Countries by agricultural land

Falkland Islands had the highest agricultural land of 225 countries in 2018, at 93.8%. French Guiana had the lowest, at 0.4%. The median was 35.9% and the figure for the World was 36%. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Highest93.8Falkland Islands

Lowest0.4French Guiana

Median35.9225 countries

World36History

Map of countries, 2018

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%, 2018. 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, 2018

%. 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	2018 (%)	Change on 2017
1	Falkland Islands Estimated	93.8	+0.1 pts
2	Lesotho Estimated	87.4	+0.5 pts
3	Uruguay Estimated	86.8	+0.4 pts
4	Turkmenistan Estimated	82.8	+1.6 pts
5	Côte d’Ivoire Estimated	81.9	+3.7 pts
6	Comoros Estimated	80.9	+2.9 pts
7	Saudi Arabia Estimated	80.8	0 pts
8	Kazakhstan Estimated	80	-0.1 pts
8	Uganda Estimated	80	+1.3 pts
10	South Africa Estimated	79.4	0 pts
11	Nigeria Estimated	77.3	0 pts
12	Burundi Estimated	77	+1 pts
13	Rwanda Estimated	75.8	-2.9 pts
14	Syria Estimated	75.8	-0 pts
15	Djibouti Estimated	73.5	0 pts
16	Mongolia Estimated	72.8	-0 pts
17	Isle of Man Estimated	72.4	-0.2 pts
18	Haiti Estimated	72.4	-0.5 pts
19	United Kingdom Estimated	71.7	-0.5 pts
20	Ukraine Estimated	71.3	-0.3 pts
21	Palestine Estimated	70.9	-0 pts
22	Bangladesh Estimated	70.7	+0.1 pts
23	Somalia Estimated	70.3	0 pts
24	Madagascar Estimated	70.3	0 pts
25	Eswatini Estimated	69.8	-0.2 pts
26	Guinea Estimated	69.7	+0.8 pts
27	Faroe Islands Estimated	69	-0 pts
28	Togo Estimated	68.7	-0 pts
29	Moldova Estimated	68.6	-1.8 pts
30	Morocco Estimated	68.4	-1.2 pts
31	Gambia Estimated	66.5	+1.9 pts
32	Denmark Estimated	65.8	0 pts
33	Ireland Estimated	65.6	+0.4 pts
34	Lebanon Estimated	64.3	-1.5 pts
35	Malawi Estimated	62.9	+0.6 pts
36	Eritrea Estimated	62.8	0 pts
37	Tunisia Estimated	62.5	-0.3 pts
38	Burkina Faso Estimated	61.1	+0.6 pts
39	Cuba Estimated	60.7	0 pts
40	Sudan Estimated	60.3	+0.2 pts
41	India Estimated	60.2	-0 pts
42	Tokelau Estimated	60	0 pts
42	Tuvalu Estimated	60	0 pts
44	Armenia Estimated	58.9	0 pts
45	Romania Estimated	58.3	+0.2 pts
46	Afghanistan Estimated	58.3	+0.2 pts
47	Hungary Estimated	58	-0.1 pts
48	Uzbekistan Estimated	57.9	-0 pts
49	Azerbaijan Estimated	57.8	0 pts
50	El Salvador Estimated	57.7	-0.5 pts
51	Mozambique Estimated	55.4	+0.3 pts
52	Sierra Leone Estimated	54.7	0 pts
53	Netherlands Estimated	54.1	+0.1 pts
54	Kyrgyzstan Estimated	54.1	-0.9 pts
55	Ghana Estimated	53.7	+0.6 pts
56	France Estimated	53.2	-0.1 pts
57	Mayotte Estimated	53.1	-1.5 pts
58	Spain Estimated	52.4	-0.2 pts
59	Paraguay Estimated	51.9	+0.5 pts
60	Luxembourg Estimated	51.1	+0.1 pts
61	North Macedonia Estimated	50.1	-0.1 pts
62	Mexico Estimated	49.7	-0.2 pts
63	Dominican Republic Estimated	49.2	+1.1 pts
64	Türkiye Estimated	49.1	-0.2 pts
65	Kenya Estimated	49.1	+0.1 pts
66	Senegal Estimated	48.6	+0.2 pts
67	Tonga Estimated	48.3	+0.1 pts
68	Zimbabwe Estimated	48.1	-0 pts
