Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 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
238
Highest
100 %
Nauru
Lowest
0.01 %
Mongolia
Median
6.51 %
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
15,641
What the numbers show
Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land is currently reported for 238 countries. The highest value is 100 % in Nauru; the lowest is 0.01 % in Mongolia.
The median across all reporting countries is 6.51 %, and the mean is 16.86 %.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 10,000.
Over the past decade 145 countries rose and 61 fell. The largest increase was in Central African Republic (up 637.1%), and the largest decrease in United States Virgin Islands (down 71.4%).
Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nauru | 100 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Tuvalu | 100 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Tokelau | 100 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Naoero | 100 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 5 | Kiribati | 94.12 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 6 | Marshall Islands | 93.12 % | 2024 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 7 | Seychelles | 90.28 % | 2024 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 8 | Sao Tome and Principe | 88.7 % | 2024 | up 1.7% | falling |
| 9 | Malaysia | 86.11 % | 2024 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 10 | French Polynesia | 85.81 % | 2024 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 11 | Pacific Islands Trust Territory | 79.41 % | 1990 | up 28.5% | rising |
| 12 | Wallis and Futuna Islands | 71.43 % | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 13 | Micronesia | 70.48 % | 2024 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 14 | Solomon Islands | 69.91 % | 2024 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 15 | Saint Lucia | 69.49 % | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 16 | Dominica | 69.39 % | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 17 | Samoa | 64.18 % | 2024 | up 49.7% | falling |
| 18 | Papua New Guinea | 62.99 % | 2024 | up 2.8% | falling |
| 19 | Vanuatu | 61.65 % | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 20 | Polynesia | 58.48 % | 2024 | up 23.4% | falling |
| 21 | Niue | 58.33 % | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 22 | Comoros | 52.32 % | 2024 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 23 | Melanesia | 51.89 % | 2024 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 24 | Brunei | 51.63 % | 2024 | up 8.4% | flat |
| 24 | Brunei Darussalam | 51.63 % | 2024 | up 8.4% | flat |
| 26 | Grenada | 50 % | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 27 | Indonesia | 47.6 % | 2024 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 28 | Palau | 46.51 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 29 | Cook Islands | 44.56 % | 2024 | up 20.7% | falling |
| 30 | Philippines | 44.37 % | 2024 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 31 | Guam | 43.75 % | 2024 | down 12.5% | rising |
| 32 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 42.86 % | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 33 | Equatorial Guinea | 40.03 % | 2024 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 33 | Vietnam | 40.03 % | 2024 | up 13.9% | volatile |
| 33 | Viet Nam | 40.03 % | 2024 | up 13.9% | volatile |
| 36 | Sri Lanka | 39.94 % | 2024 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 37 | Trinidad and Tobago | 39.18 % | 2024 | down 9.3% | rising |
| 38 | American Samoa | 36.67 % | 2024 | up 94.6% | rising |
| 39 | Cote d'Ivoire | 31.83 % | 2024 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 39 | Côte d'Ivoire | 31.83 % | 2024 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 41 | Rwanda | 28.43 % | 2024 | up 25.7% | rising |
| 42 | Thailand | 28.34 % | 2024 | up 29.2% | rising |
| 43 | Ecuador | 26.7 % | 2024 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 44 | Guinea-Bissau | 26.57 % | 2024 | down 18.3% | volatile |
| 45 | Tonga | 26.11 % | 2024 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 46 | Bahrain | 25.89 % | 2024 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 47 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 25 % | 2024 | up 27.5% | rising |
| 48 | Guatemala | 23.98 % | 2024 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 49 | Costa Rica | 23.74 % | 2024 | up 32.8% | rising |
| 50 | China, Taiwan Province of | 23.59 % | 2024 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 51 | East Timor | 23.4 % | 2024 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 51 | Timor-Leste | 23.4 % | 2024 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 53 | Portugal | 23.26 % | 2024 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 54 | Bahamas | 23.08 % | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 55 | Egypt | 22.58 % | 2024 | down 22.0% | volatile |
