178,220 1000 ha | 2024 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 11 | Saudi Arabia | 175,590 1000 ha | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 12 | Sudan (former) | 137,246 1000 ha | 2011 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 13 | Sudan | 112,665 1000 ha | 2024 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 14 | Mongolia | 107,246 1000 ha | 2024 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 15 | Mexico | 98,430 1000 ha | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 16 | Argentina | 80,799 1000 ha | 2024 | down 33.7% | falling |
| 17 | Nigeria | 70,208 1000 ha | 2024 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 18 | Canada | 56,796 1000 ha | 2024 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 19 | Ethiopia PDR | 56,105 1000 ha | 1992 | down 4.3% | flat |
| 20 | Indonesia | 54,754 1000 ha | 2024 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 21 | Chad | 50,338 1000 ha | 2024 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 22 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 47,067 1000 ha | 2024 | up 2.4% | falling |
| 23 | Niger | 46,619 1000 ha | 2024 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 24 | Angola | 45,285 1000 ha | 2024 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 25 | Somalia | 44,130 1000 ha | 2024 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 26 | Mozambique | 44,125 1000 ha | 2024 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 27 | Mali | 41,675 1000 ha | 2024 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 28 | Algeria | 41,320 1000 ha | 2024 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 29 | Ukraine | 41,311 1000 ha | 2024 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 30 | Madagascar | 40,933 1000 ha | 2024 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 31 | Colombia | 40,546 1000 ha | 2024 | down 9.5% | flat |
| 32 | United Republic of Tanzania | 39,877 1000 ha | 2024 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 33 | Mauritania | 39,710 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 34 | Turkmenistan | 39,627 1000 ha | 2024 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 35 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 39,309 1000 ha | 2024 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 36 | Namibia | 38,812 1000 ha | 2024 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 37 | Türkiye | 38,640 1000 ha | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 38 | Ethiopia | 38,457 1000 ha | 2024 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 39 | Afghanistan | 38,082 1000 ha | 2024 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 40 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 36,710 1000 ha | 2024 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 41 | Pakistan | 36,389 1000 ha | 2024 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 42 | Morocco | 30,000 1000 ha | 2024 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 43 | Kenya | 29,066 1000 ha | 2024 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 44 | France | 28,442 1000 ha | 2024 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 45 | South Sudan | 28,251 1000 ha | 2024 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 46 | Côte d'Ivoire | 26,668 1000 ha | 2024 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 47 | Botswana | 25,862 1000 ha | 2024 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 48 | Uzbekistan | 25,850 1000 ha | 2024 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 49 | Spain | 24,634 1000 ha | 2024 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 50 | Peru | 24,299 1000 ha | 2024 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 51 | Zambia | 23,840 1000 ha | 2024 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 52 | Yemen | 23,452 1000 ha | 2024 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 53 | Thailand | 22,104 1000 ha | 2024 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 54 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 21,541 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 55 | Paraguay | 21,427 1000 ha | 2024 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 56 | Zimbabwe | 18,591 1000 ha | 2024 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 57 | Guinea | 17,993 1000 ha | 2024 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 58 | Burkina Faso | 17,121 1000 ha | 2024 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 59 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 16,744 1000 ha | 2024 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 60 | Germany | 16,569 1000 ha | 2024 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 61 | Uganda | 16,097 1000 ha | 2024 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 62 | Libya | 15,350 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 63 | Uruguay | 15,289 1000 ha | 2024 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 64 | Poland | 14,142 1000 ha | 2024 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 65 | Yugoslav SFR | 13,971 1000 ha | 1991 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 66 | Syrian Arab Republic | 13,613 1000 ha | 2024 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 67 | Myanmar | 13,010 1000 ha | 2024 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 