Countries by agricultural land
Falkland Islands had the highest agricultural land of 225 countries in 2022, at 93.5%. Suriname had the lowest, at 0.5%. The median was 35.8% and the figure for the World was 36%. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
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| Rank | Countries | 2022 (%) | Change on 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Falkland Islands Estimated | 93.5 | +0.6 pts |
| 2 | Lesotho Estimated | 92.9 | -0.1 pts |
| 3 | Uruguay Estimated | 87.6 | -0.6 pts |
| 4 | Turkmenistan Estimated | 84.6 | 0 pts |
| 5 | Côte d’Ivoire Estimated | 83.6 | +1.8 pts |
| 6 | Saudi Arabia Estimated | 80.8 | 0 pts |
| 7 | Uganda Estimated | 80.3 | 0 pts |
| 8 | Burundi Estimated | 80 | 0 pts |
| 9 | Kazakhstan Estimated | 79.6 | 0 pts |
| 10 | South Africa Estimated | 79.4 | 0 pts |
| 11 | Comoros Estimated | 78.4 | -0.5 pts |
| 12 | Rwanda Estimated | 78.3 | -3 pts |
| 13 | Nigeria Estimated | 76.1 | +1 pts |
| 14 | Gambia Estimated | 75.2 | +2.3 pts |
| 15 | Moldova Estimated | 75 | -0.1 pts |
| 16 | Syria Estimated | 74.1 | -0.9 pts |
| 17 | Djibouti Estimated | 73.5 | 0 pts |
| 18 | Bangladesh Estimated | 72.4 | +0.1 pts |
| 19 | United Kingdom Estimated | 72 | +0.8 pts |
| 20 | Mongolia Estimated | 71.9 | -0.3 pts |
| 21 | Guinea Estimated | 71.9 | +1.5 pts |
| 22 | Ukraine Estimated | 71.3 | 0 pts |
| 23 | Isle of Man Estimated | 70.5 | +0.8 pts |
| 24 | Somalia Estimated | 70.3 | 0 pts |
| 25 | Madagascar Estimated | 70.3 | 0 pts |
| 26 | Faroe Islands Estimated | 70.1 | -0.1 pts |
| 27 | Eswatini Estimated | 69.6 | +0.2 pts |
| 28 | Tuvalu Estimated | 69.2 | +9.2 pts |
| 29 | Togo Estimated | 68.9 | +0.2 pts |
| 30 | Morocco Estimated | 67.2 | +0.3 pts |
| 31 | Lebanon Estimated | 66.4 | 0 pts |
| 32 | Denmark Estimated | 65.6 | +0.1 pts |
| 33 | Haiti Estimated | 65.1 | 0 pts |
| 34 | Malawi Estimated | 65 | 0 pts |
| 35 | Palestine Estimated | 64.9 | 0 pts |
| 36 | Ireland Estimated | 63.1 | +0.2 pts |
| 37 | Eritrea Estimated | 62.8 | 0 pts |
| 38 | Burkina Faso Estimated | 62.6 | +0.5 pts |
| 39 | Tunisia Estimated | 62.1 | -0.4 pts |
| 40 | Cuba Estimated | 61.7 | 0 pts |
| 41 | Sudan Estimated | 60.3 | 0 pts |
| 42 | India Estimated | 60.1 | 0 pts |
| 43 | Tokelau Estimated | 60 | 0 pts |
| 44 | Afghanistan Estimated | 58.7 | 0 pts |
| 45 | Armenia Estimated | 58.6 | -0.8 pts |
| 46 | Uzbekistan Estimated | 58.5 | +0.2 pts |
| 47 | Azerbaijan Estimated | 57.8 | 0 pts |
| 48 | El Salvador Estimated | 57.7 | 0 pts |
| 49 | Mozambique Estimated | 56 | +0.2 pts |
| 50 | Hungary Estimated | 55.6 | +0.3 pts |
| 51 | Ghana Estimated | 55.4 | 0 pts |
| 52 | Kyrgyzstan Estimated | 55.3 | +1.2 pts |
| 53 | Romania Estimated | 55.1 | -1.8 pts |
| 54 | Sierra Leone Estimated | 54.7 | 0 pts |
| 55 | Mayotte Estimated | 54.2 | -0.1 pts |
| 56 | Paraguay Estimated | 54.1 | +0.7 pts |
