Agricultural land refers to the share of land area that is arable, under permanent crops, and under permanent pastures. Arable land includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded. Land under permanent crops is land cultivated with crops that occupy the land for long periods and need not be replanted after each harvest, such as cocoa, coffee, and rubber. This category includes land under flowering shrubs, fruit trees, nut trees, and vines, but excludes land under trees grown for wood or timber. Permanent pasture is land used for five or more years for forage, including natural and cultivated crops.
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.
Top 10 Countries with Highest % of Agricultural land (% of land area) :
Uruguay 82.56%Saudi Arabia 80.77%
Kazakhstan 80.38%
South Africa 79.83%
Burundi 79.17%
Nigeria 77.74%
Syrian Arab Republic 75.81%
El Salvador 75.53%
Eritrea 75.17%
Moldova 74.78%
Countries with Lowest % of Agricultural land (% of land area) :
Oman 4.63%Solomon Islands 3.86%
Egypt, Arab Rep. 3.81%
Seychelles 3.37%
Brunei Darussalam 2.73%
Norway 2.70%
Papua New Guinea 2.63%
Faroe Islands 2.15%
Bahamas, The 1.40%
Turks and Caicos Islands 1.05%
| Country | % | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| Uruguay | 82.56% | ↑ |
| Saudi Arabia | 80.77% | ↑ |
| Kazakhstan | 80.38% | ↓ |
| South Africa | 79.83% | ↓ |
| Burundi | 79.17% | ↑ |
| Nigeria | 77.74% | ↑ |
| Syrian Arab Republic | 75.81% | ↑ |
| El Salvador | 75.53% | ↑ |
| Eritrea | 75.17% | ↑ |
| Moldova | 74.78% | ↓ |
| Rwanda | 73.44% | ↑ |
| Djibouti | 73.43% | ↑ |
| Lesotho | 73.25% | ↓ |
| Mongolia | 72.67% | ↓ |
| Turkmenistan | 72.01% | ↓ |
| Uganda | 71.89% | ↑ |
| Ukraine | 71.65% | ↑ |
| Comoros | 71.47% | ↑ |
| Madagascar | 71.18% | ↑ |
| Eswatini | 71.05% | ↑ |
| Isle of Man | 70.88% | ↓ |
| United Kingdom | 70.84% | ↓ |
| Bangladesh | 70.39% | ↓ |
| Somalia | 70.34% | ↓ |
| Togo | 70.23% | ↑ |
| Ghana | 69.00% | ↑ |
| Morocco | 68.54% | ↑ |
| Haiti | 66.76% | ↓ |
| Tunisia | 64.84% | ↑ |
| Lebanon | 64.32% | ↑ |
| Ireland | 64.31% | ↓ |
| Marshall Islands | 63.89% | ↓ |
| Mozambique | 63.52% | ↑ |
| Uzbekistan | 62.93% | ↑ |
| Denmark | 62.18% | ↑ |
| Malawi | 61.41% | ↑ |
| India | 60.45% | ↑ |
| Romania | 60.23% | ↓ |
| Tuvalu | 60.00% | ↑ |
| Cuba | 59.99% | ↓ |
| Gambia, The | 59.78% | ↓ |
| Guinea | 59.01% | ↑ |
| Armenia | 58.89% | ↓ |
| Hungary | 58.15% | ↓ |
| Afghanistan | 58.07% | ↓ |
| Guinea-Bissau | 57.97% | ↑ |
| Azerbaijan | 57.70% | ↑ |
| China | 56.22% | ↑ |
| Paraguay | 55.08% | ↑ |
| Kyrgyz Republic | 55.04% | ↓ |
| Mexico | 54.90% | ↑ |
| Sierra Leone | 54.71% | ↑ |
| Netherlands | 54.53% | ↓ |
| Argentina | 54.34% | ↑ |
| Luxembourg | 54.02% | ↑ |
| Spain | 53.19% | ↓ |
| France | 52.46% | ↓ |
| Turkey | 50.08% | ↓ |
| North Macedonia | 50.04% | ↑ |
| West Bank and Gaza | 49.32% | ↑ |
| Dominican Republic | 48.69% | ↓ |
| Kenya | 48.55% | ↑ |
| Greece | 48.09% | ↓ |
| Lithuania | 47.98% | ↑ |
| Germany | 47.96% | ↑ |
| Australia | 47.63% | ↓ |
| Angola | 47.48% | ↑ |
| Namibia | 47.14% | ↑ |
| Pakistan | 46.96% | ↑ |
| Poland | 46.93% | ↓ |
| British Virgin Islands | 46.67% | ↑ |
| Channel Islands | 46.46% | ↑ |
| Bulgaria | 46.17% | ↓ |
| Senegal | 46.06% | ↓ |
| Tonga | 45.83% | ↑ |
| Botswana | 45.63% | ↑ |
| Czech Republic | 45.25% | ↓ |
| Tanzania | 44.76% | ↑ |
| Yemen, Rep. | 44.60% | ↓ |
| United States | 44.37% | ↓ |
| Burkina Faso | 44.23% | ↑ |
| Italy | 44.01% | ↓ |
| Belgium | 43.86% | ↓ |
| Sri Lanka | 43.69% | ↑ |
| Thailand | 43.28% | ↑ |
| Albania | 42.86% | ↓ |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 42.50% | ↑ |
| Mauritius | 42.36% | ↓ |
| Belarus | 42.24% | ↓ |
| Nicaragua | 42.09% | ↑ |
