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
231
Highest
100 %
Aruba
Lowest
0.07 %
Faroe Islands
Median
34.36 %
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
15,674
What the numbers show
Arable land — Share in Agricultural land is currently reported for 231 countries. The highest value is 100 % in Aruba; the lowest is 0.07 % in Faroe Islands.
The median across all reporting countries is 34.36 %, and the mean is 39.52 %.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 1,429.
Over the past decade 104 countries rose and 98 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 | Republic of Moldova | 77.01 % | 2024 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 28 | Cyprus | 76.86 % | 2024 | up 4.5% | flat |
| 29 | China, Taiwan Province of | 76.41 % | 2024 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 30 | Gambia | 76.33 % | 2024 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 31 | Serbia | 76.14 % | 2024 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 32 | Benin | 74.95 % | 2024 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 33 | Cabo Verde | 72.5 % | 2024 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 34 | Suriname | 72.37 % | 2024 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 35 | Estonia | 71.79 % | 2024 | up 6.9% | falling |
| 36 | Slovakia | 71.69 % | 2024 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 37 | Czechoslovakia | 71.6 % | 1992 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 38 | Czechia | 71.45 % | 2024 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 39 | Thailand | 71.16 % | 2024 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 40 | Togo | 70.53 % | 2024 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 41 | Germany | 70.35 % | 2024 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 42 | Barbados | 70 % | 2024 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 43 | Bulgaria | 69.64 % | 2024 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 44 | Belarus | 69.62 % | 2024 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 45 | Latvia | 68.8 % | 2024 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 46 | Cambodia | 67.32 % | 2024 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 47 | Canada | 67.02 % | 2024 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 48 | Montserrat | 66.67 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 49 | Maldives | 66.1 % | 2024 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 50 | Romania | 66.04 % | 2024 | up 4.0% | flat |
| 51 | Malawi | 65.23 % | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 52 | Rwanda | 64.65 % | 2024 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 53 | Belgium | 63.75 % | 2024 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 54 | Serbia and Montenegro | 62.7 % | 2005 | up 4.3% | flat |
| 55 | Tonga | 62.43 % | 2024 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 56 | Cameroon | 62.21 % | 2024 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 57 | Bahamas | 61.54 % | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 58 | El Salvador | 60.77 % | 2024 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 59 | France | 59.35 % | 2024 | down 6.9% | rising |
| 60 | Isle of Man | 59.3 % | 2024 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 61 | Burundi | 58.83 % | 2024 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 62 | Croatia | 58.08 % | 2024 | up 7.8% | flat |
| 63 | Argentina | 57.97 % | 2024 | up 77.1% | rising |
| 64 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 57.4 % | 1999 | up 9.7% | flat |
| 65 | Russian Federation | 56.39 % | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 66 | Haiti | 55.98 % | 2024 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 67 | Belize | 55.91 % | 2024 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 68 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 55.75 % | 2024 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 69 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 55.61 % | 2024 | down 11.6% | rising |
| 70 | Equatorial Guinea | 54.87 % | 2024 | up 1.8% | volatile |
| 71 | Viet Nam | 54.74 % | 2024 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 72 | Uganda | 54.37 % | 2024 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 73 | Italy | 53.86 % | 2024 | up 5.4% | falling |
| 74 | Nigeria | 52.96 % | 2024 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 75 | Albania | 52.35 % | 2024 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 76 | Türkiye | 52.34 % | 2024 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 77 | Iraq | 52.18 % | 2024 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 78 | Austria | 51.46 % | 2024 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 79 | Guinea-Bissau | 51.35 % | 2024 | up 34.8% | falling |
| 80 | Trinidad and Tobago | 50.4 % | 2024 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 81 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 50 % | 2024 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 82 | Israel | 49.99 % | 2024 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 83 | Yugoslav SFR | 49.46 % | 1991 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 84 | San Marino | 48.53 % | 2024 | up 11.7% | falling |
| 85 | Nepal | 48.18 % | 2024 | down 5.8% | flat |
| 86 | Spain | 46.21 % | 2024 | up 0.0% | falling |
| 87 | Burkina Faso | 46.19 % | 2024 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 88 | Luxembourg | 46.07 % | 2024 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 89 | Caribbean | 45.59 % | 2024 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 90 | Sri Lanka | 45.48 % | 2024 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 91 | Cuba | 45.44 % | 2024 | down 7.6% | rising |