| 57 | Netherlands Estimated | 53.6 | -0.2 pts |
| 58 | Spain Estimated | 53.4 | +0.9 pts |
| 59 | France Estimated | 53 | -0.1 pts |
| 60 | Luxembourg Estimated | 51.5 | -0.1 pts |
| 61 | Mexico Estimated | 50.9 | -0.6 pts |
| 62 | Türkiye Estimated | 50 | +0.5 pts |
| 63 | North Macedonia Estimated | 49.8 | -0.1 pts |
| 64 | Dominican Republic Estimated | 49.7 | +1.1 pts |
| 65 | Kenya Estimated | 49.6 | +0.4 pts |
| 66 | Senegal Estimated | 49.4 | 0 pts |
| 67 | Tonga Estimated | 48.4 | 0 pts |
| 68 | Zimbabwe Estimated | 48.1 | -0 pts |
| 69 | Germany Estimated | 47.5 | 0 pts |
| 70 | Australia Estimated | 47.3 | 0 pts |
| 71 | Namibia Estimated | 47.1 | 0 pts |
| 72 | Pakistan Estimated | 46.6 | -0.1 pts |
| 73 | Lithuania Estimated | 46.5 | -0.4 pts |
| 74 | Bulgaria Estimated | 46.3 | -0.2 pts |
| 75 | Poland Estimated | 46.2 | -1.1 pts |
| 76 | São Tomé and Príncipe Estimated | 46.1 | 0 pts |
| 77 | United States Estimated | 46.1 | -0.1 pts |
| 78 | Guatemala Estimated | 46 | 0 pts |
| 79 | Thailand Estimated | 46 | 0 pts |
| 80 | Czechia Estimated | 45.8 | 0 pts |
| 81 | Botswana Estimated | 45.6 | 0 pts |
| 82 | Sri Lanka Estimated | 45.5 | 0 pts |
| 83 | Tanzania Estimated | 45.1 | +0.4 pts |
| 84 | South Sudan Estimated | 44.7 | 0 pts |
| 85 | Belgium Estimated | 44.6 | -0.2 pts |
| 86 | Yemen Estimated | 44.4 | 0 pts |
| 87 | Italy Estimated | 44 | +2 pts |
| 88 | Argentina Estimated | 43.4 | -0.9 pts |
| 89 | Benin Estimated | 43.3 | +1.8 pts |
| 90 | Portugal Estimated | 43 | -0.5 pts |
| 91 | San Marino Estimated | 42.3 | -0.1 pts |
| 92 | Nicaragua Estimated | 42.3 | 0 pts |
| 93 | Philippines Estimated | 42.3 | -0.2 pts |
| 94 | Kiribati Estimated | 42 | 0 pts |
| 95 | China Estimated | 41.7 | -0 pts |
| 96 | Greece Estimated | 41.7 | -2.7 pts |
| 97 | Albania Estimated | 41.5 | -0 pts |
| 98 | Mauritius Estimated | 40.8 | -0.1 pts |
| 99 | Andorra Estimated | 40.1 | +0.2 pts |
| 100 | Chad Estimated | 40 | 0 pts |
| 101 | Belarus Estimated | 39.9 | -0.4 pts |
| 102 | Serbia Estimated | 39.6 | -0.2 pts |
| 103 | Vietnam Estimated | 39.3 | -0.1 pts |
| 104 | Jamaica Estimated | 39.1 | 0 pts |
| 105 | Mauritania Estimated | 38.5 | 0 pts |
| 106 | Slovakia Estimated | 38.5 | -0.1 pts |
| 107 | Marshall Islands Estimated | 38 | -1 pts |
| 108 | Switzerland Estimated | 37.9 | -0.1 pts |
| 109 | Colombia Estimated | 37.6 | -1.1 pts |
| 110 | New Zealand Estimated | 37 | -1.6 pts |
| 111 | Niger Estimated | 36.8 | 0 pts |
| 112 | Angola Estimated | 36.2 | +0.1 pts |
| 113 | British Virgin Islands Estimated | 35.8 | +0.4 pts |
| 114 | Bolivia Estimated | 35.7 | +0.1 pts |
| 115 | Cambodia Estimated | 34.7 | -0 pts |
| 116 | Ethiopia Estimated | 34.3 | -0.3 pts |
| 117 | Georgia Estimated | 34.2 | +0.1 pts |
| 118 | Mali Estimated | 34.2 | -0.6 pts |
| 119 | Dominica Estimated | 32.7 | 0 pts |
| 120 | Liechtenstein Estimated | 32.3 | 0 pts |
| 121 | Zambia Estimated | 32.1 | 0 pts |
