Arable land — Area by country
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Countries reporting
231
Highest
357,807 1000 ha
OECD
Lowest
0.07 1000 ha
Faroe Islands
Median
929.4 1000 ha
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
15,674
What the numbers show
Arable land — Area is currently reported for 231 countries. The highest value is 357,807 1000 ha in OECD; the lowest is 0.07 1000 ha in Faroe Islands.
The median across all reporting countries is 929.4 1000 ha, and the mean is 8,677 1000 ha.
Over the past decade 82 countries rose and 97 fell. The largest increase was in Oman (up 148.9%), and the largest decrease in Andorra (down 82.0%).
Arable land — Area: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OECD | 357,807 1000 ha | 2024 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 2 | USSR | 224,400 1000 ha | 1991 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 3 | India | 153,810 1000 ha | 2024 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 4 | Russian Federation | 121,649 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 5 | China | 109,061 1000 ha | 2024 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 6 | China, mainland | 108,466 1000 ha | 2024 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 7 | Brazil | 55,642 1000 ha | 2024 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 8 | Argentina | 46,842 1000 ha | 2024 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 9 | Canada | 38,064 1000 ha | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 10 | Nigeria | 37,184 1000 ha | 2024 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 11 | Ukraine | 32,924 1000 ha | 2024 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 12 | Australia and New Zealand | 31,787 1000 ha | 2024 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 13 | Australia | 31,265 1000 ha | 2024 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 14 | Pakistan | 30,690 1000 ha | 2024 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 15 | Kazakhstan | 30,544 1000 ha | 2024 | up 3.6% | falling |
| 16 | Sudan | 20,995 1000 ha | 2024 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 17 | Türkiye | 20,224 1000 ha | 2024 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 18 | Mexico | 20,001 1000 ha | 2024 | down 9.7% | rising |
| 19 | Sudan (former) | 19,878 1000 ha | 2011 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 20 | Niger | 17,723 1000 ha | 2024 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 21 | Indonesia | 17,694 1000 ha | 2024 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 22 | France | 16,882 1000 ha | 2024 | down 7.9% | flat |
| 23 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 16,516 1000 ha | 2024 | up 23.7% | rising |
| 24 | Ethiopia | 16,400 1000 ha | 2024 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 25 | Thailand | 15,729 1000 ha | 2024 | down 7.6% | rising |
| 26 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 15,699 1000 ha | 2024 | up 6.9% | flat |
| 27 | United Republic of Tanzania | 13,702 1000 ha | 2024 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 28 | Germany | 11,656 1000 ha | 2024 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 29 | Spain | 11,384 1000 ha | 2024 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 30 | Poland | 11,187 1000 ha | 2024 | up 2.4% | falling |
| 31 | Myanmar | 11,026 1000 ha | 2024 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 32 | Ethiopia PDR | 10,650 1000 ha | 1992 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 33 | Uganda | 8,751 1000 ha | 2024 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 34 | Romania | 8,381 1000 ha | 2024 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 35 | Mozambique | 8,280 1000 ha | 2024 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 36 | Burkina Faso | 7,907 1000 ha | 2024 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 37 | Bangladesh | 7,877 1000 ha | 2024 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 38 | Afghanistan | 7,811 1000 ha | 2024 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 39 | Algeria | 7,531 1000 ha | 2024 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 40 | Morocco | 7,068 1000 ha | 2024 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 41 | Italy | 6,949 1000 ha | 2024 | up 3.3% | falling |
| 42 | Yugoslav SFR | 6,910 1000 ha | 1991 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 43 | Viet Nam | 6,728 1000 ha | 2024 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 44 | Mali | 6,708 1000 ha | 2024 | up 13.3% | volatile |
| 45 | Kenya | 6,688 1000 ha | 2024 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 46 | Cameroon | 6,200 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 47 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 6,124 1000 ha | 2024 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 48 | Guinea | 6,070 1000 ha | 2024 | up 37.4% | rising |
