Permanent crops — Area by country

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Countries reporting
238
Highest
26,060 1000 ha
Indonesia
Lowest
0.0109 1000 ha
Andorra
Median
97.47 1000 ha
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
15,641

What the numbers show

Permanent crops — Area is currently reported for 238 countries. The highest value is 26,060 1000 ha in Indonesia; the lowest is 0.0109 1000 ha in Andorra.

The median across all reporting countries is 97.47 1000 ha, and the mean is 1,133 1000 ha.

Over the past decade 136 countries rose and 68 fell. The largest increase was in Central African Republic (up 774.9%), and the largest decrease in United States Virgin Islands (down 80.0%).

Permanent crops — Area: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Indonesia 26,060 1000 ha 2024 up 14.3% volatile
2 OECD 24,537 1000 ha 2024 up 12.9% rising
3 China 20,327 1000 ha 2024 up 27.7% volatile
4 China, mainland 20,142 1000 ha 2024 up 28.1% volatile
5 India 14,200 1000 ha 2024 up 8.9% rising
6 Cote d'Ivoire 8,488 1000 ha 2024 up 33.0% volatile
6 Côte d'Ivoire 8,488 1000 ha 2024 up 33.0% volatile
8 Brazil 8,088 1000 ha 2024 down 8.4% rising
9 Nigeria 7,852 1000 ha 2024 up 28.3% rising
10 Malaysia 7,014 1000 ha 2024 down 2.8% rising
11 Thailand 6,265 1000 ha 2024 up 25.0% rising
12 Philippines 5,656 1000 ha 2024 up 5.2% rising
13 Spain 5,096 1000 ha 2024 up 3.8% flat
14 Vietnam 4,921 1000 ha 2024 up 28.7% volatile
14 Viet Nam 4,921 1000 ha 2024 up 28.7% volatile
16 USSR 4,520 1000 ha 1991 down 11.4% flat
17 Mexico 4,393 1000 ha 2024 up 64.1% rising
18 Turkey 3,799 1000 ha 2024 up 17.3% rising
18 Türkiye 3,799 1000 ha 2024 up 17.3% rising
20 United States 3,181 1000 ha 2024 up 12.0% rising
21 Uganda 2,748 1000 ha 2024 up 35.6% rising
22 Ghana 2,708 1000 ha 2024 up 10.8% rising
23 Colombia 2,473 1000 ha 2024 up 23.0% rising
24 Italy 2,398 1000 ha 2024 up 0.2% falling
25 Peru 2,280 1000 ha 2024 up 41.5% volatile
26 United Republic of Tanzania 2,198 1000 ha 2024 up 23.1% rising
27 Tunisia 2,119 1000 ha 2024 down 9.1% rising
28 Argentina 2,094 1000 ha 2024 up 99.2% rising
29 Ethiopia 2,057 1000 ha 2024 up 56.6% rising
30 Russia 2,011 1000 ha 2024 up 10.1% rising
30 Russian Federation 2,011 1000 ha 2024 up 10.1% rising
32 Democratic Republic of the Congo 1,994 1000 ha 2024 up 23.0% rising
33 Morocco 1,932 1000 ha 2024 up 30.4% volatile
34 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1,891 1000 ha 2024 up 5.6% rising
35 Cameroon 1,767 1000 ha 2024 up 14.0% rising
36 Myanmar 1,509 1000 ha 2024 unchanged volatile
37 Caribbean 1,395 1000 ha 2024 up 9.9% rising
38 Ecuador 1,346 1000 ha 2024 down 5.0% rising
39 Guinea 1,222 1000 ha 2024 up 62.6% rising
40 Sri Lanka 1,205 1000 ha 2024 up 8.5% rising
41 Guatemala 1,183 1000 ha 2024 up 11.5% rising
42 Melanesia 1,129 1000 ha 2024 up 7.8% rising
43 Kenya 1,078 1000 ha 2024 up 73.2% rising
44 Greece 1,053 1000 ha 2024 down 4.6% rising
45 Syria 1,049 1000 ha 2024 down 1.8% rising
45 Syrian Arab Republic 1,049 1000 ha 2024 down 1.8% rising
47 Central African Republic 1,030 1000 ha 2024 up 774.9% volatile
48 France 1,016 1000 ha 2024 up 2.1% falling
49 Algeria 982.2 1000 ha 2024 up 1.3% rising
50 Egypt 955 1000 ha 2024 down 11.2% volatile
51 Bangladesh 922 1000 ha 2024 up 15.9% rising
