Rankings · food
Countries by agricultural land
Share of land area used as cropland or pasture (FAO, via World Bank). 209 countries ranked for 2023 (%).
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| 1 |  Ivory Coast | 86.5% | +22.0% | ▲ 18 |
| 2 |  Turkmenistan | 84.2% | +12.1% | ▲ 5 |
| 3 |  Burundi | 83.9% | +14.1% | ▲ 8 |
| 4 |  Uruguay | 81.4% | -0.7% | ▼ 3 |
| 5 |  Saudi Arabia | 80.8% | +0.0% | ▼ 3 |
| 6 |  Kazakhstan | 79.4% | -1.2% | ▼ 3 |
| 7 |  South Africa | 79.4% | +0.0% | ▼ 2 |
| 8 |  Lesotho | 77.8% | +4.9% | ▲ 2 |
| 9 |  Rwanda | 76.3% | -5.0% | ▼ 5 |
| 10 |  Nigeria | 76.2% | +3.7% | ▲ 3 |
| 11 |  Moldova | 74.1% | -0.9% | ▼ 2 |
| 12 |  Syria | 74.1% | -2.2% | ▼ 6 |
| 13 |  Djibouti | 73.5% | +0.0% | ▼ 1 |
| 14 |  Guinea | 73.2% | +14.9% | ▲ 19 |
| 15 |  Bangladesh | 72.3% | +3.3% | ▲ 9 |
| 16 |  Uganda | 71.9% | +0.0% | ▼ 1 |
| 17 |  Comoros | 71.5% | +0.0% | = |
| 18 |  Ukraine | 71.3% | -0.6% | ▼ 2 |
| 19 |  United Kingdom | 70.3% | -1.4% | ▼ 1 |
| 20 |  Madagascar | 70.3% | +0.0% | ▲ 1 |
| 21 |  Somalia | 70.3% | +0.0% | ▲ 1 |
| 22 |  Togo | 70.2% | +0.0% | ▲ 1 |
| 23 |  Faroe Islands | 70.1% | +1.4% | ▲ 2 |
| 24 |  Eswatini | 69.5% | -2.0% | ▼ 4 |
| 25 |  Isle of Man | 69.1% | +1.5% | ▲ 3 |
| 26 |  Mongolia | 69% | -5.7% | ▼ 12 |
| 27 |  Morocco | 66.7% | -2.6% | = |
| 28 |  Lebanon | 65.9% | +2.2% | ▲ 3 |
| 29 |  Denmark | 65.5% | -0.3% | = |
| 30 |  Haiti | 65.1% | -13.2% | ▼ 22 |
| 31 |  Palestine | 64.9% | -5.7% | ▼ 5 |
| 32 |  Malawi | 64.2% | +9.2% | ▲ 10 |
| 33 |  Eritrea | 62.7% | +0.0% | ▲ 2 |
| 34 |  Gambia | 62.6% | -1.6% | = |
| 35 |  Tunisia | 62.4% | -2.5% | ▼ 3 |
| 36 |  Cuba | 61.7% | +1.3% | = |
| 37 |  Ireland | 60.8% | -6.5% | ▼ 7 |
| 38 |  Sudan | 60.3% | +1.0% | ▲ 2 |
| 39 |  India | 60.1% | -0.5% | ▼ 2 |
| 40 |  Tuvalu | 60% | +0.0% | ▼ 1 |
| 41 |  Armenia | 58.6% | -0.8% | = |
| 42 |  Afghanistan | 58.4% | +0.5% | ▲ 2 |
| 43 |  Uzbekistan | 58.1% | +1.0% | ▲ 4 |
| 44 |  Azerbaijan | 57.8% | +0.2% | ▲ 2 |
| 45 |  El Salvador | 57.7% | -1.9% | ▼ 2 |
| 46 |  Hungary | 55.7% | -4.1% | ▼ 1 |
| 47 |  China | 55.4% | -0.9% | ▲ 1 |
| 48 |  Dominican Republic | 55.4% | +10.6% | ▲ 11 |
| 49 |  Ghana | 55.4% | +1.1% | ▲ 2 |
| 50 |  Romania | 55.3% | -8.4% | ▼ 12 |
| 51 |  Sierra Leone | 54.7% | +0.0% | ▲ 2 |
