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DEFINITION
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.
Agriculture Statistics > Arable land > % of land area (most recent) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
(top to bottom)
Date
#1
Bangladesh :
61.11 % of land area
2005 ...
#2
Moldova :
56.22 % of land area
2005 ...
#3
Ukraine :
56.01 % of land area
2005 ...
#4
India :
53.7 % of land area
2005 ...
#5
Denmark :
52.72 % of land area
2005 ...
#6
Hungary :
51.33 % of land area
2005 ...
#7
Mauritius :
49.26 % of land area
2005 ...
#8
Rwanda :
48.64 % of land area
2003 ...
#9
Togo :
46.15 % of land area
2003 ...
#10
Romania :
40.39 % of land area
2005 ...
#11
Poland :
39.63 % of land area
2005 ...
#12
Czech Republic :
39.44 % of land area
2005 ...
#13
Burundi :
38.55 % of land area
2003 ...
#14
Barbados :
37.21 % of land area
2003 ...
#15
Comoros :
35.87 % of land area
2003 ...
#16
Serbia and Montenegro :
34.36 % of land area
2005 ...
#17
Germany :
34.13 % of land area
2005 ...
#18
France :
33.64 % of land area
2005 ...
#19
Nigeria :
33.49 % of land area
2003 ...
#20
El Salvador :
31.85 % of land area
2003 ...
#21
Gambia, The :
31.5 % of land area
2003 ...
#22
Turkey :
30.96 % of land area
2005 ...
#23
Lithuania :
30.41 % of land area
2005 ...
#24
Bulgaria :
29.21 % of land area
2005 ...
#25
Slovakia :
28.92 % of land area
2005 ...
#26
Haiti :
28.3 % of land area
2003 ...
#27
Malta :
28.12 % of land area
2005 ...
#28
Belgium :
27.92 % of land area
2005 ...
#29
Cuba :
27.89 % of land area
2003 ...
#30
Thailand :
27.66 % of land area
2003 ...
#31
Pakistan :
27.6 % of land area
2005 ...
#32
Spain :
27.44 % of land area
2005 ...
#33
Netherlands :
26.8 % of land area
2005 ...
#34
Syria :
26.52 % of land area
2005 ...
#35
Uganda :
26.38 % of land area
2003 ...
#36
Italy :
26.33 % of land area
2005 ...
#37
Belarus :
26.29 % of land area
2005 ...
#38
Malawi :
26.04 % of land area
2003 ...
#39
Liechtenstein :
25 % of land area
2005 ...
#40
Benin :
23.96 % of land area
2003 ...
#41
United Kingdom :
23.68 % of land area
2005 ...
#42
Korea, North :
23.25 % of land area
2005 ...
#43
Luxembourg :
23.17 % of land area
2005 ...
#44
Dominican Republic :
22.65 % of land area
2003 ...
#45
Azerbaijan :
22.3 % of land area
2005 ...
#46
Macedonia, Republic of :
22.26 % of land area
2005 ...
#47
Vietnam :
21.29 % of land area
2005 ...
#48
Samoa :
21.2 % of land area
2003 ...
#49
Albania :
21.09 % of land area
2005 ...
#50
Cambodia :
20.96 % of land area
2005 ...
#51
Tonga :
20.83 % of land area
2003 ...
#52
Greece :
20.38 % of land area
2005 ...
#53
Bermuda :
20 % of land area
2003 ...
#54
Croatia :
19.85 % of land area
2005 ...
#55
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
19.53 % of land area
2005 ...
#56
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
19.44 % of land area
2003 ...
#57
Philippines :
19.12 % of land area
2003 ...
#58
United States :
19.04 % of land area
2005 ...
#59
Morocco :
19.01 % of land area
2003 ...
#60
Ghana :
18.39 % of land area
2003 ...
#61
Antigua and Barbuda :
18.18 % of land area
2003 ...
#62
Tunisia :
17.96 % of land area
2003 ...
#63
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
17.95 % of land area
2003 ...
#64
Burkina Faso :
17.69 % of land area
2003 ...