| 49 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 6,054 1000 ha | 2024 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 50 | Philippines | 5,590 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 51 | Belarus | 5,520 1000 ha | 2024 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 52 | Chad | 5,300 1000 ha | 2024 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 53 | Caribbean | 5,246 1000 ha | 2024 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 54 | Côte d'Ivoire | 4,980 1000 ha | 2024 | up 42.3% | rising |
| 55 | Iraq | 4,904 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 56 | Czechoslovakia | 4,819 1000 ha | 1992 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 57 | Ghana | 4,710 1000 ha | 2024 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 58 | Angola | 4,567 1000 ha | 2024 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 59 | Paraguay | 4,561 1000 ha | 2024 | up 11.2% | volatile |
| 60 | Syrian Arab Republic | 4,400 1000 ha | 2024 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 61 | Saudi Arabia | 4,300 1000 ha | 2024 | up 23.7% | rising |
| 62 | Hungary | 4,128 1000 ha | 2024 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 63 | Cambodia | 4,120 1000 ha | 2024 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 64 | Uzbekistan | 4,047 1000 ha | 2024 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 65 | Japan | 4,023 1000 ha | 2024 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 66 | Zimbabwe | 4,020 1000 ha | 2024 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 67 | Malawi | 4,000 1000 ha | 2024 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 68 | Peru | 3,917 1000 ha | 2024 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 69 | Senegal | 3,830 1000 ha | 2024 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 70 | Zambia | 3,800 1000 ha | 2024 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 71 | Benin | 3,646 1000 ha | 2024 | up 35.0% | rising |
| 72 | Serbia and Montenegro | 3,505 1000 ha | 2005 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 73 | Bulgaria | 3,492 1000 ha | 2024 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 74 | Egypt | 3,274 1000 ha | 2024 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 75 | Madagascar | 3,000 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 76 | Colombia | 2,944 1000 ha | 2024 | up 79.8% | falling |
| 77 | Cuba | 2,909 1000 ha | 2024 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 78 | Tunisia | 2,772 1000 ha | 2024 | up 7.1% | falling |
| 79 | Togo | 2,650 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 80 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 2,600 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 81 | Serbia | 2,541 1000 ha | 2024 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 82 | Czechia | 2,525 1000 ha | 2024 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 83 | Sweden | 2,518 1000 ha | 2024 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 84 | South Sudan | 2,395 1000 ha | 2024 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 85 | Denmark | 2,354 1000 ha | 2024 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 86 | Lithuania | 2,296 1000 ha | 2024 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 87 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 2,295 1000 ha | 2024 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 88 | Finland | 2,240 1000 ha | 2024 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 89 | Uruguay | 2,169 1000 ha | 2024 | down 11.0% | rising |
| 90 | Azerbaijan | 2,093 1000 ha | 2024 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 91 | Guatemala | 1,876 1000 ha | 2024 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 92 | Republic of Moldova | 1,857 1000 ha | 2024 | up 7.5% | flat |
| 93 | Greece | 1,835 1000 ha | 2024 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 94 | Nepal | 1,804 1000 ha | 2024 | down 12.6% | flat |
| 95 | Libya | 1,720 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 96 | Turkmenistan | 1,640 1000 ha | 2024 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 97 | Sierra Leone | 1,584 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 98 | Nicaragua | 1,503 1000 ha | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 99 | Chile | 1,410 1000 ha | 2024 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 100 | Sri Lanka | 1,372 1000 ha | 2024 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 101 | Latvia | 1,356 1000 ha | 2024 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 102 | Austria | 1,321 1000 ha | 2024 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 103 | Slovakia | 1,304 1000 ha | 2024 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 104 | Republic of Korea | 1,302 1000 ha | 2024 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 105 | Kyrgyzstan | 1,288 1000 ha | 2024 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 106 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 1,224 1000 ha | 2024 | down 18.5% | rising |
| 107 | Rwanda | 1,162 1000 ha | 2024 | down 9.7% | rising |
| 108 | Yemen | 1,141 1000 ha | 2024 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 109 | Mongolia | 1,123 1000 ha | 2024 | down 14.5% | rising |
| 110 | Burundi | 1,121 1000 ha | 2024 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 111 | Somalia | 1,100 1000 ha | 2024 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 112 | Dominican Republic | 1,044 1000 ha | 2024 | up 26.7% | flat |
