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Land use hidden — Cropland by country

Land resources are one of the four components of the natural environment: water, air, land and living resources. In this context land is both: a physical "milieu" necessary for the development of natural vegetation as well as cultivated vegetation; a resource for human activities. The data presented here give...

Countries reporting
193
Highest
3.90 million Square kilometres
OECD
Lowest
0.7 Square kilometres
Faroe Islands
Median
11,490 Square kilometres
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
12,854

What the numbers show

Land use hidden — Cropland is currently reported for 193 countries. The highest value is 3.90 million Square kilometres in OECD; the lowest is 0.7 Square kilometres in Faroe Islands.

The median across all reporting countries is 11,490 Square kilometres, and the mean is 95,984 Square kilometres.

Over the past decade 78 countries rose and 79 fell. The largest increase was in San Marino (up 130.0%), and the largest decrease in Northern Mariana Islands (down 66.0%).

Land use hidden — Cropland: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 OECD 3.90 million Square kilometres 2023 down 1.3% falling
2 India 1.68 million Square kilometres 2023 down 0.7% flat
3 United States 1.55 million Square kilometres 2023 down 2.2% falling
4 China 1.28 million Square kilometres 2023 down 3.6% rising
5 Russian Federation 1.24 million Square kilometres 2023 up 0.2% falling
6 Brazil 633,980 Square kilometres 2023 up 1.5% rising
7 Nigeria 442,262 Square kilometres 2023 up 5.1% rising
8 Indonesia 441,222 Square kilometres 2023 up 9.3% rising
9 Argentina 414,553 Square kilometres 2023 up 2.6% rising
10 Canada 383,150 Square kilometres 2023 up 0.9% flat
11 Ukraine 337,770 Square kilometres 2023 up 0.3% flat
12 Australia 313,747 Square kilometres 2023 down 0.7% rising
13 Pakistan 309,950 Square kilometres 2023 down 0.9% flat
14 Kazakhstan 298,017 Square kilometres 2023 up 0.9% falling
15 Mexico 244,457 Square kilometres 2023 down 2.3% rising
16 Thailand 215,760 Square kilometres 2023 down 2.1% rising
17 Sudan 212,110 Square kilometres 2023 up 6.1% rising
18 France 179,268 Square kilometres 2023 down 7.1% falling
19 Niger 178,165 Square kilometres 2023 up 5.4% rising
20 Iran 175,900 Square kilometres 2023 up 6.8% rising
21 Spain 166,065 Square kilometres 2023 down 3.1% falling
22 Tanzania, United Republic of 155,212 Square kilometres 2023 up 10.6% rising
23 Côte d’Ivoire 142,993 Square kilometres 2023 up 53.1% rising
24 Myanmar 125,173 Square kilometres 2023 up 1.9% rising
25 South Africa 124,130 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
26 Germany 118,810 Square kilometres 2023 down 1.6% falling
27 Philippines 112,226 Square kilometres 2023 up 2.3% rising
28 Italy 94,841 Square kilometres 2023 up 4.4% falling
29 Uganda 91,000 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged rising
30 Romania 88,130 Square kilometres 2023 down 4.1% falling
31 Bangladesh 87,990 Square kilometres 2023 up 3.4% falling
32 Morocco 87,883 Square kilometres 2023 down 8.3% rising
33 Mali 86,395 Square kilometres 2023 up 23.6% volatile
34 Burkina Faso 86,108 Square kilometres 2023 up 20.2% rising
35 Algeria 85,377 Square kilometres 2023 up 1.2% rising
36 Malaysia 82,443 Square kilometres 2023 up 6.0% rising
37 Afghanistan 81,160 Square kilometres 2023 up 2.6% flat
38 Cameroon 78,969 Square kilometres 2023 up 1.9% rising
39 Kenya 74,687 Square kilometres 2023 up 6.1% rising
40 Ghana 74,175 Square kilometres 2023 up 9.5% rising
41 Guinea 72,939 Square kilometres 2023 up 47.4% rising
42 Peru 61,986 Square kilometres 2023 up 15.9% rising
43 United Kingdom 60,862 Square kilometres 2023 down 3.6% falling
44 Mozambique 60,485 Square kilometres 2023 up 1.1% rising
45 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 58,154 Square kilometres 2023 up 14.4% rising
46 Angola 57,020 Square kilometres 2023 up 11.0% rising
47 Belarus 56,533 Square kilometres 2023 down 0.4% falling
48 Iraq 54,924 Square kilometres 2023 up 12.4% flat
49 Chad 53,373 Square kilometres 2023 up 6.0% rising
50 Colombia 49,950 Square kilometres 2023 up 44.9% falling
51 Tunisia 49,505 Square kilometres 2023 down 3.5% rising
52 Cambodia 46,543 Square kilometres 2023 up 14.9% rising
53 Paraguay 46,435 Square kilometres 2023 up 14.6% rising
54 Uzbekistan 44,680 Square kilometres 2023 up 1.0% falling
55 Japan 42,970 Square kilometres 2023 down 5.3% falling
56 Hungary 42,941 Square kilometres 2023 down 4.5% falling
57 Malawi 42,000 Square kilometres 2023 up 13.7% rising
58 Benin 41,668 Square kilometres 2023 up 21.5% rising
59 Zimbabwe 40,671 Square kilometres 2023 down 0.5% rising
60 Egypt 40,580 Square kilometres 2023 up 8.8% rising
61 Senegal 39,110 Square kilometres 2023 up 16.1% rising
