Other land — Area 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
240
Highest
1.10 million 1000 ha
OECD
Lowest
0 1000 ha
Wallis and Futuna Islands
Median
1,253 1000 ha
Years covered
35
1990–2024
Data points
9,327
What the numbers show
Other land — Area is currently reported for 240 countries. The highest value is 1.10 million 1000 ha in OECD; the lowest is 0 1000 ha in Wallis and Futuna Islands.
The median across all reporting countries is 1,253 1000 ha, and the mean is 24,108 1000 ha.
Over the past decade 120 countries rose and 104 fell. The largest increase was in Guyana (up 306.5%), and the largest decrease in Palau (down 100.0%).
Other land — Area: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OECD | 1.10 million 1000 ha | 2024 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 2 | Russian Federation | 590,185 1000 ha | 2024 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 3 | Canada | 451,806 1000 ha | 2024 | down 4.1% | flat |
| 4 | China | 321,456 1000 ha | 2024 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 4 | China, mainland | 321,456 1000 ha | 2024 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 6 | Australia and New Zealand | 272,792 1000 ha | 2024 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 7 | Australia | 266,387 1000 ha | 2024 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 8 | Algeria | 195,162 1000 ha | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 9 | Libya | 160,398 1000 ha | 2024 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 10 | Argentina | 143,771 1000 ha | 2024 | up 39.6% | rising |
| 11 | Brazil | 109,381 1000 ha | 2024 | up 30.7% | volatile |
| 12 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 104,432 1000 ha | 2024 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 13 | Egypt | 95,312 1000 ha | 2024 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 14 | Niger | 78,991 1000 ha | 2024 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 15 | Chad | 71,843 1000 ha | 2024 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 16 | Mali | 69,764 1000 ha | 2024 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 17 | Sudan (former) | 68,795 1000 ha | 2011 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 18 | Mauritania | 62,344 1000 ha | 2024 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 19 | Kazakhstan | 52,679 1000 ha | 2024 | up 5.6% | flat |
| 20 | Sudan | 51,980 1000 ha | 2024 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 21 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 50,524 1000 ha | 2024 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 22 | Ethiopia | 47,006 1000 ha | 2024 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 23 | India | 46,446 1000 ha | 2024 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 24 | Chile | 45,344 1000 ha | 2024 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 25 | Greenland | 40,802 1000 ha | 2024 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 26 | Indonesia | 38,487 1000 ha | 2024 | down 5.7% | rising |
| 27 | Pakistan | 37,527 1000 ha | 2024 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 28 | Saudi Arabia | 36,605 1000 ha | 2024 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 29 | Peru | 36,242 1000 ha | 2024 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 30 | Namibia | 35,473 1000 ha | 2024 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 31 | Mongolia | 34,326 1000 ha | 2024 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 32 | Iraq | 33,316 1000 ha | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 33 | Mexico | 29,572 1000 ha | 2024 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 34 | Oman | 29,469 1000 ha | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 35 | Yemen | 28,796 1000 ha | 2024 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 36 | South Sudan | 27,784 1000 ha | 2024 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 37 | Afghanistan | 25,932 1000 ha | 2024 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 38 | Kenya | 25,172 1000 ha | 2024 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 39 | Myanmar | 24,872 1000 ha | 2024 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 40 | Norway | 23,332 1000 ha | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 41 | Western Sahara | 21,066 1000 ha | 2024 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 42 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 19,526 1000 ha | 2024 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 43 | Cameroon | 18,044 1000 ha | 2024 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 44 | Türkiye | 15,634 1000 ha | 2024 | down 7.4% | flat |
| 45 | Angola | 15,612 1000 ha | 2024 | up 42.2% | rising |
| 46 | Botswana | 15,081 1000 ha | 2024 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 47 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 14,876 1000 ha | 2024 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 48 | Uzbekistan | 13,777 1000 ha | 2024 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 49 | Somalia | 13,698 1000 ha | 2024 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 50 | Melanesia | 11,360 1000 ha | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 51 | Colombia | 10,814 1000 ha | 2024 | up 112.3% | rising |
