Agricultural land — Share in 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
255
Highest
99.96 %
Tuvalu
Lowest
0.47 %
Suriname
Median
36.54 %
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
16,964
What the numbers show
Agricultural land — Share in Land area is currently reported for 255 countries. The highest value is 99.96 % in Tuvalu; the lowest is 0.47 % in Suriname.
The median across all reporting countries is 36.54 %, and the mean is 37.04 %.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 213.
Over the past decade 113 countries rose and 120 fell. The largest increase was in Tuvalu (up 66.6%), and the largest decrease in Bosnia and Herzegovina (down 46.8%).
Agricultural land — Share in Land area: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tuvalu | 99.96 % | 2024 | up 66.6% | flat |
| 2 | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 93.17 % | 2024 | up 1.7% | falling |
| 3 | Lesotho | 92.89 % | 2024 | up 13.2% | flat |
| 4 | Uruguay | 87.36 % | 2024 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 5 | Turkmenistan | 84.32 % | 2024 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 6 | Cote d'Ivoire | 83.86 % | 2024 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 6 | Côte d'Ivoire | 83.86 % | 2024 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 8 | Saudi Arabia | 81.68 % | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 9 | Uganda | 80.28 % | 2024 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 10 | South Africa | 79.42 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 11 | Kazakhstan | 79.19 % | 2024 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 12 | Comoros | 78.91 % | 2024 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 13 | Nigeria | 77.09 % | 2024 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 14 | Gambia | 76.12 % | 2024 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 15 | Rwanda | 75.67 % | 2024 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 16 | Burundi | 74.21 % | 2024 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 17 | Syria | 74.13 % | 2024 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 17 | Syrian Arab Republic | 74.13 % | 2024 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 19 | Djibouti | 73.53 % | 2024 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 20 | Moldova | 73.23 % | 2024 | up 4.0% | falling |
| 20 | Republic of Moldova | 73.23 % | 2024 | up 4.0% | falling |
| 22 | Guinea | 73.22 % | 2024 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 23 | Bangladesh | 72.21 % | 2024 | up 3.3% | falling |
| 24 | Ukraine | 71.3 % | 2024 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 25 | Madagascar | 70.36 % | 2024 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 26 | Somalia | 70.34 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 27 | Faroe Islands | 70.12 % | 2024 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 28 | Eswatini | 69.61 % | 2024 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 29 | United Kingdom | 69.21 % | 2024 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 29 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 69.21 % | 2024 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 31 | Togo | 69.08 % | 2024 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 32 | Mongolia | 68.81 % | 2024 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 33 | Isle of Man | 68.27 % | 2024 | down 6.0% | rising |
| 34 | Morocco | 67.22 % | 2024 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 35 | Ireland | 65.15 % | 2024 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 36 | Haiti | 65.14 % | 2024 | down 10.9% | rising |
| 37 | Denmark | 65.13 % | 2024 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 38 | Malawi | 65.04 % | 2024 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 39 | Palestine | 64.93 % | 2024 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 39 | Palestine | 64.93 % | 2024 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 41 | Lebanon | 63.67 % | 2024 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 42 | Eritrea | 62.84 % | 2024 | up 0.0% | falling |
| 43 | Burkina Faso | 62.58 % | 2024 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 44 | Tunisia | 62.09 % | 2024 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 45 | Cuba | 61.67 % | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 46 | Sudan | 60.31 % | 2024 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 47 | India | 59.94 % | 2024 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 48 | Armenia | 59.36 % | 2024 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 49 | Uzbekistan | 58.95 % | 2024 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 50 | Afghanistan | 58.39 % | 2024 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 51 | Azerbaijan | 57.76 % | 2024 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 51 | Sudan (former) | 57.76 % | 2011 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 53 | El Salvador | 57.26 % | 2024 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 54 | Mozambique | 56.11 % | 2024 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 55 | Hungary | 55.52 % | 2024 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 56 | Ghana | 55.39 % | 2024 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 57 | Sierra Leone | 55.24 % | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 58 | Romania | 55.15 % | 2024 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 59 | Yugoslav SFR | 54.85 % | 1991 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 60 | Serbia and Montenegro | 54.8 % | 2005 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 61 | Paraguay | 54.11 % | 2024 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 62 | Kyrgyzstan | 53.96 % | 2024 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 63 | Czechoslovakia | 53.69 % | 1992 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 64 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 53.43 % | 2024 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 65 | Mayotte | 52.97 % | 2024 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 66 | France | 52.77 % | 2024 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 67 | Luxembourg | 51.67 % | 2024 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 68 | Caribbean | 51.65 % | 2024 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 69 | Dominican Republic | 51.48 % | 2024 | up 8.4% | flat |