#65
Ireland :
17.64 % of land area
2005 ...
#66
Armenia :
17.55 % of land area
2005 ...
#67
Latvia :
17.53 % of land area
2005 ...
#68
Austria :
16.82 % of land area
2005 ...
#69
Portugal :
16.77 % of land area
2005 ...
#70
San Marino :
16.67 % of land area
2003 ...
#71
Lebanon :
16.62 % of land area
2003 ...
#72
Korea, South :
16.56 % of land area
2005 ...
#73
Nepal :
16.48 % of land area
2005 ...
#74
Jamaica :
16.07 % of land area
2003 ...
#75
Nicaragua :
15.86 % of land area
2003 ...
#76
Burma :
15.35 % of land area
2003 ...
#77
Israel :
14.65 % of land area
2005 ...
#78
Trinidad and Tobago :
14.62 % of land area
2003 ...
#79
Sri Lanka :
14.17 % of land area
2003 ...
#80
Estonia :
13.94 % of land area
2005 ...
#81
Maldives :
13.33 % of land area
2003 ...
#82
Guatemala :
13.28 % of land area
2003 ...
#83
Iraq :
13.15 % of land area
2003 ...
#84
Mexico :
12.99 % of land area
2003 ...
#85
Cameroon :
12.81 % of land area
2003 ...
#86
Senegal :
12.78 % of land area
2003 ...
#87
Indonesia :
12.7 % of land area
2005 ...
#88
South Africa :
12.15 % of land area
2003 ...
#89
Afghanistan :
12.13 % of land area
2003 ...
#90
Japan :
11.96 % of land area
2005 ...
#91
Georgia :
11.54 % of land area
2005 ...
#92
Niger :
11.43 % of land area
2003 ...
#93
Cape Verde :
11.41 % of land area
2003 ...
#94
Marshall Islands :
11.11 % of land area
2005 ...
#95
China :
11.09 % of land area
2003 ...
#96
Ethiopia :
11.06 % of land area
2003 ...
#97
Uzbekistan :
11.05 % of land area
2003 ...
#98
Fiji :
10.95 % of land area
2003 ...
#99
Lesotho :
10.87 % of land area
2003 ...
#100
Cyprus :
10.82 % of land area
2005 ...
#101
Guinea-Bissau :
10.67 % of land area
2003 ...
#102
Aruba :
10.53 % of land area
2003 ...
#103
Côte d'Ivoire :
10.38 % of land area
2003 ...
#104
Swaziland :
10.35 % of land area
2003 ...
#105
Switzerland :
10.25 % of land area
2005 ...
#106
Argentina :
10.19 % of land area
2003 ...
#107
American Samoa :
10 % of land area
2003 ...
#108
Netherlands Antilles :
10 % of land area
2003 ...
#109
Iran :
9.84 % of land area
2005 ...
#110
Honduras :
9.55 % of land area
2003 ...
#111
Slovenia :
8.74 % of land area
2005 ...
#112
Palau :
8.7 % of land area
2003 ...
#113
São Tomé and Príncipe :
8.33 % of land area
2003 ...
#114
Zimbabwe :
8.32 % of land area
2003 ...
#115
Kazakhstan :
8.28 % of land area
2005 ...
#116
East Timor :
8.2 % of land area
2003 ...
#117
Kenya :
8.17 % of land area
2003 ...
#118
Puerto Rico :
8 % of land area
2005 ...
#119
Sierra Leone :
7.96 % of land area
2003 ...
#120
Uruguay :
7.83 % of land area
2003 ...
#121
Paraguay :
7.65 % of land area
2003 ...
#122
Russia :
7.43 % of land area
2005 ...
#123
Panama :
7.36 % of land area
2003 ...
#124
Finland :
7.33 % of land area
2005 ...
#125
Sudan :
7.15 % of land area
2003 ...
#126
Zambia :
7.08 % of land area
2003 ...
#127
Brazil :
6.97 % of land area
2003 ...
#128
Kyrgyzstan :
6.69 % of land area
2005 ...
#129
Dominica :