Agricultural land by country, 2024
Land that is arable, under permanent crops, or under permanent pastures, as a share of land area.
208 places ranked for 2024. Highest: Tuvalu (100.0%). Lowest: Suriname (0.5%). The median is 37.3%.
Highest 10
- 1. Tuvalu 100.0%
- 2. Lesotho 92.9%
- 3. Uruguay 87.4%
- 4. Turkmenistan 84.3%
- 5. Côte d'Ivoire 83.9%
- 6. Saudi Arabia 81.7%
- 7. Uganda 80.3%
- 8. South Africa 79.4%
- 9. Kazakhstan 79.2%
- 10. Comoros 78.9%
Lowest 10
- 208. Suriname 0.5%
- 207. Greenland 0.6%
- 206. Singapore 0.9%
- 205. Turks and Caicos Islands 1.1%
- 204. Bahamas 1.3%
- 203. Northern Mariana Islands 2.3%
- 202. Norway 2.7%
- 201. Brunei 2.9%
- 200. Papua New Guinea 3.1%
- 199. Seychelles 3.4%
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The chart shows the 40 highest values; the table lists all 208. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators.
In short
- Among the 208 countries with a value for 2024, the highest is Tuvalu (100.0%) and the lowest Suriname (0.5%).
- Half of the countries are above 37.3% and half below.
- From 2023 to 2024 the value rose in 71 countries and fell in 69.
Full ranking
| # | Country | Value | Period | Relative size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tuvalu | 100.0% | 2024 | |
| 2 | Lesotho | 92.9% | 2024 | |
| 3 | Uruguay | 87.4% | 2024 | |
| 4 | Turkmenistan | 84.3% | 2024 | |
| 5 | Côte d'Ivoire | 83.9% | 2024 | |
| 6 | Saudi Arabia | 81.7% | 2024 | |
| 7 | Uganda | 80.3% | 2024 | |
| 8 | South Africa | 79.4% | 2024 | |
| 9 | Kazakhstan | 79.2% | 2024 | |
| 10 | Comoros | 78.9% | 2024 | |
| 11 | Nigeria | 77.1% | 2024 | |
| 12 | Gambia | 76.1% | 2024 | |
| 13 | Rwanda | 75.7% | 2024 | |
| 14 | Burundi | 74.2% | 2024 | |
| 15 | Syria | 74.1% | 2024 | |
| 16 | Djibouti | 73.5% | 2024 | |
| 17 | Moldova | 73.2% | 2024 | |
| 18 | Guinea | 73.2% | 2024 | |
| 19 | Bangladesh | 72.2% | 2024 | |
| 20 | Ukraine | 71.3% | 2024 | |
| 21 | Madagascar | 70.4% | 2024 | |
| 22 | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 70.3% | 2024 | |
| 23 | Faroe Islands | 70.1% | 2024 | |
| 24 | Eswatini | 69.6% | 2024 | |
| 25 | United Kingdom | 69.2% | 2024 | |
| 26 | Togo | 69.1% | 2024 | |
| 27 | Mongolia | 68.8% | 2024 | |
| 28 | Isle of Man | 68.3% | 2024 | |
| 29 | Morocco | 67.2% | 2024 | |
| 30 | Ireland | 65.1% | 2024 | |
| 31 | Haiti | 65.1% | 2024 | |
| 32 | Denmark | 65.1% | 2024 | |
| 33 | Malawi | 65.0% | 2024 | |
| 34 | West Bank and Gaza | 64.9% | 2024 | |
| 35 | Lebanon | 63.7% | 2024 | |
| 36 | Eritrea | 62.8% | 2024 | |
| 37 | Burkina Faso | 62.6% | 2024 | |
| 38 | Tunisia | 62.1% | 2024 | |
| 39 | Cuba | 61.7% | 2024 | |
| 40 | Sudan | 60.3% | 2024 | |
| 41 | India | 59.9% | 2024 | |
| 42 | Armenia | 59.4% | 2024 | |
| 43 | Uzbekistan | 58.9% | 2024 | |
| 44 | Afghanistan | 58.4% | 2024 | |
| 45 | Azerbaijan | 57.8% | 2024 | |
| 46 | El Salvador | 57.3% | 2024 | |
| 47 | Mozambique | 56.1% | 2024 | |
| 48 | Hungary | 55.5% | 2024 | |
| 49 | Ghana | 55.4% | 2024 | |
| 50 | Sierra Leone | 55.2% | 2024 | |
| 51 | Romania | 55.2% | 2024 | |
| 52 | Paraguay | 54.1% | 2024 | |
| 53 | Kyrgyzstan | 54.0% | 2024 | |
| 54 | Netherlands | 53.4% | 2024 | |
| 55 | France | 52.8% | 2024 | |
