Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 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
248
Highest
100 %
Aruba
Lowest
0.07 %
Faroe Islands
Median
35.34 %
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
16,508
What the numbers show
Arable land — Share in Agricultural land is currently reported for 248 countries. The highest value is 100 % in Aruba; the lowest is 0.07 % in Faroe Islands.
The median across all reporting countries is 35.34 %, and the mean is 39.72 %.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 1,429.
Over the past decade 107 countries rose and 111 fell. The largest increase was in Oman (up 139.0%), and the largest decrease in Andorra (down 82.6%).
Arable land — Share in Agricultural land: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aruba | 100 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Bermuda | 100 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 100 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 100 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Netherlands Antilles (former) | 100 % | 2010 | unchanged | flat |
| 6 | Finland | 99.23 % | 2024 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 7 | Denmark | 90.36 % | 2024 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 8 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 88.35 % | 2024 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 9 | Japan | 87.8 % | 2024 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 10 | Malta | 87.04 % | 2024 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 11 | Mauritius | 86.41 % | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 12 | India | 86.3 % | 2024 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 13 | Singapore | 84.85 % | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 14 | Myanmar | 84.75 % | 2024 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 15 | Sweden | 84.64 % | 2024 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 16 | Pakistan | 84.34 % | 2024 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 17 | Bangladesh | 83.81 % | 2024 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 18 | Republic of Korea | 83.41 % | 2024 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 19 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 83.33 % | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 20 | Norway | 81.81 % | 2024 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 21 | Hungary | 81.48 % | 2024 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 22 | Lithuania | 80.36 % | 2024 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 23 | Ukraine | 79.7 % | 2024 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 24 | Poland | 79.1 % | 2024 | up 4.4% | flat |
| 25 | Mayotte | 78.47 % | 2024 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 26 | Egypt | 77.42 % | 2024 | up 9.0% | falling |
| 27 | Moldova | 77.01 % | 2024 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 27 | Republic of Moldova | 77.01 % | 2024 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 29 | Cyprus | 76.86 % | 2024 | up 4.5% | flat |
| 30 | China, Taiwan Province of | 76.41 % | 2024 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 31 | Gambia | 76.33 % | 2024 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 32 | Serbia | 76.14 % | 2024 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 33 | Benin | 74.95 % | 2024 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 34 | Cabo Verde | 72.5 % | 2024 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 35 | Suriname | 72.37 % | 2024 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 36 | Estonia | 71.79 % | 2024 | up 6.9% | falling |
| 37 | Slovakia | 71.69 % | 2024 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 38 | Czechoslovakia | 71.6 % | 1992 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 39 | Czechia | 71.45 % | 2024 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 40 | Thailand | 71.16 % | 2024 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 41 | Togo | 70.53 % | 2024 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 42 | Germany | 70.35 % | 2024 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 43 | Barbados | 70 % | 2024 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 44 | Bulgaria | 69.64 % | 2024 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 45 | Belarus | 69.62 % | 2024 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 46 | Latvia | 68.8 % | 2024 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 47 | Cambodia | 67.32 % | 2024 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 48 | Canada | 67.02 % | 2024 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 49 | Montserrat | 66.67 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 50 | Maldives | 66.1 % | 2024 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 51 | Romania | 66.04 % | 2024 | up 4.0% | flat |
| 52 | Malawi | 65.23 % | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 53 | Rwanda | 64.65 % | 2024 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 54 | Belgium | 63.75 % | 2024 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 55 | Reunion | 62.78 % | 2024 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 55 | Réunion | 62.78 % | 2024 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 57 | Serbia and Montenegro | 62.7 % | 2005 | up 4.3% | flat |