| 70 | Ethiopia PDR | 50.96 % | 1992 | down 4.3% | flat |
| 71 | Mexico | 50.63 % | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 72 | Turkey | 50.21 % | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 72 | Türkiye | 50.21 % | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 74 | Kenya | 50.04 % | 2024 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 75 | Tokelau | 50 % | 2024 | down 16.7% | rising |
| 76 | Senegal | 49.41 % | 2024 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 77 | Spain | 49.3 % | 2024 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 78 | North Macedonia | 49.21 % | 2024 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 79 | Sri Lanka | 48.77 % | 2024 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 80 | Tonga | 48.48 % | 2024 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 81 | Zimbabwe | 48.06 % | 2024 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 82 | Germany | 47.42 % | 2024 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 83 | Australia | 47.28 % | 2024 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 84 | Pakistan | 47.2 % | 2024 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 85 | Namibia | 47.14 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 86 | Australia and New Zealand | 46.94 % | 2024 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 87 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 46.34 % | 1999 | up 3.7% | falling |
| 88 | Poland | 46.21 % | 2024 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 89 | Bulgaria | 46.19 % | 2024 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 90 | Sao Tome and Principe | 46.11 % | 2024 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 91 | United States | 46.08 % | 2024 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 92 | Guatemala | 46.04 % | 2024 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 93 | Czechia | 45.81 % | 2024 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 94 | Lithuania | 45.65 % | 2024 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 95 | Botswana | 45.63 % | 2024 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 96 | United Republic of Tanzania | 45.11 % | 2024 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 97 | South Sudan | 44.71 % | 2024 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 98 | Yemen | 44.42 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 99 | Belgium | 44.41 % | 2024 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 100 | Italy | 43.63 % | 2024 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 101 | Channel Islands | 43.3 % | 2024 | down 9.9% | flat |
| 102 | Thailand | 43.27 % | 2024 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 103 | Benin | 43.14 % | 2024 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 104 | Philippines | 42.75 % | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 105 | San Marino | 42.33 % | 2024 | up 7.9% | falling |
| 106 | Nicaragua | 42.31 % | 2022 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 107 | Kiribati | 41.92 % | 2024 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 108 | Andorra | 41.86 % | 2024 | up 4.7% | falling |
| 109 | China, mainland | 41.74 % | 2024 | down 4.2% | flat |
| 110 | China | 41.66 % | 2024 | down 4.2% | flat |
| 111 | Portugal | 41.34 % | 2024 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 112 | Albania | 41.11 % | 2024 | down 4.1% | flat |
| 113 | Mauritius | 40.86 % | 2024 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 114 | Marshall Islands | 40.14 % | 2024 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 115 | Chad | 39.98 % | 2024 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 116 | Vietnam | 39.21 % | 2024 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 116 | Viet Nam | 39.21 % | 2024 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 118 | Belarus | 39.07 % | 2024 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 119 | Jamaica | 39.05 % | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 120 | Greece | 38.91 % | 2024 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 121 | Mauritania | 38.53 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 122 | Serbia | 38.1 % | 2024 | down 5.0% | flat |
| 123 | Slovakia | 37.83 % | 2024 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 124 | British Virgin Islands | 37.75 % | 2024 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 125 | Switzerland | 37.72 % | 2024 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 126 | New Zealand | 36.81 % | 2024 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 127 | Niger | 36.8 % | 2024 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 128 | Colombia | 36.54 % | 2024 | down 9.5% | flat |
