Countries by agricultural land

Tuvalu had the highest agricultural land of 224 countries in 2023, at 100%. Suriname had the lowest, at 0.5%. The median was 36.2% and the figure for the World was 36%. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Highest100Tuvalu

Lowest0.5Suriname

Median36.2224 countries

World36History

Map of countries, 2023

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%, 2023. 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, 2023

%. 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	2023 (%)	Change on 2022
1	Tuvalu Estimated	100	+30.7 pts
2	Falkland Islands Estimated	93.2	-0.3 pts
3	Lesotho Estimated	92.9	0 pts
4	Uruguay Estimated	87.6	-0 pts
5	Turkmenistan Estimated	84.2	-0.3 pts
6	Côte d’Ivoire Estimated	81.4	-2.2 pts
7	Saudi Arabia Estimated	81	+0.2 pts
8	Uganda Estimated	80.3	0 pts
9	Comoros Estimated	79.6	+1.2 pts
10	South Africa Estimated	79.4	0 pts
11	Kazakhstan Estimated	79.2	-0.4 pts
12	Nigeria Estimated	77.1	+1 pts
13	Burundi Estimated	76.5	-3.5 pts
14	Gambia Estimated	76	+0.8 pts
15	Rwanda Estimated	75.3	-3.1 pts
16	Moldova Estimated	74.1	-0.9 pts
16	Syria Estimated	74.1	0 pts
18	Djibouti Estimated	73.5	0 pts
19	Guinea Estimated	73.1	+1.2 pts
20	Bangladesh Estimated	72.2	-0.2 pts
21	Ukraine Estimated	71.3	0 pts
22	Madagascar Estimated	70.4	0 pts
23	Somalia Estimated	70.3	0 pts
24	United Kingdom Estimated	70.3	-1.7 pts
25	Faroe Islands Estimated	70.1	+0.1 pts
26	Eswatini Estimated	69.6	0 pts
27	Togo Estimated	69	+0.1 pts
28	Mongolia Estimated	69	-3 pts
29	Isle of Man Estimated	68.9	-1.6 pts
30	Morocco Estimated	67.2	0 pts
31	Lebanon Estimated	66.1	-0.3 pts
32	Denmark Estimated	65.5	-0.1 pts
33	Haiti Estimated	65.1	0 pts
34	Malawi Estimated	65	0 pts
35	Palestine Estimated	64.9	0 pts
36	Eritrea Estimated	62.8	0 pts
37	Burkina Faso Estimated	62.6	0 pts
38	Tunisia Estimated	62.1	0 pts
39	Cuba Estimated	61.7	0 pts
40	Ireland Estimated	60.8	-2.3 pts
41	Sudan Estimated	60.3	0 pts
42	India Estimated	60.1	0 pts
43	Armenia Estimated	58.6	-0 pts
44	Afghanistan Estimated	58.4	-0.3 pts
45	Uzbekistan Estimated	58.4	-0 pts
46	Azerbaijan Estimated	57.8	-0 pts
47	El Salvador Estimated	57.4	-0.4 pts
48	Mozambique Estimated	56.1	+0.2 pts
49	Hungary Estimated	55.7	+0.1 pts
50	Ghana Estimated	55.4	0 pts
51	Romania Estimated	55.3	+0.2 pts
52	Sierra Leone Estimated	54.7	0 pts
53	Paraguay Estimated	54.1	0 pts
54	Kyrgyzstan Estimated	54	-1.3 pts
55	Netherlands Estimated	53.6	-0 pts
56	Mayotte Estimated	53	-1.2 pts
57	France Estimated	52.9	-0.1 pts
58	Luxembourg Estimated	51.7	+0.2 pts
59	Mexico Estimated	50.7	-0.2 pts
60	Dominican Republic Estimated	50.4	+0.8 pts
61	Türkiye Estimated	50.1	+0.1 pts
62	Tokelau Estimated	50	-10 pts
63	Kenya Estimated	49.9	+0.3 pts
64	North Macedonia Estimated	49.6	-0.2 pts
65	Spain Estimated	49.6	-3.8 pts
66	Senegal Estimated	49.4	0 pts
67	Sri Lanka Estimated	48.6	+3.1 pts
68	Tonga Estimated	48.5	+0.1 pts
69	Zimbabwe Estimated	48.1	0 pts
70	Poland Estimated	47.6	+1.4 pts
71	Germany Estimated	47.5	-0 pts
72	Australia Estimated	47.3	0 pts
73	Namibia Estimated	47.1	0 pts
74	Pakistan Estimated	46.7	+0.1 pts
