Farmable (arable) land
% of land area · no best or worst — largest to smallest
206 of 216 countries report a figure for farmable (arable) land
World average: 13.9%
| Rank | Country | Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Bangladesh | 60.6% | 2023 | |
| #2 | Denmark | 59.1% | 2023 | |
| #3 | Ukraine | 56.8% | 2023 | |
| #4 | Moldova | 56.8% | 2023 | |
| #5 | India | 51.8% | 2023 | |
| #6 | Burundi | 51.4% | 2023 | |
| #7 | Togo | 48.7% | 2023 | |
| #8 | Rwanda | 47.0% | 2023 | |
| #9 | Hungary | 45.4% | 2023 | |
| #10 | The Gambia | 43.5% | 2023 | |
| #11 | Malawi | 42.4% | 2023 | |
| #12 | Isle of Man | 41.1% | 2023 | |
| #13 | Nigeria | 40.5% | 2023 | |
| #14 | Pakistan | 39.3% | 2023 | |
| #15 | Mauritius | 37.6% | 2023 | |
| #16 | Lithuania | 36.8% | 2023 | |
| #17 | Poland | 36.6% | 2023 | |
| #18 | Romania | 36.5% | 2023 | |
| #19 | Haiti | 36.5% | 2023 | |
| #20 | Comoros | 34.9% | 2023 | |
| #21 | El Salvador | 34.8% | 2023 | |
| #22 | Uganda | 34.4% | 2023 | |
| #23 | Germany | 33.4% | 2023 | |
| #24 | San Marino | 33.1% | 2023 | |
| #25 | Czech Republic | 32.7% | 2023 | |
| #26 | Bulgaria | 32.1% | 2023 | |
| #27 | Benin | 31.4% | 2023 | |
| #28 | France | 31.4% | 2023 | |
| #29 | Thailand | 31.0% | 2023 | |
| #30 | Serbia | 31.0% | 2023 | |
| #31 | Kingdom of the Netherlands | 30.0% | 2023 | |
| #32 | Burkina Faso | 28.9% | 2023 | |
| #33 | Belgium | 28.3% | 2023 | |
| #34 | Cuba | 28.0% | 2023 | |
| #35 | Tonga | 27.8% | 2023 | |
| #36 | Belarus | 27.4% | 2023 | |
| #37 | Slovakia | 27.2% | 2023 | |
| #38 | Turkey | 26.3% | 2023 | |
| #39 | Azerbaijan | 25.3% | 2023 | |
| #40 | United Kingdom | 25.0% | 2023 | |
| #41 | Guinea | 24.4% | 2023 | |
| #42 | Syria | 24.0% | 2023 | |
| #43 | Italy | 24.0% | 2023 | |
| #44 | Luxembourg | 23.8% | 2023 | |
| #45 | Cambodia | 23.3% | 2023 | |
| #46 | Spain | 23.0% | 2023 | |
| #47 | Malta | 22.8% | 2023 | |
| #48 | Sri Lanka | 22.2% | 2023 | |
| #49 | Sierra Leone | 21.9% | 2023 | |
| #50 | Latvia | 21.9% | 2023 | |
| #51 | Albania | 21.6% | 2023 | |
| #52 | Vietnam | 21.5% | 2023 | |
| #53 | Ghana | 20.7% | 2023 | |
| #54 | Dominican Republic | 20.2% | 2023 | |
| #55 | Senegal | 19.9% | 2023 | |
| #56 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 19.2% | 2023 | |
| #57 | North Korea | 19.1% | 2023 | |
| #58 | Philippines | 18.7% | 2023 | |
| #59 | Tunisia | 18.2% | 2023 | |
| #60 | Myanmar | 16.9% | 2023 | |
| #61 | Estonia | 16.6% | 2023 | |
| #62 | United States | 16.6% | 2023 | |
| #63 | North Macedonia | 16.5% | 2023 | |
| #64 | Barbados | 16.3% | 2023 | |
| #65 | Austria | 16.0% | 2023 | |
| #66 | Armenia | 15.7% | 2023 | |
| #67 | Croatia | 15.5% | 2023 | |
| #68 | Morocco | 15.4% | 2023 | |
| #69 | Tanzania | 15.2% | 2023 | |
| #70 | Ivory Coast | 15.1% | 2023 | |