| 58 | Tonga | 62.43 % | 2024 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 59 | Cameroon | 62.21 % | 2024 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 60 | American Samoa | 62.07 % | 2024 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 61 | Bahamas | 61.54 % | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 62 | El Salvador | 60.77 % | 2024 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 63 | France | 59.35 % | 2024 | down 6.9% | rising |
| 64 | Isle of Man | 59.3 % | 2024 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 65 | Burundi | 58.83 % | 2024 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 66 | Croatia | 58.08 % | 2024 | up 7.8% | flat |
| 67 | Argentina | 57.97 % | 2024 | up 77.1% | rising |
| 68 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 57.4 % | 1999 | up 9.7% | flat |
| 69 | Russia | 56.39 % | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 69 | Russian Federation | 56.39 % | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 71 | Haiti | 55.98 % | 2024 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 72 | Belize | 55.91 % | 2024 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 73 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 55.75 % | 2024 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 74 | Laos | 55.61 % | 2024 | down 11.6% | rising |
| 74 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 55.61 % | 2024 | down 11.6% | rising |
| 76 | Equatorial Guinea | 54.87 % | 2024 | up 1.8% | volatile |
| 77 | Vietnam | 54.74 % | 2024 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 77 | Viet Nam | 54.74 % | 2024 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 79 | Uganda | 54.37 % | 2024 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 80 | Italy | 53.86 % | 2024 | up 5.4% | falling |
| 81 | Nigeria | 52.96 % | 2024 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 82 | Albania | 52.35 % | 2024 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 83 | Turkey | 52.34 % | 2024 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 83 | Türkiye | 52.34 % | 2024 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 85 | Iraq | 52.18 % | 2024 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 86 | Austria | 51.46 % | 2024 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 87 | Guinea-Bissau | 51.35 % | 2024 | up 34.8% | falling |
| 88 | Trinidad and Tobago | 50.4 % | 2024 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 89 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 50 % | 2024 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 90 | Israel | 49.99 % | 2024 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 91 | Yugoslav SFR | 49.46 % | 1991 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 92 | San Marino | 48.53 % | 2024 | up 11.7% | falling |
| 93 | Nepal | 48.18 % | 2024 | down 5.8% | flat |
| 94 | Spain | 46.21 % | 2024 | up 0.0% | falling |
| 95 | Burkina Faso | 46.19 % | 2024 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 96 | Luxembourg | 46.07 % | 2024 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 97 | Caribbean | 45.59 % | 2024 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 98 | Sri Lanka | 45.48 % | 2024 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 99 | Cuba | 45.44 % | 2024 | down 7.6% | rising |
| 100 | Cook Islands | 45 % | 2024 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 101 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 44.99 % | 2024 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 102 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 44.49 % | 2024 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 103 | Philippines | 43.86 % | 2024 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 104 | Azerbaijan | 43.84 % | 2024 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 105 | Antigua and Barbuda | 43.03 % | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 106 | Ethiopia | 42.65 % | 2024 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 107 | Dominican Republic | 42.07 % | 2024 | up 17.2% | flat |
| 108 | USSR | 40.4 % | 1991 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 109 | Channel Islands | 40.29 % | 2024 | down 8.0% | flat |
| 110 | Senegal | 40.26 % | 2024 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 111 | Guadeloupe | 40.17 % | 2024 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 112 | Sierra Leone | 39.72 % | 2024 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 113 | Guatemala | 38.02 % | 2024 | up 6.9% | falling |
| 113 | Niger | 38.02 % | 2024 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 115 | Comoros | 37.52 % | 2024 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 116 | Grenada | 37.5 % | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 117 | Ghana | 37.37 % | 2024 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 118 | United Kingdom | 36.58 % | 2024 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 118 | Greece | 36.58 % | 2024 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 118 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 36.58 % | 2024 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 121 | United States | 35.95 % | 2024 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 122 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 35.8 % | 2024 | down 23.2% | flat |
| 123 | Puerto Rico | 35.74 % | 2024 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 124 | Martinique | 35.6 % | 2024 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 125 | British Virgin Islands | 35.09 % | 2024 | down 19.6% | flat |
