DEFINITION
Agricultural land refers to the share of land area that is arable, under permanent crops, and under permanent pastures. Arable land includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded. Land under permanent crops is land cultivated with crops that occupy the land for long periods and need not be replanted after each harvest, such as cocoa, coffee, and rubber. This category includes land under flowering shrubs, fruit trees, nut trees, and vines, but excludes land under trees grown for wood or timber. Permanent pasture is land used for five or more years for forage, including natural and cultivated crops.
Agriculture Statistics > Agricultural land > sq. km (most recent) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
China :
5,548,510 sq. km
2003
# 2
Australia :
4,451,490 sq. km
2005
# 3
United States :
4,147,780 sq. km
2005
# 4
Brazil :
2,636,000 sq. km
2003
# 5
Russia :
2,156,800 sq. km
2005
# 6
Kazakhstan :
2,075,980 sq. km
2005
# 7
India :
1,801,800 sq. km
2005
# 8
Sudan :
1,346,000 sq. km
2003
# 9
Mongolia :
1,305,000 sq. km
2003
# 10
Argentina :
1,287,470 sq. km
2003
# 11
Mexico :
1,073,000 sq. km
2003
# 12
South Africa :
996,400 sq. km
2003
# 13
Nigeria :
726,000 sq. km
2003
# 14
Canada :
675,050 sq. km
2003
# 15
Iran :
616,000 sq. km
2005
# 16
Angola :
575,900 sq. km
2003
# 17
Chad :
486,300 sq. km
2003
# 18
Mozambique :
485,800 sq. km
2003
# 19
Tanzania :
481,000 sq. km
2003
# 20
Indonesia :
478,000 sq. km
2005
# 21
Somalia :
440,710 sq. km
2003
# 22
Colombia :
425,570 sq. km
2005
# 23
Ukraine :
413,040 sq. km
2005
# 24
Turkey :
412,230 sq. km
2005
# 25
Algeria :
399,560 sq. km
2003
# 26
Mauritania :
397,500 sq. km
2003
# 27
Mali :
394,790 sq. km
2005
# 28
Namibia :
388,200 sq. km
2003
# 29
Niger :
385,000 sq. km
2003
# 30
Afghanistan :
380,480 sq. km
2003
# 31
Bolivia :
370,870 sq. km
2003
# 32
Zambia :
352,890 sq. km
2003
# 33
Turkmenistan :
329,660 sq. km
2003
# 34
Ethiopia :
317,690 sq. km
2003
# 35
Morocco :
303,760 sq. km
2003
# 36
France :
295,690 sq. km
2005
# 37
Spain :
290,300 sq. km
2005
# 38
Madagascar :
275,500 sq. km
2003
# 39
Uzbekistan :
272,590 sq. km
2003
# 40
Pakistan :
270,700 sq. km
2005
# 41
Kenya :
260,200 sq. km
1993
# 42
Botswana :
259,800 sq. km
2003
# 43
Paraguay :
248,360 sq. km
2003
# 44
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
228,000 sq. km
2003
# 45
Venezuela :
216,400 sq. km
2003
# 46
Peru :
212,100 sq. km
2003
# 47
Zimbabwe :
205,500 sq. km
2003
# 48
Côte d'Ivoire :
199,000 sq. km
2003
# 49
Thailand :
184,870 sq. km
2003
# 50
Yemen :
177,340 sq. km
2003
# 51
New Zealand :
172,350 sq. km
2003
# 52
Germany :
170,300 sq. km
2005
# 53
United Kingdom :
169,560 sq. km
2005
# 54
Poland :
159,060 sq. km
2005
# 55
Libya :
154,500 sq. km
2003
# 56
Chile :
152,420 sq. km
2003
# 57
Uruguay :
149,550 sq. km
2003
# 58
Ghana :
147,350 sq. km
2003
# 59
Italy :
146,940 sq. km
2005
# 60
Romania :
145,130 sq. km
2005
