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Agriculture Statistics > Arable land > % of land area (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  Date  
# 1   Bangladesh: 61.11 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 2   Moldova: 56.22 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 3   Ukraine: 56.01 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 4   India: 53.7 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 5   Denmark: 52.72 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 6   Hungary: 51.33 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 7   Mauritius: 49.26 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 8   Rwanda: 48.64 % of land area   2003 Time series
# 9   Togo: 46.15 % of land area   2003 Time series
# 10   Romania: 40.39 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 11   Poland: 39.63 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 12   Czech Republic: 39.44 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 13   Burundi: 38.55 % of land area   2003 Time series
# 14   Barbados: 37.21 % of land area   2003 Time series
# 15   Comoros: 35.87 % of land area   2003 Time series
# 16   Serbia and Montenegro: 34.36 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 17   Germany: 34.13 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 18   France: 33.64 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 19   Nigeria: 33.49 % of land area   2003 Time series
# 20   El Salvador: 31.85 % of land area   2003 Time series
# 21   Gambia, The: 31.5 % of land area   2003 Time series
# 22   Turkey: 30.96 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 23   Lithuania: 30.41 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 24   Bulgaria: 29.21 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 25   Slovakia: 28.92 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 26   Haiti: 28.3 % of land area   2003 Time series
# 27   Malta: 28.12 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 28   Belgium: 27.92 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 29   Cuba: 27.89 % of land area   2003 Time series
# 30   Thailand: 27.66 % of land area   2003 Time series
# 31   Pakistan: 27.6 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 32   Spain: 27.44 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 33   Netherlands: 26.8 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 34   Syria: 26.52 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 35   Uganda: 26.38 % of land area   2003 Time series
# 36   Italy: 26.33 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 37   Belarus: 26.29 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 38   Malawi: 26.04 % of land area   2003 Time series
# 39   Liechtenstein: 25 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 40   Benin: 23.96 % of land area   2003 Time series
# 41   United Kingdom: 23.68 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 42   Korea, North: 23.25 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 43   Luxembourg: 23.17 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 44   Dominican Republic: 22.65 % of land area   2003 Time series
# 45   Azerbaijan: 22.3 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 46   Macedonia, Republic of: 22.26 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 47   Vietnam: 21.29 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 48   Samoa: 21.2 % of land area   2003 Time series
# 49   Albania: 21.09 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 50   Cambodia: 20.96 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 51   Tonga: 20.83 % of land area   2003 Time series
# 52   Greece: 20.38 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 53   Bermuda: 20 % of land area   2003 Time series
# 54   Croatia: 19.85 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 55   Bosnia and Herzegovina: 19.53 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 56   Saint Kitts and Nevis: 19.44 % of land area   2003 Time series
# 57   Philippines: 19.12 % of land area   2003 Time series
# 58   United States: 19.04 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 59   Morocco: 19.01 % of land area   2003 Time series
# 60   Ghana: 18.39 % of land area   2003 Time series
# 61   Antigua and Barbuda: 18.18 % of land area   2003 Time series
# 62   Tunisia: 17.96 % of land area   2003 Time series
# 63   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 17.95 % of land area   2003 Time series
# 64   Burkina Faso: 17.69 % of land area   2003 Time series
# 65   Ireland: 17.64 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 66   Armenia: 17.55 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 67   Latvia: 17.53 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 68   Austria: 16.82 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 69   Portugal: 16.77 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 70   San Marino: 16.67 % of land area   2003 Time series
# 71   Lebanon: 16.62 % of land area   2003 Time series
# 72   Korea, South: 16.56 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 73   Nepal: 16.48 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 74   Jamaica: 16.07 % of land area   2003 Time series
# 75   Nicaragua: 15.86 % of land area   2003 Time series
# 76   Burma: 15.35 % of land area   2003 Time series
# 77   Israel: 14.65 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 78   Trinidad and Tobago: 14.62 % of land area   2003 Time series
# 79   Sri Lanka: 14.17 % of land area   2003 Time series
# 80   Estonia: 13.94 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 81   Maldives: 13.33 % of land area   2003 Time series
# 82   Guatemala: 13.28 % of land area   2003 Time series
# 83   Iraq: 13.15 % of land area   2003 Time series
# 84   Mexico: 12.99 % of land area   2003 Time series
# 85   Cameroon: 12.81 % of land area   2003 Time series
# 86   Senegal: 12.78 % of land area   2003 Time series
# 87   Indonesia: 12.7 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 88   South Africa: 12.15 % of land area   2003 Time series
# 89   Afghanistan: 12.13 % of land area   2003 Time series
# 90   Japan: 11.96 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 91   Georgia: 11.54 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 92   Niger: 11.43 % of land area   2003 Time series
# 93   Cape Verde: 11.41 % of land area   2003 Time series
# 94   Marshall Islands: 11.11 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 95   China: 11.09 % of land area   2003 Time series
# 96   Ethiopia: 11.06 % of land area   2003 Time series
# 97   Uzbekistan: 11.05 % of land area   2003 Time series
# 98   Fiji: 10.95 % of land area   2003 Time series
# 99   Lesotho: 10.87 % of land area   2003 Time series
# 100   Cyprus: 10.82 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 101   Guinea-Bissau: 10.67 % of land area   2003 Time series
# 102   Aruba: 10.53 % of land area   2003 Time series
# 103   Côte d'Ivoire: 10.38 % of land area   2003 Time series
# 104   Swaziland: 10.35 % of land area   2003 Time series
# 105   Switzerland: 10.25 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 106   Argentina: 10.19 % of land area   2003 Time series
= 107   American Samoa: 10 % of land area   2003 Time series
