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Geography Statistics > Land use > Arable land (most recent) by country

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Rank

Countries

Amount

Date

# 1

Bangladesh:

55.39%

2005

# 2

Moldova:

54.52%

2005

# 3

Ukraine:

53.8%

2005

# 4

Denmark:

52.59%

2005

# 5

Hungary:

49.58%

2005

# 6

Mauritius:

49.02%

2005

# 7

India:

48.83%

2005

# 8

Rwanda:

45.56%

2005

# 9

Lithuania:

44.81%

2005

# 10

Togo:

44.2%

2005

# 11

Poland:

40.25%

2005

# 12

Romania:

39.49%

2005

# 13

Czech Republic:

38.82%

2005

# 14

Barbados:

37.21%

2005

# 15

Comoros:

35.87%

2005

# 16

Burundi:

35.57%

2005

# 17

France:

33.46%

2005

# 18

Serbia and Montenegro:

33.35%

2001

# 19

Germany:

33.13%

2005

# 20

Nigeria:

33.02%

2005

# 21

El Salvador:

31.37%

2005

# 22

Malta:

31.25%

2005

# 23

Bulgaria:

29.94%

2005

# 24

Turkey:

29.81%

2005

# 25

Slovakia:

29.23%

2005

# 26

Gaza Strip:

28.95%

2001

# 27

Latvia:

28.19%

2005

# 28

Haiti:

28.11%

2005

# 29

Gambia, The:

27.88%

2005

# 30

Cuba:

27.63%

2005

# 31

Thailand:

27.54%

2005

= 32

Luxembourg:

27.42%

2005

= 32

Belgium:

27.42%

2005

# 34

Spain:

27.18%

2005

# 35

Belarus:

26.77%

2005

# 36

Italy:

26.41%

2005

# 37

Croatia:

25.82%

2005

# 38

Liechtenstein:

25%

2005

# 39

Syria:

24.8%

2005

# 40

Pakistan:

24.44%

2005

# 41

Taiwan:

24%

2001

# 42

Benin:

23.53%

2005

# 43

United Kingdom:

23.23%

2005

# 44

Dominican Republic:

22.49%

2005

# 45

Korea, North:

22.4%

2005

# 46

Macedonia, Republic of:

22.01%

2005

# 47

Netherlands:

21.96%

2005

# 48

Uganda:

21.57%

2005

# 49

Samoa:

21.13%

2005

# 50

Malawi:

20.68%

2005

# 51

Azerbaijan:

20.62%

2005

# 52

Greece:

20.45%

2005

# 53

Cambodia:

20.44%

2005

# 54

Vietnam:

20.14%

2005

# 55

Albania:

20.1%

2005

= 56

British Virgin Islands:

20%

2005

= 56

Bermuda:

20%

2005

= 56

Tonga:

20%

2005

= 56

Montserrat:

20%

2005

# 60

Bosnia and Herzegovina:

19.61%

2005

# 61

Saint Kitts and Nevis:

19.44%

2005

= 62

Philippines:

19%

2005

= 62

Morocco:

19%

2005

# 64

Antigua and Barbuda:

18.18%

2005

# 65

United States:

18.01%

2005

# 66

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines:

17.95%

2005

# 67

Burkina Faso:

17.66%

2005

# 68

Ghana:

17.54%

2005

# 69

Portugal:

17.29%

2005

# 70

Tunisia:

17.05%

2005

# 71

West Bank:

16.9%

2001

# 72

Ireland:

16.82%

2005

# 73

Armenia:

16.78%

2005

= 74

Cook Islands:

16.67%

2005

= 74

San Marino:

16.67%

2005

# 76

Austria:

16.59%

2005

# 77

Korea, South:

16.58%

2005

# 78

Lebanon:

16.35%

2005

# 79

Nepal:

16.07%

2005

# 80

Jamaica:

15.83%

2005

# 81

Israel:

15.45%

2005

# 82

Burma:

14.92%

2005

# 83

China:

14.86%

2005

# 84

Nicaragua:

14.81%

2005

# 85

Trinidad and Tobago:

14.62%

2005

# 86

Sri Lanka:

