Temporary fallow — Area by country
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Countries reporting
225
Highest
26,866 1000 ha
OECD
Lowest
0 1000 ha
Viet Nam
Median
62.3 1000 ha
Years covered
27
1998–2024
Data points
6,187
What the numbers show
Temporary fallow — Area is currently reported for 225 countries. The highest value is 26,866 1000 ha in OECD; the lowest is 0 1000 ha in Viet Nam.
The median across all reporting countries is 62.3 1000 ha, and the mean is 949.75 1000 ha.
Over the past decade 73 countries rose and 132 fell. The largest increase was in Denmark (up 786.4%), and the largest decrease in Andorra (down 100.0%).
Temporary fallow — Area: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OECD | 26,866 1000 ha | 2024 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 2 | India | 26,070 1000 ha | 2024 | up 4.9% | falling |
| 3 | Pakistan | 14,560 1000 ha | 2024 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 4 | China | 12,186 1000 ha | 2024 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 5 | China, mainland | 12,132 1000 ha | 2024 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 6 | Russian Federation | 10,544 1000 ha | 2024 | up 23.7% | falling |
| 7 | Indonesia | 10,194 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 8 | Brazil | 7,531 1000 ha | 2024 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 9 | Australia and New Zealand | 5,940 1000 ha | 2024 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 10 | Australia | 5,882 1000 ha | 2024 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 11 | Afghanistan | 4,691 1000 ha | 2024 | up 9.4% | flat |
| 12 | Nigeria | 4,159 1000 ha | 2024 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 13 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 4,105 1000 ha | 2024 | up 15.0% | falling |
| 14 | Mexico | 3,974 1000 ha | 2024 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 15 | Kazakhstan | 3,784 1000 ha | 2024 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 16 | Saudi Arabia | 3,684 1000 ha | 2024 | up 39.2% | rising |
| 17 | Peru | 3,001 1000 ha | 2024 | up 5.6% | falling |
| 18 | Algeria | 2,849 1000 ha | 2024 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 19 | Türkiye | 2,655 1000 ha | 2024 | down 35.4% | falling |
| 20 | Argentina | 2,502 1000 ha | 2024 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 21 | Spain | 2,414 1000 ha | 2024 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 22 | Iraq | 2,411 1000 ha | 2024 | up 137.7% | volatile |
| 23 | Caribbean | 2,128 1000 ha | 2024 | up 39.3% | rising |
| 24 | United Republic of Tanzania | 2,021 1000 ha | 2024 | up 25.9% | rising |
| 25 | Niger | 1,982 1000 ha | 2024 | down 6.0% | flat |
| 26 | Cuba | 1,950 1000 ha | 2024 | up 43.2% | rising |
| 27 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 1,847 1000 ha | 2024 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 28 | Syrian Arab Republic | 1,682 1000 ha | 2024 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 29 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 1,636 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 30 | Morocco | 1,508 1000 ha | 2024 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 31 | Tunisia | 1,300 1000 ha | 2024 | up 65.8% | rising |
| 32 | Uganda | 978.89 1000 ha | 2024 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 33 | Burkina Faso | 786.22 1000 ha | 2024 | up 24.9% | rising |
| 34 | Kenya | 748.07 1000 ha | 2024 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 35 | Chile | 705.9 1000 ha | 2024 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 36 | Sudan (former) | 705.6 1000 ha | 2011 | up 13.0% | volatile |
| 37 | Nicaragua | 702 1000 ha | 2022 | unchanged | falling |
| 38 | Cameroon | 693.51 1000 ha | 2024 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 39 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 664.91 1000 ha | 2024 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 40 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 616.05 1000 ha | 2024 | up 284.6% | volatile |
| 41 | Chad | 592.84 1000 ha | 2024 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 42 | Senegal | 591.23 1000 ha | 2024 | down 26.1% | falling |
| 43 | Côte d'Ivoire | 557.05 1000 ha | 2024 | up 28.8% | rising |
| 44 | Ghana | 526.83 1000 ha | 2024 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 45 | Guinea | 520.13 1000 ha | 2024 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 46 | Angola | 510.88 1000 ha | 2024 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 47 | France | 510.2 1000 ha | 2024 | up 9.4% | volatile |
| 48 | Germany | 502 1000 ha | 2024 | up 165.6% | volatile |
| 49 | Canada | 499 1000 ha | 2024 | down 63.6% | volatile |
| 50 | Sudan | 489 1000 ha | 2024 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 51 | Bangladesh | 480 1000 ha | 2024 | up 27.7% | falling |