| 113 | Honduras | 1,018 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 114 | Haiti | 1,005 1000 ha | 2024 | down 14.8% | rising |
| 115 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 1,003 1000 ha | 2024 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 116 | Ecuador | 929.4 1000 ha | 2024 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 117 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 873 1000 ha | 1999 | up 13.8% | falling |
| 118 | Belgium | 863.29 1000 ha | 2024 | up 5.7% | flat |
| 119 | Portugal | 854.52 1000 ha | 2024 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 120 | Croatia | 852 1000 ha | 2024 | up 4.8% | falling |
| 121 | Malaysia | 850.4 1000 ha | 2024 | up 4.5% | falling |
| 122 | Tajikistan | 845.3 1000 ha | 2024 | up 8.6% | flat |
| 123 | Norway | 805 1000 ha | 2024 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 124 | Namibia | 798.49 1000 ha | 2024 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 125 | El Salvador | 721 1000 ha | 2024 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 126 | Estonia | 705 1000 ha | 2024 | up 7.8% | falling |
| 127 | Eritrea | 690 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 128 | China, Taiwan Province of | 593.63 1000 ha | 2024 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 129 | Albania | 589.66 1000 ha | 2024 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 130 | Gambia | 588 1000 ha | 2024 | up 26.5% | volatile |
| 131 | Lesotho | 577 1000 ha | 2024 | up 111.9% | rising |
| 132 | Congo | 550 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 133 | New Zealand | 522 1000 ha | 2024 | down 11.5% | rising |
| 134 | Liberia | 500 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 135 | Panama | 498.05 1000 ha | 2024 | down 12.0% | rising |
| 136 | Melanesia | 456.07 1000 ha | 2024 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 137 | Guinea-Bissau | 453.35 1000 ha | 2024 | up 51.1% | rising |
| 138 | Mauritania | 450 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 139 | Armenia | 441.6 1000 ha | 2024 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 140 | Ireland | 433 1000 ha | 2024 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 141 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 411.11 1000 ha | 2024 | down 59.1% | falling |
| 142 | North Macedonia | 408 1000 ha | 2024 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 143 | Switzerland | 398.38 1000 ha | 2024 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 144 | Papua New Guinea | 330 1000 ha | 2024 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 145 | Gabon | 325 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 146 | Georgia | 274.48 1000 ha | 2024 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 147 | Botswana | 260 1000 ha | 2024 | down 35.3% | falling |
| 148 | Israel | 257.4 1000 ha | 2024 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 149 | Jordan | 201 1000 ha | 2024 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 150 | Slovenia | 177.37 1000 ha | 2024 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 151 | Eswatini | 177 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 152 | Costa Rica | 167.13 1000 ha | 2024 | down 28.0% | falling |
| 153 | Jamaica | 125 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 154 | Iceland | 121 1000 ha | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 155 | Timor-Leste | 111.5 1000 ha | 2024 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 156 | Lebanon | 110.34 1000 ha | 2024 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 157 | Belize | 104 1000 ha | 2024 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 158 | Bhutan | 100 1000 ha | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 159 | Cyprus | 96.3 1000 ha | 2024 | up 20.1% | volatile |
| 160 | Guyana | 94.83 1000 ha | 2024 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 161 | Oman | 93.32 1000 ha | 2024 | up 148.9% | volatile |
| 162 | Fiji | 76.8 1000 ha | 2024 | down 12.1% | rising |
| 163 | Cabo Verde | 72.43 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 164 | Mauritius | 70.62 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 165 | Luxembourg | 61.28 1000 ha | 2024 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 166 | Puerto Rico | 58.76 1000 ha | 2024 | down 6.8% | volatile |
| 167 | United Arab Emirates | 56.24 1000 ha | 2024 | up 27.8% | volatile |
| 168 | Comoros | 55.35 1000 ha | 2024 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 169 | Suriname | 55 1000 ha | 2024 | down 15.4% | rising |
| 170 | Equatorial Guinea | 53 1000 ha | 2024 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 171 | Palestine | 41.9 1000 ha | 2024 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 172 | Polynesia | 40.97 1000 ha | 2024 | down 28.3% | rising |
| 173 | Trinidad and Tobago | 29.99 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 174 | Solomon Islands | 23.3 1000 ha | 2024 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 175 | Isle of Man | 23.17 1000 ha | 2024 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 176 | Tonga | 21.79 1000 ha | 2024 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 177 | Qatar | 20.93 1000 ha | 2024 | up 13.1% | volatile |