# 61
Syria :
140,080 sq. km
2005
# 62
Guinea :
124,500 sq. km
2003
# 63
Philippines :
122,000 sq. km
2003
# 64
Uganda :
121,720 sq. km
1996
# 65
Burma :
112,930 sq. km
2003
# 66
Burkina Faso :
109,000 sq. km
2003
# 67
Kyrgyzstan :
107,450 sq. km
2005
# 68
Congo, Republic of the :
105,470 sq. km
2003
# 69
Iraq :
100,190 sq. km
2003
# 70
Tunisia :
97,840 sq. km
2003
# 71
Vietnam :
95,920 sq. km
2005
# 72
Cameroon :
91,600 sq. km
2003
# 73
Bangladesh :
90,150 sq. km
2005
# 74
Belarus :
88,600 sq. km
2005
# 75
Greece :
83,590 sq. km
2005
# 76
Senegal :
81,570 sq. km
2003
# 77
Malaysia :
78,700 sq. km
2003
# 78
Ecuador :
75,520 sq. km
2005
# 79
Eritrea :
75,320 sq. km
2003
# 80
Nicaragua :
69,760 sq. km
2003
# 81
Cuba :
66,550 sq. km
2003
# 82
Hungary :
58,640 sq. km
2005
# 83
Serbia and Montenegro :
55,900 sq. km
2005
# 84
Cambodia :
53,560 sq. km
2005
# 85
Bulgaria :
52,650 sq. km
2005
# 86
Gabon :
51,600 sq. km
2003
# 87
Central African Republic :
51,490 sq. km
2003
# 88
Azerbaijan :
47,586 sq. km
2005
# 89
Japan :
46,920 sq. km
2005
# 90
Guatemala :
46,520 sq. km
2003
# 91
Malawi :
44,400 sq. km
2003
# 92
Czech Republic :
42,590 sq. km
2005
# 93
Tajikistan :
42,550 sq. km
2003
# 94
Ireland :
42,270 sq. km
2005
# 95
Nepal :
42,220 sq. km
2005
# 96
Portugal :
38,150 sq. km
2005
# 97
Dominican Republic :
36,960 sq. km
2003
# 98
Togo :
36,300 sq. km
2003
# 99
Egypt :
35,200 sq. km
2005
# 100
Benin :
34,670 sq. km
2003
# 101
Austria :
32,630 sq. km
2005
# 102
Sweden :
32,190 sq. km
2005
# 103
Korea, North :
30,500 sq. km
2005
# 104
Georgia :
30,060 sq. km
2005
# 105
Honduras :
29,360 sq. km
2003
# 106
Costa Rica :
28,650 sq. km
2003
# 107
Sierra Leone :
28,450 sq. km
2003
# 108
Lithuania :
28,370 sq. km
2005
# 109
Croatia :
26,950 sq. km
2005
# 110
Liberia :
26,020 sq. km
2003
# 111
Denmark :
25,890 sq. km
2005
# 112
Moldova :
25,180 sq. km
2005
# 113
Sri Lanka :
23,560 sq. km
2003
# 114
Burundi :
23,450 sq. km
2003
# 115
Lesotho :
23,340 sq. km
2003
# 116
Iceland :
22,810 sq. km
2005
# 117
Finland :
22,660 sq. km
2005
# 118
Panama :
22,300 sq. km
2003
# 119
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
21,470 sq. km
2005
# 120
Laos :
19,590 sq. km
2005
# 121
Slovakia :
19,410 sq. km
2005
# 122
Rwanda :
19,350 sq. km
2003
# 123
Netherlands :
19,210 sq. km
2005
# 124
Korea, South :
18,930 sq. km
2005
# 125
Guyana :
17,400 sq. km
2003
# 126
Latvia :
17,340 sq. km
2005
# 127
El Salvador :
17,040 sq. km
2003
# 128
Djibouti :
17,010 sq. km
2003
# 129
Guinea-Bissau :
16,300 sq. km
2003
# 130
Haiti :
15,900 sq. km
2003
# 131
Switzerland :
15,250 sq. km
2005
# 132
Swaziland :
13,920 sq. km
2003
# 133
Armenia :
13,900 sq. km
2005
# 134
Belgium :
13,860 sq. km
2005
# 135
Macedonia, Republic of :
12,420 sq. km
2005
# 136
Albania :
11,230 sq. km
2005
# 137
Oman :
10,800 sq. km
2003
# 138
Papua New Guinea :
10,500 sq. km
2003
# 139
Norway :
10,260 sq. km
2005
# 140
Jordan :
10,120 sq. km
2005
