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Countries by Arable land (% of land area) (2024)

Arable land (% of land area) in 2024: highest in Bangladesh (60.51%), lowest in Faroe Islands (0.05%), median 10.08% across the 205 countries in this dataset, according to World Bank.

Browse Arable land (% of land area) (measured in %) across 250 countries and regions. Select a country to view an interactive chart with historical data, cross-country comparison, and trend analysis. All data sourced from World Bank.

Unit: %250 countries and regionsSource: World Bank
Data updated:Last checked:Frequency:AnnualCoverage:1961–2024

Highest Arable land (% of land area), 2024

  1. 1.Bangladesh60.51%
  2. 2.Denmark58.85%
  3. 3.The Gambia58.1%
  4. 4.Ukraine56.82%
  5. 5.Moldova56.39%
  6. 6.India51.73%
  7. 7.Rwanda48.92%
  8. 8.Togo48.72%
  9. 9.Hungary45.24%
  10. 10.Burundi43.66%

Lowest Arable land (% of land area), 2024

  1. 196.Kuwait0.45%
  2. 197.Mauritania0.44%
  3. 198.Suriname0.34%
  4. 199.Northern Mariana Islands0.33%
  5. 200.Seychelles0.33%
  6. 201.New Caledonia0.32%
  7. 202.Andorra0.31%
  8. 203.Oman0.3%
  9. 204.Djibouti0.16%
  10. 205.Faroe Islands0.05%

All 205 ranked countries, 2024— select a country to view interactive chart

Click any country to open an interactive chart with historical Arable land (% of land area) trends. You can compare multiple countries, switch time ranges, and download chart images for reports and presentations.

