Countries by agricultural land

Falkland Islands had the highest agricultural land of 225 countries in 2015, at 91.7%. French Guiana had the lowest, at 0.4%. The median was 36% and the figure for the World was 35.9%. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Highest91.7Falkland Islands

Lowest0.4French Guiana

Median36225 countries

World35.9History

Map of countries, 2015

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%, 2015. Hatched areas have no value for this period. Source: FAOSTAT, Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

Top 40 countries, 2015

%. Source: FAOSTAT, Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	Countries	2015 (%)	Change on 2014
1	Falkland Islands Estimated	91.7	+0.1 pts
2	Uruguay Estimated	86	+0.6 pts
3	Saudi Arabia Estimated	80.8	-0 pts
4	Lesotho Estimated	80.3	-1.8 pts
5	Kazakhstan Estimated	80.1	-0.2 pts
6	Rwanda Estimated	80.1	-0.7 pts
7	South Africa Estimated	79.4	0 pts
8	Turkmenistan Estimated	78	+1.6 pts
9	Uganda Estimated	78	+0.4 pts
10	Côte d’Ivoire Estimated	77.3	+4.7 pts
11	Syria Estimated	75.8	-0 pts
12	Nigeria Estimated	74.8	+1.1 pts
13	Burundi Estimated	73.9	+1 pts
14	Haiti Estimated	73.8	+0.7 pts
15	Djibouti Estimated	73.5	0 pts
16	Isle of Man Estimated	73.1	+0.5 pts
17	Mongolia Estimated	73	-0 pts
18	Comoros Estimated	72.6	-0.6 pts
19	Ukraine Estimated	71.7	-0 pts
20	Palestine Estimated	71.6	+2.5 pts
21	United Kingdom Estimated	70.8	-0.4 pts
22	Moldova Estimated	70.5	+0.1 pts
23	Eswatini Estimated	70.4	-0.2 pts
24	Bangladesh Estimated	70.4	+0.5 pts
25	Somalia Estimated	70.3	0 pts
26	Madagascar Estimated	70.3	0 pts
27	Faroe Islands Estimated	69.1	0 pts
28	Togo Estimated	68.8	-0.2 pts
29	Guinea Estimated	67.6	+3 pts
30	Morocco Estimated	67.3	-0.1 pts
31	Denmark Estimated	65.9	-0.5 pts
32	Lebanon Estimated	64.9	+0.7 pts
33	Ireland Estimated	64.3	-0.5 pts
34	Gambia Estimated	63.6	+0.6 pts
35	Tunisia Estimated	63.3	+0.5 pts
36	Eritrea Estimated	62.8	0 pts
37	India Estimated	60.4	-0 pts
38	Malawi Estimated	60.4	+0.6 pts
39	Romania Estimated	60.2	+0.1 pts
40	Tokelau Estimated	60	0 pts
40	Tuvalu Estimated	60	0 pts
42	Cuba Estimated	60	-0.4 pts
43	Sudan Estimated	59.8	+0.2 pts
44	Burkina Faso Estimated	59.5	+0.6 pts
45	El Salvador Estimated	59	+0.4 pts
46	Armenia Estimated	58.9	-0.1 pts
47	Afghanistan Estimated	58.1	0 pts
48	Uzbekistan Estimated	58	-0.6 pts
49	Azerbaijan Estimated	57.7	0 pts
50	Hungary Estimated	57.7	0 pts
51	Kyrgyzstan Estimated	55	0 pts
52	Netherlands Estimated	54.8	+0.2 pts
53	Sierra Leone Estimated	54.7	0 pts
54	Mayotte Estimated	54.7	0 pts
55	Ghana Estimated	54.6	+0.2 pts
56	Mozambique Estimated	54	+0.5 pts
57	France Estimated	53.3	-0.1 pts
58	Spain Estimated	53.2	+0.1 pts
59	Luxembourg Estimated	51	+0.1 pts
60	Mexico Estimated	50.8	-0 pts
61	Paraguay Estimated	50.3	+0.5 pts
62	Türkiye Estimated	50.1	0 pts
63	North Macedonia Estimated	50	0 pts
64	Kenya Estimated	48.9	+0.1 pts
65	Senegal Estimated	48.5	+1.9 pts
66	Zimbabwe Estimated	48.1	0 pts
67	Greece Estimated	48.1	-0 pts
68	Lithuania Estimated	48	+0.8 pts
69	Germany Estimated	48	0 pts
70	Namibia Estimated	47.1	0 pts
71	Dominican Republic Estimated	47	-0.5 pts
72	Pakistan Estimated	47	-0.1 pts
73	Poland Estimated	46.9	-0.2 pts
74	United States Estimated	46.5	+0.1 pts
75	Bulgaria Estimated	46.2	+0.3 pts
76	Tonga Estimated	46	+0.5 pts
77	Botswana Estimated	45.6	-0.3 pts