62 Zambia 38,390 Square kilometres 2023 up 2.7% rising
63 Saudi Arabia 36,374 Square kilometres 2023 down 2.0% rising
64 Bulgaria 36,226 Square kilometres 2023 up 0.2% falling
65 Cuba 35,616 Square kilometres 2023 down 0.4% rising
66 Venezuela 33,000 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged falling
67 Greece 28,960 Square kilometres 2023 down 20.3% falling
68 Togo 28,200 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged rising
69 Guatemala 27,370 Square kilometres 2023 up 13.5% rising
70 Central African Republic 26,788 Square kilometres 2023 up 40.4% rising
71 Sri Lanka 25,669 Square kilometres 2023 up 11.6% rising
72 Czechia 25,660 Square kilometres 2023 up 0.7% falling
73 Democratic People’s Republic of Korea 25,453 Square kilometres 2023 down 1.4% rising
74 Sweden 25,290 Square kilometres 2023 down 2.5% falling
75 Ecuador 24,090 Square kilometres 2023 down 9.5% flat
76 Denmark 23,950 Square kilometres 2023 down 1.6% falling
77 Azerbaijan 23,651 Square kilometres 2023 up 9.7% rising
78 Finland 22,490 Square kilometres 2023 up 1.0% falling
79 Uruguay 22,386 Square kilometres 2023 down 4.6% rising
80 Libya 20,500 Square kilometres 2023 down 0.2% flat
81 Nepal 19,488 Square kilometres 2023 down 13.8% rising
82 Chile 19,139 Square kilometres 2023 down 1.6% falling
83 Portugal 18,078 Square kilometres 2023 down 4.1% falling
84 Nicaragua 17,990 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged rising
85 Sierra Leone 17,490 Square kilometres 2023 up 0.0% volatile
86 Burundi 16,712 Square kilometres 2023 up 19.0% rising
87 Turkmenistan 16,313 Square kilometres 2023 down 14.1% rising
88 Honduras 16,180 Square kilometres 2023 up 3.9% flat
89 Lao People's Democratic Republic 16,102 Square kilometres 2023 down 3.3% rising
90 Dominican Republic 15,194 Square kilometres 2023 up 17.5% rising
91 Rwanda 14,971 Square kilometres 2023 down 4.6% rising
92 Yemen 14,520 Square kilometres 2023 down 3.1% rising
93 Austria 13,873 Square kilometres 2023 down 2.3% falling
94 Kyrgyzstan 13,635 Square kilometres 2023 up 0.7% falling
95 Haiti 13,050 Square kilometres 2023 down 17.3% rising
96 Papua New Guinea 12,150 Square kilometres 2023 up 10.9% rising
97 Mongolia 11,490 Square kilometres 2023 down 11.1% rising
98 Somalia 11,292 Square kilometres 2023 up 0.3% rising
99 Tajikistan 10,490 Square kilometres 2023 up 15.8% rising
100 Belgium 8,864 Square kilometres 2023 up 5.7% flat
101 El Salvador 8,810 Square kilometres 2023 up 0.7% rising
102 Namibia 8,120 Square kilometres 2023 up 0.4% rising
103 Norway 8,060 Square kilometres 2023 down 0.6% flat
104 Chinese Taipei 7,790 Square kilometres 2023 down 2.6% falling
105 Liberia 7,000 Square kilometres 2023 down 1.4% rising
106 Eritrea 6,920 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged rising
107 Panama 6,810 Square kilometres 2023 down 7.2% rising
108 Albania 6,785 Square kilometres 2023 down 2.6% rising
109 Congo 6,514 Square kilometres 2023 up 3.3% rising
110 Guinea-Bissau 6,455 Square kilometres 2023 up 17.4% rising
111 New Zealand 5,920 Square kilometres 2023 down 4.2% rising
112 Costa Rica 5,443 Square kilometres 2023 down 1.2% rising
113 Armenia 5,034 Square kilometres 2023 down 0.5% flat
114 Gabon 4,950 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged rising
115 North Macedonia 4,560 Square kilometres 2023 up 1.3% falling
116 Gambia 4,470 Square kilometres 2023 down 2.2% rising
117 Bosnia and Herzegovina 4,440 Square kilometres 2023 down 60.2% falling
118 Ireland 4,410 Square kilometres 2023 down 7.2% falling
119 Georgia 4,319 Square kilometres 2023 down 20.9% falling
120 Switzerland 4,217 Square kilometres 2023 down 1.4% rising
121 Israel 3,727 Square kilometres 2023 down 2.0% flat
122 Jordan 2,873 Square kilometres 2023 down 8.7% falling
123 Lebanon 2,742 Square kilometres 2023 up 5.5% falling
124 Botswana 2,620 Square kilometres 2023 down 7.1% falling
125 Jamaica 1,880 Square kilometres 2023 down 0.9% falling
126 Vanuatu 1,450 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged rising
127 Belize 1,320 Square kilometres 2023 up 20.0% rising
128 Cyprus 1,269 Square kilometres 2023 up 18.6% volatile
129 Guyana 1,260 Square kilometres 2023 up 0.8% rising
130 Oman 1,217 Square kilometres 2023 up 77.7% rising
131 Iceland 1,210 Square kilometres 2023 down 0.2% flat
132 Comoros 1,180 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged rising
133 Bhutan 1,140 Square kilometres 2023 up 1.2% flat
134 Solomon Islands 1,012 Square kilometres 2023 up 12.1% rising
135 United Arab Emirates 917.04 Square kilometres 2023 up 15.5% volatile
136 Mauritius 789.57 Square kilometres 2023 down 0.1% falling
137 Puerto Rico 662 Square kilometres 2023 down 18.5% volatile
138 Luxembourg 628.78 Square kilometres 2023 down 1.7% flat
139 Suriname 554.32 Square kilometres 2023 down 16.0% rising