| 52 | Myanmar | 458.11 1000 ha | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 53 | Uzbekistan | 452.65 1000 ha | 2024 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 54 | Zimbabwe | 449.71 1000 ha | 2024 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 55 | Malawi | 447.42 1000 ha | 2024 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 56 | Zambia | 425.05 1000 ha | 2024 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 57 | Mozambique | 377 1000 ha | 2024 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 58 | Paraguay | 375.64 1000 ha | 2024 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 59 | Italy | 350.14 1000 ha | 2024 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 60 | Madagascar | 335.57 1000 ha | 2024 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 61 | Ethiopia | 331 1000 ha | 2024 | down 47.6% | falling |
| 62 | South Sudan | 298.24 1000 ha | 2024 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 63 | Togo | 296.42 1000 ha | 2024 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 64 | Colombia | 257.72 1000 ha | 2024 | up 283.9% | rising |
| 65 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 256.71 1000 ha | 2024 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 66 | Thailand | 253 1000 ha | 2024 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 67 | Finland | 245.2 1000 ha | 2024 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 68 | Armenia | 233.6 1000 ha | 2024 | up 89.6% | rising |
| 69 | Panama | 224.4 1000 ha | 2024 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 70 | Yemen | 221.73 1000 ha | 2024 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 71 | Mongolia | 214.67 1000 ha | 2024 | down 29.6% | falling |
| 72 | Egypt | 200.33 1000 ha | 2024 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 73 | Serbia and Montenegro | 199.8 1000 ha | 2005 | — | rising |
| 74 | Romania | 199.13 1000 ha | 2024 | down 63.3% | volatile |
| 75 | Uruguay | 197 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 76 | Ecuador | 195.63 1000 ha | 2024 | up 108.1% | falling |
| 77 | Denmark | 195 1000 ha | 2024 | up 786.4% | volatile |
| 78 | Hungary | 194.25 1000 ha | 2024 | up 169.8% | falling |
| 79 | Libya | 192.39 1000 ha | 2024 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 80 | Benin | 187 1000 ha | 2024 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 81 | Albania | 184.33 1000 ha | 2024 | down 10.8% | rising |
| 82 | Guatemala | 170 1000 ha | 2024 | up 30.9% | volatile |
| 83 | Greece | 167.25 1000 ha | 2024 | down 57.2% | falling |
| 84 | Ukraine | 167 1000 ha | 2024 | down 30.1% | volatile |
| 85 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 154 1000 ha | 2024 | down 16.0% | flat |
| 86 | Sweden | 145 1000 ha | 2024 | up 7.1% | falling |
| 87 | North Macedonia | 144 1000 ha | 2024 | up 7.5% | falling |
| 88 | Portugal | 140.62 1000 ha | 2024 | down 57.8% | falling |
| 89 | Gambia | 127 1000 ha | 2024 | up 72.2% | rising |
| 90 | Somalia | 123.04 1000 ha | 2024 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 91 | Lesotho | 122.09 1000 ha | 2024 | up 78.8% | volatile |
| 92 | Liberia | 121.49 1000 ha | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 93 | Poland | 121 1000 ha | 2024 | down 74.5% | volatile |
| 94 | Dominican Republic | 116.75 1000 ha | 2024 | up 15.9% | falling |
| 95 | Honduras | 113.87 1000 ha | 2024 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 96 | Bulgaria | 113 1000 ha | 2024 | up 22.8% | volatile |
| 97 | Czechia | 109.3 1000 ha | 2024 | up 396.8% | volatile |
| 98 | Sierra Leone | 105.92 1000 ha | 2024 | down 50.2% | falling |
| 99 | Rwanda | 103.46 1000 ha | 2024 | down 53.8% | rising |
| 100 | Botswana | 102 1000 ha | 2024 | up 363.6% | rising |
| 101 | Israel | 90 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 102 | Namibia | 89.32 1000 ha | 2024 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 103 | Austria | 85.13 1000 ha | 2024 | up 143.9% | falling |
| 104 | Republic of Korea | 83 1000 ha | 2024 | up 109.1% | rising |
| 105 | Slovakia | 81 1000 ha | 2024 | up 365.5% | volatile |
| 106 | Burundi | 79.61 1000 ha | 2024 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 107 | Georgia | 77.72 1000 ha | 2024 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 108 | Eritrea | 77.18 1000 ha | 2024 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 109 | Malaysia | 75.07 1000 ha | 2024 | down 36.6% | falling |
| 110 | Jordan | 69.33 1000 ha | 2024 | up 44.1% | rising |
| 111 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 66.98 1000 ha | 2024 | down 85.0% | falling |
| 112 | Latvia | 65 1000 ha | 2024 | up 12.1% | falling |
| 113 | Philippines | 62.3 1000 ha | 2024 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 114 | Congo | 61.52 1000 ha | 2024 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 115 | Nepal | 61 1000 ha | 2024 | up 55.7% | rising |
