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Arable land, percent of total land area, 2021:

The average for 2021 based on 46 countries was 12.7 percent. The highest value was in Bangladesh: 60.5 percent and the lowest value was in Oman: 0.2 percent. The indicator is available from 1961 to 2022. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: percent; Source: The World Bank
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Countries Arable land, percent of land area, 2021 Global rank Available data
Bangladesh 60.5 1 1961 - 2022
India 51.9 2 1961 - 2022
Pakistan 39.3 3 1961 - 2022
Thailand 33.6 4 1961 - 2022
Azerbaijan 25.3 5 1992 - 2022
Syria 24.7 6 1961 - 2022
Cambodia 23.3 7 1961 - 2022
Sri Lanka 22.2 8 1961 - 2022
Vietnam 21.6 9 1961 - 2022
North Korea 19.1 10 1961 - 2022
Philippines 18.7 11 1961 - 2022
Israel 17.4 12 1961 - 2021
Burma 16.8 13 1961 - 2022
Armenia 15.6 14 1992 - 2022
South Korea 13.8 15 1961 - 2022
Lebanon 13.6 16 1961 - 2022
Maldives 13 17 1961 - 2022
Nepal 12.8 18 1961 - 2022
Afghanistan 12 19 1961 - 2022
China 11.5 20 1961 - 2022
Iraq 11.4 21 1961 - 2022
Japan 11.2 22 1961 - 2022
Kazakhstan 11 23 1992 - 2022
Iran 9.7 24 1961 - 2022
Indonesia 9.5 25 1961 - 2022
Uzbekistan 9.1 26 1992 - 2022
Palestine 7 27 1961 - 2021
Kyrgyzstan 6.7 28 1992 - 2022
Tajikistan 6 29 1992 - 2022
Laos 5.3 30 1961 - 2022
Georgia 4.5 31 1992 - 2022
Turkmenistan 3.4 32 1992 - 2022
Bahrain 2.7 33 1961 - 2022
Malaysia 2.5 34 1961 - 2022
Jordan 2.2 35 1961 - 2022
Yemen 2.2 36 1961 - 2022
Bhutan 1.9 37 1961 - 2022
Hong Kong 1.9 38 1961 - 2021
Qatar 1.8 39 1961 - 2022
Saudi Arabia 1.6 40 1961 - 2022
Brunei 0.8 41 1961 - 2022
Singapore 0.8 42 1961 - 2022
Mongolia 0.7 43 1961 - 2022
UA Emirates 0.7 44 1961 - 2022
Kuwait 0.4 45 1961 - 2022
Oman 0.2 46 1961 - 2022



Definition: 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.

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