Herbaceous crops — Area from CCI_LC by country
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What the numbers show
Herbaceous crops — Area from CCI_LC is currently reported for 241 countries. The highest value is 182,511 1000 ha in China; the lowest is 0 1000 ha in Heard Island and McDonald Islands.
The median across all reporting countries is 1,127 1000 ha, and the mean is 8,264 1000 ha.
Over the past decade 80 countries rose and 132 fell. The largest increase was in Andorra (up 95.5%), and the largest decrease in Mayotte (down 71.4%).
Herbaceous crops — Area from CCI_LC: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 182,511 1000 ha | 2022 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 2 | China, mainland | 181,768 1000 ha | 2022 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 3 | India | 172,719 1000 ha | 2022 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 4 | Russian Federation | 158,557 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 5 | Brazil | 144,093 1000 ha | 2022 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 6 | Argentina | 53,362 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 7 | Australia and New Zealand | 53,300 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 8 | Australia | 52,840 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 9 | Canada | 52,663 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 10 | Kazakhstan | 48,290 1000 ha | 2022 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 11 | Ukraine | 41,348 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 12 | Nigeria | 40,005 1000 ha | 2022 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 13 | Sudan (former) | 33,547 1000 ha | 2011 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 14 | Sudan | 31,321 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 15 | Türkiye | 29,577 1000 ha | 2022 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 16 | France | 24,008 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 17 | Mexico | 23,970 1000 ha | 2022 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 18 | Pakistan | 23,936 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 19 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 23,553 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 20 | Thailand | 22,147 1000 ha | 2022 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 21 | Mali | 21,298 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 22 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 20,664 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 23 | United Republic of Tanzania | 20,495 1000 ha | 2022 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 24 | Chad | 18,726 1000 ha | 2022 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 25 | Ethiopia | 17,168 1000 ha | 2022 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 26 | Indonesia | 16,725 1000 ha | 2022 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 27 | Myanmar | 16,229 1000 ha | 2022 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 28 | Poland | 16,174 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 29 | Burkina Faso | 15,515 1000 ha | 2022 | down 3.5% | flat |
| 30 | Spain | 15,299 1000 ha | 2022 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 31 | Germany | 14,752 1000 ha | 2022 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 32 | Zimbabwe | 13,212 1000 ha | 2022 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 33 | Romania | 11,459 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 34 | Italy | 10,672 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 35 | Kenya | 10,470 1000 ha | 2022 | down 3.5% | flat |
| 36 | Belarus | 9,685 1000 ha | 2022 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 37 | Mozambique | 9,450 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 38 | Algeria | 8,751 1000 ha | 2022 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 39 | Bangladesh | 8,672 1000 ha | 2022 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 40 | Zambia | 8,258 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 41 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 7,828 1000 ha | 2022 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 42 | Niger | 7,758 1000 ha | 2022 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 43 | Uganda | 7,678 1000 ha | 2022 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 44 | Iraq | 7,669 1000 ha | 2022 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 45 | Viet Nam | 7,206 1000 ha | 2022 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 46 | Uzbekistan | 7,168 1000 ha | 2022 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 47 | Japan | 6,772 1000 ha | 2022 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 48 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 6,504 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 49 | Morocco | 6,485 1000 ha | 2022 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 50 | Philippines | 6,417 1000 ha | 2022 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 51 | Paraguay | 6,357 1000 ha | 2022 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 52 | Cambodia | 6,252 1000 ha | 2022 | down 7.9% | rising |
| 53 | Ghana | 6,063 1000 ha | 2022 | down 4.2% | flat |
| 54 | Mongolia | 5,927 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 55 | Angola | 5,794 1000 ha | 2022 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 56 | Hungary | 5,762 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 57 | Afghanistan | 5,704 1000 ha | 2022 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 58 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 5,621 1000 ha | 2022 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 59 | Malawi | 5,317 1000 ha | 2022 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 60 | Senegal | 5,311 1000 ha | 2022 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 61 | Bulgaria | 5,204 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 62 | Colombia | 5,004 1000 ha | 2022 | up 8.6% | falling |