| 52 |  Paraguay | 54.1% | +10.2% | ▲ 11 |
| 53 |  Kyrgyzstan | 54% | -1.8% | ▼ 3 |
| 54 |  Netherlands | 53.5% | -2.4% | ▼ 2 |
| 55 |  Burkina Faso | 53.4% | +11.0% | ▲ 10 |
| 56 |  Mozambique | 52.8% | +2.9% | = |
| 57 |  France | 52.5% | -1.7% | ▼ 2 |
| 58 |  Luxembourg | 51.7% | +1.8% | = |
| 59 |  Mexico | 50.7% | -1.0% | ▼ 2 |
| 60 |  Turkey | 50.1% | +0.4% | ▲ 1 |
| 61 |  Spain | 49.6% | -7.1% | ▼ 7 |
| 62 |  North Macedonia | 49.6% | -0.8% | ▼ 2 |
| 63 |  Kenya | 49.5% | -0.6% | ▼ 1 |
| 64 |  Senegal | 49.4% | +6.0% | ▲ 7 |
| 65 |  Sri Lanka | 48.6% | +11.2% | ▲ 19 |
| 66 |  Tonga | 48.6% | +6.1% | ▲ 10 |
| 67 |  Poland | 47.6% | +1.1% | ▲ 2 |
| 68 |  Germany | 47.5% | -0.8% | ▼ 2 |
| 69 |  Australia | 47.2% | -2.5% | ▼ 5 |
| 70 |  Namibia | 47.1% | +0.0% | ▼ 3 |
| 71 |  Pakistan | 46.7% | -0.8% | ▼ 3 |
| 72 |  British Virgin Islands | 46.7% | +0.0% | ▼ 2 |
| 73 |  Bulgaria | 46.1% | +0.2% | ▲ 2 |
| 74 |  United States | 46.1% | -0.4% | ▼ 2 |
| 75 |  Lithuania | 45.9% | -0.4% | ▼ 1 |
| 76 |  Czechia | 45.8% | +0.4% | ▲ 2 |
| 77 |  Botswana | 45.6% | -0.2% | = |
| 78 |  South Sudan | 44.9% | -0.2% | ▲ 1 |
| 79 |  São Tomé and Principe | 44.8% | +22.7% | ▲ 28 |
| 80 |  United Republic of Tanzania | 44.6% | +4.0% | ▲ 8 |
| 81 |  Belgium | 44.4% | +0.7% | ▲ 2 |
| 82 |  Yemen | 44.4% | -0.2% | = |
| 83 |  Italy | 44.3% | -3.9% | ▼ 10 |
| 84 |  Thailand | 43.8% | -2.0% | ▼ 3 |
| 85 |  Portugal | 43.3% | +7.2% | ▲ 11 |
| 86 |  Guatemala | 43% | +9.1% | ▲ 14 |
| 87 |  Mauritius | 43% | -0.2% | ▼ 1 |
| 88 |  Philippines | 42.7% | +2.2% | ▲ 5 |
| 89 |  Argentina | 42.4% | -5.6% | ▼ 9 |
| 90 |  Nicaragua | 42.3% | +0.2% | = |
| 91 |  Kiribati | 42% | +0.0% | ▲ 1 |
| 92 |  Benin | 41.8% | +18.4% | ▲ 18 |
| 93 |  Zimbabwe | 41.8% | +0.0% | ▲ 1 |
| 94 |  Greece | 41.7% | -24.9% | ▼ 45 |
| 95 |  Republic of Serbia | 40.4% | +1.3% | ▲ 3 |
| 96 |  Chad | 40% | +0.8% | ▲ 3 |
| 97 |  Andorra | 39.9% | -0.3% | = |
| 98 |  Belarus | 39.6% | -7.7% | ▼ 11 |
| 99 |  Vietnam | 39.2% | +13.0% | ▲ 14 |
| 100 |  Marshall Islands | 38.9% | +0.0% | ▲ 2 |
| 101 |  Jamaica | 38.5% | -0.5% | ▲ 2 |
| 102 |  Mauritania | 38.5% | +0.0% | ▲ 3 |
| 103 |  San Marino | 38.3% | +129.3% | ▲ 59 |
| 104 |  Albania | 38.1% | -12.0% | ▼ 19 |
| 105 |  Slovakia | 38% | -3.6% | ▼ 4 |
| 106 |  Switzerland | 37.8% | -2.1% | ▼ 2 |