| 129 | Angola | 36.32 % | 2024 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 130 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 36.13 % | 2024 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 131 | Cambodia | 34.67 % | 2024 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 132 | Ethiopia | 34.27 % | 2024 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 133 | Mali | 34.15 % | 2024 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 133 | OECD | 34.15 % | 2024 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 135 | Georgia | 33.71 % | 2024 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 136 | Dominica | 32.62 % | 2024 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 137 | Liechtenstein | 32.31 % | 2024 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 138 | Zambia | 32.07 % | 2024 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 139 | Latvia | 31.67 % | 2024 | up 5.3% | flat |
| 140 | Costa Rica | 31.43 % | 2024 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 141 | Guinea-Bissau | 31.4 % | 2024 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 142 | Congo | 31.19 % | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 143 | Austria | 31.1 % | 2024 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 144 | Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha | 30.82 % | 2024 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 145 | Slovenia | 30.36 % | 2024 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 146 | Guam | 29.57 % | 2024 | down 11.3% | flat |
| 147 | Martinique | 29.54 % | 2024 | up 5.0% | falling |
| 148 | Argentina | 29.52 % | 2024 | down 33.8% | falling |
| 149 | Montserrat | 29.41 % | 2024 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 150 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 29.01 % | 2024 | up 2.8% | falling |
| 151 | Indonesia | 28.93 % | 2024 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 152 | Guadeloupe | 28.66 % | 2024 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 153 | Honduras | 28.49 % | 2024 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 154 | Brazil | 28.37 % | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 155 | Tajikistan | 28.01 % | 2024 | up 4.5% | falling |
| 156 | Norfolk Island | 27.78 % | 2024 | up 11.1% | flat |
| 157 | Croatia | 26.22 % | 2024 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 158 | Nepal | 26.12 % | 2024 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 159 | Malta | 25.45 % | 2024 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 160 | USSR | 25.33 % | 1991 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 161 | Malaysia | 24.79 % | 2024 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 161 | Cabo Verde | 24.79 % | 2024 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 163 | Wallis and Futuna Islands | 24.65 % | 2024 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 164 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 24.42 % | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 165 | Israel | 23.79 % | 2024 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 166 | Grenada | 23.26 % | 2024 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 167 | Barbados | 23.2 % | 2024 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 168 | Panama | 23.08 % | 2024 | down 20.2% | rising |
| 169 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 22.99 % | 2024 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 170 | Estonia | 22.98 % | 2024 | up 2.5% | falling |
| 171 | East Timor | 22.96 % | 2024 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 171 | Timor-Leste | 22.96 % | 2024 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 173 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 22.43 % | 2024 | down 46.8% | falling |
| 174 | China, Taiwan Province of | 21.94 % | 2024 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 175 | Iraq | 21.65 % | 2024 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 176 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 21.57 % | 2024 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 177 | Micronesia | 21.55 % | 2024 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 178 | Antigua and Barbuda | 21.11 % | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 179 | Cameroon | 21.08 % | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 180 | Ecuador | 20.29 % | 2024 | down 7.9% | rising |
| 181 | Liberia | 20.1 % | 2024 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 182 | Myanmar | 19.93 % | 2024 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 183 | Maldives | 19.8 % | 2024 | down 7.2% | rising |
| 184 | Pacific Islands Trust Territory | 19.59 % | 1990 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 185 | Peru | 18.98 % | 2024 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 186 | Western Sahara | 18.81 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 187 | Puerto Rico | 18.54 % | 2024 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 188 | Niue | 18.53 % | 2024 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 189 | Montenegro | 18.46 % | 2024 | up 7.8% | falling |
| 190 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 17.99 % | 2024 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 191 | Samoa | 17.77 % | 2024 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 192 | Algeria | 17.35 % | 2024 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 193 | Fiji | 17 % | 2024 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 194 | Polynesia | 16.48 % | 2024 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 195 | Saint Lucia | 16.28 % | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 196 | Iceland | 16.25 % | 2024 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 197 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 16.19 % | 2024 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 198 | Nauru | 16.05 % | 2024 | down 20.3% | rising |
| 198 | Naoero | 16.05 % | 2024 | down 20.3% | rising |