52 Papua New Guinea 885 1000 ha 2024 up 10.6% rising
53 Portugal 880.86 1000 ha 2024 up 17.8% rising
54 Ukraine 853 1000 ha 2024 down 4.5% falling
55 Yugoslav SFR 715 1000 ha 1991 down 3.1% rising
56 Honduras 706.83 1000 ha 2024 up 30.9% rising
57 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 700 1000 ha 2024 unchanged rising
58 Pakistan 699 1000 ha 2024 down 13.9% rising
59 Burkina Faso 680.72 1000 ha 2024 up 62.1% volatile
60 Benin 668.34 1000 ha 2024 down 10.6% volatile
61 Ethiopia PDR 655 1000 ha 1992 down 7.1% rising
62 Cuba 653 1000 ha 2024 up 53.0% rising
63 Madagascar 639.58 1000 ha 2024 up 8.5% rising
64 Rwanda 511.17 1000 ha 2024 up 13.5% rising
65 Iraq 509.03 1000 ha 2024 up 39.4% rising
66 Cambodia 500.3 1000 ha 2024 up 176.8% volatile
67 Chile 499 1000 ha 2024 down 0.8% rising
68 Australia and New Zealand 459 1000 ha 2024 up 10.9% rising
69 Uzbekistan 455.1 1000 ha 2024 up 22.3% rising
70 South Africa 413 1000 ha 2024 unchanged rising
71 Romania 406 1000 ha 2024 down 4.5% falling
72 Australia 385 1000 ha 2024 up 11.0% rising
73 Mozambique 381.92 1000 ha 2024 up 18.0% rising
74 Costa Rica 377.21 1000 ha 2024 up 18.2% rising
75 Laos 374.27 1000 ha 2024 up 80.1% volatile
75 Lao People's Democratic Republic 374.27 1000 ha 2024 up 80.1% volatile
77 Angola 357.07 1000 ha 2024 up 20.4% falling
78 Poland 344 1000 ha 2024 down 8.5% rising
79 Libya 330 1000 ha 2024 unchanged rising
80 Mali 328.58 1000 ha 2024 up 109.7% volatile
81 Serbia and Montenegro 317 1000 ha 2005 down 10.5% falling
82 Yemen 311.21 1000 ha 2024 up 5.2% volatile
83 Burundi 306.22 1000 ha 2024 unchanged rising
84 Haiti 300.23 1000 ha 2024 down 12.9% rising
85 Nicaragua 296 1000 ha 2022 unchanged rising
86 Saudi Arabia 289 1000 ha 2024 up 98.9% volatile
87 Dominican Republic 288.77 1000 ha 2024 down 15.5% falling
88 Malawi 282.19 1000 ha 2024 up 49.1% volatile
89 Azerbaijan 274.6 1000 ha 2024 up 17.6% falling
90 Afghanistan 271 1000 ha 2024 up 95.0% rising
91 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 255.74 1000 ha 2024 up 9.8% rising
92 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 252.55 1000 ha 2024 up 3.4% volatile
93 Japan 249 1000 ha 2024 down 15.9% falling
94 Guinea-Bissau 234.56 1000 ha 2024 down 8.4% volatile
95 Moldova 223 1000 ha 2024 down 6.3% falling
95 Republic of Moldova 223 1000 ha 2024 down 6.3% falling
97 Sudan 216 1000 ha 2024 up 28.6% rising
98 Liberia 212.85 1000 ha 2024 up 1.4% flat
99 Serbia 211.53 1000 ha 2024 up 12.8% rising
100 Czechoslovakia 208 1000 ha 1992 up 54.1% rising
101 Tajikistan 205 1000 ha 2024 up 49.6% rising
102 Sierra Leone 203.47 1000 ha 2024 up 13.2% rising
103 Republic of Korea 203 1000 ha 2024 down 5.6% rising
104 Germany 198 1000 ha 2024 down 2.5% falling
105 China, Taiwan Province of 183.27 1000 ha 2024 down 5.7% rising
106 Canada 172 1000 ha 2024 down 3.5% rising
107 Gabon 170 1000 ha 2024 unchanged rising
108 El Salvador 150.66 1000 ha 2024 down 19.9% flat
109 Kazakhstan 148.1 1000 ha 2024 up 10.5% rising
110 Nepal 145 1000 ha 2024 down 18.4% volatile
111 Hungary 144.19 1000 ha 2024 down 20.3% falling
112 Sudan (former) 141.5 1000 ha 2011 up 20.9% rising
113 Lebanon 140.96 1000 ha 2024 up 9.4% rising
114 Bulgaria 137 1000 ha 2024 up 7.9% falling
115 Georgia 127.9 1000 ha 2024 up 16.3% falling
