Agricultural land - Country rankings

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Agricultural land, sq. km., 2020 - Country rankings:

The average for 2020 based on 193 countries was 243665 sq. km..The highest value was in China: 5285081 sq. km. and the lowest value was in Bermuda: 3 sq. km.. The indicator is available from 1961 to 2020. 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, 2020 Global rank Available data
China 5285081 1 1961 - 2020
USA 4058104 2 1961 - 2020
Australia 3557750 3 1961 - 2020
Brazil 2368788 4 1961 - 2020
Russia 2154940 5 1961 - 2020
Kazakhstan 2140032 6 1961 - 2020
India 1790451 7 1961 - 2020
Saudi Arabia 1735959 8 1961 - 2020
Mongolia 1126996 9 1961 - 2020
Argentina 1083818 10 1961 - 2020
Mexico 971380 11 1961 - 2020
South Africa 963410 12 1961 - 2020
Nigeria 694501 13 1961 - 2020
Sudan 694058 14 1961 - 2020
Indonesia 623000 15 1961 - 2020
Canada 577430 16 1961 - 2020
Angola 569525 17 1961 - 2020
Chad 502380 18 1961 - 2020
Colombia 482428 19 1961 - 2020
Iran 470130 20 1961 - 2020
Niger 465970 21 1961 - 2020
Somalia 441250 22 1961 - 2020
Mozambique 414138 23 1961 - 2020
Algeria 413588 24 1961 - 2020
Ukraine 413110 25 1961 - 2020
Mali 412010 26 1961 - 2020
Madagascar 408950 27 1961 - 2020
Mauritania 396610 28 1961 - 2020
Tanzania 395212 29 1961 - 2020
Namibia 388100 30 1961 - 2020
Ethiopia 384761 31 1961 - 2020
Afghanistan 383560 32 1961 - 2020
Bolivia 377870 33 1961 - 2020
Turkey 377620 34 1961 - 2020
Pakistan 367230 35 1961 - 2020
Turkmenistan 338380 36 1961 - 2020
DR Congo 335720 37 1961 - 2020
Morocco 303820 38 1961 - 2020
France 285538 39 1961 - 2020
Kenya 276300 40 1961 - 2020
Spain 261426 41 1961 - 2020
Botswana 258620 42 1961 - 2020
Uzbekistan 256825 43 1961 - 2020
Peru 244783 44 1961 - 2020
Zambia 238360 45 1961 - 2020
Yemen 234520 46 1961 - 2020
Thailand 230100 47 1961 - 2020
Venezuela 215000 48 1961 - 2020
Ivory Coast 212000 49 1961 - 2020
UK 172593 50 1961 - 2020
Paraguay 168091 51 1961 - 2020
Germany 165950 52 1961 - 2020
Zimbabwe 162000 53 1961 - 2020
Chile 157100 54 1961 - 2020
Libya 153500 55 1961 - 2020
Guinea 145000 56 1961 - 2020
Poland 144610 57 1961 - 2020
Uganda 144150 58 1961 - 2020
Uruguay 140634 59 1961 - 2020
Syria 139210 60 1961 - 2020
Romania 135910 61 1961 - 2020
Burma 130080 62 1961 - 2020
Italy 129990 63 1961 - 2020
Philippines 126750 64 1961 - 2020
Ghana 126037 65 1961 - 2020
Vietnam 123600 66 1961 - 2020
Burkina Faso 121430 67 1961 - 2020
R. of Congo 106280 68 1961 - 2020
Kyrgyzstan 103678 69 1961 - 2020
New Zealand 101540 70 1961 - 2020
Bangladesh 99010 71 1961 - 2020
Cameroon 97500 72 1961 - 2020
Tunisia 97310 73 1961 - 2020
Iraq 92500 74 1961 - 2020
Senegal 88780 75 1961 - 2020
Malaysia 85710 76 1961 - 2020
Belarus 82810 77 1961 - 2020
Eritrea 75920 78 1993 - 2020
Greece 58672 79 1961 - 2020
Cambodia 57890 80 1961 - 2020
Malawi 56500 81 1961 - 2020
Ecuador 54200 82 1961 - 2020
C.A. Republic 50800 83 1961 - 2020
Nicaragua 50650 84 1961 - 2020
Bulgaria 50470 85 1961 - 2020
Tajikistan 49160 86 1961 - 2020
Hungary 49030 87 1961 - 2020
Azerbaijan 47801 88 1961 - 2020
Ireland 45120 89 1961 - 2020
Japan 43720 90 1961 - 2020
