Agricultural land - Country rankings

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Agricultural land, sq. km., 2021:

The average for 2021 based on 193 countries was 245857 sq. km.. The highest value was in China: 5206950 sq. km. and the lowest value was in Bermuda: 3 sq. km.. The indicator is available from 1961 to 2021. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: sq. km.; Source: The World Bank
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Countries Agricultural land, 2021 Global rank Available data
China 5206950 1 1961 - 2021
USA 4058104 2 1961 - 2021
Australia 3635190 3 1961 - 2021
Brazil 2393696 4 1961 - 2021
Russia 2154940 5 1961 - 2021
Kazakhstan 2137959 6 1961 - 2021
India 1785280 7 1961 - 2021
Saudi Arabia 1736370 8 1961 - 2021
Argentina 1179578 9 1961 - 2021
Sudan 1126648 10 1961 - 2021
Mongolia 1126312 11 1961 - 2021
Mexico 971260 12 1961 - 2021
South Africa 963410 13 1961 - 2021
Nigeria 686440 14 1961 - 2021
Indonesia 646000 15 1961 - 2021
Canada 569910 16 1961 - 2021
Chad 503380 17 1961 - 2021
Iran 470670 18 1961 - 2021
Niger 465950 19 1961 - 2021
Angola 458970 20 1961 - 2021
Somalia 441290 21 1961 - 2021
Mali 431310 22 1961 - 2021
Colombia 427180 23 1961 - 2021
Mozambique 414138 24 1961 - 2021
Algeria 413161 25 1961 - 2021
Ukraine 413110 26 1961 - 2021
Madagascar 408950 27 1961 - 2021
Mauritania 397100 28 1961 - 2021
Tanzania 395212 29 1961 - 2021
Namibia 388120 30 1961 - 2021
Ethiopia 385950 31 1961 - 2021
Afghanistan 383130 32 1961 - 2021
Bolivia 381194 33 1961 - 2021
Turkey 380890 34 1961 - 2021
Pakistan 363030 35 1961 - 2021
DR Congo 338980 36 1961 - 2021
Turkmenistan 338380 37 1961 - 2021
Morocco 302910 38 1961 - 2021
France 285538 39 1961 - 2021
Kenya 277100 40 1961 - 2021
Spain 262284 41 1961 - 2021
Botswana 258620 42 1961 - 2021
Uzbekistan 256906 43 1961 - 2021
Peru 255157 44 1961 - 2021
Zambia 238390 45 1961 - 2021
Ivory Coast 235000 46 1961 - 2021
Thailand 235000 47 1961 - 2021
Yemen 234520 48 1961 - 2021
Venezuela 215000 49 1961 - 2021
UK 172151 50 1961 - 2021
Paraguay 168091 51 1961 - 2021
Germany 165910 52 1961 - 2021
Zimbabwe 162000 53 1961 - 2021
Libya 153500 54 1961 - 2021
Guinea 146380 55 1961 - 2021
Poland 144995 56 1961 - 2021
Uganda 144150 57 1961 - 2021
Uruguay 140696 58 1961 - 2021
Syria 139134 59 1961 - 2021
Romania 130790 60 1961 - 2021
Burma 129800 61 1961 - 2021
Burkina Faso 127400 62 1961 - 2021
Philippines 126830 63 1961 - 2021
Ghana 126037 64 1961 - 2021
Italy 124030 65 1961 - 2021
Vietnam 123600 66 1961 - 2021
R. of Congo 106780 67 1961 - 2021
Chile 105955 68 1961 - 2021
Kyrgyzstan 103661 69 1961 - 2021
New Zealand 101750 70 1961 - 2021
Bangladesh 100680 71 1961 - 2021
Cameroon 97500 72 1961 - 2021
Tunisia 97005 73 1961 - 2021
Senegal 95110 74 1961 - 2021
Iraq 94240 75 1961 - 2021
Malaysia 85710 76 1961 - 2021
Belarus 81740 77 1961 - 2021
Eritrea 75920 78 1993 - 2021
Cambodia 60991 79 1961 - 2021
Malawi 60500 80 1961 - 2021
Greece 58672 81 1961 - 2021
Ecuador 54700 82 1961 - 2021
Nicaragua 50910 83 1961 - 2021
Bulgaria 50466 84 1961 - 2021
Hungary 50437 85 1961 - 2021
Tajikistan 49170 86 1961 - 2021
C.A. Republic 49100 87 1961 - 2021
Azerbaijan 47806 88 1961 - 2021