| 107 |  Angola | 36.9% | +1.1% | ▼ 1 |
| 108 |  New Zealand | 36.9% | -12.6% | ▼ 17 |
| 109 |  Niger | 36.8% | +1.9% | ▼ 1 |
| 110 |  Colombia | 36.5% | -9.7% | ▼ 15 |
| 111 |  Bolivia | 35.8% | +1.7% | ▲ 1 |
| 112 |  Mali | 35.5% | +4.1% | ▲ 2 |
| 113 |  Cambodia | 34.9% | +10.8% | ▲ 9 |
| 114 |  Ethiopia | 34.1% | +4.6% | ▲ 5 |
| 115 |  Georgia | 34.1% | -4.7% | ▼ 6 |
| 116 |  Dominica | 33.3% | +0.0% | = |
| 117 |  Costa Rica | 33.1% | -6.2% | ▼ 6 |
| 118 |  Liechtenstein | 32.3% | -3.3% | ▼ 3 |
| 119 |  Zambia | 32.1% | +0.6% | ▲ 2 |
| 120 |  Honduras | 32% | +6.3% | ▲ 8 |
| 121 |  Latvia | 31.7% | +5.0% | ▲ 5 |
| 122 |  Austria | 31.5% | -4.3% | ▼ 4 |
| 123 |  Republic of the Congo | 31.2% | +0.3% | = |
| 124 |  Slovenia | 30.4% | +0.3% | ▲ 1 |
| 125 |  Guinea-Bissau | 29.9% | +8.7% | ▲ 9 |
| 126 |  Guam | 29.6% | -11.1% | ▼ 9 |
| 127 |  Panama | 29.5% | -2.3% | = |
| 128 |  Indonesia | 29.1% | +6.2% | ▲ 7 |
| 129 |  Iran | 29% | +2.8% | ▲ 2 |
| 130 |  Brazil | 28.3% | +1.1% | ▲ 2 |
| 131 |  Tajikistan | 27.9% | +5.3% | ▲ 5 |
| 132 |  Croatia | 26.6% | -5.0% | ▲ 1 |
| 133 |  Malaysia | 26.1% | +6.5% | ▲ 4 |
| 134 |  Nepal | 26.1% | -7.8% | ▼ 4 |
| 135 |  Malta | 25.9% | -19.1% | ▼ 15 |
| 136 |  Israel | 24.8% | +3.3% | ▲ 3 |
| 137 |  Venezuela | 24.4% | +0.0% | ▲ 1 |
| 138 |  Grenada | 23.5% | +0.0% | ▲ 2 |
| 139 |  Barbados | 23.3% | -19.9% | ▼ 10 |
| 140 |  Estonia | 23.1% | +4.1% | ▲ 3 |
| 141 |  Saint Kitts and Nevis | 23.1% | +0.0% | = |
| 142 |  Timor-Leste | 23% | +0.9% | = |
| 143 |  Iraq | 21.8% | +6.3% | ▲ 7 |
| 144 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 21.7% | -48.6% | ▼ 55 |
| 145 |  North Korea | 21.6% | -1.4% | ▼ 1 |
| 146 |  Ecuador | 21.5% | -29.0% | ▼ 22 |
| 147 |  Cameroon | 20.9% | +1.5% | ▲ 1 |
| 148 |  Antigua and Barbuda | 20.5% | +0.0% | ▲ 1 |
| 149 |  Liberia | 20% | +9.9% | ▲ 9 |
| 150 |  Nauru | 20% | +0.0% | ▲ 1 |
| 151 |  Myanmar | 19.9% | +3.1% | ▲ 2 |
| 152 |  Maldives | 19.8% | -7.0% | ▼ 5 |
| 153 |  Cabo Verde | 19.6% | +0.0% | ▼ 1 |
| 154 |  Montenegro | 19.6% | +18.1% | ▲ 9 |
| 155 |  Peru | 19.1% | +1.6% | ▼ 1 |
| 156 |  Puerto Rico | 19% | -12.4% | ▼ 11 |
| 157 |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 17.9% | +0.0% | ▲ 2 |
| 158 |  Samoa | 17.6% | -18.5% | ▼ 12 |