Nepal 41210 91 1961 - 2020
Egypt 39710 92 1961 - 2020
Benin 39500 93 1961 - 2020
Sierra Leone 39490 94 1961 - 2020
Portugal 38728 95 1961 - 2020
Guatemala 38560 96 1961 - 2020
Togo 38200 97 1961 - 2020
Czechia 35239 98 1961 - 2020
Honduras 35110 99 1961 - 2020
Serbia 35040 100 1961 - 2020
Sweden 30055 101 1961 - 2020
Lithuania 29428 102 1961 - 2020
Sri Lanka 28120 103 1961 - 2020
Austria 26468 104 1961 - 2020
Denmark 26200 105 1961 - 2020
Lesotho 26000 106 1961 - 2020
North Korea 25900 107 1961 - 2020
Domin. Rep. 24290 108 1961 - 2020
Georgia 23779 109 1961 - 2020
Finland 22700 110 1961 - 2020
Moldova 22646 111 1961 - 2020
Bosnia & Herz. 22160 112 1961 - 2020
Gabon 22126 113 1961 - 2020
Panama 21741 114 1961 - 2020
Burundi 20330 115 1961 - 2020
Laos 20290 116 1961 - 2020
Latvia 19690 117 1961 - 2020
Liberia 19540 118 1961 - 2020
Slovakia 18830 119 1961 - 2020
Iceland 18720 120 1961 - 2020
Haiti 18400 121 1961 - 2020
Netherlands 18145 122 1961 - 2020
Rwanda 18117 123 1961 - 2020
Costa Rica 17615 124 1961 - 2020
Djibouti 17020 125 1961 - 2020
Armenia 16760 126 1961 - 2020
South Korea 16210 127 1961 - 2020
Croatia 15050 128 1961 - 2020
Switzerland 15042 129 1961 - 2020
Oman 14589 130 1961 - 2020
Belgium 13646 131 1961 - 2020
North Macedonia 12620 132 1961 - 2020
Guyana 12413 133 1961 - 2020
Swaziland 12220 134 1961 - 2020
El Salvador 11957 135 1961 - 2020
Papua N.G. 11900 136 1961 - 2020
Albania 11656 137 1961 - 2020
Jordan 10290 138 1961 - 2020
Norway 9860 139 1961 - 2020
Estonia 9850 140 1961 - 2020
G.-Bissau 8151 141 1961 - 2020
Lebanon 6697 142 1961 - 2020
Israel 6464 143 1961 - 2020
Slovenia 6105 144 1961 - 2020
Gambia 6050 145 1961 - 2020
Bhutan 5130 146 1961 - 2020
Palestine 4449 147 1961 - 2020
Jamaica 4440 148 1961 - 2020
UA Emirates 3898 149 1961 - 2020
Fiji 3116 150 1961 - 2020
Montenegro 2580 151 1961 - 2020
Eq. Guinea 1885 152 1961 - 2020
Vanuatu 1870 153 1961 - 2020
N. Caledonia 1840 154 1961 - 2020
Belize 1720 155 1961 - 2020
Puerto Rico 1679 156 1961 - 2020
Kuwait 1500 157 1961 - 2020
Cyprus 1341 158 1961 - 2020
Luxembourg 1321 159 2000 - 2020
Comoros 1310 160 1961 - 2020
Solomon Isl. 1170 161 1961 - 2020
Faroe Isl. 961 162 1961 - 2020
Mauritius 860 163 1961 - 2020
Suriname 840 164 1961 - 2020
Cape Verde 790 165 1961 - 2020
Qatar 740 166 1961 - 2020
Tr.&Tobago 540 167 1961 - 2020
Samoa 494 168 1961 - 2020
S.T.&Principe 440 169 1961 - 2020
Tonga 350 170 1961 - 2020
Kiribati 340 171 1961 - 2020
Dominica 250 172 1961 - 2020
Micronesia 220 173 1961 - 2020
Andorra 187 174 1961 - 2020
Bahamas 140 175 1961 - 2020
Brunei 134 176 1961 - 2020
Malta 104 177 1961 - 2020
Barbados 100 178 1961 - 2020
Saint Lucia 99 179 1961 - 2020
Ant.& Barb. 90 180 1961 - 2020
Bahrain 86 181 1961 - 2020
Grenada 80 182 1961 - 2020
St. Vincent & ... 70 183 1961 - 2020
Maldives 64 184 1961 - 2020
Liechtenstein 53 185 1961 - 2020
Palau 43 186 1961 - 2020
Hong Kong 40 187 1961 - 2020
San Marino 23 188 1961 - 2020
Aruba 20 189 1961 - 2020
Tuvalu 18 190 1961 - 2020
Seychelles 16 191 1961 - 2020
Singapore 7 192 1961 - 2020
Bermuda 3 193 1961 - 2020


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