| 56 | Luxembourg | 51.7% | 2024 | |
| 57 | Dominican Republic | 51.5% | 2024 | |
| 58 | Mexico | 50.6% | 2024 | |
| 59 | Türkiye | 50.2% | 2024 | |
| 60 | Kenya | 50.0% | 2024 | |
| 61 | Senegal | 49.4% | 2024 | |
| 62 | Spain | 49.3% | 2024 | |
| 63 | North Macedonia | 49.2% | 2024 | |
| 64 | Sri Lanka | 48.8% | 2024 | |
| 65 | Tonga | 48.5% | 2024 | |
| 66 | Zimbabwe | 48.1% | 2024 | |
| 67 | Germany | 47.4% | 2024 | |
| 68 | Australia | 47.3% | 2024 | |
| 69 | Pakistan | 47.2% | 2024 | |
| 70 | Namibia | 47.1% | 2024 | |
| 71 | Poland | 46.2% | 2024 | |
| 72 | Bulgaria | 46.2% | 2024 | |
| 73 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 46.1% | 2024 | |
| 74 | United States | 46.1% | 2024 | |
| 75 | Guatemala | 46.0% | 2024 | |
| 76 | Czechia | 45.8% | 2024 | |
| 77 | Lithuania | 45.6% | 2024 | |
| 78 | Botswana | 45.6% | 2024 | |
| 79 | Tanzania | 45.1% | 2024 | |
| 80 | South Sudan | 44.7% | 2024 | |
| 81 | Yemen | 44.4% | 2024 | |
| 82 | Belgium | 44.4% | 2024 | |
| 83 | Italy | 43.6% | 2024 | |
| 84 | Thailand | 43.3% | 2024 | |
| 85 | Benin | 43.1% | 2024 | |
| 86 | Philippines | 42.7% | 2024 | |
| 87 | San Marino | 42.3% | 2024 | |
| 88 | Kiribati | 41.9% | 2024 | |
| 89 | Andorra | 41.9% | 2024 | |
| 90 | China | 41.7% | 2024 | |
| 91 | Portugal | 41.3% | 2024 | |
| 92 | Albania | 41.1% | 2024 | |
| 93 | Mauritius | 40.9% | 2024 | |
| 94 | Marshall Islands | 40.2% | 2024 | |
| 95 | Chad | 40.0% | 2024 | |
| 96 | Viet Nam | 39.2% | 2024 | |
| 97 | Belarus | 39.1% | 2024 | |
| 98 | Jamaica | 39.0% | 2024 | |
| 99 | Greece | 38.9% | 2024 | |
| 100 | Mauritania | 38.5% | 2024 | |
| 101 | Serbia | 38.1% | 2024 | |
| 102 | Slovakia | 37.8% | 2024 | |
| 103 | British Virgin Islands | 37.7% | 2024 | |
| 104 | Switzerland | 37.7% | 2024 | |
| 105 | New Zealand | 36.8% | 2024 | |
| 106 | Niger | 36.8% | 2024 | |
| 107 | Colombia | 36.5% | 2024 | |
| 108 | Angola | 36.3% | 2024 | |
| 109 | Bolivia | 36.1% | 2024 | |
| 110 | Cambodia | 34.7% | 2024 | |
| 111 | Ethiopia | 34.3% | 2024 | |
| 112 | Mali | 34.2% | 2024 | |
| 113 | Georgia | 33.7% | 2024 | |
| 114 | Dominica | 32.6% | 2024 | |
| 115 | Liechtenstein | 32.3% | 2024 | |
| 116 | Zambia | 32.1% | 2024 | |
| 117 | Latvia | 31.7% | 2024 | |
| 118 | Costa Rica | 31.4% | 2024 | |
| 119 | Guinea-Bissau | 31.4% | 2024 | |
| 120 | Republic of the Congo | 31.2% | 2024 | |
| 121 | Austria | 31.1% | 2024 | |
| 122 | Slovenia | 30.4% | 2024 | |
| 123 | Guam | 29.6% | 2024 | |
| 124 | Argentina | 29.5% | 2024 | |
| 125 | Iran | 29.0% | 2024 | |
| 126 | Indonesia | 28.9% | 2024 | |
| 127 | Honduras | 28.5% | 2024 | |
| 128 | Brazil | 28.4% | 2024 | |
| 129 | Tajikistan | 28.0% | 2024 | |
| 130 | Croatia | 26.2% | 2024 | |
| 131 | Nepal | 26.1% | 2024 | |
| 132 | Malta | 25.4% | 2024 | |
| 133 | Malaysia | 24.8% | 2024 | |
| 134 | Cabo Verde | 24.8% | 2024 | |
| 135 | Venezuela | 24.4% | 2024 | |
| 136 | Israel | 23.8% | 2024 | |
| 137 | Grenada | 23.3% | 2024 | |
| 138 | Barbados | 23.2% | 2024 | |
| 139 | Panama | 23.1% | 2024 | |
| 140 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 23.0% | 2024 | |
| 141 | Estonia | 23.0% | 2024 | |
| 142 | Timor-Leste | 23.0% | 2024 | |
