# 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".

## 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.
- Figures last updated on 2026-10-12.

- Indicator id: `agricultural_land_share`
- Unit: %
- Note: 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.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/agricultural-land-share
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/indicators/agricultural_land_share

## Latest figures

| Place | Period | % | Source |
|---|---|---:|---|
| World | 2024 | 36 | FAO. 2026. FAOSTAT: Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209). Accessed on 2026-10-12. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip Licence: CC-BY-4.0. FAO does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data. |
| United States | 2024 | 46.1 | FAO. 2026. FAOSTAT: Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209). Accessed on 2026-10-12. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip Licence: CC-BY-4.0. FAO does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data. |

## Rankings

- [Countries](https://invokely.ai/rankings/agricultural-land-share/countries.md) (225 places)
- [EU countries](https://invokely.ai/rankings/agricultural-land-share/eu-countries.md) (27 places)