Herbaceous crops — Area from CCI_LC by country

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Countries reporting
241
Highest
182,511 1000 ha
China
Lowest
0 1000 ha
Heard Island and McDonald Islands
Median
1,127 1000 ha
Years covered
31
1992–2022
Data points
8,231

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 LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
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.

About this data

Indicator
Herbaceous crops — Area from CCI_LC
Unit
1000 ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
270 places, 8,231 data points, 1992–2022
Last refreshed

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.