116 Niger 113.64 1000 ha 2024 up 8.6% volatile
117 Togo 107.06 1000 ha 2024 up 3.5% rising
118 Congo 102.51 1000 ha 2024 up 25.9% rising
119 Vanuatu 99.68 1000 ha 2024 unchanged rising
120 Panama 95.27 1000 ha 2024 down 40.2% rising
121 Israel 94.9 1000 ha 2024 down 2.4% rising
122 Albania 87.62 1000 ha 2024 up 9.0% rising
123 Jordan 84.77 1000 ha 2024 up 0.3% rising
124 South Sudan 83.19 1000 ha 2024 up 5.6% rising
125 Senegal 82.56 1000 ha 2024 up 14.7% volatile
126 Paraguay 82.25 1000 ha 2024 down 1.4% falling
127 Solomon Islands 80.98 1000 ha 2024 up 16.5% rising
128 East Timor 79.9 1000 ha 2024 up 5.5% volatile
128 Timor-Leste 79.9 1000 ha 2024 up 5.5% volatile
130 Croatia 79 1000 ha 2024 up 1.8% falling
131 Belarus 78.1 1000 ha 2024 down 33.7% falling
132 Comoros 77.19 1000 ha 2024 up 32.8% volatile
133 Polynesia 76.59 1000 ha 2024 up 6.1% falling
134 Bosnia and Herzegovina 75.43 1000 ha 2024 down 28.8% falling
135 Kyrgyzstan 75.31 1000 ha 2024 up 0.1% rising
136 New Zealand 74 1000 ha 2024 up 10.4% rising
137 Palestine 71.3 1000 ha 2024 down 15.1% falling
137 Palestine 71.3 1000 ha 2024 down 15.1% falling
139 Jamaica 68.9 1000 ha 2024 unchanged falling
140 Austria 63.8 1000 ha 2024 down 2.4% falling
141 Armenia 61.8 1000 ha 2024 up 7.9% rising
141 Fiji 61.8 1000 ha 2024 down 17.0% flat
143 Slovenia 53.17 1000 ha 2024 up 0.2% rising
144 Micronesia 48.17 1000 ha 2024 down 6.1% falling
145 Zimbabwe 47.1 1000 ha 2024 up 24.9% rising
146 United Kingdom 43.06 1000 ha 2024 down 3.9% falling
146 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 43.06 1000 ha 2024 down 3.9% falling
148 United Arab Emirates 41.4 1000 ha 2024 up 7.5% volatile
149 Zambia 40.49 1000 ha 2024 up 6.3% rising
150 Czechia 40.48 1000 ha 2024 down 12.0% falling
151 Turkmenistan 39.8 1000 ha 2024 up 20.8% rising
152 Sao Tome and Principe 39.26 1000 ha 2024 up 15.3% flat
153 North Macedonia 39 1000 ha 2024 up 2.6% falling
153 Uruguay 39 1000 ha 2024 unchanged falling
155 Equatorial Guinea 38.67 1000 ha 2024 down 7.9% falling
156 Chad 37.48 1000 ha 2024 up 4.0% volatile
157 Oman 35.86 1000 ha 2024 up 14.6% rising
158 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 35 1000 ha 2024 down 3.6% falling
159 Lithuania 33 1000 ha 2024 down 3.2% falling
160 Belize 32 1000 ha 2024 unchanged volatile
160 Kiribati 32 1000 ha 2024 unchanged falling
162 Samoa 31.71 1000 ha 2024 up 7.5% falling
163 Guyana 31.17 1000 ha 2024 up 16.8% rising
164 Somalia 30.15 1000 ha 2024 up 22.2% rising
165 Denmark 28 1000 ha 2024 up 1.3% volatile
165 Pacific Islands Trust Territory 28 1000 ha 1990 unchanged falling
167 Cyprus 26.99 1000 ha 2024 down 0.0% falling
168 Gambia 26.41 1000 ha 2024 up 208.2% volatile
169 Switzerland 25.38 1000 ha 2024 down 0.6% rising
170 French Polynesia 24.58 1000 ha 2024 up 3.7% rising
171 Belgium 23.34 1000 ha 2024 up 4.6% rising
172 Trinidad and Tobago 23.32 1000 ha 2024 unchanged falling
173 Eswatini 20.38 1000 ha 2024 up 22.5% volatile
174 Belgium-Luxembourg 20 1000 ha 1999 up 33.3% falling
175 Dominica 17 1000 ha 2024 unchanged rising
175 Slovakia 17 1000 ha 2024 down 9.6% falling
177 Bhutan 14 1000 ha 2024 up 12.9% falling
178 Puerto Rico 13.56 1000 ha 2024 down 10.1% falling
179 Namibia 13.51 1000 ha 2024 up 50.1% volatile
180 Latvia 10 1000 ha 2024 up 66.7% volatile