68 | Italy | 12,902 1000 ha | 2024 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 69 | Philippines | 12,746 1000 ha | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 70 | Romania | 12,690 1000 ha | 2024 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 71 | Ghana | 12,603 1000 ha | 2024 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 72 | Viet Nam | 12,291 1000 ha | 2024 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 73 | Caribbean | 11,507 1000 ha | 2024 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 74 | Chile | 10,692 1000 ha | 2024 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 75 | Congo | 10,652 1000 ha | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 76 | Kyrgyzstan | 10,349 1000 ha | 2024 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 77 | Cameroon | 9,967 1000 ha | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 78 | New Zealand | 9,693 1000 ha | 2024 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 79 | Tunisia | 9,647 1000 ha | 2024 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 80 | Senegal | 9,513 1000 ha | 2024 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 81 | Bangladesh | 9,399 1000 ha | 2024 | up 3.3% | falling |
| 82 | Iraq | 9,398 1000 ha | 2024 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 83 | Malaysia | 8,146 1000 ha | 2024 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 84 | Belarus | 7,929 1000 ha | 2024 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 85 | Eritrea | 7,591 1000 ha | 2024 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 86 | Czechoslovakia | 6,730 1000 ha | 1992 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 87 | Cuba | 6,401 1000 ha | 2024 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 88 | Malawi | 6,132 1000 ha | 2024 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 89 | Cambodia | 6,120 1000 ha | 2024 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 90 | Serbia and Montenegro | 5,590 1000 ha | 2005 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 91 | Nicaragua | 5,091 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 92 | Hungary | 5,067 1000 ha | 2024 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 93 | Ecuador | 5,039 1000 ha | 2024 | down 8.0% | rising |
| 94 | Greece | 5,015 1000 ha | 2024 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 95 | Bulgaria | 5,014 1000 ha | 2024 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 96 | Western Sahara | 5,004 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 97 | Guatemala | 4,934 1000 ha | 2024 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 98 | Benin | 4,865 1000 ha | 2024 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 99 | Azerbaijan | 4,774 1000 ha | 2024 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 100 | Japan | 4,582 1000 ha | 2024 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 101 | Ireland | 4,488 1000 ha | 2024 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 102 | Egypt | 4,229 1000 ha | 2024 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 103 | Sierra Leone | 3,987 1000 ha | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 104 | Tajikistan | 3,888 1000 ha | 2024 | up 4.5% | falling |
| 105 | Portugal | 3,787 1000 ha | 2024 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 106 | Togo | 3,757 1000 ha | 2024 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 107 | Nepal | 3,744 1000 ha | 2024 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 108 | Czechia | 3,535 1000 ha | 2024 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 109 | Serbia | 3,337 1000 ha | 2024 | down 4.8% | flat |
| 110 | Honduras | 3,188 1000 ha | 2024 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 111 | Sri Lanka | 3,017 1000 ha | 2024 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 112 | Sweden | 2,975 1000 ha | 2024 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 113 | Lithuania | 2,857 1000 ha | 2024 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 114 | Lesotho | 2,820 1000 ha | 2024 | up 13.2% | flat |
| 115 | Denmark | 2,605 1000 ha | 2024 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 116 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 2,598 1000 ha | 2024 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 117 | Austria | 2,567 1000 ha | 2024 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 118 | Dominican Republic | 2,481 1000 ha | 2024 | up 8.1% | flat |
| 119 | Republic of Moldova | 2,411 1000 ha | 2024 | up 4.2% | falling |
| 120 | Georgia | 2,342 1000 ha | 2024 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 121 | Finland | 2,257 1000 ha | 2024 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 122 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 2,201 1000 ha | 2024 | down 7.8% | rising |
| 123 | Melanesia | 2,176 1000 ha | 2024 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 124 | Latvia | 1,971 1000 ha | 2024 | up 5.3% | flat |
| 125 | Liberia | 1,936 1000 ha | 2024 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 126 | Burundi | 1,906 1000 ha | 2024 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 127 | Slovakia | 1,819 1000 ha | 2024 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 128 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 1,799 1000 ha | 2024 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 129 | Rwanda | 1,798 1000 ha | 2024 | down 9.7% | rising |