| 56 | Honduras | 22.17 % | 2024 | up 31.6% | rising |
| 57 | Tunisia | 21.97 % | 2024 | down 8.0% | rising |
| 58 | Lebanon | 21.64 % | 2024 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 59 | Cyprus | 21.54 % | 2024 | down 13.1% | flat |
| 60 | Ghana | 21.48 % | 2024 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 61 | Mayotte | 21.47 % | 2024 | up 47.3% | falling |
| 62 | Greece | 21.01 % | 2024 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 63 | Spain | 20.69 % | 2024 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 64 | Fiji | 19.83 % | 2024 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 65 | Italy | 18.59 % | 2024 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 66 | Cayman Islands | 18.52 % | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 67 | Martinique | 18.48 % | 2024 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 68 | Israel | 18.43 % | 2024 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 69 | Palestine | 18.23 % | 2024 | down 9.8% | flat |
| 69 | Palestine | 18.23 % | 2024 | down 9.8% | flat |
| 71 | Cameroon | 17.73 % | 2024 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 72 | Central African Republic | 17.69 % | 2024 | up 637.1% | volatile |
| 73 | British Virgin Islands | 17.54 % | 2024 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 74 | Belize | 17.2 % | 2024 | down 14.0% | rising |
| 75 | Uganda | 17.07 % | 2024 | up 31.0% | rising |
| 76 | Laos | 17 % | 2024 | up 95.4% | volatile |
| 76 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 17 % | 2024 | up 95.4% | volatile |
| 78 | Maldives | 16.95 % | 2024 | down 27.7% | falling |
| 79 | Haiti | 16.72 % | 2024 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 80 | Jamaica | 16.29 % | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 81 | Burundi | 16.07 % | 2024 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 82 | French Guiana | 15.29 % | 2024 | down 13.1% | rising |
| 83 | Singapore | 15.15 % | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 84 | Antigua and Barbuda | 13.94 % | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 85 | Benin | 13.74 % | 2024 | down 26.6% | volatile |
| 86 | Republic of Korea | 13 % | 2024 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 87 | Malta | 12.96 % | 2024 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 88 | El Salvador | 12.7 % | 2024 | down 18.0% | flat |
| 89 | Caribbean | 12.12 % | 2024 | up 9.2% | flat |
| 90 | San Marino | 12.06 % | 2024 | down 8.8% | rising |
| 91 | Dominican Republic | 11.64 % | 2024 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 92 | Myanmar | 11.6 % | 2024 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 93 | Nigeria | 11.18 % | 2024 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 94 | Liberia | 10.99 % | 2024 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 95 | United Arab Emirates | 10.41 % | 2024 | up 3.4% | volatile |
| 96 | Cuba | 10.2 % | 2024 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 97 | Barbados | 10 % | 2024 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 98 | Turkey | 9.83 % | 2024 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 98 | Türkiye | 9.83 % | 2024 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 100 | Bangladesh | 9.81 % | 2024 | up 12.2% | volatile |
| 101 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 9.72 % | 2024 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 102 | Gabon | 9.59 % | 2024 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 103 | Peru | 9.38 % | 2024 | up 41.1% | volatile |
| 104 | Moldova | 9.25 % | 2024 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 104 | Republic of Moldova | 9.25 % | 2024 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 106 | Slovenia | 8.7 % | 2024 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 107 | Jordan | 8.25 % | 2024 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 107 | Puerto Rico | 8.25 % | 2024 | up 2.6% | falling |
| 109 | Cambodia | 8.17 % | 2024 | up 152.9% | rising |
| 110 | India | 7.97 % | 2024 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 111 | Reunion | 7.92 % | 2024 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 111 | Réunion | 7.92 % | 2024 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 113 | Albania | 7.78 % | 2024 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 114 | Syria | 7.71 % | 2024 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 114 | Syrian Arab Republic | 7.71 % | 2024 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 116 | United States Virgin Islands | 6.94 % | 2024 | down 71.4% | volatile |
| 117 | Guinea | 6.79 % | 2024 | up 43.2% | rising |
| 118 | Northern Mariana Islands | 6.67 % | 2024 | down 54.7% | falling |
| 119 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 6.57 % | 2024 | up 33.8% | flat |