| 143 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 22.4% | 2024 | |
| 144 | Iraq | 21.6% | 2024 | |
| 145 | North Korea | 21.6% | 2024 | |
| 146 | Antigua and Barbuda | 21.1% | 2024 | |
| 147 | Cameroon | 21.1% | 2024 | |
| 148 | Ecuador | 20.3% | 2024 | |
| 149 | Liberia | 20.1% | 2024 | |
| 150 | Myanmar | 19.9% | 2024 | |
| 151 | Maldives | 19.8% | 2024 | |
| 152 | Peru | 19.0% | 2024 | |
| 153 | Puerto Rico (US) | 18.5% | 2024 | |
| 154 | Montenegro | 18.5% | 2024 | |
| 155 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 18.0% | 2024 | |
| 156 | Samoa | 17.8% | 2024 | |
| 157 | Algeria | 17.3% | 2024 | |
| 158 | Fiji | 17.0% | 2024 | |
| 159 | Saint Lucia | 16.3% | 2024 | |
| 160 | Iceland | 16.2% | 2024 | |
| 161 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 16.2% | 2024 | |
| 162 | Naoero | 16.2% | 2024 | |
| 163 | South Korea | 16.0% | 2024 | |
| 164 | Chile | 14.4% | 2024 | |
| 165 | Bhutan | 13.8% | 2024 | |
| 166 | American Samoa | 13.6% | 2024 | |
| 167 | Cyprus | 13.6% | 2024 | |
| 168 | Vanuatu | 13.3% | 2024 | |
| 169 | Russia | 13.2% | 2024 | |
| 170 | Japan | 12.6% | 2024 | |
| 171 | Trinidad and Tobago | 11.6% | 2024 | |
| 172 | Jordan | 11.6% | 2024 | |
| 173 | Cayman Islands | 11.3% | 2024 | |
| 174 | Aruba | 11.1% | 2024 | |
| 175 | Bahrain | 10.3% | 2024 | |
| 176 | New Caledonia | 9.8% | 2024 | |
| 177 | Laos | 9.5% | 2024 | |
| 178 | Palau | 9.3% | 2024 | |
| 179 | Central African Republic | 9.3% | 2024 | |
| 180 | Libya | 8.7% | 2024 | |
| 181 | Kuwait | 8.4% | 2024 | |
| 182 | US Virgin Islands | 8.3% | 2024 | |
| 183 | Belize | 8.2% | 2024 | |
| 184 | French Polynesia | 8.1% | 2024 | |
| 185 | Micronesia | 7.7% | 2024 | |
| 186 | Finland | 7.4% | 2024 | |
| 187 | Sweden | 7.3% | 2024 | |
| 188 | Gabon | 6.9% | 2024 | |
| 189 | Canada | 6.5% | 2024 | |
| 190 | Qatar | 6.4% | 2024 | |
| 191 | United Arab Emirates | 5.6% | 2024 | |
| 192 | Bermuda | 5.6% | 2024 | |
| 193 | Oman | 4.8% | 2024 | |
| 194 | Egypt | 4.2% | 2024 | |
| 195 | Solomon Islands | 4.1% | 2024 | |
| 196 | Hong Kong SAR, China | 3.8% | 2024 | |
| 197 | Equatorial Guinea | 3.4% | 2024 | |
| 198 | Guyana | 3.4% | 2024 | |
| 199 | Seychelles | 3.4% | 2024 | |
| 200 | Papua New Guinea | 3.1% | 2024 | |
| 201 | Brunei | 2.9% | 2024 | |
| 202 | Norway | 2.7% | 2024 | |
| 203 | Northern Mariana Islands | 2.3% | 2024 | |
| 204 | Bahamas | 1.3% | 2024 | |
| 205 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 1.1% | 2024 | |
| 206 | Singapore | 0.9% | 2024 | |
| 207 | Greenland | 0.6% | 2024 | |
| 208 | Suriname | 0.5% | 2024 |
Places are ordered from the highest to the lowest value. Group medians on this site are the middle value of the members with data for the same year; they are not official aggregates.
How this ranking works
Every country is ranked on its value for 2024, the latest period that most countries have, so all values are for the same point in time. Countries without a value for 2024 are left out. Groups and aggregates such as the European Union are not ranked. Values are as published by World Bank; the ranking is a plain ordering from the highest to the lowest value and says nothing about whether a high value is good or bad.
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