| 130 | Haiti | 1,795 1000 ha | 2024 | down 10.9% | rising |
| 131 | Gabon | 1,773 1000 ha | 2024 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 132 | Panama | 1,712 1000 ha | 2024 | down 20.2% | rising |
| 133 | Djibouti | 1,704 1000 ha | 2024 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 134 | Armenia | 1,674 1000 ha | 2024 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 135 | Iceland | 1,638 1000 ha | 2024 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 136 | Costa Rica | 1,589 1000 ha | 2024 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 137 | Republic of Korea | 1,561 1000 ha | 2024 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 138 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 1,521 1000 ha | 1999 | up 3.8% | falling |
| 139 | Switzerland | 1,490 1000 ha | 2024 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 140 | Oman | 1,479 1000 ha | 2024 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 141 | Croatia | 1,467 1000 ha | 2024 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 142 | Papua New Guinea | 1,405 1000 ha | 2024 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 143 | Belgium | 1,354 1000 ha | 2024 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 144 | North Macedonia | 1,241 1000 ha | 2024 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 145 | Eswatini | 1,197 1000 ha | 2024 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 146 | El Salvador | 1,186 1000 ha | 2024 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 147 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1,148 1000 ha | 2024 | down 46.8% | falling |
| 148 | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 1,134 1000 ha | 2024 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 149 | Albania | 1,126 1000 ha | 2024 | down 4.1% | flat |
| 150 | Jordan | 1,027 1000 ha | 2024 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 151 | Norway | 984 1000 ha | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 152 | Estonia | 982 1000 ha | 2024 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 153 | Guinea-Bissau | 882.91 1000 ha | 2024 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 154 | China, Taiwan Province of | 776.9 1000 ha | 2024 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 155 | Gambia | 770.3 1000 ha | 2024 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 156 | Guyana | 720 1000 ha | 2024 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 157 | Lebanon | 651.3 1000 ha | 2024 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 158 | Slovenia | 611.36 1000 ha | 2024 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 159 | Bhutan | 527 1000 ha | 2024 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 160 | Israel | 514.9 1000 ha | 2024 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 161 | Jamaica | 422.9 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 162 | United Arab Emirates | 397.65 1000 ha | 2024 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 163 | Palestine | 391.2 1000 ha | 2024 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 164 | Timor-Leste | 341.4 1000 ha | 2024 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 165 | Fiji | 311.6 1000 ha | 2024 | down 6.9% | rising |
| 166 | Montenegro | 248.28 1000 ha | 2024 | up 7.8% | falling |
| 167 | Greenland | 243.11 1000 ha | 2024 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 168 | Belize | 186 1000 ha | 2024 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 169 | New Caledonia | 182.08 1000 ha | 2024 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 170 | Puerto Rico | 164.42 1000 ha | 2024 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 171 | Vanuatu | 161.68 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 172 | Kuwait | 150 1000 ha | 2024 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 173 | Comoros | 147.54 1000 ha | 2024 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 174 | Luxembourg | 133.03 1000 ha | 2024 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 175 | Polynesia | 130.97 1000 ha | 2024 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 176 | Cyprus | 125.29 1000 ha | 2024 | up 15.0% | volatile |
| 177 | Solomon Islands | 115.83 1000 ha | 2024 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 178 | Cabo Verde | 99.9 1000 ha | 2024 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 179 | Equatorial Guinea | 96.59 1000 ha | 2024 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 180 | Faroe Islands | 96.07 1000 ha | 2024 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 181 | Mauritius | 81.72 1000 ha | 2024 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 182 | Suriname | 76 1000 ha | 2024 | down 13.8% | rising |
| 183 | Qatar | 74 1000 ha | 2024 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 184 | Micronesia | 68.35 1000 ha | 2024 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 185 | Trinidad and Tobago | 59.52 1000 ha | 2024 | up 10.2% | falling |
| 186 | Samoa | 49.41 1000 ha | 2024 | down 28.2% | falling |
| 187 | Guadeloupe | 46.42 1000 ha | 2024 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 188 | Sao Tome and Principe | 44.26 1000 ha | 2024 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 189 | French Guiana | 39.52 1000 ha | 2024 | up 28.1% | volatile |