| 159 |  Algeria | 17.4% | +0.0% | ▲ 1 |
| 160 |  Fiji | 17.1% | -1.7% | ▲ 1 |
| 161 |  Saint Lucia | 16.3% | +0.0% | ▲ 3 |
| 162 |  Iceland | 16.2% | -13.4% | ▼ 7 |
| 163 |  South Korea | 16.1% | -11.5% | ▼ 6 |
| 164 |  Democratic Republic of the Congo | 15.5% | +11.5% | ▲ 2 |
| 165 |  Vanuatu | 15.3% | +0.0% | = |
| 166 |  American Samoa | 14.8% | +11.3% | ▲ 3 |
| 167 |  Chile | 14.4% | -21.7% | ▼ 11 |
| 168 |  Cyprus | 14% | +18.6% | ▲ 4 |
| 169 |  Bhutan | 13.8% | +1.5% | ▼ 2 |
| 170 |  Russia | 13.2% | +0.0% | = |
| 171 |  Japan | 12.6% | -6.0% | ▼ 3 |
| 172 |  Jordan | 11.5% | -3.4% | ▼ 1 |
| 173 |  Cayman Islands | 11.3% | +0.0% | ▲ 1 |
| 174 |  Aruba | 11.1% | +0.0% | ▲ 1 |
| 175 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 10.5% | +0.0% | ▲ 2 |
| 176 |  Bahrain | 10.1% | -9.0% | = |
| 177 |  New Caledonia | 10.1% | +0.0% | ▲ 2 |
| 178 |  Laos | 9.9% | -2.0% | = |
| 179 |  United States Virgin Islands | 9.4% | -17.5% | ▼ 6 |
| 180 |  Palau | 9.3% | +0.0% | = |
| 181 |  Central African Republic | 9.1% | +15.2% | ▲ 4 |
| 182 |  Libya | 8.7% | +0.0% | = |
| 183 |  French Polynesia | 8.7% | -5.4% | ▼ 2 |
| 184 |  Gabon | 8.4% | +0.0% | = |
| 185 |  Kuwait | 8.4% | -2.3% | ▼ 2 |
| 186 |  Belize | 8% | +14.3% | ▲ 3 |
| 187 |  Finland | 7.4% | +0.0% | = |
| 188 |  Sweden | 7.3% | -2.7% | ▼ 2 |
| 189 |  Federated States of Micronesia | 7.1% | +0.0% | ▼ 1 |
| 190 |  Canada | 6.5% | +0.0% | = |
| 191 |  Qatar | 6.4% | +6.7% | = |
| 192 |  Bermuda | 5.6% | +0.0% | = |
| 193 |  United Arab Emirates | 5.5% | +3.8% | = |
| 194 |  Oman | 4.8% | +4.3% | ▲ 1 |
| 195 |  Egypt | 4.1% | +10.8% | ▲ 1 |
| 196 |  Solomon Islands | 3.9% | +11.4% | ▲ 4 |
| 197 |  Hong Kong S.A.R. | 3.8% | -22.4% | ▼ 3 |
| 198 |  Equatorial Guinea | 3.7% | +0.0% | ▼ 1 |
| 199 |  Guyana | 3.4% | -8.1% | ▼ 1 |
| 200 |  Seychelles | 3.4% | +0.0% | ▲ 1 |
| 201 |  Papua New Guinea | 3.1% | +10.7% | ▲ 1 |
| 202 |  Norway | 2.7% | +0.0% | ▲ 1 |
| 203 |  Brunei | 2.5% | +0.0% | ▲ 1 |
| 204 |  The Bahamas | 1.3% | +0.0% | ▲ 1 |
| 205 |  Northern Mariana Islands | 1.2% | -67.6% | ▼ 6 |
| 206 |  Turks and Caicos Islands | 1.1% | +0.0% | = |
| 207 |  Singapore | 0.9% | +0.0% | = |
| 208 |  Greenland | 0.6% | +0.0% | = |
| 209 |  Suriname | 0.4% | -20.0% | = |
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