| 63 | Somalia | 4,958 1000 ha | 2022 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 64 | Cameroon | 4,799 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 65 | Caribbean | 4,719 1000 ha | 2022 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 66 | Côte d'Ivoire | 4,516 1000 ha | 2022 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 67 | Serbia and Montenegro | 4,331 1000 ha | 2005 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 68 | Turkmenistan | 4,140 1000 ha | 2022 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 69 | Serbia | 4,120 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 70 | Syrian Arab Republic | 4,044 1000 ha | 2022 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 71 | Sweden | 3,715 1000 ha | 2022 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 72 | Kyrgyzstan | 3,689 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 73 | Madagascar | 3,634 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 74 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 3,618 1000 ha | 2022 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 75 | Czechia | 3,516 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 76 | Republic of Korea | 3,495 1000 ha | 2022 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 77 | Azerbaijan | 3,491 1000 ha | 2022 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 78 | Egypt | 3,484 1000 ha | 2022 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 79 | Cuba | 3,291 1000 ha | 2022 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 80 | Sierra Leone | 3,264 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 81 | Lithuania | 3,222 1000 ha | 2022 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 82 | Liberia | 3,102 1000 ha | 2022 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 83 | Greece | 3,049 1000 ha | 2022 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 84 | Benin | 3,025 1000 ha | 2022 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 85 | Botswana | 2,885 1000 ha | 2022 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 86 | Nepal | 2,874 1000 ha | 2022 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 87 | Denmark | 2,825 1000 ha | 2022 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 88 | Finland | 2,766 1000 ha | 2022 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 89 | Guinea | 2,723 1000 ha | 2022 | down 9.9% | flat |
| 90 | Uruguay | 2,649 1000 ha | 2022 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 91 | Tunisia | 2,515 1000 ha | 2022 | up 3.0% | flat |
| 92 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 2,500 1000 ha | 2022 | down 15.8% | flat |
| 93 | Saudi Arabia | 2,428 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 94 | Republic of Moldova | 2,418 1000 ha | 2022 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 95 | Chile | 2,267 1000 ha | 2022 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 96 | Namibia | 2,224 1000 ha | 2022 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 97 | South Sudan | 2,216 1000 ha | 2022 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 98 | Congo | 2,198 1000 ha | 2022 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 99 | Togo | 2,065 1000 ha | 2022 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 100 | Peru | 2,024 1000 ha | 2022 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 101 | Croatia | 2,019 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 102 | Tajikistan | 1,926 1000 ha | 2022 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 103 | Slovakia | 1,923 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 104 | Mauritania | 1,721 1000 ha | 2022 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 105 | Libya | 1,710 1000 ha | 2022 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 106 | Portugal | 1,708 1000 ha | 2022 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 107 | Austria | 1,679 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 108 | Latvia | 1,674 1000 ha | 2022 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 109 | Eritrea | 1,651 1000 ha | 2022 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 110 | Yemen | 1,597 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 111 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 1,562 1000 ha | 1999 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 112 | Sri Lanka | 1,547 1000 ha | 2022 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 113 | Melanesia | 1,400 1000 ha | 2022 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 114 | Belgium | 1,355 1000 ha | 2022 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 115 | Nicaragua | 1,307 1000 ha | 2022 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 116 | Rwanda | 1,260 1000 ha | 2022 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 117 | Georgia | 1,209 1000 ha | 2022 | down 4.5% | flat |
| 118 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1,192 1000 ha | 2022 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 119 | Norway | 1,189 1000 ha | 2022 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 120 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 1,158 1000 ha | 2022 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 121 | Burundi | 1,127 1000 ha | 2022 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 122 | Panama | 1,071 1000 ha | 2022 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 123 | Estonia | 995.13 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 124 | Papua New Guinea | 993.43 1000 ha | 2022 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 125 | Albania | 987.51 1000 ha | 2022 | down 5.0% | flat |
