Agricultural land
Agricultural land as a share of land area: cropland (arable land and permanent crops) plus permanent meadows and pastures. Land area excludes inland waters. FAOSTAT land use domain, element "Share in Land area".
Many countries report land use rarely, so FAO often carries the last figure forward and recent years can repeat earlier ones. This is the FAO series the World Bank republishes as AG.LND.AGRI.ZS. FAO fills gaps in national reporting with its own estimates and imputations, which are marked as estimated, and revises past years when countries send new figures.
Key facts
- Agricultural land in the World was 36% in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- Agricultural land in the United States was 46.1% in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- Tuvalu had the highest agricultural land of 224 countries in 2024, at 100%, and Suriname the lowest, at 0.5%. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- Published for 226 places, with figures from 1961 to 2024.
Rankings
Countries by agricultural land, 2024
Places with data
World, EU and euro area
Countries
- India
- China
- United States
- Indonesia
- Pakistan
- Nigeria
- Brazil
- Bangladesh
- Russia
- Ethiopia
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Barbados
- Seychelles
- Turks and Caicos Islands
- Solomon Islands
- Belgium
Use this data in your AI agent
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Which places have the highest agricultural land? Use official data and cite it.
rank_places {"indicator":"agricultural_land_share","level":"country"}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/rank?indicator=agricultural_land_share&level=country