Agricultural land
% of land area · no best or worst — largest to smallest
209 of 216 countries report a figure for agricultural land
World average: 37.2%
| Rank | Country | Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Ivory Coast | 86.5% | 2023 | |
| #2 | Turkmenistan | 84.2% | 2023 | |
| #3 | Burundi | 83.9% | 2023 | |
| #4 | Uruguay | 81.4% | 2023 | |
| #5 | Saudi Arabia | 80.8% | 2023 | |
| #6 | South Africa | 79.4% | 2023 | |
| #7 | Kazakhstan | 79.4% | 2023 | |
| #8 | Lesotho | 77.8% | 2023 | |
| #9 | Rwanda | 76.3% | 2023 | |
| #10 | Nigeria | 76.2% | 2023 | |
| #11 | Moldova | 74.1% | 2023 | |
| #12 | Syria | 74.1% | 2023 | |
| #13 | Djibouti | 73.5% | 2023 | |
| #14 | Guinea | 73.2% | 2023 | |
| #15 | Bangladesh | 72.3% | 2023 | |
| #16 | Uganda | 71.9% | 2023 | |
| #17 | Comoros | 71.5% | 2023 | |
| #18 | Ukraine | 71.3% | 2023 | |
| #19 | Somalia | 70.3% | 2023 | |
| #20 | United Kingdom | 70.3% | 2023 | |
| #21 | Madagascar | 70.3% | 2023 | |
| #22 | Togo | 70.2% | 2023 | |
| #23 | Faroe Islands | 70.1% | 2023 | |
| #24 | Eswatini | 69.5% | 2023 | |
| #25 | Isle of Man | 69.1% | 2023 | |
| #26 | Mongolia | 69.0% | 2023 | |
| #27 | Morocco | 66.7% | 2023 | |
| #28 | Lebanon | 65.9% | 2023 | |
| #29 | Denmark | 65.5% | 2023 | |
| #30 | Haiti | 65.1% | 2023 | |
| #31 | Palestine | 64.9% | 2023 | |
| #32 | Malawi | 64.2% | 2023 | |
| #33 | Eritrea | 62.7% | 2023 | |
| #34 | The Gambia | 62.6% | 2023 | |
| #35 | Tunisia | 62.4% | 2023 | |
| #36 | Cuba | 61.7% | 2023 | |
| #37 | Ireland | 60.8% | 2023 | |
| #38 | Sudan | 60.3% | 2023 | |
| #39 | India | 60.1% | 2023 | |
| #40 | Tuvalu | 60.0% | 2023 | |
| #41 | Armenia | 58.6% | 2023 | |
| #42 | Afghanistan | 58.4% | 2023 | |
| #43 | Uzbekistan | 58.1% | 2023 | |
| #44 | Azerbaijan | 57.8% | 2023 | |
| #45 | El Salvador | 57.7% | 2023 | |
| #46 | Hungary | 55.7% | 2023 | |
| #47 | People's Republic of China | 55.4% | 2023 | |
| #48 | Ghana | 55.4% | 2023 | |
| #49 | Dominican Republic | 55.4% | 2023 | |
| #50 | Romania | 55.3% | 2023 | |
| #51 | Sierra Leone | 54.7% | 2023 | |
| #52 | Paraguay | 54.1% | 2023 | |
| #53 | Kyrgyzstan | 54.0% | 2023 | |
| #54 | Kingdom of the Netherlands | 53.5% | 2023 | |
| #55 | Burkina Faso | 53.4% | 2023 | |
| #56 | Mozambique | 52.8% | 2023 | |
| #57 | France | 52.5% | 2023 | |
| #58 | Luxembourg | 51.7% | 2023 | |
| #59 | Mexico | 50.7% | 2023 | |
| #60 | Turkey | 50.1% | 2023 | |
| #61 | North Macedonia | 49.6% | 2023 | |
| #62 | Spain | 49.6% | 2023 | |
| #63 | Kenya | 49.5% | 2023 | |
| #64 | Senegal | 49.4% | 2023 | |
| #65 | Tonga | 48.6% | 2023 | |
| #66 | Sri Lanka | 48.6% | 2023 | |
| #67 | Poland | 47.6% | 2023 | |
| #68 | Germany | 47.5% | 2023 | |
| #69 | Australia | 47.2% | 2023 | |
| #70 | Namibia | 47.1% | 2023 | |
| #71 | Pakistan | 46.7% | 2023 | |