| 126 | Guatemala | 985.51 1000 ha | 2022 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 127 | Ecuador | 967.54 1000 ha | 2022 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 128 | Dominican Republic | 848.17 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 129 | Armenia | 828.48 1000 ha | 2022 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 130 | China, Taiwan Province of | 732.68 1000 ha | 2022 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 131 | Lesotho | 706.96 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 132 | North Macedonia | 705.32 1000 ha | 2022 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 133 | Honduras | 693.53 1000 ha | 2022 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 134 | Gabon | 668.03 1000 ha | 2022 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 135 | Malaysia | 626.15 1000 ha | 2022 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 136 | Gambia | 604.52 1000 ha | 2022 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 137 | Eswatini | 528.63 1000 ha | 2022 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 138 | Switzerland | 511.14 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 139 | Timor-Leste | 472.27 1000 ha | 2022 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 140 | Ireland | 462.39 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 141 | New Zealand | 459.2 1000 ha | 2022 | up 3.4% | falling |
| 142 | Israel | 369.19 1000 ha | 2022 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 143 | Slovenia | 361.83 1000 ha | 2022 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 144 | Jordan | 351.37 1000 ha | 2022 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 145 | Guinea-Bissau | 341.36 1000 ha | 2022 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 146 | El Salvador | 326.4 1000 ha | 2022 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 147 | Haiti | 285.46 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 148 | Lebanon | 247.85 1000 ha | 2022 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 149 | Costa Rica | 234.52 1000 ha | 2022 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 150 | Fiji | 228.9 1000 ha | 2022 | up 30.3% | falling |
| 151 | Cyprus | 224.03 1000 ha | 2022 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 152 | Oman | 198.48 1000 ha | 2022 | up 47.9% | rising |
| 153 | Guyana | 173.62 1000 ha | 2022 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 154 | New Caledonia | 162.14 1000 ha | 2022 | up 4.0% | flat |
| 155 | Montenegro | 133.54 1000 ha | 2022 | down 31.0% | falling |
| 156 | United Arab Emirates | 129.88 1000 ha | 2022 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 157 | Belize | 122.23 1000 ha | 2022 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 158 | Equatorial Guinea | 116.09 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 159 | Mauritius | 107.51 1000 ha | 2022 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 160 | Jamaica | 93.32 1000 ha | 2022 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 161 | Palestine | 82.5 1000 ha | 2022 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 162 | Luxembourg | 74.46 1000 ha | 2022 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 163 | Puerto Rico | 69.17 1000 ha | 2022 | up 15.8% | falling |
| 164 | Bhutan | 63.03 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 165 | Polynesia | 61.18 1000 ha | 2022 | down 23.1% | flat |
| 166 | Suriname | 59.7 1000 ha | 2022 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 167 | Guadeloupe | 38.62 1000 ha | 2022 | up 58.7% | rising |
| 168 | Trinidad and Tobago | 35.49 1000 ha | 2022 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 169 | Samoa | 27.98 1000 ha | 2022 | down 39.0% | flat |
| 170 | Qatar | 21.87 1000 ha | 2022 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 171 | Cabo Verde | 21.18 1000 ha | 2022 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 172 | Barbados | 20.98 1000 ha | 2022 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 173 | Kuwait | 18.09 1000 ha | 2022 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 174 | Brunei Darussalam | 17.99 1000 ha | 2022 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 175 | Tonga | 15.78 1000 ha | 2022 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 176 | Micronesia | 13.89 1000 ha | 2022 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 177 | Malta | 13.35 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 178 | Bahamas | 12.11 1000 ha | 2022 | up 7.5% | falling |
| 179 | Singapore | 10.97 1000 ha | 2022 | down 28.9% | falling |
| 180 | French Guiana | 10.64 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 181 | Solomon Islands | 10.08 1000 ha | 2022 | up 59.2% | rising |
| 182 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 9.6 1000 ha | 2022 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 183 | Northern Mariana Islands | 9.53 1000 ha | 2022 | down 5.8% | flat |
| 184 | French Polynesia | 9.01 1000 ha | 2022 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 185 | Martinique | 8.78 1000 ha | 2022 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 186 | Comoros | 8.09 1000 ha | 2022 | up 11.3% | flat |
| 187 | Channel Islands | 5.63 1000 ha | 2022 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 188 | Vanuatu | 5.5 1000 ha | 2022 | down 2.1% | volatile |
| 189 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 4.94 1000 ha | 2022 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 190 | United States Virgin Islands | 3.91 1000 ha | 2022 | up 58.9% | falling |