| 122 | Latvia Estimated | 31.7 | 0 pts |
| 123 | Austria Estimated | 31.5 | -0.1 pts |
| 124 | Costa Rica Estimated | 31.4 | 0 pts |
| 125 | Republic of the Congo Estimated | 31.2 | -0.1 pts |
| 126 | Saint Helena Estimated | 30.8 | 0 pts |
| 127 | Slovenia Estimated | 30.3 | -0 pts |
| 128 | Guinea-Bissau Estimated | 30 | 0 pts |
| 128 | Montserrat Estimated | 30 | 0 pts |
| 130 | Guam Estimated | 29.6 | 0 pts |
| 131 | Martinique Estimated | 29.5 | +1.1 pts |
| 132 | Indonesia Estimated | 29 | +0.1 pts |
| 132 | Iran Estimated | 29 | 0 pts |
| 134 | Guadeloupe Estimated | 29 | -0.1 pts |
| 135 | Honduras Estimated | 28.3 | -0.2 pts |
| 136 | Brazil Estimated | 28.3 | 0 pts |
| 137 | Tajikistan Estimated | 28.1 | +0.3 pts |
| 138 | Norfolk Island Estimated | 27.8 | 0 pts |
| 139 | Malta Estimated | 27.8 | 0 pts |
| 140 | Nepal Estimated | 26.1 | -0.2 pts |
| 141 | Croatia Estimated | 25.9 | -0.5 pts |
| 142 | Malaysia Estimated | 25.1 | -0.2 pts |
| 143 | Wallis and Futuna Estimated | 25 | 0 pts |
| 144 | Cape Verde Estimated | 24.9 | +0.1 pts |
| 145 | Israel Estimated | 24.7 | -0.2 pts |
| 146 | Venezuela Estimated | 24.4 | 0 pts |
| 147 | Panama Estimated | 24.1 | -0.7 pts |
| 148 | Grenada Estimated | 23.5 | 0 pts |
| 149 | Barbados Estimated | 23.3 | 0 pts |
| 150 | Estonia Estimated | 23.1 | -0 pts |
| 150 | Saint Kitts and Nevis Estimated | 23.1 | 0 pts |
| 152 | Timor-Leste Estimated | 23 | 0 pts |
| 153 | Taiwan Estimated | 22 | -0.2 pts |
| 154 | Bosnia and Herzegovina Estimated | 21.8 | -22.4 pts |
| 155 | Iraq Estimated | 21.6 | -0.1 pts |
| 156 | North Korea Estimated | 21.6 | -0 pts |
| 157 | Ecuador Estimated | 21.5 | -0.5 pts |
| 158 | Antigua and Barbuda Estimated | 21.1 | 0 pts |
| 159 | Cameroon Estimated | 20.9 | 0 pts |
| 160 | Liberia Estimated | 20.1 | 0 pts |
| 161 | Myanmar Estimated | 19.9 | +0.1 pts |
| 162 | Maldives Estimated | 19.7 | 0 pts |
| 163 | Puerto Rico Estimated | 19.4 | +0.1 pts |
| 164 | Peru Estimated | 19.1 | -0.4 pts |
| 165 | Montenegro Estimated | 18.9 | -0.1 pts |
| 166 | Western Sahara Estimated | 18.8 | 0 pts |
| 167 | Iceland Estimated | 18.6 | 0 pts |
| 168 | Niue Estimated | 18.5 | 0 pts |
| 169 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Estimated | 18 | 0 pts |
| 170 | Samoa Estimated | 17.8 | 0 pts |
| 171 | Algeria Estimated | 17.4 | 0 pts |
| 172 | Fiji Estimated | 17.1 | 0 pts |
| 173 | Nauru Estimated | 17 | -0.2 pts |
| 174 | Saint Lucia Estimated | 16.3 | 0 pts |
| 175 | Réunion Estimated | 16.3 | -0.2 pts |
| 176 | South Korea Estimated | 16.2 | -0.2 pts |
| 177 | Cook Islands Estimated | 15.9 | 0 pts |
| 178 | Democratic Republic of the Congo Estimated | 15.8 | +0.3 pts |
| 179 | American Samoa Estimated | 14.8 | -1.3 pts |
| 180 | Chile Estimated | 14.5 | -0.1 pts |
| 181 | Bhutan Estimated | 13.7 | +0.1 pts |
| 182 | Cyprus Estimated | 13.3 | +0.1 pts |
| 183 | Vanuatu Estimated | 13.3 | 0 pts |