= 107   Netherlands Antilles: 10 % of land area   2003 Time series
# 109   Iran: 9.84 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 110   Honduras: 9.55 % of land area   2003 Time series
# 111   Slovenia: 8.74 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 112   Palau: 8.7 % of land area   2003 Time series
# 113   São Tomé and Príncipe: 8.33 % of land area   2003 Time series
# 114   Zimbabwe: 8.32 % of land area   2003 Time series
# 115   Kazakhstan: 8.28 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 116   East Timor: 8.2 % of land area   2003 Time series
# 117   Kenya: 8.17 % of land area   2003 Time series
# 118   Puerto Rico: 8 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 119   Sierra Leone: 7.96 % of land area   2003 Time series
# 120   Uruguay: 7.83 % of land area   2003 Time series
# 121   Paraguay: 7.65 % of land area   2003 Time series
# 122   Russia: 7.43 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 123   Panama: 7.36 % of land area   2003 Time series
# 124   Finland: 7.33 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 125   Sudan: 7.15 % of land area   2003 Time series
# 126   Zambia: 7.08 % of land area   2003 Time series
# 127   Brazil: 6.97 % of land area   2003 Time series
# 128   Kyrgyzstan: 6.69 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 129   Dominica: 6.67 % of land area   2003 Time series
# 130   Tajikistan: 6.64 % of land area   2003 Time series
# 131   Sweden: 6.59 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 132   Saint Lucia: 6.56 % of land area   2003 Time series
# 133   Australia: 6.43 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 134   Grenada: 5.88 % of land area   2003 Time series
= 135   Micronesia, Federated States of: 5.71 % of land area   2003 Time series
= 135   Virgin Islands: 5.71 % of land area   2003 Time series
# 137   New Zealand: 5.6 % of land area   2003 Time series
# 138   Eritrea: 5.56 % of land area   2003 Time series
# 139   Mozambique: 5.55 % of land area   2003 Time series
# 140   Malaysia: 5.48 % of land area   2003 Time series
# 141   Madagascar: 5.07 % of land area   2003 Time series
# 142   Canada: 5.02 % of land area   2003 Time series
# 143   Ecuador: 4.87 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 144   Turkmenistan: 4.68 % of land area   2003 Time series
# 145   Equatorial Guinea: 4.63 % of land area   2003 Time series
# 146   Tanzania: 4.53 % of land area   2003 Time series
# 147   Guinea: 4.48 % of land area   2003 Time series
# 148   Costa Rica: 4.41 % of land area   2003 Time series
# 149   Laos: 4.33 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 150   Liberia: 3.97 % of land area   2003 Time series
# 151   Mali: 3.93 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 152   Cayman Islands: 3.85 % of land area   2003 Time series
# 153   Guam: 3.64 % of land area   2003 Time series
# 154   Bhutan: 3.38 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 155   Algeria: 3.17 % of land area   2003 Time series
# 156   Central African Republic: 3.1 % of land area   2003 Time series
# 157   Belize: 3.07 % of land area   2003 Time series
# 158   Egypt: 3.01 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 159   Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 2.96 % of land area   2003 Time series
# 160   Venezuela: 2.95 % of land area   2003 Time series
# 161   Yemen: 2.91 % of land area   2003 Time series
# 162   Peru: 2.89 % of land area   2003 Time series
# 163   Chad: 2.86 % of land area   2003 Time series
= 164   Bahrain: 2.82 % of land area   2005 Time series
= 164   Norway: 2.82 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 166   Bolivia: 2.81 % of land area   2003 Time series
# 167   Kiribati: 2.74 % of land area   2003 Time series
# 168   Brunei: 2.66 % of land area   2005 Time series
= 169   Angola: 2.65 % of land area   2003 Time series
= 169   Chile: 2.65 % of land area   2003 Time series
# 171   Guyana: 2.44 % of land area   2003 Time series
# 172   Seychelles: 2.17 % of land area   2003 Time series
= 173   Andorra: 2.14 % of land area   2003 Time series
= 173   Faroe Islands: 2.14 % of land area   2003 Time series
# 175   Jordan: 2.09 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 176   Colombia: 1.81 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 177   Saudi Arabia: 1.8 % of land area   2003 Time series
# 178   Somalia: 1.67 % of land area   2003 Time series
= 179   Vanuatu: 1.64 % of land area   2003 Time series
= 179   Qatar: 1.64 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 181   Congo, Republic of the: 1.45 % of land area   2003 Time series
# 182   Gabon: 1.26 % of land area   2003 Time series
# 183   Libya: 1.03 % of land area   2003 Time series
# 184   Namibia: 0.99 % of land area   2003 Time series
# 185   Singapore: 0.87 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 186   Kuwait: 0.84 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 187   French Polynesia: 0.82 % of land area   2003 Time series
# 188   Bahamas, The: 0.8 % of land area   2003 Time series
# 189   United Arab Emirates: 0.77 % of land area   2003 Time series
# 190   Mongolia: 0.76 % of land area   2003 Time series
# 191   Botswana: 0.67 % of land area   2003 Time series
# 192   Solomon Islands: 0.64 % of land area   2003 Time series
# 193   Papua New Guinea: 0.5 % of land area   2003 Time series
# 194   Mauritania: 0.48 % of land area   2003 Time series
# 195   Suriname: 0.37 % of land area   2003 Time series
# 196   New Caledonia: 0.33 % of land area   2003 Time series
# 197   Oman: 0.12 % of land area   2003 Time series
# 198   Iceland: 0.07 % of land area   2005 Time series
# 199   Djibouti: 0.04 % of land area   2003 Time series
Weighted average: 14.4 % of land area   



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.

SOURCE: World Development Indicators database

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