| 178 | Vanuatu | 20 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 179 | Guadeloupe | 18.65 1000 ha | 2024 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 180 | Mayotte | 15.22 1000 ha | 2024 | down 9.4% | volatile |
| 181 | French Guiana | 11.32 1000 ha | 2024 | up 8.9% | volatile |
| 182 | Samoa | 11.29 1000 ha | 2024 | down 59.7% | rising |
| 183 | Martinique | 11.15 1000 ha | 2024 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 184 | Montenegro | 9.69 1000 ha | 2024 | up 11.0% | volatile |
| 185 | Bahamas | 8 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 185 | Kuwait | 8 1000 ha | 2024 | down 15.8% | volatile |
| 185 | Netherlands Antilles (former) | 8 1000 ha | 2010 | unchanged | rising |
| 188 | Barbados | 7 1000 ha | 2024 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 189 | Malta | 6.98 1000 ha | 2024 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 190 | Micronesia | 6.36 1000 ha | 2024 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 191 | New Caledonia | 5.97 1000 ha | 2024 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 192 | Dominica | 5.5 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 193 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 5 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 194 | Pacific Islands Trust Territory | 4.3 1000 ha | 1990 | unchanged | rising |
| 195 | Antigua and Barbuda | 4 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 195 | Sao Tome and Principe | 4 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 195 | Western Sahara | 4 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 195 | Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha | 4 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 195 | Brunei Darussalam | 4 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 200 | Maldives | 3.9 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 201 | Djibouti | 3.62 1000 ha | 2024 | up 66.7% | volatile |
| 202 | Channel Islands | 3.45 1000 ha | 2024 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 203 | Grenada | 3 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 204 | Saint Lucia | 2.66 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 205 | French Polynesia | 2.5 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 206 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 2.4 1000 ha | 2024 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 207 | Bahrain | 2.1 1000 ha | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 208 | Aruba | 2 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 208 | Kiribati | 2 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 208 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 208 | British Virgin Islands | 2 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 208 | Montserrat | 2 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 208 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 2 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 208 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 2 1000 ha | 2024 | down 35.5% | volatile |
| 215 | Liechtenstein | 1.73 1000 ha | 2024 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 216 | Cook Islands | 1.72 1000 ha | 2024 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 217 | San Marino | 1.26 1000 ha | 2024 | up 23.2% | falling |
| 218 | Guam | 1 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 218 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 1 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 218 | Niue | 1 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 218 | Wallis and Futuna Islands | 1 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 222 | United States Virgin Islands | 0.75 1000 ha | 2024 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 223 | Singapore | 0.56 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 224 | Marshall Islands | 0.5 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 225 | Bermuda | 0.3 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 225 | Palau | 0.3 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 227 | Cayman Islands | 0.2 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 228 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0.15 1000 ha | 2024 | down 40.0% | volatile |
| 228 | Seychelles | 0.15 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 230 | Andorra | 0.1443 1000 ha | 2024 | down 82.0% | falling |
| 231 | Faroe Islands | 0.07 1000 ha | 2024 | up 16.7% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 1.39 million 1000 ha
- Asia 477,077 1000 ha
- Americas 347,983 1000 ha
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 274,802 1000 ha
- Europe 270,153 1000 ha
- Africa 266,831 1000 ha
- Sub-Saharan Africa 223,442 1000 ha
- Southern Asia 219,166 1000 ha
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 202,474 1000 ha
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 201,554 1000 ha
- Eastern Europe 192,968 1000 ha
- Northern America 189,620 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.