Rankings · Geography
Agricultural land
Share of land used for agriculture — arable land, permanent crops and pasture.
- Nations ranked
- 177
- Highest
- 86.5%
- Lowest
- 0.4%
- Observed
- 2023
The ten highest
Bars are drawn to the highest value in the table. Highest, not best: this page orders figures, it does not grade nations.
86.5% · observed 2023
84.2% · observed 2023
83.9% · observed 2023
81.4% · observed 2023
80.8% · observed 2023
79.4% · observed 2023
79.4% · observed 2023
77.8% · observed 2023
76.3% · observed 2023
76.2% · observed 2023
Every nation with data
Figures are percent.
- 1🇨🇮Ivory Coast86.5% · 2023
- 2🇹🇲Turkmenistan84.2% · 2023
- 3🇧🇮Burundi83.9% · 2023
- 4🇺🇾Uruguay81.4% · 2023
- 5🇸🇦Saudi Arabia80.8% · 2023
- 6🇿🇦South Africa79.4% · 2023
- 7🇰🇿Kazakhstan79.4% · 2023
- 8🇱🇸Lesotho77.8% · 2023
- 9🇷🇼Rwanda76.3% · 2023
- 10🇳🇬Nigeria76.2% · 2023
- 11🇲🇩Moldova74.1% · 2023
- 12🇸🇾Syria74.1% · 2023
- 13🇩🇯Djibouti73.5% · 2023
- 14🇬🇳Guinea73.2% · 2023
- 15🇧🇩Bangladesh72.3% · 2023
- 16🇺🇬Uganda71.9% · 2023
- 17🇰🇲Comoros71.5% · 2023
- 18🇺🇦Ukraine71.3% · 2023
- 19🇸🇴Somalia70.3% · 2023
- 20🇬🇧United Kingdom70.3% · 2023
- 21🇲🇬Madagascar70.3% · 2023
- 22🇹🇬Togo70.2% · 2023
- 23🇸🇿Eswatini69.5% · 2023
- 24🇲🇳Mongolia69.0% · 2023
- 25🇲🇦Morocco66.7% · 2023
- 26🇱🇧Lebanon65.9% · 2023
- 27🇩🇰Denmark65.5% · 2023
- 28🇭🇹Haiti65.1% · 2023
- 29🇵🇸Palestine64.9% · 2023
- 30🇲🇼Malawi64.2% · 2023
- 31🇪🇷Eritrea62.7% · 2023
- 32🇬🇲Gambia62.6% · 2023
- 33🇹🇳Tunisia62.4% · 2023
- 34🇨🇺Cuba61.7% · 2023
- 35🇮🇪Ireland60.8% · 2023
- 36🇸🇩Sudan60.3% · 2023
- 37🇮🇳India60.1% · 2023
- 38🇦🇲Armenia58.6% · 2023
- 39🇦🇫Afghanistan58.4% · 2023
- 40🇺🇿Uzbekistan58.1% · 2023
- 41🇦🇿Azerbaijan57.8% · 2023
- 42🇸🇻El Salvador57.7% · 2023
- 43🇭🇺Hungary55.7% · 2023
- 44🇨🇳China55.4% · 2023
- 45🇬🇭Ghana55.4% · 2023
- 46🇩🇴Dominican Republic55.4% · 2023
- 47🇷🇴Romania55.3% · 2023
- 48🇸🇱Sierra Leone54.7% · 2023
- 49🇵🇾Paraguay54.1% · 2023
- 50🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan54.0% · 2023
- 51🇳🇱Netherlands53.5% · 2023
- 52🇧🇫Burkina Faso53.4% · 2023
- 53🇲🇿Mozambique52.8% · 2023
- 54🇫🇷France52.5% · 2023
- 55🇱🇺Luxembourg51.7% · 2023
- 56🇲🇽Mexico50.7% · 2023
- 57🇹🇷Türkiye50.1% · 2023
- 58🇲🇰North Macedonia49.6% · 2023
- 59🇪🇸Spain49.6% · 2023
- 60🇰🇪Kenya49.5% · 2023
- 61🇸🇳Senegal49.4% · 2023
- 62🇱🇰Sri Lanka48.6% · 2023
- 63🇵🇱Poland47.6% · 2023
- 64🇩🇪Germany47.5% · 2023
- 65🇦🇺Australia47.2% · 2023
- 66🇳🇦Namibia47.1% · 2023
- 67🇵🇰Pakistan46.7% · 2023