| 52 | Papua New Guinea | 9,848 1000 ha | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 53 | Sweden | 9,690 1000 ha | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 54 | Philippines | 9,675 1000 ha | 2024 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 55 | Tajikistan | 9,567 1000 ha | 2024 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 56 | Morocco | 8,847 1000 ha | 2024 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 57 | Thailand | 8,767 1000 ha | 2024 | up 7.2% | falling |
| 58 | Iceland | 8,323 1000 ha | 2024 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 59 | France | 7,926 1000 ha | 2024 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 60 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 7,807 1000 ha | 2024 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 61 | Jordan | 7,782 1000 ha | 2024 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 62 | Kyrgyzstan | 7,576 1000 ha | 2024 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 63 | Ecuador | 7,456 1000 ha | 2024 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 64 | Madagascar | 7,201 1000 ha | 2024 | up 20.2% | falling |
| 65 | Japan | 6,958 1000 ha | 2024 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 66 | Burkina Faso | 6,882 1000 ha | 2024 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 67 | Italy | 6,743 1000 ha | 2024 | down 9.8% | rising |
| 68 | New Zealand | 6,403 1000 ha | 2024 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 69 | Poland | 6,395 1000 ha | 2024 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 70 | United Arab Emirates | 6,362 1000 ha | 2024 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 71 | Zimbabwe | 6,275 1000 ha | 2024 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 72 | Spain | 6,232 1000 ha | 2024 | up 28.0% | rising |
| 73 | Ukraine | 5,996 1000 ha | 2024 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 74 | Malaysia | 5,749 1000 ha | 2024 | up 10.9% | falling |
| 75 | Finland | 5,600 1000 ha | 2024 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 76 | Zambia | 5,527 1000 ha | 2024 | up 18.7% | falling |
| 77 | Tunisia | 5,199 1000 ha | 2024 | up 2.5% | falling |
| 78 | Germany | 5,190 1000 ha | 2024 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 79 | Turkmenistan | 5,036 1000 ha | 2024 | down 42.4% | falling |
| 80 | Cambodia | 4,890 1000 ha | 2024 | up 70.7% | rising |
| 81 | United Republic of Tanzania | 4,654 1000 ha | 2024 | up 151.2% | volatile |
| 82 | Viet Nam | 4,284 1000 ha | 2024 | down 34.5% | falling |
| 83 | Syrian Arab Republic | 4,222 1000 ha | 2024 | up 7.7% | falling |
| 84 | Nepal | 3,958 1000 ha | 2024 | down 5.8% | flat |
| 85 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 3,820 1000 ha | 2024 | up 9.2% | falling |
| 86 | Nigeria | 3,612 1000 ha | 2024 | down 33.7% | falling |
| 87 | Belarus | 3,419 1000 ha | 2024 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 88 | Romania | 3,367 1000 ha | 2024 | up 43.0% | rising |
| 89 | Benin | 3,241 1000 ha | 2024 | down 10.5% | rising |
| 90 | Ghana | 3,130 1000 ha | 2024 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 91 | Greece | 3,105 1000 ha | 2024 | up 16.7% | volatile |
| 92 | Eritrea | 3,041 1000 ha | 2024 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 93 | Paraguay | 2,952 1000 ha | 2024 | down 8.4% | volatile |
| 94 | Caribbean | 2,787 1000 ha | 2024 | up 3.6% | falling |
| 95 | Azerbaijan | 2,288 1000 ha | 2024 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 96 | Guatemala | 2,233 1000 ha | 2024 | down 13.1% | rising |
| 97 | Croatia | 2,155 1000 ha | 2024 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 98 | Nicaragua | 2,096 1000 ha | 2022 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 99 | Honduras | 2,090 1000 ha | 2024 | up 47.7% | volatile |
| 100 | Guyana | 2,009 1000 ha | 2024 | up 306.5% | volatile |
| 101 | Mozambique | 2,003 1000 ha | 2024 | up 45.4% | rising |
| 102 | Hungary | 1,974 1000 ha | 2024 | up 31.3% | rising |
| 103 | Republic of Korea | 1,916 1000 ha | 2024 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 104 | Bulgaria | 1,896 1000 ha | 2024 | down 8.2% | rising |
| 105 | Serbia | 1,878 1000 ha | 2024 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 106 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1,810 1000 ha | 2024 | up 122.4% | rising |
| 107 | Austria | 1,784 1000 ha | 2024 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 108 | Bangladesh | 1,744 1000 ha | 2024 | down 14.3% | rising |
| 109 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 1,727 1000 ha | 2024 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 110 | Congo | 1,658 1000 ha | 2024 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 111 | Guinea | 1,655 1000 ha | 2024 | down 46.8% | falling |
| 112 | Kuwait | 1,626 1000 ha | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 113 | Ireland | 1,576 1000 ha | 2024 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 114 | Uganda | 1,559 1000 ha | 2024 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 115 | Georgia | 1,506 1000 ha | 2024 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 116 | Israel | 1,501 1000 ha | 2024 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 117 | Liberia | 1,329 1000 ha | 2024 | up 91.9% | volatile |
| 118 | Switzerland | 1,286 1000 ha | 2024 | up 11.3% | flat |
| 119 | Suriname | 1,282 1000 ha | 2024 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 120 | Côte d'Ivoire | 1,277 1000 ha | 2024 | down 69.3% | falling |