| 120 | Morocco | 6.44 % | 2024 | up 30.9% | rising |
| 121 | Guadeloupe | 6.39 % | 2024 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 122 | Serbia | 6.34 % | 2024 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 123 | Colombia | 6.1 % | 2024 | up 35.9% | rising |
| 124 | Nicaragua | 5.81 % | 2022 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 125 | Azerbaijan | 5.75 % | 2024 | up 17.3% | falling |
| 126 | Serbia and Montenegro | 5.67 % | 2005 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 127 | Panama | 5.56 % | 2024 | down 25.2% | flat |
| 128 | United Republic of Tanzania | 5.51 % | 2024 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 129 | Georgia | 5.46 % | 2024 | up 20.0% | falling |
| 130 | Japan | 5.43 % | 2024 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 130 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 5.43 % | 2024 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 132 | Iraq | 5.42 % | 2024 | up 37.6% | rising |
| 133 | Croatia | 5.39 % | 2024 | up 4.9% | falling |
| 134 | Ethiopia | 5.35 % | 2024 | up 50.3% | rising |
| 135 | Tajikistan | 5.27 % | 2024 | up 43.2% | rising |
| 136 | China | 5.18 % | 2024 | up 33.5% | volatile |
| 137 | China, mainland | 5.14 % | 2024 | up 33.9% | volatile |
| 138 | Yugoslav SFR | 5.12 % | 1991 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 139 | Sierra Leone | 5.1 % | 2024 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 140 | Mauritius | 5.02 % | 2024 | up 4.8% | flat |
| 141 | Chile | 4.67 % | 2024 | up 23.9% | volatile |
| 142 | Malawi | 4.6 % | 2024 | up 36.9% | rising |
| 143 | Mexico | 4.46 % | 2024 | up 64.6% | rising |
| 144 | Guyana | 4.33 % | 2024 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 145 | Qatar | 4.14 % | 2024 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 146 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 4.02 % | 2024 | up 3.1% | volatile |
| 147 | Kuwait | 4 % | 2024 | down 7.8% | volatile |
| 148 | Burkina Faso | 3.98 % | 2024 | up 52.5% | volatile |
| 149 | Suriname | 3.95 % | 2024 | down 41.9% | falling |
| 150 | Nepal | 3.87 % | 2024 | down 12.0% | volatile |
| 151 | Montenegro | 3.77 % | 2024 | up 72.9% | flat |
| 152 | Kenya | 3.71 % | 2024 | up 65.6% | rising |
| 153 | Armenia | 3.69 % | 2024 | up 8.2% | falling |
| 154 | France | 3.57 % | 2024 | up 3.2% | falling |
| 155 | Gambia | 3.43 % | 2024 | up 156.0% | rising |
| 156 | Brazil | 3.41 % | 2024 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 157 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 3.25 % | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 158 | Romania | 3.2 % | 2024 | up 4.2% | falling |
| 159 | North Macedonia | 3.14 % | 2024 | up 4.3% | falling |
| 160 | Czechoslovakia | 3.09 % | 1992 | up 56.9% | rising |
| 161 | Hungary | 2.85 % | 2024 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 161 | Togo | 2.85 % | 2024 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 163 | Bulgaria | 2.73 % | 2024 | up 7.1% | falling |
| 164 | Bhutan | 2.66 % | 2024 | up 12.7% | falling |
| 165 | Argentina | 2.59 % | 2024 | up 201.2% | volatile |
| 166 | Austria | 2.49 % | 2024 | up 3.3% | flat |
| 167 | Cabo Verde | 2.48 % | 2024 | down 32.8% | falling |
| 168 | Poland | 2.43 % | 2024 | down 6.9% | rising |
| 169 | Oman | 2.42 % | 2024 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 170 | Algeria | 2.38 % | 2024 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 171 | Libya | 2.15 % | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 172 | OECD | 2.11 % | 2024 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 173 | Ukraine | 2.06 % | 2024 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 174 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 1.95 % | 2024 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 175 | Pakistan | 1.92 % | 2024 | down 14.3% | rising |
| 176 | Uzbekistan | 1.76 % | 2024 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 177 | Belgium | 1.72 % | 2024 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 178 | Switzerland | 1.7 % | 2024 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 178 | Eswatini | 1.7 % | 2024 | up 24.1% | volatile |
| 180 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1.67 % | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 181 | Madagascar | 1.56 % | 2024 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 182 | Yemen | 1.33 % | 2024 | up 5.6% | volatile |
| 183 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 1.31 % | 1999 | up 28.4% | falling |
| 184 | Germany | 1.2 % | 2024 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 185 | Ethiopia PDR | 1.17 % | 1992 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 186 | Lithuania | 1.16 % | 2024 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 187 | Czechia | 1.15 % | 2024 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 188 | Luxembourg | 1.14 % | 2024 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 189 | Denmark | 1.07 % | 2024 | up 2.9% | volatile |