| 191 | Western Sahara | 3.43 1000 ha | 2022 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 192 | San Marino | 3.14 1000 ha | 2022 | up 71.6% | rising |
| 193 | Isle of Man | 2.94 1000 ha | 2022 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 194 | Djibouti | 2.31 1000 ha | 2022 | up 45.3% | rising |
| 195 | Pitcairn | 2.09 1000 ha | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 196 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 1.67 1000 ha | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 197 | Seychelles | 1.57 1000 ha | 2022 | up 3.3% | falling |
| 198 | Maldives | 1.32 1000 ha | 2022 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 198 | Niue | 1.32 1000 ha | 2022 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 200 | Faroe Islands | 1.29 1000 ha | 2022 | up 8.4% | flat |
| 200 | Norfolk Island | 1.29 1000 ha | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 202 | Cook Islands | 1.17 1000 ha | 2022 | unchanged | falling |
| 203 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.07 1000 ha | 2022 | up 7.0% | falling |
| 204 | French Southern Territories | 1.06 1000 ha | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 205 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.91 1000 ha | 2022 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 206 | Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha | 0.9 1000 ha | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 207 | Kiribati | 0.84 1000 ha | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 208 | Cayman Islands | 0.82 1000 ha | 2022 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 209 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.75 1000 ha | 2022 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 209 | Netherlands Antilles (former) | 0.75 1000 ha | 2022 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 211 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.74 1000 ha | 2022 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 212 | Wallis and Futuna Islands | 0.71 1000 ha | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 213 | Saint Lucia | 0.7 1000 ha | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 214 | Palau | 0.63 1000 ha | 2022 | up 65.8% | rising |
| 215 | Liechtenstein | 0.58 1000 ha | 2022 | up 7.4% | falling |
| 216 | Aruba | 0.56 1000 ha | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 217 | Naoero | 0.52 1000 ha | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 218 | Guam | 0.48 1000 ha | 2022 | up 26.3% | falling |
| 219 | Bahrain | 0.46 1000 ha | 2022 | down 44.6% | falling |
| 220 | Andorra | 0.43 1000 ha | 2022 | up 95.5% | rising |
| 221 | Tuvalu | 0.35 1000 ha | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 222 | China, Macao SAR | 0.32 1000 ha | 2022 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 223 | Montserrat | 0.3 1000 ha | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 224 | Grenada | 0.17 1000 ha | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 225 | Bermuda | 0.12 1000 ha | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 225 | Marshall Islands | 0.12 1000 ha | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 227 | United States Minor Outlying Islands | 0.11 1000 ha | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 228 | Mayotte | 0.06 1000 ha | 2022 | down 71.4% | falling |
| 229 | Dominica | 0.05 1000 ha | 2022 | up 66.7% | flat |
| 229 | Anguilla | 0.05 1000 ha | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 231 | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 0.03 1000 ha | 2022 | unchanged | volatile |
| 232 | Gibraltar | 0.02 1000 ha | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 232 | British Virgin Islands | 0.02 1000 ha | 2022 | unchanged | falling |
| 234 | Greenland | 0 1000 ha | 2022 | — | flat |
| 234 | Iceland | 0 1000 ha | 2022 | — | flat |
| 234 | Monaco | 0 1000 ha | 2022 | — | flat |
| 234 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 0 1000 ha | 2022 | — | flat |
| 234 | Tokelau | 0 1000 ha | 2022 | — | flat |
| 234 | Antarctica | 0 1000 ha | 2022 | — | flat |
| 234 | South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | 0 1000 ha | 2022 | — | flat |
| 234 | Heard Island and McDonald Islands | 0 1000 ha | 2022 | — | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 1.88 million 1000 ha
- Asia 637,695 1000 ha
- Americas 468,212 1000 ha
- Europe 363,212 1000 ha
- Africa 351,704 1000 ha
- Eastern Europe 256,046 1000 ha
- Southern Asia 239,069 1000 ha
- South America 230,416 1000 ha
- Northern America 204,367 1000 ha
- Eastern Asia 202,322 1000 ha
- United States of America 151,703 1000 ha
- European Union (27) 136,070 1000 ha
About this data
The FAOSTAT domain on Land Cover data under the Agri-Environmental Indicators section contains land cover information organized by the land cover classes of the international standard system for Environmental and Economic Accounting Central Framework (SEEA CF). The land cover information is compiled from publicly available Global Land Cover (GLC) maps: a) MODIS land cover types based on the Land Cover Classification System, LCCS; b) The European Spatial Agency (ESA) Climate Change Initiative (CCI) annual land cover maps produced by the Université catholique de Louvain (UCL)-Geomatics and now under the European Copernicus Program; c) The annual land cover maps which were produced under the European Copernicus Global Land Service (CGLS) (CGLS land cover, containing discrete land cover categorization), with spatial resolution 100m; and d) the WorldCover maps of the European Space Agency, produced at 10m resolution.