- 68🇧🇬Bulgaria46.1% · 2023
- 69🇺🇸United States46.1% · 2023
- 70🇱🇹Lithuania45.9% · 2023
- 71🇨🇿Czechia45.8% · 2023
- 72🇧🇼Botswana45.6% · 2023
- 73🇸🇸South Sudan44.9% · 2023
- 74🇸🇹São Tomé and Príncipe44.8% · 2023
- 75🇹🇿Tanzania44.6% · 2023
- 76🇾🇪Yemen44.4% · 2023
- 77🇧🇪Belgium44.4% · 2023
- 78🇮🇹Italy44.3% · 2023
- 79🇹🇭Thailand43.8% · 2023
- 80🇵🇹Portugal43.3% · 2023
- 81🇲🇺Mauritius43.0% · 2023
- 82🇬🇹Guatemala43.0% · 2023
- 83🇵🇭Philippines42.7% · 2023
- 84🇦🇷Argentina42.4% · 2023
- 85🇳🇮Nicaragua42.3% · 2023
- 86🇧🇯Benin41.8% · 2023
- 87🇿🇼Zimbabwe41.8% · 2023
- 88🇬🇷Greece41.7% · 2023
- 89🇷🇸Serbia40.4% · 2023
- 90🇹🇩Chad40.0% · 2023
- 91🇦🇩Andorra39.9% · 2023
- 92🇧🇾Belarus39.6% · 2023
- 93🇻🇳Vietnam39.2% · 2023
- 94🇲🇷Mauritania38.5% · 2023
- 95🇯🇲Jamaica38.5% · 2023
- 96🇸🇲San Marino38.3% · 2023
- 97🇦🇱Albania38.1% · 2023
- 98🇸🇰Slovakia38.0% · 2023
- 99🇨🇭Switzerland37.8% · 2023
- 100🇦🇴Angola36.9% · 2023
- 101🇳🇿New Zealand36.9% · 2023
- 102🇳🇪Niger36.8% · 2023
- 103🇨🇴Colombia36.5% · 2023
- 104🇧🇴Bolivia35.8% · 2023
- 105🇲🇱Mali35.5% · 2023
- 106🇰🇭Cambodia34.9% · 2023
- 107🇬🇪Georgia34.1% · 2023
- 108🇪🇹Ethiopia34.1% · 2023
- 109🇨🇷Costa Rica33.1% · 2023
- 110🇱🇮Liechtenstein32.3% · 2023
- 111🇿🇲Zambia32.1% · 2023
- 112🇭🇳Honduras32.0% · 2023
- 113🇱🇻Latvia31.7% · 2023
- 114🇦🇹Austria31.5% · 2023
- 115🇨🇬Congo31.2% · 2023
- 116🇸🇮Slovenia30.4% · 2023
- 117🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau29.9% · 2023
- 118🇵🇦Panama29.5% · 2023
- 119🇮🇩Indonesia29.1% · 2023
- 120🇮🇷Iran29.0% · 2023
- 121🇧🇷Brazil28.3% · 2023
- 122🇹🇯Tajikistan27.9% · 2023
- 123🇭🇷Croatia26.6% · 2023
- 124🇳🇵Nepal26.1% · 2023
- 125🇲🇾Malaysia26.1% · 2023
- 126🇲🇹Malta25.9% · 2023
- 127🇻🇪Venezuela24.4% · 2023
- 128🇪🇪Estonia23.1% · 2023
- 129🇹🇱Timor-Leste23.0% · 2023
- 130🇮🇶Iraq21.8% · 2023
- 131🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina21.7% · 2023
- 132🇰🇵North Korea21.6% · 2023
- 133🇪🇨Ecuador21.5% · 2023
- 134🇨🇲Cameroon20.9% · 2023
- 135🇱🇷Liberia20.0% · 2023
- 136🇲🇲Myanmar19.9% · 2023
- 137🇨🇻Cape Verde19.6% · 2023
- 138🇲🇪Montenegro19.6% · 2023
- 139🇵🇪Peru19.1% · 2023
- 140🇵🇷Puerto Rico19.0% · 2023
- 141🇩🇿Algeria17.4% · 2023
- 142🇫🇯Fiji17.1% · 2023
- 143🇮🇸Iceland16.2% · 2023
- 144🇰🇷South Korea16.1% · 2023
- 145🇨🇩DR Congo15.5% · 2023
- 146🇻🇺Vanuatu15.3% · 2023
- 147🇨🇱Chile14.4% · 2023
- 148🇨🇾Cyprus14.0% · 2023
- 149🇧🇹Bhutan13.8% · 2023
- 150🇷🇺Russia13.2% · 2023
- 151🇯🇵Japan12.6% · 2023
- 152🇯🇴Jordan11.5% · 2023