78	Australia Estimated	45.3	-3.4 pts
79	Czechia Estimated	45.3	-0.3 pts
80	Marshall Islands Estimated	45.1	0 pts
81	South Sudan Estimated	44.9	-0 pts
82	Thailand Estimated	44.7	0 pts
83	Yemen Estimated	44.4	-0 pts
84	Sri Lanka Estimated	44.3	+0.6 pts
85	Argentina Estimated	44.2	-0.4 pts
86	Belgium Estimated	43.8	-0.1 pts
87	Italy Estimated	43.8	-0.7 pts
88	Guatemala Estimated	43.5	+1.9 pts
89	Tanzania Estimated	43.4	+0.2 pts
90	China Estimated	43.2	-0.4 pts
91	Albania Estimated	42.9	0 pts
92	Bosnia and Herzegovina Estimated	42.5	+0.4 pts
93	Belarus Estimated	42.2	-0.3 pts
94	Nicaragua Estimated	42.2	0 pts
95	Philippines Estimated	42	+0.2 pts
96	Kiribati Estimated	42	0 pts
97	São Tomé and Príncipe Estimated	41.6	+0.9 pts
98	Mauritius Estimated	40.7	-0.1 pts
98	New Zealand Estimated	40.7	-1.5 pts
100	Portugal Estimated	40.4	-0 pts
101	Colombia Estimated	40.4	-0 pts
102	Andorra Estimated	40	0 pts
103	Chad Estimated	39.9	0 pts
104	Serbia Estimated	39.8	-0.3 pts
105	Slovakia Estimated	39.3	-0 pts
106	Jamaica Estimated	39.1	0 pts
107	Vietnam Estimated	38.8	+4.1 pts
108	Mauritania Estimated	38.5	0 pts
109	Switzerland Estimated	38.4	-0.1 pts
110	San Marino Estimated	38.3	-0.9 pts
111	Niger Estimated	36.4	+0.1 pts
112	Benin Estimated	36.1	+0.7 pts
113	Angola Estimated	36	0 pts
114	Bolivia Estimated	35.3	0 pts
115	Georgia Estimated	34.9	+0.1 pts
116	Costa Rica Estimated	34.5	-0.5 pts
117	Mali Estimated	33.4	0 pts
118	Ethiopia Estimated	33.1	+0.2 pts
119	Austria Estimated	32.9	0 pts
120	Dominica Estimated	32.7	0 pts
121	Liechtenstein Estimated	32.7	-0.1 pts
122	Cambodia Estimated	32	+0.3 pts
123	Malta Estimated	32	0 pts
124	Zambia Estimated	31.9	0 pts
125	British Virgin Islands Estimated	31.9	+1.3 pts
126	Guam Estimated	31.5	-1.8 pts
127	Republic of the Congo Estimated	31.1	-0 pts
128	Saint Helena Estimated	30.8	0 pts
129	Slovenia Estimated	30.6	+0.1 pts
130	Latvia Estimated	30.3	+0.2 pts
131	Montserrat Estimated	30	0 pts
132	Guadeloupe Estimated	29.2	-0.2 pts
133	Honduras Estimated	28.5	-0.2 pts
134	Panama Estimated	28.4	-0.6 pts
135	Guinea-Bissau Estimated	28.3	+0.3 pts
136	Iran Estimated	28.2	0 pts
137	Brazil Estimated	28.2	+0.1 pts
138	Martinique Estimated	28.1	-0 pts
139	Nepal Estimated	28	-0.2 pts
140	Indonesia Estimated	27.6	+0.1 pts
141	Croatia Estimated	27.5	+0.5 pts
142	Tajikistan Estimated	27.1	+0.3 pts
143	Samoa Estimated	26.7	+2.4 pts
144	Malaysia Estimated	26.1	+0.8 pts
145	Barbados Estimated	25.6	-2.3 pts
146	Norfolk Island Estimated	25	0 pts
146	Wallis and Futuna Estimated	25	0 pts
148	Cape Verde Estimated	24.9	-0.2 pts
149	Israel Estimated	24.7	-0.2 pts
150	Venezuela Estimated	24.4	0 pts
151	Grenada Estimated	23.5	0 pts
152	Ecuador Estimated	23.3	+1.3 pts
153	Saint Kitts and Nevis Estimated	23.1	0 pts
154	Timor-Leste Estimated	22.9	0 pts
155	Estonia Estimated	22.8	+0.4 pts
156	Taiwan Estimated	22.5	-0.1 pts
157	North Korea Estimated	21.9	0 pts
158	Maldives Estimated	21.3	0 pts
159	Iraq Estimated	21.2	-0.1 pts
160	Antigua and Barbuda Estimated	21.1	0 pts
161	Cameroon Estimated	20.6	0 pts
162	Puerto Rico Estimated	20.6	-0.5 pts
163	American Samoa Estimated	20.1	0 pts
164	Myanmar Estimated	19.5	+0.2 pts
165	Peru Estimated	19	+0.1 pts
166	Liberia Estimated	18.9	+0.3 pts
167	Western Sahara Estimated	18.8	0 pts
168	Iceland Estimated	18.7	-0 pts
169	Niue Estimated	18.5	0 pts