| Kiribati | 41.98% | ↑ |
| Zimbabwe | 41.88% | ↑ |
| Philippines | 41.72% | ↑ |
| New Zealand | 41.17% | ↓ |
| Jamaica | 41.00% | ↑ |
| Portugal | 40.33% | ↑ |
| Colombia | 40.26% | ↑ |
| Andorra | 40.02% | ↓ |
| Serbia | 39.66% | ↓ |
| Chad | 39.66% | ↑ |
| Slovak Republic | 39.28% | ↓ |
| Vietnam | 39.26% | ↑ |
| Mauritania | 38.53% | ↑ |
| Switzerland | 38.44% | ↓ |
| Ethiopia | 36.26% | ↑ |
| Niger | 36.06% | ↑ |
| Guatemala | 35.98% | ↓ |
| Costa Rica | 34.86% | ↓ |
| Georgia | 34.80% | ↓ |
| Bolivia | 34.77% | ↑ |
| Tajikistan | 34.14% | ↑ |
| Brazil | 33.99% | ↑ |
| Mali | 33.77% | ↑ |
| Guam | 33.33% | ↑ |
| Dominica | 33.33% | ↑ |
| Benin | 33.26% | ↑ |
| Austria | 32.94% | ↓ |
| Liechtenstein | 32.25% | ↓ |
| Zambia | 32.06% | ↑ |
| Malta | 31.97% | ↓ |
| Indonesia | 31.46% | ↑ |
| Micronesia, Fed. Sts. | 31.43% | ↑ |
| Congo, Rep. | 31.12% | ↑ |
| Cambodia | 30.90% | ↑ |
| Slovenia | 30.61% | ↓ |
| Panama | 30.36% | ↓ |
| Latvia | 30.31% | ↑ |
| Honduras | 28.91% | ↑ |
| Nepal | 28.75% | ↓ |
| Iran, Islamic Rep. | 28.21% | ↓ |
| Liberia | 28.03% | ↑ |
| Croatia | 27.48% | ↑ |
| Maldives | 26.33% | ↑ |
| Malaysia | 26.08% | ↑ |
| St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 25.64% | ↑ |
| Barbados | 25.58% | ↓ |
| Timor-Leste | 25.55% | ↑ |
| Israel | 24.67% | ↑ |
| American Samoa | 24.50% | ↑ |
| Venezuela, RB | 24.49% | ↑ |
| Grenada | 23.53% | ↑ |
| Ecuador | 23.31% | ↓ |
| Fiji | 23.26% | ↑ |
| St. Kitts and Nevis | 23.08% | ↑ |
| Estonia | 22.84% | ↑ |
| Puerto Rico | 22.29% | ↑ |
| Iraq | 21.42% | ↑ |
| Chile | 21.23% | ↑ |
| Cameroon | 20.63% | ↑ |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 20.45% | ↑ |
| Gabon | 20.03% | ↑ |
| Nauru | 20.00% | ↑ |
| Cabo Verde | 19.60% | ↑ |
| Myanmar | 19.52% | ↑ |
| Iceland | 18.67% | ↓ |
| Peru | 18.23% | ↓ |
| Korea, Rep. | 17.82% | ↓ |
| Algeria | 17.41% | ↑ |
| St. Lucia | 17.38% | ↑ |
| Montenegro | 17.20% | ↓ |
| San Marino | 16.67% | ↑ |
| Vanuatu | 15.34% | ↑ |
| Cyprus | 13.80% | ↑ |
| Bhutan | 13.79% | ↑ |
| Russian Federation | 13.29% | ↑ |
| French Polynesia | 12.43% | ↑ |
| Samoa | 12.37% | ↑ |
| Japan | 12.33% | ↓ |
| Jordan | 11.90% | ↑ |
| Congo, Dem. Rep. | 11.56% | ↑ |
| Virgin Islands (U.S.) | 11.43% | ↑ |
| Cayman Islands | 11.25% | ↑ |
| Aruba | 11.11% | ↑ |
| Bahrain | 11.05% | ↓ |
| Palau | 10.87% | ↑ |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 10.53% | ↑ |
| Lao PDR | 10.26% | ↑ |
| Equatorial Guinea | 10.12% | ↓ |
| New Caledonia | 10.08% | ↓ |
| Libya | 8.72% | ↓ |
| Guyana | 8.59% | ↑ |
| Kuwait | 8.38% | ↓ |
| Central African Republic | 8.15% | ↑ |
| Finland | 7.48% | ↓ |
| Sweden | 7.46% | ↓ |
| Belize | 7.01% | ↑ |
| Canada | 6.89% | ↓ |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 6.52% | ↑ |
| Qatar | 5.84% | ↑ |
| Bermuda | 5.56% | ↑ |
| United Arab Emirates | 5.46% | ↓ |
| Hong Kong SAR, China | 4.86% | ↓ |
| Oman | 4.63% | ↓ |
| Solomon Islands | 3.86% | ↑ |
| Egypt, Arab Rep. | 3.81% | ↑ |
| Seychelles | 3.37% | ↓ |
| Brunei Darussalam | 2.73% | ↑ |
| Norway | 2.70% | ↓ |
| Papua New Guinea | 2.63% | ↑ |
| Faroe Islands | 2.15% | ↑ |
| Bahamas, The | 1.40% | ↓ |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 1.05% | ↑ |
| Singapore | 0.93% | ↓ |
| Greenland | 0.59% | ↑ |
| Suriname | 0.56% | ↑ |
| Macao SAR, China | 0.00% | ↑ |
| Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 0.00% | ↑ |
| Monaco | 0.00% | ↑ |
| Gibraltar | 0.00% | ↑ |
| St. Martin (French part) | 0.00% | ↑ |
| Kosovo | 0.00% | ↑ |
| Sudan | 0.00% | ↑ |
| South Sudan | 0.00% | ↑ |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 0.00% | ↑ |
| Curaçao | 0.00% | ↑ |
| Korea, Dem. People's Rep. | 0.00% | ↑ |
| São Tomé and Principe | 0.00% | ↑ |