| 116 | Azerbaijan | 59 1000 ha | 2024 | up 44.3% | falling |
| 117 | New Zealand | 58.39 1000 ha | 2024 | down 19.9% | rising |
| 118 | Melanesia | 55.94 1000 ha | 2024 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 119 | China, Taiwan Province of | 53.23 1000 ha | 2024 | up 4.4% | flat |
| 120 | Lithuania | 53 1000 ha | 2024 | down 38.7% | falling |
| 121 | Mauritania | 50.34 1000 ha | 2024 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 122 | Costa Rica | 47.5 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 123 | United Arab Emirates | 41.42 1000 ha | 2024 | up 35.4% | rising |
| 124 | Guinea-Bissau | 37.68 1000 ha | 2024 | up 1.7% | falling |
| 125 | Papua New Guinea | 36.91 1000 ha | 2024 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 126 | Gabon | 36.35 1000 ha | 2024 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 127 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 33 1000 ha | 2024 | up 317.7% | volatile |
| 128 | Belgium | 30.98 1000 ha | 2024 | up 287.2% | falling |
| 129 | El Salvador | 29.7 1000 ha | 2024 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 130 | Bhutan | 28.72 1000 ha | 2024 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 131 | Turkmenistan | 28.56 1000 ha | 2024 | down 58.8% | falling |
| 132 | Puerto Rico | 28.17 1000 ha | 2024 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 133 | Croatia | 28 1000 ha | 2024 | up 374.6% | rising |
| 134 | Belarus | 21.97 1000 ha | 2024 | down 2.5% | volatile |
| 135 | Eswatini | 19.8 1000 ha | 2024 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 136 | Republic of Moldova | 19.7 1000 ha | 2024 | down 48.2% | volatile |
| 137 | Tajikistan | 18.7 1000 ha | 2024 | down 37.0% | falling |
| 138 | Mali | 18.54 1000 ha | 2024 | down 91.5% | volatile |
| 139 | Cambodia | 16.63 1000 ha | 2024 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 140 | Estonia | 16 1000 ha | 2024 | down 59.0% | volatile |
| 141 | Jamaica | 13.98 1000 ha | 2024 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 142 | Qatar | 12.93 1000 ha | 2024 | up 37.6% | rising |
| 143 | Polynesia | 12.68 1000 ha | 2024 | down 20.7% | rising |
| 144 | Fiji | 12.4 1000 ha | 2024 | down 48.8% | falling |
| 145 | Belize | 11.63 1000 ha | 2024 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 146 | Guyana | 10.61 1000 ha | 2024 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 147 | Tonga | 10.3 1000 ha | 2024 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 148 | Cyprus | 9.6 1000 ha | 2024 | down 20.6% | rising |
| 149 | Lebanon | 9.3 1000 ha | 2024 | down 11.0% | flat |
| 150 | Serbia | 9 1000 ha | 2024 | down 54.3% | falling |
| 151 | Cabo Verde | 8.1 1000 ha | 2024 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 152 | Mauritius | 7.9 1000 ha | 2024 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 153 | Comoros | 6.19 1000 ha | 2024 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 154 | Suriname | 6.15 1000 ha | 2024 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 155 | Palestine | 6.1 1000 ha | 2024 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 156 | Equatorial Guinea | 5.93 1000 ha | 2024 | down 11.1% | rising |
| 157 | Switzerland | 4.89 1000 ha | 2024 | up 95.6% | falling |
| 158 | Haiti | 4.8 1000 ha | 2024 | down 14.7% | rising |
| 159 | Sri Lanka | 4.25 1000 ha | 2024 | down 10.0% | rising |
| 160 | French Guiana | 4 1000 ha | 2024 | up 149.4% | volatile |
| 161 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3.62 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 162 | Martinique | 3.49 1000 ha | 2024 | up 155.7% | rising |
| 163 | Kyrgyzstan | 3.4 1000 ha | 2024 | up 13.3% | falling |
| 164 | Solomon Islands | 2.61 1000 ha | 2024 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 165 | Timor-Leste | 2.6 1000 ha | 2024 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 166 | Vanuatu | 2.24 1000 ha | 2024 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 167 | Slovenia | 2.03 1000 ha | 2024 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 168 | Guadeloupe | 1.95 1000 ha | 2024 | down 19.4% | rising |
| 169 | New Caledonia | 1.78 1000 ha | 2024 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 170 | Cook Islands | 1.27 1000 ha | 2024 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 171 | Saint Lucia | 1.11 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 172 | Netherlands Antilles (former) | 1.06 1000 ha | 2010 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 173 | Ireland | 1 1000 ha | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 173 | Iceland | 1 1000 ha | 2024 | down 16.7% | flat |
| 173 | Norway | 1 1000 ha | 2024 | down 35.9% | falling |
| 176 | Bahamas | 0.89 1000 ha | 2024 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 176 | Kuwait | 0.89 1000 ha | 2024 | down 23.9% | falling |