| #71 | South Korea | 14.9% | 2023 | |
| #72 | Argentina | 14.8% | 2023 | |
| #73 | Ethiopia | 14.5% | 2023 | |
| #74 | Guatemala | 14.5% | 2023 | |
| #75 | Greece | 14.4% | 2023 | |
| #76 | Guinea-Bissau | 14.1% | 2023 | |
| #77 | Niger | 14.0% | 2023 | |
| #78 | Maldives | 13.4% | 2023 | |
| #79 | Lebanon | 13.1% | 2023 | |
| #80 | Cameroon | 13.1% | 2023 | |
| #81 | Nepal | 12.6% | 2023 | |
| #82 | Uruguay | 12.6% | 2023 | |
| #83 | Israel | 12.5% | 2023 | |
| #84 | Nicaragua | 12.5% | 2023 | |
| #85 | Cape Verde | 12.4% | 2023 | |
| #86 | Afghanistan | 12.0% | 2023 | |
| #87 | Lesotho | 11.8% | 2023 | |
| #88 | People's Republic of China | 11.5% | 2023 | |
| #89 | Paraguay | 11.5% | 2023 | |
| #90 | Iraq | 11.4% | 2023 | |
| #91 | Kenya | 11.4% | 2023 | |
| #92 | Sudan | 11.2% | 2023 | |
| #93 | Aruba | 11.1% | 2023 | |
| #94 | Japan | 11.1% | 2023 | |
| #95 | Jamaica | 11.1% | 2023 | |
| #96 | Kazakhstan | 11.0% | 2023 | |
| #97 | Liechtenstein | 10.8% | 2023 | |
| #98 | Cyprus | 10.6% | 2023 | |
| #99 | Zimbabwe | 10.4% | 2023 | |
| #100 | Mexico | 10.3% | 2023 | |
| #101 | Eswatini | 10.3% | 2023 | |
| #102 | Portugal | 10.1% | 2023 | |
| #103 | Switzerland | 10.0% | 2023 | |
| #104 | South Africa | 9.9% | 2023 | |
| #105 | Iran | 9.7% | 2023 | |
| #106 | Indonesia | 9.4% | 2023 | |
| #107 | Uzbekistan | 9.1% | 2023 | |
| #108 | Honduras | 9.1% | 2023 | |
| #109 | Antigua and Barbuda | 9.1% | 2023 | |
| #110 | Slovenia | 8.9% | 2023 | |
| #111 | Grenada | 8.8% | 2023 | |
| #112 | Dominica | 8.0% | 2023 | |
| #113 | Panama | 7.6% | 2023 | |
| #114 | Timor-Leste | 7.5% | 2023 | |
| #115 | Russia | 7.4% | 2023 | |
| #116 | Finland | 7.4% | 2023 | |
| #117 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 7.2% | 2023 | |
| #118 | Mozambique | 7.2% | 2023 | |
| #119 | Palestine | 7.0% | 2023 | |
| #120 | Mali | 6.8% | 2023 | |
| #121 | Kyrgyzstan | 6.7% | 2023 | |
| #122 | British Virgin Islands | 6.7% | 2023 | |
| #123 | Brazil | 6.7% | 2023 | |
| #124 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 6.6% | 2023 | |
| #125 | Ireland | 6.4% | 2023 | |
| #126 | Sweden | 6.2% | 2023 | |
| #127 | Tajikistan | 6.1% | 2023 | |
| #128 | Eritrea | 5.7% | 2023 | |
| #129 | Puerto Rico | 5.7% | 2023 | |
| #130 | Bermuda | 5.6% | 2023 | |
| #131 | Laos | 5.3% | 2023 | |
| #132 | Liberia | 5.2% | 2023 | |
| #133 | Madagascar | 5.2% | 2023 | |
| #134 | American Samoa | 5.2% | 2023 | |
| #135 | Bolivia | 5.1% | 2023 | |
| #136 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 5.1% | 2023 | |
| #137 | Zambia | 5.1% | 2023 | |
| #138 | Trinidad and Tobago | 4.9% | 2023 | |
| #139 | Belize | 4.4% | 2023 | |
| #140 | Saint Lucia | 4.4% | 2023 | |
| #141 | Georgia | 4.4% | 2023 | |
| #142 | Canada | 4.3% | 2023 | |
| #143 | Angola | 4.3% | 2023 | |