| 92 | Cook Islands | 45 % | 2024 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 93 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 44.99 % | 2024 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 94 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 44.49 % | 2024 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 95 | Philippines | 43.86 % | 2024 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 96 | Azerbaijan | 43.84 % | 2024 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 97 | Antigua and Barbuda | 43.03 % | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 98 | Ethiopia | 42.65 % | 2024 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 99 | Dominican Republic | 42.07 % | 2024 | up 17.2% | flat |
| 100 | USSR | 40.4 % | 1991 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 101 | Channel Islands | 40.29 % | 2024 | down 8.0% | flat |
| 102 | Senegal | 40.26 % | 2024 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 103 | Guadeloupe | 40.17 % | 2024 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 104 | Sierra Leone | 39.72 % | 2024 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 105 | Guatemala | 38.02 % | 2024 | up 6.9% | falling |
| 105 | Niger | 38.02 % | 2024 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 107 | Comoros | 37.52 % | 2024 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 108 | Grenada | 37.5 % | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 109 | Ghana | 37.37 % | 2024 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 110 | Greece | 36.58 % | 2024 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 110 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 36.58 % | 2024 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 112 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 35.8 % | 2024 | down 23.2% | flat |
| 113 | Puerto Rico | 35.74 % | 2024 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 114 | Martinique | 35.6 % | 2024 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 115 | British Virgin Islands | 35.09 % | 2024 | down 19.6% | flat |
| 116 | United Republic of Tanzania | 34.36 % | 2024 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 117 | Guinea | 33.74 % | 2024 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 118 | Liechtenstein | 33.46 % | 2024 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 119 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 33.35 % | 2024 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 120 | Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha | 33.33 % | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 121 | North Macedonia | 32.88 % | 2024 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 122 | Timor-Leste | 32.66 % | 2024 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 123 | Syrian Arab Republic | 32.32 % | 2024 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 124 | Indonesia | 32.31 % | 2024 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 125 | Honduras | 31.93 % | 2024 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 126 | Polynesia | 31.28 % | 2024 | down 16.6% | rising |
| 127 | OECD | 30.73 % | 2024 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 128 | Jamaica | 29.56 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 129 | Nicaragua | 29.52 % | 2022 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 130 | Panama | 29.09 % | 2024 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 131 | Slovenia | 29.01 % | 2024 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 132 | Tunisia | 28.74 % | 2024 | up 8.4% | falling |
| 133 | French Guiana | 28.65 % | 2024 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 134 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 28.57 % | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 134 | Wallis and Futuna Islands | 28.57 % | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 136 | Qatar | 28.29 % | 2024 | up 8.6% | volatile |
| 137 | China | 27.78 % | 2024 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 138 | China, mainland | 27.68 % | 2024 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 139 | Saint Lucia | 26.79 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 140 | Switzerland | 26.73 % | 2024 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 141 | Armenia | 26.38 % | 2024 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 142 | Brunei Darussalam | 26.15 % | 2024 | down 7.6% | rising |
| 143 | United States Virgin Islands | 26.1 % | 2024 | up 7.7% | falling |
| 144 | Liberia | 25.83 % | 2024 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 145 | Bahrain | 25.51 % | 2024 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 146 | Fiji | 24.65 % | 2024 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 147 | Morocco | 23.56 % | 2024 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 148 | Papua New Guinea | 23.49 % | 2024 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 149 | Brazil | 23.47 % | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 150 | Kenya | 23.01 % | 2024 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 151 | Samoa | 22.85 % | 2024 | down 43.8% | rising |
| 152 | Portugal | 22.56 % | 2024 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 153 | Dominica | 22.45 % | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 154 | Tajikistan | 21.74 % | 2024 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 155 | Zimbabwe | 21.63 % | 2024 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 156 | Paraguay | 21.29 % | 2024 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 157 | Melanesia | 20.96 % | 2024 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 158 | Niue | 20.83 % | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 159 | Afghanistan | 20.51 % | 2024 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 160 | Lesotho | 20.46 % | 2024 | up 87.2% | rising |