| #72 | British Virgin Islands | 46.7% | 2023 | |
| #73 | Bulgaria | 46.1% | 2023 | |
| #74 | United States | 46.1% | 2023 | |
| #75 | Lithuania | 45.9% | 2023 | |
| #76 | Czech Republic | 45.8% | 2023 | |
| #77 | Botswana | 45.6% | 2023 | |
| #78 | South Sudan | 44.9% | 2023 | |
| #79 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 44.8% | 2023 | |
| #80 | Tanzania | 44.6% | 2023 | |
| #81 | Yemen | 44.4% | 2023 | |
| #82 | Belgium | 44.4% | 2023 | |
| #83 | Italy | 44.3% | 2023 | |
| #84 | Thailand | 43.8% | 2023 | |
| #85 | Portugal | 43.3% | 2023 | |
| #86 | Mauritius | 43.0% | 2023 | |
| #87 | Guatemala | 43.0% | 2023 | |
| #88 | Philippines | 42.7% | 2023 | |
| #89 | Argentina | 42.4% | 2023 | |
| #90 | Nicaragua | 42.3% | 2023 | |
| #91 | Kiribati | 42.0% | 2023 | |
| #92 | Benin | 41.8% | 2023 | |
| #93 | Zimbabwe | 41.8% | 2023 | |
| #94 | Greece | 41.7% | 2023 | |
| #95 | Serbia | 40.4% | 2023 | |
| #96 | Chad | 40.0% | 2023 | |
| #97 | Andorra | 39.9% | 2023 | |
| #98 | Belarus | 39.6% | 2023 | |
| #99 | Vietnam | 39.2% | 2023 | |
| #100 | Marshall Islands | 38.9% | 2023 | |
| #101 | Mauritania | 38.5% | 2023 | |
| #102 | Jamaica | 38.5% | 2023 | |
| #103 | San Marino | 38.3% | 2023 | |
| #104 | Albania | 38.1% | 2023 | |
| #105 | Slovakia | 38.0% | 2023 | |
| #106 | Switzerland | 37.8% | 2023 | |
| #107 | Angola | 36.9% | 2023 | |
| #108 | New Zealand | 36.9% | 2023 | |
| #109 | Niger | 36.8% | 2023 | |
| #110 | Colombia | 36.5% | 2023 | |
| #111 | Bolivia | 35.8% | 2023 | |
| #112 | Mali | 35.5% | 2023 | |
| #113 | Cambodia | 34.9% | 2023 | |
| #114 | Georgia | 34.1% | 2023 | |
| #115 | Ethiopia | 34.1% | 2023 | |
| #116 | Dominica | 33.3% | 2023 | |
| #117 | Costa Rica | 33.1% | 2023 | |
| #118 | Liechtenstein | 32.3% | 2023 | |
| #119 | Zambia | 32.1% | 2023 | |
| #120 | Honduras | 32.0% | 2023 | |
| #121 | Latvia | 31.7% | 2023 | |
| #122 | Austria | 31.5% | 2023 | |
| #123 | Republic of the Congo | 31.2% | 2023 | |
| #124 | Slovenia | 30.4% | 2023 | |
| #125 | Guinea-Bissau | 29.9% | 2023 | |
| #126 | Guam | 29.6% | 2023 | |
| #127 | Panama | 29.5% | 2023 | |
| #128 | Indonesia | 29.1% | 2023 | |
| #129 | Iran | 29.0% | 2023 | |
| #130 | Brazil | 28.3% | 2023 | |
| #131 | Tajikistan | 27.9% | 2023 | |
| #132 | Croatia | 26.6% | 2023 | |
| #133 | Nepal | 26.1% | 2023 | |
| #134 | Malaysia | 26.1% | 2023 | |
| #135 | Malta | 25.9% | 2023 | |
| #136 | Israel | 24.8% | 2023 | |
| #137 | Venezuela | 24.4% | 2023 | |
| #138 | Grenada | 23.5% | 2023 | |
| #139 | Barbados | 23.3% | 2023 | |
| #140 | Estonia | 23.1% | 2023 | |
| #141 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 23.1% | 2023 | |
| #142 | Timor-Leste | 23.0% | 2023 | |
| #143 | Iraq | 21.8% | 2023 | |
| #144 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 21.7% | 2023 | |