Japan 46590 89 1961 - 2021
Guatemala 46120 90 1961 - 2021
Ireland 43370 91 1961 - 2021
Nepal 41210 92 1961 - 2021
Egypt 40310 93 1961 - 2021
Portugal 39623 94 1961 - 2021
Benin 39500 95 1961 - 2021
Sierra Leone 39490 96 1961 - 2021
Togo 38200 97 1961 - 2021
Honduras 35760 98 1961 - 2021
Czechia 35298 99 1961 - 2021
Serbia 34850 100 1961 - 2021
Sweden 30029 101 1961 - 2021
Lithuania 29378 102 1961 - 2021
Sri Lanka 28120 103 1961 - 2021
Denmark 26180 104 1961 - 2021
Austria 25975 105 1961 - 2021
North Korea 25950 106 1961 - 2021
Lesotho 24330 107 1961 - 2021
Domin. Rep. 24290 108 1961 - 2021
Georgia 23799 109 1961 - 2021
Moldova 22750 110 1961 - 2021
Finland 22680 111 1961 - 2021
Bosnia & Herz. 22630 112 1961 - 2021
Panama 21813 113 1961 - 2021
Gabon 21532 114 1961 - 2021
Burundi 21030 115 1961 - 2021
Laos 20310 116 1961 - 2021
Rwanda 20045 117 1961 - 2021
Latvia 19700 118 1961 - 2021
Liberia 19230 119 1961 - 2021
Iceland 18720 120 1961 - 2021
Slovakia 18560 121 1961 - 2021
Netherlands 18120 122 1961 - 2021
Costa Rica 18110 123 1961 - 2021
Haiti 17950 124 1961 - 2021
Djibouti 17039 125 1961 - 2021
Armenia 16748 126 1961 - 2021
South Korea 16030 127 1961 - 2021
Switzerland 14994 128 1961 - 2021
Croatia 14760 129 1961 - 2021
Oman 14662 130 1961 - 2021
Papua N.G. 14410 131 1961 - 2021
Belgium 13657 132 1961 - 2021
North Macedonia 12600 133 1961 - 2021
El Salvador 11957 134 1961 - 2021
Swaziland 11950 135 1961 - 2021
Albania 11363 136 1961 - 2021
Guyana 10430 137 1961 - 2021
Jordan 10230 138 1961 - 2021
Estonia 9870 139 1961 - 2021
Norway 9850 140 1961 - 2021
G.-Bissau 8151 141 1961 - 2021
Lebanon 6793 142 1961 - 2021
Israel 6435 143 1961 - 2021
Gambia 6340 144 1961 - 2021
Slovenia 6110 145 1961 - 2021
Bhutan 5130 146 1961 - 2021
Jamaica 4170 147 1961 - 2021
UA Emirates 3916 148 1961 - 2021
Palestine 3912 149 1961 - 2021
Fiji 3116 150 1961 - 2021
Montenegro 2556 151 1961 - 2021
Vanuatu 1870 152 1961 - 2021
N. Caledonia 1840 153 1961 - 2021
Belize 1820 154 1961 - 2021
Puerto Rico 1689 155 1961 - 2021
Kuwait 1500 156 1961 - 2021
Comoros 1330 157 1961 - 2021
Luxembourg 1328 158 2000 - 2021
Cyprus 1231 159 1961 - 2021
Solomon Isl. 1200 160 1961 - 2021
Eq. Guinea 1049 161 1961 - 2021
Faroe Isl. 961 162 1961 - 2021
Mauritius 860 163 1961 - 2021
Cape Verde 790 164 1961 - 2021
Suriname 780 165 1961 - 2021
Qatar 740 166 1961 - 2021
Tr.&Tobago 540 167 1961 - 2021
Samoa 494 168 1961 - 2021
S.T.&Principe 420 169 1961 - 2021
Tonga 350 170 1961 - 2021
Kiribati 340 171 1961 - 2021
Dominica 250 172 1961 - 2021
Andorra 188 173 1961 - 2021
Brunei 134 174 1961 - 2021
Bahamas 130 175 1961 - 2021
Barbados 100 176 1961 - 2021
Saint Lucia 99 177 1961 - 2021
Ant.& Barb. 90 178 1961 - 2021
Malta 88 179 1961 - 2021
Bahrain 81 180 1961 - 2021
Grenada 80 181 1961 - 2021
St. Vincent & ... 70 182 1961 - 2021
Maldives 59 183 1961 - 2021
Liechtenstein 52 184 1961 - 2021
Micronesia 50 185 1961 - 2021
Palau 43 186 1961 - 2021
Hong Kong 40 187 1961 - 2021
San Marino 23 188 1961 - 2021
Aruba 20 189 1961 - 2021
Tuvalu 18 190 1961 - 2021
Seychelles 16 191 1961 - 2021
Singapore 7 192 1961 - 2021
Bermuda 3 193 1961 - 2021



Definition: 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.

