EU countries by agricultural land, 2024
Ireland had the highest agricultural land of 27 EU countries in 2024, at 65.2%. Sweden had the lowest, at 7.3%. The median was 44.4%. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
Map of EU countries, 2024
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- 27 to 40
- 40 to 46
- 46 to 53
- 53 and over
All EU countries, 2024
Full ranking
| Rank | EU countries | 2024 (%) | Change on 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ireland Estimated | 65.2 | +4.3 pts |
| 2 | Denmark Estimated | 65.1 | -0.4 pts |
| 3 | Hungary Estimated | 55.5 | -0.2 pts |
| 4 | Romania Estimated | 55.2 | -0.1 pts |
| 5 | Netherlands Estimated | 53.4 | -0.1 pts |
| 6 | France Estimated | 52.8 | -0.1 pts |
| 7 | Luxembourg Estimated | 51.7 | 0 pts |
| 8 | Spain Estimated | 49.3 | -0.3 pts |
| 9 | Germany Estimated | 47.4 | -0 pts |
| 10 | Poland Estimated | 46.2 | -1.4 pts |
| 11 | Bulgaria Estimated | 46.2 | +0.1 pts |
| 12 | Czechia Estimated | 45.8 | 0 pts |
| 13 | Lithuania Estimated | 45.7 | -0.2 pts |
| 14 | Belgium Estimated | 44.4 | 0 pts |
| 15 | Italy Estimated | 43.6 | +2.1 pts |
| 16 | Portugal Estimated | 41.3 | -0.5 pts |
| 17 | Greece Estimated | 38.9 | 0 pts |
| 18 | Slovakia Estimated | 37.8 | -0.1 pts |
| 19 | Latvia Estimated | 31.7 | 0 pts |
| 20 | Austria Estimated | 31.1 | -0 pts |
| 21 | Slovenia Estimated | 30.4 | 0 pts |
| 22 | Croatia Estimated | 26.2 | -0.3 pts |
| 23 | Malta Estimated | 25.5 | -0.9 pts |
| 24 | Estonia Estimated | 23 | -0.1 pts |
| 25 | Cyprus Estimated | 13.6 | 0 pts |
| 26 | Finland Estimated | 7.4 | -0 pts |
| 27 | Sweden Estimated | 7.3 | -0 pts |
Other periods
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 EU countries are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.
How to cite
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.Citation styles
APA 7
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) (EU countries by agricultural land, 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip
MLA 9
Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209), EU countries by agricultural land, 2024. 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/eu-countries. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.
Chicago (author-date)
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). EU countries by agricultural land, 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/agricultural-land-share/eu-countries.
Harvard
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), EU countries by agricultural land, 2024 [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/eu-countries (Accessed: 12 October 2026).
BibTeX
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Which EU country has the highest agricultural land?
Ireland, with 65.2% in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
Which EU country has the lowest agricultural land?
Sweden, with 7.3% in 2024.
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.