| 190 | Belarus | 0.98 % | 2024 | down 28.5% | falling |
| 190 | New Caledonia | 0.98 % | 2024 | down 57.6% | flat |
| 192 | Congo | 0.96 % | 2024 | up 24.7% | rising |
| 193 | Russia | 0.93 % | 2024 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 193 | Slovakia | 0.93 % | 2024 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 193 | Russian Federation | 0.93 % | 2024 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 196 | Mozambique | 0.87 % | 2024 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 196 | Senegal | 0.87 % | 2024 | up 8.8% | volatile |
| 198 | USSR | 0.81 % | 1991 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 199 | Angola | 0.79 % | 2024 | up 19.7% | falling |
| 199 | Mali | 0.79 % | 2024 | up 107.9% | rising |
| 201 | New Zealand | 0.76 % | 2024 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 202 | United States | 0.75 % | 2024 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 203 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.73 % | 2024 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 204 | Afghanistan | 0.71 % | 2024 | up 91.9% | rising |
| 205 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 0.65 % | 2024 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 206 | Latvia | 0.51 % | 2024 | up 59.4% | falling |
| 207 | South Africa | 0.43 % | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 208 | Estonia | 0.41 % | 2024 | up 32.3% | volatile |
| 209 | Paraguay | 0.38 % | 2024 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 210 | Canada | 0.3 % | 2024 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 210 | Norway | 0.3 % | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 212 | South Sudan | 0.29 % | 2024 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 213 | United Kingdom | 0.26 % | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 213 | Uruguay | 0.26 % | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 213 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.26 % | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 216 | Zimbabwe | 0.25 % | 2024 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 217 | Niger | 0.24 % | 2024 | up 4.3% | volatile |
| 218 | Finland | 0.22 % | 2024 | up 46.7% | rising |
| 219 | Lesotho | 0.21 % | 2024 | up 31.2% | rising |
| 220 | Sudan | 0.19 % | 2024 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 221 | Zambia | 0.17 % | 2024 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 222 | Saudi Arabia | 0.16 % | 2024 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 223 | Australia and New Zealand | 0.12 % | 2024 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 224 | Australia | 0.11 % | 2024 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 225 | Sweden | 0.1 % | 2024 | down 16.7% | flat |
| 225 | Turkmenistan | 0.1 % | 2024 | up 11.1% | flat |
| 225 | Sudan (former) | 0.1 % | 2011 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 228 | Kazakhstan | 0.07 % | 2024 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 228 | Somalia | 0.07 % | 2024 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 228 | Chad | 0.07 % | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 231 | Andorra | 0.06 % | 2024 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 232 | Djibouti | 0.05 % | 2024 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 233 | Mauritania | 0.03 % | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 233 | Namibia | 0.03 % | 2024 | up 50.0% | volatile |
| 235 | Eritrea | 0.02 % | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 235 | Ireland | 0.02 % | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 237 | Botswana | 0.01 % | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 237 | Mongolia | 0.01 % | 2024 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- South-Eastern Asia 39.77 %
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 19.14 %
- Southern Europe 17.98 %
- Western Africa 7.69 %
- European Union (27) 7.57 %
- Asia 6.6 %
- Central America 6.22 %
- Southern Asia 6.11 %
- Latin America and the Caribbean 4.24 %
- World 4.17 %
- Eastern Asia 4.14 %
- Sub-Saharan Africa 4.08 %
- Africa 3.88 %
- South America 3.59 %
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 3.57 %
- Europe 3.46 %
- Middle Africa 3.44 %
- Eastern Africa 3.06 %
- Northern Africa 2.99 %
- Americas 2.71 %
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 2.65 %
- Western Europe 2.6 %
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 2.57 %
- Western Asia 2.53 %
- Eastern Europe 1.37 %
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 1.3 %
- United States of America 0.75 %
- Northern America 0.7 %
- Oceania 0.46 %
- Northern Europe 0.35 %
- Central Asia 0.31 %
- Southern Africa 0.28 %
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.