69	Pakistan Estimated	47.9	-0.1 pts
70	Germany Estimated	47.6	-0.1 pts
71	Poland Estimated	47.4	+0.2 pts
72	Namibia Estimated	47.1	0 pts
73	Lithuania Estimated	47.1	+0.2 pts
74	Australia Estimated	46.7	-1.7 pts
75	United States Estimated	46.6	-0.1 pts
76	Bulgaria Estimated	46.3	0 pts
77	Greece Estimated	46.1	-0.9 pts
78	Botswana Estimated	45.6	0 pts
78	Czechia Estimated	45.6	0 pts
80	Sri Lanka Estimated	45.5	+0.9 pts
81	Guatemala Estimated	45	+0.5 pts
82	Thailand Estimated	44.7	0 pts
83	South Sudan Estimated	44.7	-0.1 pts
84	São Tomé and Príncipe Estimated	44.7	+1.1 pts
85	Yemen Estimated	44.4	0 pts
86	Belgium Estimated	44.4	+0.6 pts
87	Tanzania Estimated	44.1	+0.2 pts
88	Bosnia and Herzegovina Estimated	43.2	-0.3 pts
89	Argentina Estimated	43.1	-0.4 pts
90	Albania Estimated	42.9	-0 pts
91	Philippines Estimated	42.4	+0.1 pts
92	Nicaragua Estimated	42.3	0 pts
93	China Estimated	42.2	-0.4 pts
94	Kiribati Estimated	42	0 pts
95	Italy Estimated	42	-1.4 pts
96	Belarus Estimated	41.6	-0.2 pts
97	Portugal Estimated	41	+0.5 pts
98	Mauritius Estimated	40.8	+0.1 pts
99	Marshall Islands Estimated	40.5	-4.7 pts
100	San Marino Estimated	40.4	+0.7 pts
101	Benin Estimated	40.3	+3.7 pts
102	Andorra Estimated	40.1	0 pts
103	Chad Estimated	40	0 pts
104	New Zealand Estimated	39.9	-0.6 pts
105	Colombia Estimated	39.7	+0.5 pts
106	Serbia Estimated	39.6	+0.5 pts
107	Slovakia Estimated	39.3	+0.2 pts
108	Jamaica Estimated	39.1	0 pts
109	Vietnam Estimated	38.7	-0.1 pts
110	Mauritania Estimated	38.5	0 pts
111	Switzerland Estimated	38.2	-0.1 pts
112	Niger Estimated	36.6	+0.1 pts
113	Angola Estimated	35.9	0 pts
114	Bolivia Estimated	35.3	+0.2 pts
115	Costa Rica Estimated	34.3	+0.1 pts
116	Georgia Estimated	34	-0.2 pts
117	Ethiopia Estimated	33.8	+0.3 pts
118	Mali Estimated	33.7	+0.3 pts
119	British Virgin Islands Estimated	33.7	+2 pts
120	Cambodia Estimated	33.2	+0.4 pts
121	Dominica Estimated	32.7	0 pts
122	Malta Estimated	32.4	0 pts
123	Liechtenstein Estimated	32.4	-0.1 pts
124	Austria Estimated	32.2	-0 pts
125	Zambia Estimated	32.1	0 pts
126	Latvia Estimated	31.1	+0.1 pts
127	Republic of the Congo Estimated	31.1	0 pts
128	Saint Helena Estimated	30.8	0 pts
129	Slovenia Estimated	30.4	-0.1 pts
130	Montserrat Estimated	30	0 pts
131	Guam Estimated	29.6	-1.9 pts
131	Israel Estimated	29.6	-0.1 pts
133	Honduras Estimated	29	-0.2 pts
134	Guinea-Bissau Estimated	29	+0.6 pts
135	Iran Estimated	28.9	+0.3 pts
136	Indonesia Estimated	28.4	+0.6 pts
137	Brazil Estimated	28.3	0 pts
138	Martinique Estimated	27.9	+1.2 pts
139	Tajikistan Estimated	27.8	+0.1 pts
140	Guadeloupe Estimated	27.1	-1 pts
141	Nepal Estimated	27	-0.6 pts
142	Panama Estimated	26.6	-0.7 pts
143	Croatia Estimated	26.5	-0.2 pts
144	Malaysia Estimated	26.2	+0.1 pts
145	Norfolk Island Estimated	25	0 pts
145	Wallis and Futuna Estimated	25	0 pts
147	Cape Verde Estimated	24.9	-0 pts
148	Venezuela Estimated	24.4	0 pts
149	Grenada Estimated	23.5	0 pts
150	Barbados Estimated	23.3	0 pts
151	Saint Kitts and Nevis Estimated	23.1	0 pts
