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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.
Geography Statistics > Agricultural land > % of land area (most recent) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Burundi :
89.37 %
2007
Geography of Burundi
# 2
Saudi Arabia :
86.81 %
2007
Geography of Saudi Arabia
# 3
Nigeria :
86.19 %
2007
Geography of Nigeria
# 4
Uruguay :
83.89 %
2007
Geography of Uruguay
# 5
South Africa :
81.83 %
2007
Geography of South Africa
# 6
Gambia, The :
81.3 %
2007
Geography of Gambia, The
# 7
Comoros :
80.65 %
2007
Geography of Comoros
# 8
Rwanda :
78.03 %
2007
Geography of Rwanda
# 9
Swaziland :
78.02 %
2007
Geography of Swaziland
# 10
Marshall Islands :
77.78 %
2007
Geography of Marshall Islands
# 11
Kazakhstan :
77.01 %
2007
Geography of Kazakhstan
# 12
Lesotho :
75.91 %
2007
Geography of Lesotho
# 13
Syria :
75.68 %
2007
Geography of Syria
# 14
Moldova :
75.49 %
2007
Geography of Moldova
# 15
El Salvador :
75.1 %
2007
Geography of El Salvador
# 16
Eritrea :
74.67 %
2007
Geography of Eritrea
# 17
Mongolia :
74.66 %
2007
Geography of Mongolia
# 18
Djibouti :
73.4 %
2007
Geography of Djibouti
# 19
United Kingdom :
72.94 %
2007
Geography of United Kingdom
# 20
Ukraine :
71.23 %
2007
Geography of Ukraine
# 21
Madagascar :
70.23 %
2007
Geography of Madagascar
# 22
Somalia :
70.18 %
2007
Geography of Somalia
# 23
Bangladesh :
69.52 %
2007
Geography of Bangladesh
# 24
Turkmenistan :
69.4 %
2007
Geography of Turkmenistan
# 25
Lebanon :
67.17 %
2007
Geography of Lebanon
# 26
Morocco :
67.13 %
2007
Geography of Morocco
# 27
Togo :
66.74 %
2007
Geography of Togo
# 28
Tuvalu :
66.67 %
2007
Geography of Tuvalu
# 29
Ghana :
65.26 %
2007
Geography of Ghana
# 30
Uganda :
65 %
2007
Geography of Uganda
# 31
Hungary :
64.8 %
2007
Geography of Hungary
# 32
Greece :
64.24 %
2007
Geography of Greece
# 33
Côte d'Ivoire :
63.52 %
2007
Geography of Côte d'Ivoire
# 34
Tunisia :
63.25 %
2007
Geography of Tunisia
# 35
Denmark :
62.76 %
2007
Geography of Denmark
# 36
Uzbekistan :
62.62 %
2007
Geography of Uzbekistan
# 37
Ireland :
62.07 %
2007
Geography of Ireland
# 38
Mozambique :
62.06 %
2007
Geography of Mozambique
# 39
Haiti :
61.32 %
2007
Geography of Haiti
# 40
India :
60.51 %
2007
Geography of India
# 41
Cuba :
60.28 %
2007
Geography of Cuba
# 42
São Tomé and Príncipe :
59.38 %
2007
Geography of São Tomé and Príncipe
# 43
Afghanistan :
59.28 %
2007
Geography of Afghanistan
# 44
China :
59.27 %
2007
Geography of China
# 45
Romania :
58.92 %
2007
Geography of Romania
# 46
Guinea-Bissau :
57.97 %
2007
Geography of Guinea-Bissau
= 47
Sudan :
57.56 %
2007
Geography of Sudan
= 47
Azerbaijan :
57.56 %
2007
Geography of Azerbaijan
# 49
Spain :
57.44 %
2007
Geography of Spain
# 50
Armenia :
57.27 %
2007
Geography of Armenia
# 51
Serbia and Montenegro :
57.19 %
2007
Geography of Serbia and Montenegro
# 52
Netherlands :
56.69 %
2007
Geography of Netherlands
# 53
Kyrgyzstan :
55.94 %
2007
Geography of Kyrgyzstan
# 54
Australia :
55.38 %
2007
Geography of Australia
# 55
Guinea :
55.23 %
2007
Geography of Guinea
# 56
Czech Republic :
55 %
2007
Geography of Czech Republic
# 57
Mexico :
54.94 %
2007
Geography of Mexico
# 58
Costa Rica :
53.86 %
2007
Geography of Costa Rica
# 59
France :
53.72 %
2007
Geography of France
# 60
Mayotte :
53.48 %
2007
Geography of Mayotte
# 61
Poland :
53.17 %
2007
Geography of Poland
# 62
Malawi :
52.83 %
2007
Geography of Malawi
# 63
Dominican Republic :
52.09 %
2007
Geography of Dominican Republic
# 64
Paraguay :
51.35 %
2007
Geography of Paraguay
# 65
Turkey :
51.26 %
2007
Geography of Turkey
# 66
Luxembourg :
50.58 %
2007
Geography of Luxembourg
# 67
Mauritius :
49.75 %
2007
Geography of Mauritius
# 68
Argentina :