| 121 | Czechia | 1,230 1000 ha | 2024 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 122 | Malawi | 1,222 1000 ha | 2024 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 123 | Serbia and Montenegro | 1,202 1000 ha | 2005 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 124 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 1,199 1000 ha | 2024 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 125 | Lithuania | 1,188 1000 ha | 2024 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 126 | Panama | 1,088 1000 ha | 2024 | up 76.6% | rising |
| 127 | Senegal | 1,076 1000 ha | 2024 | down 26.4% | falling |
| 128 | Qatar | 1,074 1000 ha | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 129 | Sri Lanka | 1,043 1000 ha | 2024 | down 26.6% | falling |
| 130 | Slovakia | 1,033 1000 ha | 2024 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 131 | Belgium | 1,025 1000 ha | 2024 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 132 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 1,006 1000 ha | 1999 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 133 | Estonia | 844.83 1000 ha | 2024 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 134 | Portugal | 813.38 1000 ha | 2024 | down 33.5% | falling |
| 135 | New Caledonia | 806.25 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 136 | Latvia | 791.61 1000 ha | 2024 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 137 | Sierra Leone | 774.53 1000 ha | 2024 | up 25.8% | falling |
| 138 | Belize | 772.42 1000 ha | 2024 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 139 | Denmark | 754.41 1000 ha | 2024 | up 3.3% | flat |
| 140 | Albania | 670.46 1000 ha | 2024 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 141 | Cyprus | 623.97 1000 ha | 2024 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 142 | Djibouti | 607.59 1000 ha | 2024 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 143 | Bhutan | 603.78 1000 ha | 2024 | up 5.4% | falling |
| 144 | Haiti | 590.08 1000 ha | 2024 | up 57.9% | falling |
| 145 | Dominican Republic | 486.4 1000 ha | 2024 | up 48.5% | rising |
| 146 | Bahamas | 478.14 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 147 | Togo | 460.52 1000 ha | 2024 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 148 | Republic of Moldova | 459.22 1000 ha | 2024 | down 19.6% | rising |
| 149 | Armenia | 444.86 1000 ha | 2024 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 150 | Gabon | 432.32 1000 ha | 2024 | up 26.3% | rising |
| 151 | Costa Rica | 399.88 1000 ha | 2024 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 152 | Fiji | 389.73 1000 ha | 2024 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 153 | Burundi | 382.7 1000 ha | 2024 | down 12.1% | flat |
| 154 | Cuba | 358.81 1000 ha | 2024 | down 46.1% | falling |
| 155 | Equatorial Guinea | 293.59 1000 ha | 2024 | up 42.4% | volatile |
| 156 | Puerto Rico | 281.31 1000 ha | 2024 | up 33.5% | rising |
| 157 | Polynesia | 280.5 1000 ha | 2024 | up 10.3% | falling |
| 158 | Montenegro | 269.72 1000 ha | 2024 | down 6.2% | volatile |
| 159 | French Guiana | 261 1000 ha | 2024 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 160 | Cabo Verde | 252.66 1000 ha | 2024 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 161 | North Macedonia | 251.66 1000 ha | 2024 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 162 | Lebanon | 230.48 1000 ha | 2024 | up 1.7% | falling |
| 163 | Trinidad and Tobago | 226.81 1000 ha | 2024 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 164 | Slovenia | 216.9 1000 ha | 2024 | up 47.1% | falling |
| 165 | Uruguay | 207.15 1000 ha | 2024 | down 72.4% | falling |
| 166 | El Salvador | 201.63 1000 ha | 2024 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 167 | Palestine | 193.4 1000 ha | 2024 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 168 | Lesotho | 181.48 1000 ha | 2024 | down 64.4% | falling |
| 169 | French Polynesia | 173.99 1000 ha | 2024 | up 5.2% | falling |
| 170 | Solomon Islands | 168.51 1000 ha | 2024 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 171 | Vanuatu | 147.4 1000 ha | 2024 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 172 | Brunei Darussalam | 131.7 1000 ha | 2024 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 173 | Timor-Leste | 90.42 1000 ha | 2024 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 174 | Eswatini | 88.06 1000 ha | 2024 | up 60.7% | volatile |
| 175 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 83.3 1000 ha | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 176 | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 83.13 1000 ha | 2024 | down 18.9% | rising |
| 177 | Mauritius | 79.99 1000 ha | 2024 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 178 | Micronesia | 79.2 1000 ha | 2024 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 179 | Netherlands Antilles (former) | 72 1000 ha | 2010 | unchanged | flat |
| 180 | Samoa | 68.35 1000 ha | 2024 | up 39.1% | rising |
| 181 | Bahrain | 66.78 1000 ha | 2024 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 182 | Singapore | 56.02 1000 ha | 2024 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 183 | Jamaica | 47.68 1000 ha | 2024 | down 44.8% | falling |