152	Estonia Estimated	23	+0.1 pts
153	Timor-Leste Estimated	23	0 pts
154	Taiwan Estimated	22.3	-0.1 pts
155	Ecuador Estimated	21.9	-0.6 pts
156	North Korea Estimated	21.6	0 pts
157	Iraq Estimated	21.5	+0.1 pts
158	Maldives Estimated	21.3	0 pts
159	Antigua and Barbuda Estimated	21.1	0 pts
160	Cameroon Estimated	20.7	0 pts
161	American Samoa Estimated	20.1	0 pts
162	Myanmar Estimated	20	0 pts
163	Samoa Estimated	19.9	-2.4 pts
164	Liberia Estimated	19.8	+0.3 pts
165	Montenegro Estimated	19.1	0 pts
166	Puerto Rico Estimated	19	-0.5 pts
167	Peru Estimated	18.8	-0.1 pts
168	Western Sahara Estimated	18.8	0 pts
169	Iceland Estimated	18.6	-0.1 pts
170	Niue Estimated	18.5	0 pts
171	Nauru Estimated	18.4	0 pts
172	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Estimated	18	0 pts
173	Fiji Estimated	17.5	-0.2 pts
174	Algeria Estimated	17.4	0 pts
175	Réunion Estimated	17.2	-0.3 pts
176	South Korea Estimated	16.9	-0.3 pts
177	Saint Lucia Estimated	16.3	0 pts
178	Chile Estimated	16	-0.6 pts
179	Cook Islands Estimated	15.6	-0 pts
180	Democratic Republic of the Congo Estimated	15.3	+0.1 pts
181	Cyprus Estimated	14.3	+1.2 pts
182	Bhutan Estimated	13.5	0 pts
183	Vanuatu Estimated	13.3	0 pts
184	Russia Estimated	13.2	0 pts
185	Japan Estimated	13	-0.1 pts
186	Jordan Estimated	11.5	+0.2 pts
187	Cayman Islands Estimated	11.3	0 pts
188	Aruba Estimated	11.1	0 pts
189	Trinidad and Tobago Estimated	10.5	0 pts
190	Bahrain Estimated	10.4	0 pts
191	New Caledonia Estimated	10.3	0 pts
192	Laos Estimated	10.1	-0.2 pts
193	U.S. Virgin Islands Estimated	9.4	-2.5 pts
194	Palau Estimated	9.4	0 pts
195	French Polynesia Estimated	9	-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	-0.1 pts
199	Central African Republic Estimated	8.3	+0.4 pts
200	Micronesia Estimated	7.8	-0 pts
201	Belize Estimated	7.5	0 pts
202	Finland Estimated	7.5	0 pts
203	Sweden Estimated	7.4	-0 pts
204	Gabon Estimated	6.9	-0 pts
205	Canada Estimated	6.5	0 pts
206	Qatar Estimated	6.4	+0.2 pts
207	Bermuda Estimated	5.6	0 pts
208	United Arab Emirates Estimated	5.4	-0 pts
209	Hong Kong Estimated	4.8	-0.1 pts
210	Oman Estimated	4.7	0 pts
211	Egypt Estimated	3.9	0 pts
212	Solomon Islands Estimated	3.8	+0.1 pts
213	Guyana Estimated	3.7	0 pts
214	Equatorial Guinea Estimated	3.6	0 pts
215	Papua New Guinea Estimated	3.1	0 pts
216	Seychelles Estimated	3	0 pts
217	Brunei Estimated	2.9	0 pts
218	Norway Estimated	2.7	0 pts
219	Bahamas Estimated	1.3	0 pts
220	Northern Mariana Islands Estimated	1.2	-2.5 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_2018,
  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, 2018}},
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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=2018. 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 93.8% in 2018, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

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French Guiana, with 0.4% in 2018.

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