170	Nauru Estimated	18.4	-1.8 pts
171	Réunion Estimated	18.1	-0.9 pts
172	Fiji Estimated	18.1	-0.2 pts
173	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Estimated	18	0 pts
174	South Korea Estimated	17.8	-0.1 pts
175	Chile Estimated	17.6	-0.4 pts
176	Algeria Estimated	17.4	0 pts
177	Montenegro Estimated	17.2	+0.1 pts
178	Saint Lucia Estimated	16.3	0 pts
179	Cook Islands Estimated	15.8	-0.1 pts
180	Democratic Republic of the Congo Estimated	14.7	+0.1 pts
181	Bhutan Estimated	13.8	0 pts
182	Cyprus Estimated	13.7	+1.9 pts
183	Japan Estimated	13.3	-0.1 pts
184	Vanuatu Estimated	13.3	0 pts
185	Russia Estimated	13.2	0 pts
186	Jordan Estimated	11.9	-0.1 pts
187	U.S. Virgin Islands Estimated	11.8	+0.1 pts
188	Cayman Islands Estimated	11.3	0 pts
189	Aruba Estimated	11.1	0 pts
190	Bahrain Estimated	10.7	-0.2 pts
191	Trinidad and Tobago Estimated	10.5	0 pts
192	Laos Estimated	10.5	+0.1 pts
193	New Caledonia Estimated	10.3	+0.2 pts
194	Palau Estimated	9.4	0 pts
195	French Polynesia Estimated	9.1	-0.1 pts
196	Libya Estimated	8.7	0 pts
197	Saint Pierre and Miquelon Estimated	8.7	0 pts
198	Kuwait Estimated	8.4	-0.2 pts
199	Central African Republic Estimated	7.9	0 pts
200	Micronesia Estimated	7.9	0 pts
201	Finland Estimated	7.5	0 pts
202	Belize Estimated	7.5	+0.4 pts
203	Sweden Estimated	7.4	-0 pts
204	Gabon Estimated	7	0 pts
205	Canada Estimated	6.5	0 pts
206	Qatar Estimated	6.2	0 pts
207	Bermuda Estimated	5.6	0 pts
208	United Arab Emirates Estimated	5.4	0 pts
209	Hong Kong Estimated	4.9	0 pts
210	Oman Estimated	4.6	0 pts
211	Egypt Estimated	3.8	+0.1 pts
212	Northern Mariana Islands Estimated	3.7	0 pts
213	Guyana Estimated	3.7	0 pts
214	Equatorial Guinea Estimated	3.6	0 pts
214	Solomon Islands Estimated	3.6	0 pts
216	Seychelles Estimated	3.1	+0.5 pts
217	Papua New Guinea Estimated	2.9	0 pts
218	Norway Estimated	2.7	0 pts
219	Brunei Estimated	2.7	0 pts
220	Bahamas Estimated	1.3	0 pts
221	Turks and Caicos Islands Estimated	1.1	0 pts
222	Singapore Estimated	0.9	0 pts
223	Greenland Estimated	0.6	0 pts
224	Suriname Estimated	0.5	-0 pts
225	French Guiana Estimated	0.4	0 pts

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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.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the countries are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

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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.

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@misc{food_countries_by_agricultural_land_2015,
  author = {{Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations}},
  title = {{Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, \% (item 6610, element 7209): Countries by agricultural land, 2015}},
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  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/agricultural-land-share/countries?period=2015. Publisher attribution: 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.},
}

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Which country has the highest agricultural land?

Falkland Islands, with 91.7% in 2015, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Which country has the lowest agricultural land?

French Guiana, with 0.4% in 2015.

Where does this ranking come from?

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