BangladeshRank 1 of 205DenmarkRank 2 of 205The GambiaRank 3 of 205UkraineRank 4 of 205MoldovaRank 5 of 205IndiaRank 6 of 205RwandaRank 7 of 205TogoRank 8 of 205HungaryRank 9 of 205BurundiRank 10 of 205UgandaRank 11 of 205MalawiRank 12 of 205NigeriaRank 13 of 205Isle of ManRank 14 of 205PakistanRank 15 of 205LithuaniaRank 16 of 205PolandRank 17 of 205HaitiRank 18 of 205RomaniaRank 19 of 205MauritiusRank 20 of 205El SalvadorRank 21 of 205GermanyRank 22 of 205Czech RepublicRank 23 of 205BeninRank 24 of 205BulgariaRank 25 of 205FranceRank 26 of 205ThailandRank 27 of 205TongaRank 28 of 205NetherlandsRank 29 of 205ComorosRank 30 of 205SerbiaRank 31 of 205Burkina FasoRank 32 of 205BelgiumRank 33 of 205CubaRank 34 of 205BelarusRank 35 of 205SlovakiaRank 36 of 205TurkeyRank 37 of 205AzerbaijanRank 38 of 205United KingdomRank 39 of 205GuineaRank 40 of 205Syrian Arab RepublicRank 41 of 205LuxembourgRank 42 of 205ItalyRank 43 of 205CambodiaRank 44 of 205SpainRank 45 of 205Sri LankaRank 46 of 205MaltaRank 47 of 205Sierra LeoneRank 48 of 205LatviaRank 49 of 205Dominican RepublicRank 50 of 205AlbaniaRank 51 of 205VietnamRank 52 of 205GhanaRank 53 of 205San MarinoRank 54 of 205SenegalRank 55 of 205St. Kitts and NevisRank 56 of 205North KoreaRank 57 of 205LesothoRank 58 of 205PhilippinesRank 59 of 205Cabo VerdeRank 60 of 205TunisiaRank 61 of 205GuatemalaRank 62 of 205ArgentinaRank 63 of 205MyanmarRank 64 of 205United StatesRank 65 of 205EstoniaRank 66 of 205BarbadosRank 67 of 205North MacedoniaRank 68 of 205Guinea-BissauRank 69 of 205AustriaRank 70 of 205MoroccoRank 71 of 205Cote d'IvoireRank 72 of 205ArmeniaRank 73 of 205TanzaniaRank 74 of 205CroatiaRank 75 of 205EthiopiaRank 76 of 205GreeceRank 77 of 205NigerRank 78 of 205South KoreaRank 79 of 205British Virgin IslandsRank 80 of 205CameroonRank 81 of 205MaldivesRank 82 of 205NepalRank 83 of 205UruguayRank 84 of 205AfghanistanRank 85 of 205IsraelRank 86 of 205ChinaRank 87 of 205JamaicaRank 88 of 205ParaguayRank 89 of 205KenyaRank 90 of 205KazakhstanRank 91 of 205IraqRank 92 of 205SudanRank 93 of 205ArubaRank 94 of 205JapanRank 95 of 205LiechtensteinRank 96 of 205LebanonRank 97 of 205MozambiqueRank 98 of 205CyprusRank 99 of 205ZimbabweRank 100 of 205EswatiniRank 101 of 205MexicoRank 102 of 205SwitzerlandRank 103 of 205South AfricaRank 104 of 205IranRank 105 of 205IndonesiaRank 106 of 205PortugalRank 107 of 205UzbekistanRank 108 of 205HondurasRank 109 of 205Antigua and BarbudaRank 110 of 205SloveniaRank 111 of 205GrenadaRank 112 of 205American SamoaRank 113 of 205Bosnia and HerzegovinaRank 114 of 205Timor-LesteRank 115 of 205RussiaRank 116 of 205FinlandRank 117 of 205DominicaRank 118 of 205DR CongoRank 119 of 205West Bank and GazaRank 120 of 205PanamaRank 121 of 205Kyrgyz RepublicRank 122 of 205BrazilRank 123 of 205Puerto RicoRank 124 of 205IrelandRank 125 of 205SwedenRank 126 of 205TajikistanRank 127 of 205Trinidad and TobagoRank 128 of 205EritreaRank 129 of 205BoliviaRank 130 of 205BermudaRank 131 of 205MaliRank 132 of 205Lao PDRRank 133 of 205LiberiaRank 134 of 205MadagascarRank 135 of 205St. Vincent and the GrenadinesRank 136 of 205ZambiaRank 137 of 205BelizeRank 138 of 205St. LuciaRank 139 of 205CanadaRank 140 of 205ChadRank 141 of 205FijiRank 142 of 205Sao Tome and PrincipeRank 143 of 205AustraliaRank 144 of 205SamoaRank 145 of 205GeorgiaRank 146 of 205South SudanRank 147 of 205EcuadorRank 148 of 205AngolaRank 149 of 205TurkmenistanRank 150 of 205MicronesiaRank 151 of 205Costa RicaRank 152 of 205EgyptRank 153 of 205AlgeriaRank 154 of 205PeruRank 155 of 205VenezuelaRank 156 of 205Central African RepublicRank 157 of 205Marshall IslandsRank 158 of 205ColombiaRank 159 of 205BahrainRank 160 of 205BhutanRank 161 of 205MalaysiaRank 162 of 205KiribatiRank 163 of 205JordanRank 164 of 205NorwayRank 165 of 205YemenRank 166 of 205US Virgin IslandsRank 167 of 205Saudi ArabiaRank 168 of 205New ZealandRank 169 of 205Hong KongRank 170 of 205ChileRank 171 of 205Equatorial GuineaRank 172 of 205GuamRank 173 of 205QatarRank 174 of 205SomaliaRank 175 of 205VanuatuRank 176 of 205Republic of the CongoRank 177 of 205GabonRank 178 of 205IcelandRank 179 of 205Turks and Caicos IslandsRank 180 of 205LibyaRank 181 of 205NamibiaRank 182 of 205Cayman IslandsRank 183 of 205Solomon IslandsRank 184 of 205The BahamasRank 185 of 205United Arab EmiratesRank 186 of 205SingaporeRank 187 of 205Brunei DarussalamRank 188 of 205Papua New GuineaRank 189 of 205MongoliaRank 190 of 205MontenegroRank 191 of 205French PolynesiaRank 192 of 205PalauRank 193 of 205BotswanaRank 194 of 205GuyanaRank 195 of 205KuwaitRank 196 of 205MauritaniaRank 197 of 205SurinameRank 198 of 205Northern Mariana IslandsRank 199 of 205SeychellesRank 200 of 205New CaledoniaRank 201 of 205AndorraRank 202 of 205OmanRank 203 of 205DjiboutiRank 204 of 205Faroe IslandsRank 205 of 205

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Arable land (% of land area) Data Coverage

This page lists 250 countries with available Arable land (% of land area) data. Data sourced from World Bank. Visit each country's page for interactive charts.