| 161 | Mexico | 20.32 % | 2024 | down 9.4% | rising |
| 162 | Solomon Islands | 20.11 % | 2024 | down 9.7% | rising |
| 163 | Jordan | 19.57 % | 2024 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 164 | Bhutan | 18.98 % | 2024 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 164 | Ethiopia PDR | 18.98 % | 1992 | down 11.7% | flat |
| 166 | Mozambique | 18.76 % | 2024 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 167 | Côte d'Ivoire | 18.67 % | 2024 | up 23.2% | rising |
| 168 | Sudan | 18.63 % | 2024 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 169 | Ecuador | 18.44 % | 2024 | up 4.1% | falling |
| 170 | Gabon | 18.33 % | 2024 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 171 | Algeria | 18.23 % | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 172 | Lebanon | 16.94 % | 2024 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 173 | Peru | 16.12 % | 2024 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 174 | Mali | 16.09 % | 2024 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 175 | Zambia | 15.94 % | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 176 | Uzbekistan | 15.65 % | 2024 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 177 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 15.4 % | 2024 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 178 | Northern Mariana Islands | 14.85 % | 2024 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 179 | Eswatini | 14.78 % | 2024 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 180 | Sudan (former) | 14.48 % | 2011 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 181 | Kazakhstan | 14.29 % | 2024 | up 5.2% | falling |
| 182 | Uruguay | 14.19 % | 2024 | down 12.9% | rising |
| 183 | United Arab Emirates | 14.14 % | 2024 | up 23.0% | rising |
| 184 | Chile | 13.19 % | 2024 | up 21.6% | falling |
| 185 | Guyana | 13.17 % | 2024 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 186 | Kyrgyzstan | 12.44 % | 2024 | up 2.6% | falling |
| 187 | Vanuatu | 12.37 % | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 188 | Pacific Islands Trust Territory | 12.2 % | 1990 | up 28.6% | rising |
| 189 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 12.07 % | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 190 | Georgia | 11.72 % | 2024 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 191 | Libya | 11.21 % | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 192 | Palestine | 10.71 % | 2024 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 193 | Chad | 10.53 % | 2024 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 194 | Costa Rica | 10.52 % | 2024 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 195 | Malaysia | 10.44 % | 2024 | up 6.6% | falling |
| 196 | Angola | 10.09 % | 2024 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 197 | Seychelles | 9.72 % | 2024 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 198 | Ireland | 9.65 % | 2024 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 199 | Micronesia | 9.3 % | 2024 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 200 | Eritrea | 9.09 % | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 201 | Sao Tome and Principe | 9.04 % | 2024 | down 11.7% | volatile |
| 202 | French Polynesia | 8.73 % | 2024 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 203 | Australia | 8.6 % | 2024 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 204 | Australia and New Zealand | 8.52 % | 2024 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 205 | South Sudan | 8.48 % | 2024 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 206 | Cayman Islands | 7.41 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 207 | Iceland | 7.39 % | 2024 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 208 | Madagascar | 7.33 % | 2024 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 209 | Colombia | 7.26 % | 2024 | up 98.9% | falling |
| 210 | Palau | 6.98 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 211 | Marshall Islands | 6.88 % | 2024 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 212 | Oman | 6.31 % | 2024 | up 139.0% | rising |
| 213 | Guam | 6.25 % | 2024 | up 12.4% | falling |
| 214 | Kiribati | 5.88 % | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 215 | New Zealand | 5.39 % | 2024 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 216 | Kuwait | 5.33 % | 2024 | down 14.7% | volatile |
| 217 | Congo | 5.16 % | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 218 | Yemen | 4.86 % | 2024 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 219 | Turkmenistan | 4.14 % | 2024 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 220 | Montenegro | 3.9 % | 2024 | up 2.9% | volatile |
| 221 | New Caledonia | 3.28 % | 2024 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 222 | Somalia | 2.49 % | 2024 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 223 | Saudi Arabia | 2.45 % | 2024 | up 22.5% | rising |
| 224 | Namibia | 2.06 % | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 225 | Mauritania | 1.13 % | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 226 | Mongolia | 1.05 % | 2024 | down 8.7% | rising |
| 227 | Botswana | 1.01 % | 2024 | down 34.8% | falling |
| 228 | Andorra | 0.74 % | 2024 | down 82.6% | falling |
| 229 | Djibouti | 0.21 % | 2024 | up 61.5% | rising |
| 230 | Western Sahara | 0.08 % | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 231 | 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 %
- Réunion 62.78 %
- Eastern Europe 62.32 %
- American Samoa 62.07 %
- 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 %
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.