75	São Tomé and Príncipe Estimated	46.1	0 pts
76	Bulgaria Estimated	46.1	-0.2 pts
77	United States Estimated	46.1	0 pts
78	Guatemala Estimated	46	0 pts
79	Lithuania Estimated	45.9	-0.6 pts
80	Czechia Estimated	45.8	0 pts
81	Argentina Estimated	45.7	+2.3 pts
82	Botswana Estimated	45.6	0 pts
83	Tanzania Estimated	45.1	0 pts
84	South Sudan Estimated	44.7	0 pts
85	Yemen Estimated	44.4	0 pts
86	Belgium Estimated	44.4	-0.2 pts
87	Thailand Estimated	43.3	-2.7 pts
88	Benin Estimated	42.7	-0.5 pts
89	Philippines Estimated	42.6	+0.3 pts
90	San Marino Estimated	42.3	0 pts
91	Kiribati Estimated	41.9	-0.1 pts
92	Portugal Estimated	41.8	-1.1 pts
93	China Estimated	41.7	0 pts
94	Italy Estimated	41.5	-2.5 pts
95	Albania Estimated	41.2	-0.3 pts
96	Marshall Islands Estimated	40.9	+2.9 pts
97	Mauritius Estimated	40.8	+0.1 pts
98	Andorra Estimated	40	-0 pts
99	Chad Estimated	40	0 pts
100	Belarus Estimated	39.6	-0.3 pts
101	Vietnam Estimated	39.2	-0.1 pts
102	Jamaica Estimated	39.1	0 pts
103	Greece Estimated	38.9	-2.8 pts
104	Serbia Estimated	38.8	-0.8 pts
105	Mauritania Estimated	38.5	0 pts
106	Slovakia Estimated	38	-0.5 pts
107	Switzerland Estimated	37.8	-0.1 pts
108	British Virgin Islands Estimated	37.8	+2 pts
109	New Zealand Estimated	36.9	-0.1 pts
110	Niger Estimated	36.8	0 pts
111	Colombia Estimated	36.5	-1.1 pts
112	Angola Estimated	36.3	+0.2 pts
113	Bolivia Estimated	36.1	+0.4 pts
114	Cambodia Estimated	34.7	0 pts
115	Ethiopia Estimated	34.3	0 pts
116	Mali Estimated	34.2	0 pts
117	Georgia Estimated	34	-0.2 pts
118	Dominica Estimated	32.6	-0.1 pts
119	Liechtenstein Estimated	32.3	0 pts
120	Zambia Estimated	32.1	0 pts
121	Latvia Estimated	31.7	0 pts
122	Costa Rica Estimated	31.4	0 pts
123	Republic of the Congo Estimated	31.2	0 pts
124	Austria Estimated	31.1	-0.3 pts
125	Saint Helena Estimated	30.8	0 pts
126	Guinea-Bissau Estimated	30.4	+0.4 pts
126	Slovenia Estimated	30.4	0 pts
128	Guam Estimated	29.6	-0.1 pts
129	Martinique Estimated	29.5	-0.1 pts
130	Montserrat Estimated	29.4	-0.6 pts
131	Iran Estimated	29	0 pts
132	Indonesia Estimated	28.9	-0.1 pts
133	Guadeloupe Estimated	28.8	-0.2 pts
134	Brazil Estimated	28.4	0 pts
135	Honduras Estimated	28.2	-0.2 pts
136	Tajikistan Estimated	28	-0.1 pts
137	Norfolk Island Estimated	27.8	0 pts
138	Croatia Estimated	26.6	+0.7 pts
139	Malta Estimated	26.3	-1.5 pts
140	Nepal Estimated	26.1	0 pts
141	Malaysia Estimated	25	-0.2 pts
142	Cape Verde Estimated	24.8	-0 pts
143	Israel Estimated	24.8	+0.1 pts
144	Wallis and Futuna Estimated	24.7	-0.4 pts
145	Venezuela Estimated	24.4	0 pts
146	Panama Estimated	23.6	-0.5 pts
147	Barbados Estimated	23.3	0 pts
147	Grenada Estimated	23.3	-0.3 pts
149	Estonia Estimated	23.1	0 pts
150	Saint Kitts and Nevis Estimated	23	-0.1 pts
151	Timor-Leste Estimated	23	0 pts
152	Taiwan Estimated	22	-0 pts
153	Bosnia and Herzegovina Estimated	21.7	-0.1 pts
154	Iraq Estimated	21.6	0 pts
155	North Korea Estimated	21.6	0 pts
156	Ecuador Estimated	21.5	0 pts
157	Antigua and Barbuda Estimated	21.1	-0 pts
158	Cameroon Estimated	20.9	+0.1 pts
159	Liberia Estimated	20.1	0 pts
160	Myanmar Estimated	19.9	-0 pts
161	Maldives Estimated	19.8	+0.1 pts
162	Montenegro Estimated	19.6	+0.7 pts