- 153🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago10.5% · 2023
- 154🇳🇨New Caledonia10.1% · 2023
- 155🇱🇦Laos9.9% · 2023
- 156🇨🇫Central African Republic9.1% · 2023
- 157🇱🇾Libya8.7% · 2023
- 158🇰🇼Kuwait8.4% · 2023
- 159🇬🇦Gabon8.4% · 2023
- 160🇧🇿Belize8.0% · 2023
- 161🇫🇮Finland7.4% · 2023
- 162🇸🇪Sweden7.3% · 2023
- 163🇨🇦Canada6.5% · 2023
- 164🇶🇦Qatar6.4% · 2023
- 165🇦🇪United Arab Emirates5.5% · 2023
- 166🇴🇲Oman4.8% · 2023
- 167🇪🇬Egypt4.1% · 2023
- 168🇸🇧Solomon Islands3.9% · 2023
- 169🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea3.7% · 2023
- 170🇬🇾Guyana3.4% · 2023
- 171🇸🇨Seychelles3.4% · 2023
- 172🇵🇬Papua New Guinea3.1% · 2023
- 173🇳🇴Norway2.7% · 2023
- 174🇧🇳Brunei2.5% · 2023
- 175🇧🇸Bahamas1.3% · 2023
- 176🇬🇱Greenland0.6% · 2023
- 177🇸🇷Suriname0.4% · 2023
No data
9 nations publish no figure for this indicator in the sources below. Absence is a fact about the world’s statistical apparatus, not a zero — these nations are not ranked.
- 🇦🇶Antarctica
Antarctica has no permanent population and no national government — it is administered under the Antarctic Treaty. No statistical agency compiles national indicators for it, so there is nothing here to report.
- 🇫🇰Falkland Islands
The Falkland Islands are a British Overseas Territory, administered by the United Kingdom; sovereignty is disputed by Argentina. They are not a separate reporting entity in World Bank datasets.
- 🇹🇫French Southern and Antarctic Lands
The French Southern and Antarctic Lands have no permanent civilian population. They are administered from Réunion as an overseas territory of France and are not a separate reporting entity in international datasets.
- 🇽🇰Kosovo
- 🇲🇨Monaco
- Northern Cyprus
Northern Cyprus is recognised as a state by Türkiye alone. It is not a member of the United Nations or the World Bank, and does not appear as a separate entity in the datasets these indicators are drawn from.
- Somaliland
Somaliland declared independence in 1991 and has not been recognised by the United Nations or any member state. Where its figures are collected at all, they are reported within Somalia's.
- 🇹🇼Taiwan
Taiwan is not a member of the United Nations, and is excluded from the World Bank and UN series that supply most of this dossier. Its own statistical agencies publish extensively.
- 🇻🇦Vatican City
Vatican City has a resident population of a few hundred and does not compile the economic and social series these indicators are drawn from.