# 141
Estonia :
8,340 sq. km
2005
# 142
Gambia, The :
7,790 sq. km
2003
# 143
Bhutan :
5,920 sq. km
2005
# 144
United Arab Emirates :
5,590 sq. km
2003
# 145
Israel :
5,170 sq. km
2005
# 146
Jamaica :
5,130 sq. km
2003
# 147
Slovenia :
5,080 sq. km
2005
# 148
Fiji :
4,600 sq. km
2003
# 149
East Timor :
3,400 sq. km
2003
# 150
Equatorial Guinea :
3,340 sq. km
2003
# 151
Lebanon :
3,290 sq. km
2003
# 152
New Caledonia :
2,490 sq. km
2003
# 153
Greenland :
2,350 sq. km
2003
# 154
Puerto Rico :
2,230 sq. km
2005
# 155
Kuwait :
1,540 sq. km
2005
# 156
Belize :
1,520 sq. km
2003
= 157
Comoros :
1,470 sq. km
2003
= 157
Vanuatu :
1,470 sq. km
2003
# 159
Cyprus :
1,430 sq. km
2005
# 160
Trinidad and Tobago :
1,330 sq. km
2003
# 161
Samoa :
1,310 sq. km
2003
# 162
Luxembourg :
1,290 sq. km
2005
# 163
Solomon Islands :
1,170 sq. km
2003
# 164
Mauritius :
1,130 sq. km
2005
# 165
Suriname :
890 sq. km
2003
# 166
Cape Verde :
740 sq. km
2003
# 167
Qatar :
710 sq. km
2005
# 168
São Tomé and Príncipe :
560 sq. km
2003
# 169
Micronesia, Federated States of :
470 sq. km
2003
# 170
French Polynesia :
450 sq. km
2003
# 171
Kiribati :
370 sq. km
2003
# 172
Tonga :
300 sq. km
2003
# 173
Andorra :
260 sq. km
2003
# 174
Brunei :
250 sq. km
2005
# 175
Dominica :
230 sq. km
2003
= 176
Guam :
200 sq. km
2003
= 176
Saint Lucia :
200 sq. km
2003
# 178
Barbados :
190 sq. km
2003
# 179
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
160 sq. km
2003
= 180
Antigua and Barbuda :
140 sq. km
2003
= 180
Marshall Islands :
140 sq. km
2005
= 180
Maldives :
140 sq. km
2003
= 180
Bahamas, The :
140 sq. km
2003
# 184
Grenada :
130 sq. km
2003
= 185
Bahrain :
100 sq. km
2005
= 185
Malta :
100 sq. km
2005
= 185
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
100 sq. km
2003
= 188
Liechtenstein :
90 sq. km
2005
= 188
Palau :
90 sq. km
2003
# 190
Netherlands Antilles :
80 sq. km
2003
# 191
Seychelles :
70 sq. km
2003
# 192
Virgin Islands :
60 sq. km
2003
# 193
American Samoa :
50 sq. km
2003
= 194
Cayman Islands :
30 sq. km
2003
= 194
Faroe Islands :
30 sq. km
2003
# 196
Aruba :
20 sq. km
2003
= 197
Bermuda :
10 sq. km
2003
= 197
San Marino :
10 sq. km
2003
# 199
Singapore :
8 sq. km
2005
Total :
48,033,854 sq. km
Weighted average:
241,376.2 sq. km
DEFINITION: Agricultural land refers to the share of land area that is arable, under permanent crops, and under permanent pastures. Arable land includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded. Land under permanent crops is land cultivated with crops that occupy the land for long periods and need not be replanted after each harvest, such as cocoa, coffee, and rubber. This category includes land under flowering shrubs, fruit trees, nut trees, and vines, but excludes land under trees grown for wood or timber. Permanent pasture is land used for five or more years for forage, including natural and cultivated crops.
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