163	Puerto Rico Estimated	19.4	0 pts
164	Peru Estimated	19.1	0 pts
165	Western Sahara Estimated	18.8	0 pts
166	Niue Estimated	18.5	+0.1 pts
167	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Estimated	18	0 pts
168	Samoa Estimated	17.6	-0.2 pts
169	Algeria Estimated	17.4	0 pts
170	Fiji Estimated	17.1	0 pts
171	Saint Lucia Estimated	16.3	0 pts
172	Iceland Estimated	16.3	-2.3 pts
173	Réunion Estimated	16.1	-0.2 pts
174	South Korea Estimated	16.1	-0.2 pts
175	Nauru Estimated	16.1	-0.9 pts
176	Democratic Republic of the Congo Estimated	16	+0.2 pts
177	Cook Islands Estimated	15.9	0 pts
178	Chile Estimated	14.4	-0.1 pts
179	Bhutan Estimated	13.8	+0.1 pts
180	American Samoa Estimated	13.6	-1.2 pts
181	Cyprus Estimated	13.5	+0.3 pts
182	Vanuatu Estimated	13.3	0 pts
183	Russia Estimated	13.2	0 pts
184	Japan Estimated	12.6	-0.1 pts
185	Jordan Estimated	11.6	0 pts
186	Cayman Islands Estimated	11.3	0 pts
187	Aruba Estimated	11.1	0 pts
188	Trinidad and Tobago Estimated	10.5	0 pts
189	Bahrain Estimated	10.3	-0.1 pts
190	New Caledonia Estimated	9.8	0 pts
191	Laos Estimated	9.6	-0.2 pts
192	U.S. Virgin Islands Estimated	9.4	-0 pts
193	Palau Estimated	9.4	0 pts
194	Central African Republic Estimated	9.1	+0.1 pts
195	Libya Estimated	8.7	0 pts
196	Saint Pierre and Miquelon Estimated	8.7	0 pts
197	Kuwait Estimated	8.4	0 pts
198	French Polynesia Estimated	8.3	-0.1 pts
199	Belize Estimated	8	0 pts
200	Micronesia Estimated	7.7	0 pts
201	Finland Estimated	7.5	0 pts
202	Sweden Estimated	7.3	-0 pts
203	Gabon Estimated	6.9	0 pts
204	Canada Estimated	6.5	-0 pts
205	Qatar Estimated	6.4	0 pts
206	United Arab Emirates Estimated	5.6	+0.1 pts
207	Bermuda Estimated	5.6	0 pts
208	Oman Estimated	4.8	0 pts
209	Egypt Estimated	4.1	+0.1 pts
210	Solomon Islands Estimated	4	+0.1 pts
211	Hong Kong Estimated	3.8	0 pts
212	Equatorial Guinea Estimated	3.4	-0.2 pts
212	Seychelles Estimated	3.4	-0 pts
214	Guyana Estimated	3.4	-0 pts
215	Papua New Guinea Estimated	3.1	0 pts
216	Brunei Estimated	2.9	0 pts
217	Norway Estimated	2.7	0 pts
218	Northern Mariana Islands Estimated	2.3	+0.2 pts
219	Bahamas Estimated	1.3	0 pts
220	Turks and Caicos Islands Estimated	1.1	0 pts
221	Singapore Estimated	0.9	0 pts
222	Greenland Estimated	0.6	0 pts
223	French Guiana Estimated	0.5	+0.1 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. 1 countries with data in other periods have no value for 2023 and are left out rather than filled from another source. 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_2023,
  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, 2023}},
  year = {2026},
  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=2023. 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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Tuvalu, with 100% in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

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Suriname, with 0.5% in 2023.

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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. 1 countries have no value for 2023 and are not ranked.

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