13.96%

2005

# 87

Réunion:

13.94%

2005

# 88

Maldives:

13.33%

2005

# 89

Guatemala:

13.22%

2005

# 90

Iraq:

13.12%

2005

# 91

Northern Mariana Islands:

13.04%

2005

# 92

Saint Helena:

12.9%

2005

# 93

Mexico:

12.66%

2005

# 94

Cameroon:

12.54%

2005

# 95

Senegal:

12.51%

2005

# 96

Saint Pierre and Miquelon:

12.5%

2005

# 97

Afghanistan:

12.13%

2005

# 98

South Africa:

12.1%

2005

# 99

Estonia:

12.05%

2005

# 100

Guadeloupe:

11.7%

2005

# 101

Japan:

11.64%

2005

# 102

Niue:

11.54%

2005

# 103

Georgia:

11.51%

2005

# 104

Niger:

11.43%

2005

# 105

Cape Verde:

11.41%

2005

# 106

Marshall Islands:

11.11%

2005

# 107

Indonesia:

11.03%

2005

# 108

Fiji:

10.95%

2005

# 109

Lesotho:

10.87%

2005

# 110

Cyprus:

10.81%

2005

# 111

Aruba:

10.53%

2005

# 112

Uzbekistan:

10.51%

2005

# 113

Swaziland:

10.25%

2005

# 114

Côte d'Ivoire:

10.23%

2005

# 115

Argentina:

10.03%

2005

# 116

Ethiopia:

10.01%

2005

= 117

Netherlands Antilles:

10%

2005

= 117

American Samoa:

10%

2005

# 119

Switzerland:

9.91%

2005

# 120

Iran:

9.78%

2005

# 121

Honduras:

9.53%

2005

# 122

Martinique:

9.09%

2005

# 123

Palau:

8.7%

2005

# 124

Slovenia:

8.53%

2005

# 125

São Tomé and Príncipe:

8.33%

2005

# 126

Guinea-Bissau:

8.31%

2005

# 127

Kazakhstan:

8.28%

2005

# 128

Zimbabwe:

8.24%

2005

# 129

East Timor:

8.2%

2005

# 130

Kenya:

8.01%

2005

# 131

Sierra Leone:

7.95%

2005

# 132

Uruguay:

7.77%

2005

# 133

Paraguay:

7.47%

2005

# 134

Panama:

7.26%

2005

# 135

Russia:

7.17%

2005

# 136

Wallis and Futuna:

7.14%

2005

# 137

Zambia:

6.99%

2005

# 138

Brazil:

6.93%

2005

# 139

Sudan:

6.78%

2005

# 140

Dominica:

6.67%

2005

# 141

Kyrgyzstan:

6.55%

2005

# 142

Finland:

6.54%

2005

# 143

Tajikistan:

6.52%

2005

# 144

Saint Lucia:

6.45%

2005

# 145

Australia:

6.15%

2005

# 146

Sweden:

5.93%

2005

# 147

Grenada:

5.88%

2005

= 148

Ecuador:

5.71%

2005

= 148

Micronesia, Federated States of:

5.71%

2005

= 148

Virgin Islands:

5.71%

2005

# 151

New Zealand:

5.54%

2005

# 152

Malaysia:

5.46%

2005

# 153

Mozambique:

5.43%

2005

# 154

Hong Kong:

5.05%

2001

# 155

Madagascar:

5.03%

2005

# 156

Eritrea:

4.78%

2005

# 157

Equatorial Guinea:

4.63%

2005

# 158

Canada:

4.57%

2005

# 159

Turkmenistan:

4.51%

2005

# 160

Guinea:

4.47%

2005

# 161

Costa Rica:

4.4%

2005

# 162

Tanzania:

4.23%

2005

# 163

Laos:

4.01%

2005

# 164

Cayman Islands:

3.85%

2005

# 165

Mali:

3.76%

2005

# 166

Puerto Rico:

3.69%

2005

# 167

Guam:

3.64%

2005

# 168

Liberia:

3.43%

2005

# 169

Jordan:

3.32%

2005

# 170

Algeria:

3.17%

2005

# 171

Central African Republic:

3.1%

2005

# 172

Belize:

3.05%

2005

# 173

Egypt:

2.92%

2005

# 174

Yemen:

2.91%

2005

# 175

Peru:

2.88%

2005

# 176

Congo, Democratic Republic of the:

2.86%

2005

# 177

Venezuela:

2.85%

2005

# 178

Bahrain:

2.82%

2005

# 179

Chad:

2.8%

2005

# 180

Bolivia:

2.78%

2005

# 181

Kiribati:

2.74%

2005

# 182

Norway:

2.7%

2005

# 183

Angola:

2.65%

2005

# 184

Chile:

2.62%

2005

# 185

Turks and Caicos Islands:

2.33%

2005

# 186

Bhutan:

2.3%

2005

# 187

Guyana:

2.23%

2005

# 188

Seychelles:

2.17%

2005

# 189

Faroe Islands:

2.14%

2005

# 190

Andorra:

2.13%

2005

# 191

Brunei:

2.08%

2005

# 192

Colombia:

2.01%

2005

# 193

Saudi Arabia:

1.67%

2005

= 194

Vanuatu:

1.64%

2005

= 194

Somalia:

1.64%

2005

= 194

Qatar:

1.64%

2005

# 197

Singapore:

1.47%

2005

# 198

Congo, Republic of the:

1.45%

2005

# 199

Gabon:

1.21%

2005

# 200

Libya:

1.03%

2005

# 201

Namibia:

0.99%

2005

# 202

Kuwait:

0.84%

2005

# 203

United Arab Emirates:

0.77%

2005

# 204

Mongolia:

0.76%

2005

# 205

French Polynesia:

0.75%

2005

# 206

Botswana:

0.65%

2005

# 207

Solomon Islands:

0.62%

2005

# 208

Bahamas, The:

0.58%

2005

# 209

Papua New Guinea:

0.49%

2005

# 210

Suriname:

0.36%

2005

# 211

New Caledonia:

0.32%

2005

# 212

Mauritania:

0.2%

2005

# 213

French Guiana:

0.13%

2005

# 214

Oman:

0.12%

2005

# 215

Iceland:

0.07%

2005

# 216

Djibouti:

0.04%

2005

# 217

Western Sahara:

0.02%

2005

= 218

Greenland:

2005

= 218

Clipperton Island:

2005

= 218

Juan de Nova Island:

2001

= 218

Man, Isle of:

1998

= 218

Christmas Island:

2005

= 218

French Southern and Antarctic Lands:

2005

= 218

Macau:

2005

= 218

Heard Island and McDonald Islands:

2005

= 218

Midway Islands:

2001

= 218

Jan Mayen:

2005

= 218

Nauru:

2005

= 218

Baker Island:

2001

= 218

Spratly Islands:

2005

= 218

Gibraltar:

2005

= 218

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands:

2005

= 218

Glorioso Islands:

2001

= 218

Tokelau:

2005

= 218

Howland Island:

2001

= 218

Holy See (Vatican City):

2005

= 218

British Indian Ocean Territory:

2005

= 218

Ashmore and Cartier Islands:

2005

= 218

Jersey:

2005

= 218

Anguilla:

2005

= 218

Johnston Atoll:

2001

= 218

Kingman Reef:

2001

= 218

Navassa Island:

2005

= 218

Palmyra Atoll:

2005

= 218

Bassas da India:

2001

= 218

Monaco:

2005

= 218

Bouvet Island:

2005

= 218

Norfolk Island:

2005

= 218

Cocos (Keeling) Islands:

2005

= 218

Paracel Islands:

2005

= 218

Coral Sea Islands:

2005

= 218

Svalbard:

2005

= 218

Jarvis Island:

2001

= 218

Tromelin Island:

2001

= 218

Europa Island:

2001

= 218

Tuvalu:

2005

= 218

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas):

2005

= 218

Wake Island:

2005

Weighted average:

11.8%

Historical countries, unions or other regions:

Antarctica

DEFINITION: The percentage of used land that is arable. Arable land is land cultivated for crops that are replanted after each harvest like wheat, maize, and rice

SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008

Geography Statistics > Land use > Arable land (most recent) by country

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