48.73 %
2007
Geography of Argentina
# 69
Germany :
48.6 %
2007
Geography of Germany
# 70
Kenya :
47.44 %
2007
Geography of Kenya
# 71
Jamaica :
47.37 %
2007
Geography of Jamaica
# 72
Italy :
47.22 %
2007
Geography of Italy
# 73
Namibia :
47.13 %
2007
Geography of Namibia
# 74
Bulgaria :
47.1 %
2007
Geography of Bulgaria
# 75
Angola :
46.19 %
2007
Geography of Angola
# 76
New Zealand :
45.89 %
2007
Geography of New Zealand
# 77
Kiribati :
45.68 %
2007
Geography of Kiribati
# 78
Botswana :
45.62 %
2007
Geography of Botswana
# 79
Man, Isle of :
45.61 %
2007
Geography of Man, Isle of
# 80
Belgium :
45.24 %
2007
Geography of Belgium
# 81
United States :
44.88 %
2007
Geography of United States
# 82
Senegal :
44.86 %
2007
Geography of Senegal
# 83
Sierra Leone :
44.4 %
2007
Geography of Sierra Leone
# 84
Barbados :
44.19 %
2007
Geography of Barbados
# 85
Belarus :
44.11 %
2007
Geography of Belarus
# 86
Nicaragua :
43.34 %
2007
Geography of Nicaragua
# 87
Maldives :
43.33 %
2007
Geography of Maldives
# 88
Tonga :
43.06 %
2007
Geography of Tonga
# 89
Lithuania :
43 %
2007
Geography of Lithuania
# 90
Macedonia, Republic of :
42.31 %
2007
Geography of Macedonia, Republic of
# 91
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
41.97 %
2007
Geography of Bosnia and Herzegovina
# 92
Guatemala :
41.66 %
2007
Geography of Guatemala
# 93
Burkina Faso :
41.15 %
2007
Geography of Burkina Faso
# 94
Albania :
40.84 %
2007
Geography of Albania
# 95
Slovakia :
40.12 %
2007
Geography of Slovakia
# 96
Zimbabwe :
39.94 %
2007
Geography of Zimbabwe
# 97
Austria :
39.3 %
2007
Geography of Austria
# 98
Chad :
39.18 %
2007
Geography of Chad
# 99
Switzerland :
39.02 %
2007
Geography of Switzerland
# 100
Thailand :
38.66 %
2007
Geography of Thailand
# 101
Tanzania :
38.61 %
2007
Geography of Tanzania
# 102
Philippines :
38.57 %
2007
Geography of Philippines
# 103
Mauritania :
38.53 %
2007
Geography of Mauritania
# 104
Colombia :
38.25 %
2007
Geography of Colombia
# 105
Grenada :
38.24 %
2007
Geography of Grenada
# 106
Portugal :
38.21 %
2007
Geography of Portugal
# 107
Liechtenstein :
37.5 %
2007
Geography of Liechtenstein
# 108
Sri Lanka :
36.52 %
2007
Geography of Sri Lanka
# 109
Georgia :
36.22 %
2007
Geography of Georgia
# 110
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
35.9 %
2007
Geography of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
# 111
Pakistan :
35.41 %
2007
Geography of Pakistan
# 112
Guam :
35.19 %
2007
Geography of Guam
# 113
Ethiopia :
35.08 %
2007
Geography of Ethiopia
# 114
Zambia :
34.42 %
2007
Geography of Zambia
# 115
Niger :
34.35 %
2007
Geography of Niger
# 116
Bolivia :
34 %
2007
Geography of Bolivia
# 117
Tajikistan :
32.73 %
2007
Geography of Tajikistan
# 118
Vietnam :
32.48 %
2007
Geography of Vietnam
# 119
Mali :
32.47 %
2007
Geography of Mali
# 120
Benin :
31.82 %
2007
Geography of Benin
# 121
Brazil :
31.15 %
2007
Geography of Brazil
# 122
Cambodia :
30.9 %
2007
Geography of Cambodia
# 123
Congo, Republic of the :
30.88 %
2007
Geography of Congo, Republic of the
# 124
Dominica :
30.67 %
2007
Geography of Dominica
# 125
Samoa :
30.39 %
2007
Geography of Samoa
# 126
Panama :
30 %
2007
Geography of Panama
# 127
Antigua and Barbuda :
29.55 %
2007
Geography of Antigua and Barbuda
# 128
Latvia :
29.54 %
2007
Geography of Latvia
# 129
Nepal :
29.37 %
2007
Geography of Nepal
# 130
Malta :
29.06 %
2007
Geography of Malta
# 131
Honduras :
27.96 %
2007
Geography of Honduras
# 132
Liberia :
26.99 %
2007
Geography of Liberia
= 133
Ecuador :
26.77 %
2007
Geography of Ecuador
= 133
Indonesia :
26.77 %
2007
Geography of Indonesia
# 135
East Timor :
26.09 %
2007
Geography of East Timor
# 136
American Samoa :
25 %
2007
Geography of American Samoa