| 126 | United Republic of Tanzania | 34.36 % | 2024 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 127 | Guinea | 33.74 % | 2024 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 128 | Liechtenstein | 33.46 % | 2024 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 129 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 33.35 % | 2024 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 130 | Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha | 33.33 % | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 131 | North Macedonia | 32.88 % | 2024 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 132 | East Timor | 32.66 % | 2024 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 132 | Timor-Leste | 32.66 % | 2024 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 134 | Syria | 32.32 % | 2024 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 134 | Syrian Arab Republic | 32.32 % | 2024 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 136 | Indonesia | 32.31 % | 2024 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 137 | Honduras | 31.93 % | 2024 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 138 | Polynesia | 31.28 % | 2024 | down 16.6% | rising |
| 139 | Central African Republic | 30.93 % | 2024 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 140 | OECD | 30.73 % | 2024 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 141 | Jamaica | 29.56 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 142 | Nicaragua | 29.52 % | 2022 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 143 | Panama | 29.09 % | 2024 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 144 | Slovenia | 29.01 % | 2024 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 145 | Tunisia | 28.74 % | 2024 | up 8.4% | falling |
| 146 | French Guiana | 28.65 % | 2024 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 147 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 28.57 % | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 147 | Wallis and Futuna Islands | 28.57 % | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 149 | Qatar | 28.29 % | 2024 | up 8.6% | volatile |
| 150 | China | 27.78 % | 2024 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 151 | China, mainland | 27.68 % | 2024 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 152 | Saint Lucia | 26.79 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 153 | Switzerland | 26.73 % | 2024 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 154 | Armenia | 26.38 % | 2024 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 155 | Brunei | 26.15 % | 2024 | down 7.6% | rising |
| 155 | Brunei Darussalam | 26.15 % | 2024 | down 7.6% | rising |
| 157 | United States Virgin Islands | 26.1 % | 2024 | up 7.7% | falling |
| 158 | Liberia | 25.83 % | 2024 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 159 | Bahrain | 25.51 % | 2024 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 160 | Fiji | 24.65 % | 2024 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 161 | Morocco | 23.56 % | 2024 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 162 | Papua New Guinea | 23.49 % | 2024 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 163 | Brazil | 23.47 % | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 164 | Kenya | 23.01 % | 2024 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 165 | Samoa | 22.85 % | 2024 | down 43.8% | rising |
| 166 | Portugal | 22.56 % | 2024 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 167 | Dominica | 22.45 % | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 168 | Tajikistan | 21.74 % | 2024 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 169 | Zimbabwe | 21.63 % | 2024 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 170 | Paraguay | 21.29 % | 2024 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 171 | Melanesia | 20.96 % | 2024 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 172 | Niue | 20.83 % | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 173 | Afghanistan | 20.51 % | 2024 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 174 | Lesotho | 20.46 % | 2024 | up 87.2% | rising |
| 175 | Mexico | 20.32 % | 2024 | down 9.4% | rising |
| 176 | Solomon Islands | 20.11 % | 2024 | down 9.7% | rising |
| 177 | Jordan | 19.57 % | 2024 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 178 | Bhutan | 18.98 % | 2024 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 178 | Ethiopia PDR | 18.98 % | 1992 | down 11.7% | flat |
| 180 | Mozambique | 18.76 % | 2024 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 181 | Cote d'Ivoire | 18.67 % | 2024 | up 23.2% | rising |
| 181 | Côte d'Ivoire | 18.67 % | 2024 | up 23.2% | rising |
| 183 | Sudan | 18.63 % | 2024 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 184 | Ecuador | 18.44 % | 2024 | up 4.1% | falling |
| 185 | Gabon | 18.33 % | 2024 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 186 | Algeria | 18.23 % | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 187 | Lebanon | 16.94 % | 2024 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 188 | Peru | 16.12 % | 2024 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 189 | Mali | 16.09 % | 2024 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 190 | Zambia | 15.94 % | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 191 | Uzbekistan | 15.65 % | 2024 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 192 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 15.4 % | 2024 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 193 | Northern Mariana Islands | 14.85 % | 2024 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 194 | Eswatini | 14.78 % | 2024 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 195 | Sudan (former) | 14.48 % | 2011 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 196 | Kazakhstan | 14.29 % | 2024 | up 5.2% | falling |