180 Mauritania 10 1000 ha 2024 unchanged rising
182 Montenegro 9.36 1000 ha 2024 up 86.8% falling
183 Tonga 9.11 1000 ha 2024 unchanged falling
184 Brunei 7.9 1000 ha 2024 up 17.4% falling
184 Brunei Darussalam 7.9 1000 ha 2024 up 17.4% falling
186 Guam 7 1000 ha 2024 down 22.2% rising
187 Saint Lucia 6.9 1000 ha 2024 unchanged falling
188 Marshall Islands 6.77 1000 ha 2024 down 11.2% falling
189 French Guiana 6.04 1000 ha 2024 up 11.3% volatile
190 Kuwait 6 1000 ha 2024 down 9.1% volatile
190 Lesotho 6 1000 ha 2024 up 50.0% rising
192 Martinique 5.79 1000 ha 2024 down 14.6% falling
193 Mongolia 5.39 1000 ha 2024 up 12.3% volatile
194 Finland 4.9 1000 ha 2024 up 48.5% rising
195 Mayotte 4.17 1000 ha 2024 up 42.7% falling
196 Mauritius 4.1 1000 ha 2024 up 4.9% falling
197 Estonia 4 1000 ha 2024 up 33.3% falling
197 Grenada 4 1000 ha 2024 unchanged falling
199 Reunion 3.16 1000 ha 2024 up 2.2% rising
199 Réunion 3.16 1000 ha 2024 up 2.2% rising
201 Qatar 3.07 1000 ha 2024 up 22.8% rising
202 Bahamas 3 1000 ha 2024 unchanged rising
202 Norway 3 1000 ha 2024 up 1.7% rising
202 Suriname 3 1000 ha 2024 down 50.0% falling
202 Sweden 3 1000 ha 2024 down 16.4% falling
202 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 3 1000 ha 2024 unchanged falling
207 Guadeloupe 2.96 1000 ha 2024 down 5.7% falling
208 Niue 2.8 1000 ha 2024 unchanged rising
209 Tuvalu 2.6 1000 ha 2024 up 44.4% falling
210 Wallis and Futuna Islands 2.5 1000 ha 2024 unchanged falling
211 Cabo Verde 2.47 1000 ha 2024 down 33.8% rising
212 Bahrain 2.13 1000 ha 2024 down 9.4% falling
213 Botswana 2 1000 ha 2024 unchanged rising
213 Palau 2 1000 ha 2024 unchanged flat
215 New Caledonia 1.78 1000 ha 2024 down 58.1% falling
216 Cook Islands 1.7 1000 ha 2024 up 21.3% falling
217 Luxembourg 1.51 1000 ha 2024 down 2.3% rising
218 Seychelles 1.39 1000 ha 2024 up 29.9% falling
219 Eritrea 1.36 1000 ha 2024 up 2.3% falling
220 Antigua and Barbuda 1.3 1000 ha 2024 unchanged rising
221 Malta 1.04 1000 ha 2024 down 17.5% rising
222 Barbados 1 1000 ha 2024 unchanged flat
222 Ireland 1 1000 ha 2024 unchanged falling
222 Maldives 1 1000 ha 2024 down 33.3% volatile
222 British Virgin Islands 1 1000 ha 2024 unchanged flat
222 China, Hong Kong SAR 1 1000 ha 2024 unchanged flat
227 American Samoa 0.99 1000 ha 2024 up 30.3% rising
228 Djibouti 0.87 1000 ha 2024 up 16.0% rising
229 Tokelau 0.6 1000 ha 2024 unchanged rising
230 Cayman Islands 0.5 1000 ha 2024 unchanged flat
231 Nauru 0.34 1000 ha 2024 down 15.0% rising
231 Naoero 0.34 1000 ha 2024 down 15.0% rising
233 San Marino 0.3125 1000 ha 2024 up 0.8% rising
234 United States Virgin Islands 0.2 1000 ha 2024 down 80.0% falling
235 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.1 1000 ha 2024 unchanged volatile
235 Singapore 0.1 1000 ha 2024 unchanged volatile
237 Northern Mariana Islands 0.07 1000 ha 2024 down 72.0% volatile
238 Andorra 0.0109 1000 ha 2024 up 14.7% rising

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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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Indicator
Permanent crops — Area
Unit
1000 ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
270 places, 15,641 data points, 1961–2024
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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.