| 184 | Russia Estimated | 13.2 | 0 pts |
| 185 | Japan Estimated | 12.7 | -0.1 pts |
| 186 | Jordan Estimated | 11.6 | -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 | +0.2 pts |
| 191 | New Caledonia Estimated | 9.8 | 0 pts |
| 192 | Laos Estimated | 9.8 | +0.2 pts |
| 193 | U.S. Virgin Islands Estimated | 9.4 | 0 pts |
| 194 | Palau Estimated | 9.4 | 0 pts |
| 195 | Central African Republic Estimated | 9 | 0 pts |
| 196 | Libya Estimated | 8.7 | 0 pts |
| 197 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon Estimated | 8.7 | 0 pts |
| 198 | Kuwait Estimated | 8.4 | 0 pts |
| 199 | French Polynesia Estimated | 8.4 | -0.1 pts |
| 200 | Belize Estimated | 8 | 0 pts |
| 201 | Micronesia Estimated | 7.7 | 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 pts |
| 207 | Bermuda Estimated | 5.6 | 0 pts |
| 208 | United Arab Emirates Estimated | 5.5 | 0 pts |
| 209 | Oman Estimated | 4.7 | 0 pts |
| 210 | Egypt Estimated | 4.1 | 0 pts |
| 211 | Solomon Islands Estimated | 4 | -0.1 pts |
| 212 | Hong Kong Estimated | 3.8 | 0 pts |
| 213 | Equatorial Guinea Estimated | 3.6 | +0.1 pts |
| 214 | Seychelles Estimated | 3.5 | +0.3 pts |
| 215 | Guyana Estimated | 3.4 | 0 pts |
| 216 | Papua New Guinea Estimated | 3.1 | 0 pts |
| 217 | Brunei Estimated | 2.9 | 0 pts |
| 218 | Norway Estimated | 2.7 | 0 pts |
| 219 | Northern Mariana Islands Estimated | 2.1 | +0.2 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 | French Guiana Estimated | 0.5 | 0 pts |
| 224 | Suriname Estimated | 0.5 | -0 pts |
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About this ranking
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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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. (2026). Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209) (Countries by agricultural land, 2022) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip
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Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209), Countries by agricultural land, 2022. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2 Oct. 2026, https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/agricultural-land-share/countries?period=2022. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209), Countries by agricultural land, 2022 [Dataset]. Available at: https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/agricultural-land-share/countries?period=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).
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Which country has the highest agricultural land?
Falkland Islands, with 93.5% in 2022, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
Which country has the lowest agricultural land?
Suriname, with 0.5% in 2022.
Where does this ranking come from?
Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209). Retrieved 2026-10-12.