| 184 | Kiribati | 46.03 1000 ha | 2024 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 185 | Curaçao | 44.33 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 186 | Faroe Islands | 40.85 1000 ha | 2024 | down 5.2% | flat |
| 187 | Guadeloupe | 40.25 1000 ha | 2024 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 188 | Luxembourg | 35.71 1000 ha | 2024 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 189 | Tonga | 28.37 1000 ha | 2024 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 190 | Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba | 27.99 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 191 | Antigua and Barbuda | 26.88 1000 ha | 2024 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 192 | Barbados | 26.8 1000 ha | 2024 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 193 | Gambia | 25.7 1000 ha | 2024 | down 73.6% | volatile |
| 194 | Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha | 24.92 1000 ha | 2024 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 195 | Martinique | 22.1 1000 ha | 2024 | down 11.9% | flat |
| 196 | Malta | 21.03 1000 ha | 2024 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 197 | Northern Mariana Islands | 20.3 1000 ha | 2024 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 198 | Maldives | 20.18 1000 ha | 2024 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 199 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 19.88 1000 ha | 2024 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 200 | Saint Lucia | 18.28 1000 ha | 2024 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 201 | Seychelles | 17.42 1000 ha | 2024 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 202 | Aruba | 15.51 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 203 | Isle of Man | 14.49 1000 ha | 2024 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 204 | United States Virgin Islands | 11.41 1000 ha | 2024 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 205 | Channel Islands | 11.23 1000 ha | 2024 | up 9.2% | falling |
| 206 | Guam | 9.83 1000 ha | 2024 | up 14.6% | falling |
| 207 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 9.1 1000 ha | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 208 | Andorra | 9 1000 ha | 2024 | down 9.5% | rising |
| 209 | Grenada | 8.7 1000 ha | 2024 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 210 | Cayman Islands | 8.58 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 211 | Mayotte | 7.59 1000 ha | 2024 | up 17.1% | volatile |
| 212 | Comoros | 6.16 1000 ha | 2024 | down 58.1% | falling |
| 213 | Liechtenstein | 4.94 1000 ha | 2024 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 214 | Montserrat | 4.78 1000 ha | 2024 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 215 | Cook Islands | 4.6 1000 ha | 2024 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 216 | Bermuda | 4.32 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 217 | Saint Martin (French part) | 4.06 1000 ha | 2024 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 218 | Anguilla | 3.57 1000 ha | 2024 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 219 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 3.34 1000 ha | 2024 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 220 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 3.1 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 221 | San Marino | 2.53 1000 ha | 2024 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 222 | Niue | 2.23 1000 ha | 2024 | down 6.7% | flat |
| 223 | Norfolk Island | 2.11 1000 ha | 2024 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 224 | Saint Barthélemy | 2.1 1000 ha | 2024 | up 5.0% | flat |
| 225 | Naoero | 1.76 1000 ha | 2024 | up 10.0% | flat |
| 226 | Marshall Islands | 1.13 1000 ha | 2024 | up 135.4% | volatile |
| 227 | Pitcairn | 1.01 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 228 | Gibraltar | 1 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 229 | Tokelau | 0.6 1000 ha | 2024 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 230 | Monaco | 0.21 1000 ha | 2024 | up 5.0% | flat |
| 231 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 0.16 1000 ha | 2024 | down 42.9% | falling |
| 232 | Holy See | 0.04 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 233 | Dominica | 0 1000 ha | 2023 | — | flat |
| 233 | Guinea-Bissau | 0 1000 ha | 2024 | — | flat |
| 233 | Palau | 0 1000 ha | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 233 | Rwanda | 0 1000 ha | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 233 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0 1000 ha | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 233 | Tuvalu | 0 1000 ha | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 233 | British Virgin Islands | 0 1000 ha | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 233 | Wallis and Futuna Islands | 0 1000 ha | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 4.19 million 1000 ha
- Africa 1.14 million 1000 ha
- Americas 1.10 million 1000 ha
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 969,238 1000 ha
- Asia 953,273 1000 ha
- Europe 714,572 1000 ha
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 670,398 1000 ha
- Northern America 663,635 1000 ha
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 641,603 1000 ha
- Eastern Europe 615,954 1000 ha
- Sub-Saharan Africa 603,823 1000 ha
- Northern Africa 537,965 1000 ha
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.