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1. China
2. USA
3. Australia
4. Brazil
5. Russia
6. Kazakhstan
7. India
8. Saudi Arabia
9. Argentina
10. Sudan
11. Mongolia
12. Mexico
13. South Africa
14. Nigeria
15. Indonesia
16. Canada
17. Chad
18. Iran
19. Niger
20. Angola
21. Somalia
22. Mali
23. Colombia
24. Mozambique
25. Algeria
26. Ukraine
27. Madagascar
28. Mauritania
29. Tanzania
30. Namibia
31. Ethiopia
32. Afghanistan
33. Bolivia
34. Turkey
35. Pakistan
36. DR Congo
37. Turkmenistan
38. Morocco
39. France
40. Kenya
41. Spain
42. Botswana
43. Uzbekistan
44. Peru
45. Zambia
46. Ivory Coast
47. Thailand
48. Yemen
49. Venezuela
50. UK
51. Paraguay
52. Germany
53. Zimbabwe
54. Libya
55. Guinea
56. Poland
57. Uganda
58. Uruguay
59. Syria
60. Romania
61. Burma
62. Burkina Faso
63. Philippines
64. Ghana
65. Italy
66. Vietnam
67. R. of Congo
68. Chile
69. Kyrgyzstan
70. New Zealand
71. Bangladesh
72. Cameroon
73. Tunisia
74. Senegal
75. Iraq
76. Malaysia
77. Belarus
78. Eritrea
79. Cambodia
80. Malawi
81. Greece
82. Ecuador
83. Nicaragua
84. Bulgaria
85. Hungary
86. Tajikistan
87. C.A. Republic
88. Azerbaijan
89. Japan
90. Guatemala
91. Ireland
92. Nepal
93. Egypt
94. Portugal
95. Benin
96. Sierra Leone
97. Togo
98. Honduras
99. Czechia
100. Serbia
101. Sweden
102. Lithuania
103. Sri Lanka
104. Denmark
105. Austria
106. North Korea
107. Lesotho
108. Domin. Rep.
109. Georgia
110. Moldova
111. Finland
112. Bosnia & Herz.
113. Panama
114. Gabon
115. Burundi
116. Laos
117. Rwanda
118. Latvia
119. Liberia
120. Iceland
121. Slovakia
122. Netherlands
123. Costa Rica
124. Haiti
125. Djibouti
126. Armenia
127. South Korea
128. Switzerland
129. Croatia
130. Oman
131. Papua N.G.
132. Belgium
133. North Macedonia
134. El Salvador
135. Swaziland
136. Albania
137. Guyana
138. Jordan
139. Estonia
140. Norway
141. G.-Bissau
142. Lebanon
143. Israel
144. Gambia
145. Slovenia
146. Bhutan
147. Jamaica
148. UA Emirates
149. Palestine
150. Fiji
151. Montenegro
152. Vanuatu
153. N. Caledonia
154. Belize
155. Puerto Rico
156. Kuwait
157. Comoros
158. Luxembourg
159. Cyprus
160. Solomon Isl.
161. Eq. Guinea
162. Faroe Isl.
163. Mauritius
164. Cape Verde
165. Suriname
166. Qatar
167. Tr.&Tobago
168. Samoa
169. S.T.&Principe
170. Tonga
171. Kiribati
172. Dominica
173. Andorra
174. Brunei
175. Bahamas
176. Barbados
177. Saint Lucia
178. Ant.& Barb.
179. Malta
180. Bahrain
181. Grenada
182. St. Vincent & ...
183. Maldives
184. Liechtenstein
185. Micronesia
186. Palau
187. Hong Kong
188. San Marino
189. Aruba
190. Tuvalu
191. Seychelles
192. Singapore
193. Bermuda
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