| #145 | North Korea | 21.6% | 2023 | |
| #146 | Ecuador | 21.5% | 2023 | |
| #147 | Cameroon | 20.9% | 2023 | |
| #148 | Antigua and Barbuda | 20.5% | 2023 | |
| #149 | Nauru | 20.0% | 2023 | |
| #150 | Liberia | 20.0% | 2023 | |
| #151 | Myanmar | 19.9% | 2023 | |
| #152 | Maldives | 19.8% | 2023 | |
| #153 | Cape Verde | 19.6% | 2023 | |
| #154 | Montenegro | 19.6% | 2023 | |
| #155 | Peru | 19.1% | 2023 | |
| #156 | Puerto Rico | 19.0% | 2023 | |
| #157 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 17.9% | 2023 | |
| #158 | Samoa | 17.6% | 2023 | |
| #159 | Algeria | 17.4% | 2023 | |
| #160 | Fiji | 17.1% | 2023 | |
| #161 | Saint Lucia | 16.3% | 2023 | |
| #162 | Iceland | 16.2% | 2023 | |
| #163 | South Korea | 16.1% | 2023 | |
| #164 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 15.5% | 2023 | |
| #165 | Vanuatu | 15.3% | 2023 | |
| #166 | American Samoa | 14.8% | 2023 | |
| #167 | Chile | 14.4% | 2023 | |
| #168 | Cyprus | 14.0% | 2023 | |
| #169 | Bhutan | 13.8% | 2023 | |
| #170 | Russia | 13.2% | 2023 | |
| #171 | Japan | 12.6% | 2023 | |
| #172 | Jordan | 11.5% | 2023 | |
| #173 | Cayman Islands | 11.3% | 2023 | |
| #174 | Aruba | 11.1% | 2023 | |
| #175 | Trinidad and Tobago | 10.5% | 2023 | |
| #176 | Bahrain | 10.1% | 2023 | |
| #177 | New Caledonia | 10.1% | 2023 | |
| #178 | Laos | 9.9% | 2023 | |
| #179 | United States Virgin Islands | 9.4% | 2023 | |
| #180 | Palau | 9.3% | 2023 | |
| #181 | Central African Republic | 9.1% | 2023 | |
| #182 | Libya | 8.7% | 2023 | |
| #183 | French Polynesia | 8.7% | 2023 | |
| #184 | Kuwait | 8.4% | 2023 | |
| #185 | Gabon | 8.4% | 2023 | |
| #186 | Belize | 8.0% | 2023 | |
| #187 | Finland | 7.4% | 2023 | |
| #188 | Sweden | 7.3% | 2023 | |
| #189 | Federated States of Micronesia | 7.1% | 2023 | |
| #190 | Canada | 6.5% | 2023 | |
| #191 | Qatar | 6.4% | 2023 | |
| #192 | Bermuda | 5.6% | 2023 | |
| #193 | United Arab Emirates | 5.5% | 2023 | |
| #194 | Oman | 4.8% | 2023 | |
| #195 | Egypt | 4.1% | 2023 | |
| #196 | Solomon Islands | 3.9% | 2023 | |
| #197 | Hong Kong | 3.8% | 2023 | |
| #198 | Equatorial Guinea | 3.7% | 2023 | |
| #199 | Guyana | 3.4% | 2023 | |
| #200 | Seychelles | 3.4% | 2023 | |
| #201 | Papua New Guinea | 3.1% | 2023 | |
| #202 | Norway | 2.7% | 2023 | |
| #203 | Brunei | 2.5% | 2023 | |
| #204 | The Bahamas | 1.3% | 2023 | |
| #205 | Northern Mariana Islands | 1.2% | 2023 | |
| #206 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 1.1% | 2023 | |
| #207 | Singapore | 0.9% | 2023 | |
| #208 | Greenland | 0.6% | 2023 | |
| #209 | Suriname | 0.4% | 2023 | |
| — | Curaçao | — | — | |
| — | Gibraltar | — | — | |
| — | Kosovo | — | — | |
| — | Macau | — | — | |
| — | Monaco | — | — | |
| — | Sint Maarten | — | — | |
| — | Saint-Martin | — | — |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)