| 197 | Uruguay | 14.19 % | 2024 | down 12.9% | rising |
| 198 | United Arab Emirates | 14.14 % | 2024 | up 23.0% | rising |
| 199 | Chile | 13.19 % | 2024 | up 21.6% | falling |
| 200 | Guyana | 13.17 % | 2024 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 201 | South Africa | 12.46 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 202 | Kyrgyzstan | 12.44 % | 2024 | up 2.6% | falling |
| 203 | Vanuatu | 12.37 % | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 204 | Pacific Islands Trust Territory | 12.2 % | 1990 | up 28.6% | rising |
| 205 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 12.07 % | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 206 | Georgia | 11.72 % | 2024 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 207 | Libya | 11.21 % | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 208 | Palestine | 10.71 % | 2024 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 208 | Palestine | 10.71 % | 2024 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 210 | Chad | 10.53 % | 2024 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 211 | Costa Rica | 10.52 % | 2024 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 212 | Malaysia | 10.44 % | 2024 | up 6.6% | falling |
| 213 | Angola | 10.09 % | 2024 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 214 | Seychelles | 9.72 % | 2024 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 215 | Ireland | 9.65 % | 2024 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 216 | Micronesia | 9.3 % | 2024 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 217 | Eritrea | 9.09 % | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 218 | Sao Tome and Principe | 9.04 % | 2024 | down 11.7% | volatile |
| 219 | French Polynesia | 8.73 % | 2024 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 220 | Australia | 8.6 % | 2024 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 221 | Australia and New Zealand | 8.52 % | 2024 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 222 | South Sudan | 8.48 % | 2024 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 223 | Cayman Islands | 7.41 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 224 | Iceland | 7.39 % | 2024 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 225 | Madagascar | 7.33 % | 2024 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 226 | Colombia | 7.26 % | 2024 | up 98.9% | falling |
| 227 | Palau | 6.98 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 228 | Marshall Islands | 6.88 % | 2024 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 229 | Oman | 6.31 % | 2024 | up 139.0% | rising |
| 230 | Guam | 6.25 % | 2024 | up 12.4% | falling |
| 231 | Kiribati | 5.88 % | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 232 | New Zealand | 5.39 % | 2024 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 233 | Kuwait | 5.33 % | 2024 | down 14.7% | volatile |
| 234 | Congo | 5.16 % | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 235 | Yemen | 4.86 % | 2024 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 236 | Turkmenistan | 4.14 % | 2024 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 237 | Montenegro | 3.9 % | 2024 | up 2.9% | volatile |
| 238 | New Caledonia | 3.28 % | 2024 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 239 | Somalia | 2.49 % | 2024 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 240 | Saudi Arabia | 2.45 % | 2024 | up 22.5% | rising |
| 241 | Namibia | 2.06 % | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 242 | Mauritania | 1.13 % | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 243 | Mongolia | 1.05 % | 2024 | down 8.7% | rising |
| 244 | Botswana | 1.01 % | 2024 | down 34.8% | falling |
| 245 | Andorra | 0.74 % | 2024 | down 82.6% | falling |
| 246 | Djibouti | 0.21 % | 2024 | up 61.5% | rising |
| 247 | Western Sahara | 0.08 % | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 248 | Faroe Islands | 0.07 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Southern Asia 69.26 %
- Chagai 40.29 %
- Eastern Europe 62.32 %
- Western Europe 61.47 %
- European Union (27) 60.61 %
- Europe 59.35 %
- Northern Europe 50.42 %
- South-Eastern Asia 47.88 %
- Southern Europe 46.84 %
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 41.14 %
- Northern America 39.62 %
- United States of America 35.95 %
- Western Africa 33.2 %
- Americas 31.51 %
- Asia 31.29 %
- World 30.02 %
- South America 25.55 %
- Latin America and the Caribbean 25.3 %
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 24.23 %
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 23.34 %
- Eastern Asia 23.16 %
- Sub-Saharan Africa 23.11 %
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 22.69 %
- Africa 22.51 %
- Central America 22.26 %
- Middle Africa 21.98 %
- Eastern Africa 21.96 %
- Northern Africa 19.87 %
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 17.56 %
- Western Asia 14.1 %
- Central Asia 13.07 %
- Oceania 8.6 %
- Southern Africa 8.37 %
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.