| 200 | Republic of Korea | 15.99 % | 2024 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 201 | Reunion | 15.93 % | 2024 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 201 | Réunion | 15.93 % | 2024 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 203 | Cook Islands | 15.88 % | 2024 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 204 | Chile | 14.41 % | 2024 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 205 | Bhutan | 13.82 % | 2024 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 206 | American Samoa | 13.58 % | 2024 | down 32.3% | falling |
| 207 | Cyprus | 13.56 % | 2024 | up 15.0% | volatile |
| 208 | Vanuatu | 13.26 % | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 209 | Russia | 13.17 % | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 209 | Russian Federation | 13.17 % | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 211 | Japan | 12.57 % | 2024 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 212 | Trinidad and Tobago | 11.61 % | 2024 | up 10.3% | falling |
| 213 | Jordan | 11.57 % | 2024 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 214 | Cayman Islands | 11.25 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 215 | Aruba | 11.11 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 216 | Bahrain | 10.29 % | 2024 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 217 | Netherlands Antilles (former) | 10 % | 2010 | unchanged | rising |
| 218 | New Caledonia | 9.8 % | 2024 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 219 | Laos | 9.54 % | 2024 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 219 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 9.54 % | 2024 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 221 | Palau | 9.35 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 222 | Central African Republic | 9.34 % | 2024 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 223 | Libya | 8.72 % | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 224 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 8.7 % | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 225 | Kuwait | 8.42 % | 2024 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 226 | United States Virgin Islands | 8.28 % | 2024 | down 29.8% | falling |
| 227 | Belize | 8.15 % | 2024 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 228 | French Polynesia | 8.14 % | 2024 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 229 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 7.71 % | 2024 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 230 | Finland | 7.43 % | 2024 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 231 | Sweden | 7.3 % | 2024 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 232 | Gabon | 6.88 % | 2024 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 233 | Canada | 6.46 % | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 234 | Qatar | 6.44 % | 2024 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 235 | United Arab Emirates | 5.6 % | 2024 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 236 | Bermuda | 5.56 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 237 | Oman | 4.78 % | 2024 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 238 | Egypt | 4.25 % | 2024 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 239 | Solomon Islands | 4.14 % | 2024 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 240 | Melanesia | 4.11 % | 2024 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 241 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 3.81 % | 2024 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 242 | Equatorial Guinea | 3.44 % | 2024 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 243 | Guyana | 3.41 % | 2024 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 244 | Seychelles | 3.38 % | 2024 | up 27.5% | falling |
| 245 | Papua New Guinea | 3.1 % | 2024 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 246 | Brunei | 2.9 % | 2024 | up 8.2% | falling |
| 246 | Brunei Darussalam | 2.9 % | 2024 | up 8.2% | falling |
| 248 | Norway | 2.7 % | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 249 | Northern Mariana Islands | 2.28 % | 2024 | down 38.4% | falling |
| 250 | Bahamas | 1.3 % | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 251 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 1.05 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 252 | Singapore | 0.91 % | 2024 | down 2.2% | volatile |
| 253 | Greenland | 0.59 % | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 254 | French Guiana | 0.48 % | 2024 | up 29.7% | volatile |
| 255 | Suriname | 0.47 % | 2024 | down 14.5% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Central Asia 74.52 %
- Chagai 43.3 %
- Southern Africa 62.26 %
- Western Asia 57.24 %
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 50.46 %
- Eastern Africa 50.11 %
- Southern Asia 49.5 %
- Western Africa 49.21 %
- Asia 49 %
- Western Europe 48.6 %
- Central America 47.44 %
- United States of America 46.08 %
- Oceania 44.22 %
- Eastern Asia 43.97 %
- Sub-Saharan Africa 43.85 %
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 43 %
- Southern Europe 42.8 %
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 41.07 %
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 41.05 %
- European Union (27) 40.07 %
- Africa 39.6 %
- World 35.69 %
- Latin America and the Caribbean 31.05 %
- South-Eastern Asia 29.77 %
- Americas 28.68 %
- South America 28.49 %
- Northern Africa 27.72 %
- Northern America 26.09 %
- Middle Africa 24.73 %
- Northern Europe 22.19 %
- Europe 20.57 %
- Eastern Europe 17.15 %
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 13.6 %
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.