# 137
Slovenia :
24.83 %
2007
Geography of Slovenia
# 138
Venezuela :
24.2 %
2007
Geography of Venezuela
# 139
Malaysia :
23.95 %
2007
Geography of Malaysia
# 140
Fiji :
23.43 %
2007
Geography of Fiji
# 141
Israel :
23.15 %
2007
Geography of Israel
# 142
Iceland :
22.75 %
2007
Geography of Iceland
# 143
Croatia :
22.28 %
2007
Geography of Croatia
# 144
Iraq :
21.61 %
2007
Geography of Iraq
# 145
Puerto Rico :
21.31 %
2007
Geography of Puerto Rico
# 146
Chile :
21.19 %
2007
Geography of Chile
# 147
Gabon :
20.03 %
2007
Geography of Gabon
# 148
Bermuda :
20 %
2007
Geography of Bermuda
# 149
Estonia :
19.41 %
2007
Geography of Estonia
# 150
Cameroon :
19.38 %
2007
Geography of Cameroon
# 151
Cape Verde :
19.35 %
2007
Geography of Cape Verde
# 152
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
19.23 %
2007
Geography of Saint Kitts and Nevis
# 153
Burma :
18.34 %
2007
Geography of Burma
# 154
Saint Lucia :
18.03 %
2007
Geography of Saint Lucia
# 155
Algeria :
17.32 %
2007
Geography of Algeria
# 156
Cyprus :
16.99 %
2007
Geography of Cyprus
# 157
Peru :
16.84 %
2007
Geography of Peru
# 158
San Marino :
16.67 %
2007
Geography of San Marino
# 159
Bhutan :
14.64 %
2007
Geography of Bhutan
# 160
Bahrain :
14.08 %
2007
Geography of Bahrain
# 161
New Caledonia :
13.79 %
2007
Geography of New Caledonia
# 162
Russia :
13.16 %
2007
Geography of Russia
= 163
Seychelles :
13.04 %
2007
Geography of Seychelles
= 163
Palau :
13.04 %
2007
Geography of Palau
# 165
Japan :
12.76 %
2007
Geography of Japan
# 166
French Polynesia :
12.3 %
2007
Geography of French Polynesia
# 167
Vanuatu :
12.06 %
2007
Geography of Vanuatu
# 168
Equatorial Guinea :
11.55 %
2007
Geography of Equatorial Guinea
# 169
Cayman Islands :
11.54 %
2007
Geography of Cayman Islands
# 170
Virgin Islands :
11.43 %
2007
Geography of Virgin Islands
# 171
Aruba :
11.11 %
2007
Geography of Aruba
# 172
Jordan :
10.93 %
2007
Geography of Jordan
# 173
Trinidad and Tobago :
10.53 %
2007
Geography of Trinidad and Tobago
# 174
Netherlands Antilles :
10 %
2007
Geography of Netherlands Antilles
# 175
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
9.99 %
2007
Geography of Congo, Democratic Republic of the
# 176
Laos :
9.22 %
2007
Geography of Laos
# 177
Libya :
8.84 %
2007
Geography of Libya
# 178
Kuwait :
8.64 %
2007
Geography of Kuwait
# 179
Guyana :
8.53 %
2007
Geography of Guyana
# 180
Central African Republic :
8.35 %
2007
Geography of Central African Republic
# 181
Sweden :
7.64 %
2007
Geography of Sweden
# 182
Finland :
7.55 %
2007
Geography of Finland
# 183
Canada :
7.43 %
2007
Geography of Canada
# 184
United Arab Emirates :
7.12 %
2007
Geography of United Arab Emirates
# 185
Belize :
6.66 %
2007
Geography of Belize
# 186
Northern Mariana Islands :
6.52 %
2007
Geography of Northern Mariana Islands
# 187
Qatar :
6.13 %
2007
Geography of Qatar
# 188
Oman :
5.81 %
2007
Geography of Oman
# 189
Norway :
3.39 %
2007
Geography of Norway
# 190
Solomon Islands :
3 %
2007
Geography of Solomon Islands
# 191
Papua New Guinea :
2.3 %
2007
Geography of Papua New Guinea
# 192
Brunei :
2.16 %
2007
Geography of Brunei
# 193
Faroe Islands :
2.14 %
2007
Geography of Faroe Islands
# 194
Bahamas, The :
1.4 %
2007
Geography of Bahamas, The
# 195
Singapore :
1.15 %
2007
Geography of Singapore
# 196
Turks and Caicos Islands :
1.05 %
2007
Geography of Turks and Caicos Islands
# 197
Greenland :
0.57 %
2007
Geography of Greenland
# 198
Suriname :
0.53 %
2007
Geography of Suriname
Weighted average:
39.0 %
Historical countries, unions or other regions:
European Union
45.49 %
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.
SOURCE: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.
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