140 Trinidad and Tobago 470 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged falling
141 Samoa 424.2 Square kilometres 2023 down 18.4% falling
142 Sao Tome and Principe 420 Square kilometres 2023 up 23.5% rising
143 Kiribati 340 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged falling
144 Tonga 310 Square kilometres 2023 up 6.9% flat
145 Réunion 286.65 Square kilometres 2023 down 25.7% falling
146 French Polynesia 285 Square kilometres 2023 up 11.8% rising
147 Qatar 240 Square kilometres 2023 up 18.8% volatile
148 Dominica 230 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged rising
149 Guadeloupe 223.87 Square kilometres 2023 down 7.5% falling
150 Mayotte 193.89 Square kilometres 2023 down 3.1% rising
151 Martinique 168.48 Square kilometres 2023 down 5.9% falling
152 French Guiana 164.35 Square kilometres 2023 down 7.1% volatile
153 Kuwait 140 Square kilometres 2023 down 20.5% volatile
154 Bahamas 110 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged rising
155 Brunei Darussalam 100 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged falling
156 New Caledonia 97 Square kilometres 2023 down 0.3% falling
157 Saint Lucia 95.7 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged falling
158 Malta 82.91 Square kilometres 2023 down 19.0% falling
159 Barbados 80 Square kilometres 2023 down 23.8% falling
159 Guam 80 Square kilometres 2023 down 20.0% flat
161 Grenada 70 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged falling
161 Marshall Islands 70 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged falling
163 Wallis and Futuna 60 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged rising
164 Saint Kitts and Nevis 51 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged falling
165 Antigua and Barbuda 50 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged falling
165 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 50 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged falling
167 Maldives 49 Square kilometres 2023 down 9.3% rising
168 Bahrain 41 Square kilometres 2023 down 9.5% falling
169 Saint Helena 40 Square kilometres 2022 unchanged rising
170 Djibouti 39 Square kilometres 2023 up 39.3% volatile
171 Niue 38 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged rising
172 Hong Kong (China) 30 Square kilometres 2023 down 26.8% falling
173 American Samoa 29.6 Square kilometres 2023 up 11.3% rising
174 Palau 23 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
174 San Marino 23 Square kilometres 2023 up 130.0% rising
176 Aruba 20 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
176 British Virgin Islands 20 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged falling
176 Montserrat 20 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged falling
176 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 20 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged falling
180 Cook Islands 19 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged falling
181 Tuvalu 18 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged falling
182 Liechtenstein 17.3 Square kilometres 2023 down 10.8% falling
183 Seychelles 15.5 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged falling
184 United States Virgin Islands 11 Square kilometres 2023 down 45.0% falling
185 Turks and Caicos Islands 10 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
186 Andorra 7.41 Square kilometres 2023 down 8.5% falling
187 Cayman Islands 7 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
188 Singapore 6.6 Square kilometres 2023 down 1.5% volatile
189 Tokelau 6 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged rising
190 Nauru 4 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged rising
191 Bermuda 3 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
192 Northern Mariana Islands 1.7 Square kilometres 2023 down 66.0% volatile
193 Faroe Islands 0.7 Square kilometres 2023 up 9.4% flat

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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About this data

Indicator
Land use hidden — Cropland
Unit
Square kilometres
Source
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Licence
OECD Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage
220 places, 12,854 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

Land resources are one of the four components of the natural environment: water, air, land and living resources. In this context land is both: a physical "milieu" necessary for the development of natural vegetation as well as cultivated vegetation; a resource for human activities. The data presented here give information concerning land use state and changes (e.g. agricultural land, forest land). Data source(s): Food and Agriculture Organization of the U.N., (FAOSTAT) Contact: ENV.Stat@oecd.org Dataset release date: June 3, 2024 Database documentation Countries metadata