| 178 | Barbados | 0.78 1000 ha | 2024 | down 29.7% | falling |
| 179 | Luxembourg | 0.776 1000 ha | 2024 | up 454.3% | volatile |
| 180 | Micronesia | 0.71 1000 ha | 2024 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 181 | Malta | 0.658 1000 ha | 2024 | down 31.5% | rising |
| 182 | Dominica | 0.62 1000 ha | 2024 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 183 | Bahrain | 0.6 1000 ha | 2024 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 184 | French Polynesia | 0.49 1000 ha | 2024 | up 75.0% | rising |
| 185 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.45 1000 ha | 2024 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 185 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.45 1000 ha | 2024 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 185 | Western Sahara | 0.45 1000 ha | 2024 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 185 | Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha | 0.45 1000 ha | 2024 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 185 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.45 1000 ha | 2024 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 190 | Maldives | 0.44 1000 ha | 2024 | down 8.3% | rising |
| 191 | Djibouti | 0.4 1000 ha | 2024 | up 48.1% | rising |
| 192 | Channel Islands | 0.39 1000 ha | 2024 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 193 | Grenada | 0.34 1000 ha | 2024 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 194 | Samoa | 0.29 1000 ha | 2024 | down 93.1% | volatile |
| 195 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 0.27 1000 ha | 2024 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 196 | Aruba | 0.22 1000 ha | 2024 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 196 | Kiribati | 0.22 1000 ha | 2024 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 196 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.22 1000 ha | 2024 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 196 | British Virgin Islands | 0.22 1000 ha | 2024 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 196 | Montserrat | 0.22 1000 ha | 2024 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 196 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 0.22 1000 ha | 2024 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 196 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 0.22 1000 ha | 2024 | down 42.1% | falling |
| 203 | Montenegro | 0.2 1000 ha | 2024 | up 233.3% | volatile |
| 204 | Liechtenstein | 0.19 1000 ha | 2024 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 205 | San Marino | 0.14 1000 ha | 2024 | up 7.7% | falling |
| 206 | Guam | 0.11 1000 ha | 2024 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 206 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.11 1000 ha | 2024 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 206 | Wallis and Futuna Islands | 0.11 1000 ha | 2024 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 209 | United States Virgin Islands | 0.08 1000 ha | 2024 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 210 | Marshall Islands | 0.06 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 210 | Singapore | 0.06 1000 ha | 2024 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 212 | Niue | 0.04 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 213 | Bermuda | 0.03 1000 ha | 2024 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 213 | Palau | 0.03 1000 ha | 2024 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 215 | Cayman Islands | 0.02 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 215 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0.02 1000 ha | 2024 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 217 | Faroe Islands | 0.01 1000 ha | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 218 | Mayotte | 0.004 1000 ha | 2024 | down 99.9% | volatile |
| 219 | Andorra | 0 1000 ha | 2024 | down 100.0% | rising |
| 219 | Isle of Man | 0 1000 ha | 2024 | — | flat |
| 219 | Japan | 0 1000 ha | 2024 | — | flat |
| 219 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 1000 ha | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 219 | Oman | 0 1000 ha | 2024 | — | flat |
| 219 | Seychelles | 0 1000 ha | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 219 | Viet Nam | 0 1000 ha | 2024 | — | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 172,713 1000 ha
- Asia 89,509 1000 ha
- Southern Asia 50,000 1000 ha
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 45,640 1000 ha
- Americas 31,876 1000 ha
- Africa 27,735 1000 ha
- Latin America and the Caribbean 24,489 1000 ha
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 23,303 1000 ha
- Sub-Saharan Africa 21,194 1000 ha
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 20,285 1000 ha
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 18,844 1000 ha
- Europe 17,583 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.