| #144 | Chad | 4.2% | 2023 | |
| #145 | Fiji | 4.2% | 2023 | |
| #146 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 4.2% | 2023 | |
| #147 | Ecuador | 4.1% | 2023 | |
| #148 | Australia | 4.0% | 2023 | |
| #149 | South Sudan | 3.9% | 2023 | |
| #150 | Samoa | 3.9% | 2023 | |
| #151 | Turkmenistan | 3.4% | 2023 | |
| #152 | Costa Rica | 3.3% | 2023 | |
| #153 | Algeria | 3.2% | 2023 | |
| #154 | Egypt | 3.1% | 2023 | |
| #155 | Peru | 3.1% | 2023 | |
| #156 | Venezuela | 2.9% | 2023 | |
| #157 | Central African Republic | 2.9% | 2023 | |
| #158 | Federated States of Micronesia | 2.9% | 2023 | |
| #159 | Marshall Islands | 2.8% | 2023 | |
| #160 | Bahrain | 2.6% | 2023 | |
| #161 | Bhutan | 2.6% | 2023 | |
| #162 | United States Virgin Islands | 2.6% | 2023 | |
| #163 | Kiribati | 2.5% | 2023 | |
| #164 | Malaysia | 2.4% | 2023 | |
| #165 | Colombia | 2.3% | 2023 | |
| #166 | Jordan | 2.3% | 2023 | |
| #167 | Norway | 2.2% | 2023 | |
| #168 | Yemen | 2.2% | 2023 | |
| #169 | New Zealand | 2.0% | 2023 | |
| #170 | Hong Kong | 1.9% | 2023 | |
| #171 | Chile | 1.9% | 2023 | |
| #172 | Equatorial Guinea | 1.9% | 2023 | |
| #173 | Guam | 1.9% | 2023 | |
| #174 | Qatar | 1.8% | 2023 | |
| #175 | Somalia | 1.8% | 2023 | |
| #176 | Vanuatu | 1.6% | 2023 | |
| #177 | Republic of the Congo | 1.6% | 2023 | |
| #178 | Saudi Arabia | 1.6% | 2023 | |
| #179 | Andorra | 1.6% | 2023 | |
| #180 | Gabon | 1.3% | 2023 | |
| #181 | Iceland | 1.2% | 2023 | |
| #182 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 1.1% | 2023 | |
| #183 | Libya | 1.0% | 2023 | |
| #184 | Namibia | 1.0% | 2023 | |
| #185 | Cayman Islands | 0.8% | 2023 | |
| #186 | Solomon Islands | 0.8% | 2023 | |
| #187 | The Bahamas | 0.8% | 2023 | |
| #188 | Singapore | 0.8% | 2023 | |
| #189 | Brunei | 0.8% | 2023 | |
| #190 | Mongolia | 0.7% | 2023 | |
| #191 | Papua New Guinea | 0.7% | 2023 | |
| #192 | French Polynesia | 0.7% | 2023 | |
| #193 | United Arab Emirates | 0.7% | 2023 | |
| #194 | Montenegro | 0.7% | 2023 | |
| #195 | Palau | 0.7% | 2023 | |
| #196 | Guyana | 0.5% | 2023 | |
| #197 | Botswana | 0.5% | 2023 | |
| #198 | Kuwait | 0.4% | 2023 | |
| #199 | Mauritania | 0.4% | 2023 | |
| #200 | Suriname | 0.3% | 2023 | |
| #201 | New Caledonia | 0.3% | 2023 | |
| #202 | Seychelles | 0.3% | 2023 | |
| #203 | Oman | 0.3% | 2023 | |
| #204 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0.2% | 2023 | |
| #205 | Djibouti | 0.1% | 2023 | |
| #206 | Faroe Islands | 0.1% | 2023 | |
| — | Curaçao | — | — | |
| — | Gibraltar | — | — | |
| — | Greenland | — | — | |
| — | Kosovo | — | — | |
| — | Macau | — | — | |
| — | Monaco | — | — | |
| — | Nauru | — | — | |
| — | Sint Maarten | — | — | |
| — | Saint-Martin | — | — | |
| — | Tuvalu | — | — |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)