| 190 | Isle of Man | 39.08 1000 ha | 2024 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 191 | Pacific Islands Trust Territory | 35.26 1000 ha | 1990 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 192 | Tonga | 34.9 1000 ha | 2024 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 193 | Kiribati | 34 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 194 | Martinique | 31.31 1000 ha | 2024 | up 5.0% | falling |
| 195 | French Polynesia | 28.65 1000 ha | 2024 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 196 | Dominica | 24.5 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 197 | Andorra | 19.59 1000 ha | 2024 | up 4.2% | falling |
| 198 | Mayotte | 19.4 1000 ha | 2024 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 199 | Guam | 16 1000 ha | 2024 | down 11.1% | flat |
| 200 | Brunei Darussalam | 15.3 1000 ha | 2024 | up 8.3% | falling |
| 201 | Bahamas | 13 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 202 | Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha | 12 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 203 | Barbados | 10 1000 ha | 2024 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 204 | Saint Lucia | 9.93 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 205 | Antigua and Barbuda | 9.3 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 206 | Channel Islands | 8.57 1000 ha | 2024 | down 10.0% | flat |
| 207 | Bahrain | 8.23 1000 ha | 2024 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 208 | Malta | 8.02 1000 ha | 2024 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 209 | Grenada | 8 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 209 | Netherlands Antilles (former) | 8 1000 ha | 2010 | unchanged | rising |
| 211 | Marshall Islands | 7.27 1000 ha | 2024 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 212 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 7 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 213 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 6 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 214 | Maldives | 5.9 1000 ha | 2024 | down 7.8% | rising |
| 215 | British Virgin Islands | 5.7 1000 ha | 2024 | up 24.5% | rising |
| 216 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 5.4 1000 ha | 2024 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 217 | Liechtenstein | 5.17 1000 ha | 2024 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 218 | Niue | 4.8 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 219 | Palau | 4.3 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 220 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 4 1000 ha | 2024 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 221 | Cook Islands | 3.81 1000 ha | 2024 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 222 | Wallis and Futuna Islands | 3.5 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 223 | Montserrat | 3 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 224 | United States Virgin Islands | 2.88 1000 ha | 2024 | down 30.3% | falling |
| 225 | Cayman Islands | 2.7 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 226 | Tuvalu | 2.6 1000 ha | 2024 | up 44.4% | falling |
| 227 | San Marino | 2.59 1000 ha | 2024 | up 10.2% | falling |
| 228 | Aruba | 2 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 228 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 2 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 230 | Seychelles | 1.54 1000 ha | 2024 | up 26.2% | falling |
| 231 | Northern Mariana Islands | 1.04 1000 ha | 2024 | down 38.8% | falling |
| 232 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 1 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 232 | Norfolk Island | 1 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 234 | Singapore | 0.66 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 235 | Tokelau | 0.6 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 236 | Naoero | 0.34 1000 ha | 2024 | down 15.0% | rising |
| 237 | Bermuda | 0.3 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 4.64 million 1000 ha
- Asia 1.52 million 1000 ha
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 1.21 million 1000 ha
- Africa 1.19 million 1000 ha
- Americas 1.10 million 1000 ha
- Sub-Saharan Africa 966,886 1000 ha
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 863,406 1000 ha
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 842,656 1000 ha
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 835,797 1000 ha
- Latin America and the Caribbean 625,825 1000 ha
- Eastern Asia 508,590 1000 ha
- South America 498,002 1000 ha
About this data
The FAOSTAT Land Use domain contains data on twenty-one land use categories and twenty-three categories of irrigation and agricultural practices. Data are available yearly and by country, regional and global levels. The domain includes Land Use Indicators providing information on the percentage share of agricultural and forest land, and their sub-components, including irrigated areas and areas under organic agriculture, within a country land use matrix. Data are available at country, regional and global level, for the following elements: (in percentage) i) Share in Land area; ii) Share in Agricultural land, iii) Share in Cropland; and iv) Share in Forest land; (in ha/pc) v) Area per capita.