Countries by arable land

Countries by arable land, World Bank, 2023

#	Country	% of land	Region
1	Bangladesh	60.6%	Southern Asia
2	Denmark	59.1%	Northern Europe
=3	Moldova	56.8%	Eastern Europe
=3	Ukraine	56.8%	Eastern Europe
5	India	51.8%	Southern Asia
6	Burundi	51.4%	Eastern Africa
7	Togo	48.7%	Western Africa
8	Rwanda	47.0%	Eastern Africa
9	Hungary	45.4%	Eastern Europe
10	Gambia	43.5%	Western Africa
11	Malawi	42.4%	Eastern Africa
12	Nigeria	40.5%	Western Africa
13	Pakistan	39.3%	Southern Asia
14	Mauritius	37.6%	Eastern Africa
15	Lithuania	36.8%	Northern Europe
16	Poland	36.6%	Eastern Europe
=17	Haiti	36.5%	Caribbean
=17	Romania	36.5%	Eastern Europe
19	Comoros	34.9%	Eastern Africa
20	El Salvador	34.8%	Central America
21	Uganda	34.4%	Eastern Africa
22	Germany	33.4%	Western Europe
23	San Marino	33.1%	Southern Europe
24	Czechia	32.7%	Eastern Europe
25	Bulgaria	32.1%	Eastern Europe
=26	Benin	31.4%	Western Africa
=26	France	31.4%	Western Europe
=28	Serbia	31.0%	Southern Europe
=28	Thailand	31.0%	South-Eastern Asia
30	Netherlands	30.0%	Western Europe
31	Burkina Faso	28.9%	Western Africa
32	Belgium	28.3%	Western Europe
33	Cuba	28.0%	Caribbean
34	Tonga	27.8%	Polynesia
35	Belarus	27.4%	Eastern Europe
36	Slovakia	27.2%	Eastern Europe
37	Turkey	26.3%	Western Asia
38	Azerbaijan	25.3%	Western Asia
39	United Kingdom	25.0%	Northern Europe
40	Guinea	24.4%	Western Africa
=41	Italy	24.0%	Southern Europe
=41	Syria	24.0%	Western Asia
43	Luxembourg	23.8%	Western Europe
44	Cambodia	23.3%	South-Eastern Asia
45	Spain	23.0%	Southern Europe
46	Malta	22.8%	Southern Europe
47	Sri Lanka	22.2%	Southern Asia
=48	Latvia	21.9%	Northern Europe
=48	Sierra Leone	21.9%	Western Africa
50	Albania	21.6%	Southern Europe
51	Vietnam	21.5%	South-Eastern Asia
52	Ghana	20.7%	Western Africa
53	Dominican Republic	20.2%	Caribbean
54	Senegal	19.9%	Western Africa
55	Saint Kitts and Nevis	19.2%	Caribbean
56	North Korea	19.1%	Eastern Asia
57	Philippines	18.7%	South-Eastern Asia
58	Tunisia	18.2%	Northern Africa
59	Myanmar	16.9%	South-Eastern Asia
=60	Estonia	16.6%	Northern Europe
=60	United States	16.6%	Northern America
62	North Macedonia	16.5%	Southern Europe
63	Barbados	16.3%	Caribbean
64	Austria	16.0%	Western Europe
65	Armenia	15.7%	Western Asia
66	Croatia	15.5%	Southern Europe
67	Morocco	15.4%	Northern Africa
68	Tanzania	15.2%	Eastern Africa
69	Côte d'Ivoire	15.1%	Western Africa
70	South Korea	14.9%	Eastern Asia
71	Argentina	14.8%	South America
=72	Ethiopia	14.5%	Eastern Africa
=72	Guatemala	14.5%	Central America
74	Greece	14.4%	Southern Europe
75	Guinea-Bissau	14.1%	Western Africa
76	Niger	14.0%	Western Africa
77	Maldives	13.4%	Southern Asia
=78	Cameroon	13.1%	Middle Africa
=78	Lebanon	13.1%	Western Asia
=80	Nepal	12.6%	Southern Asia
=80	Uruguay	12.6%	South America
=82	Israel	12.5%	Western Asia
=82	Nicaragua	12.5%	Central America
84	Cabo Verde	12.4%	Western Africa
85	Afghanistan	12.0%	Southern Asia
86	Lesotho	11.8%	Southern Africa
=87	China	11.5%	Eastern Asia
=87	Paraguay	11.5%	South America
=89	Iraq	11.4%	Western Asia
=89	Kenya	11.4%	Eastern Africa
91	Sudan	11.2%	Northern Africa
=92	Jamaica	11.1%	Caribbean
=92	Japan	11.1%	Eastern Asia
94	Kazakhstan	11.0%	Central Asia
95	Liechtenstein	10.8%	Western Europe
96	Cyprus	10.6%	Western Asia
97	Zimbabwe	10.4%	Eastern Africa
=98	Eswatini	10.3%	Southern Africa
=98	Mexico	10.3%	Central America
100	Portugal	10.1%	Southern Europe
101	Switzerland	10.0%	Western Europe
102	South Africa	9.9%	Southern Africa
103	Iran	9.7%	Southern Asia
104	Indonesia	9.4%	South-Eastern Asia
=105	Antigua and Barbuda	9.1%	Caribbean
=105	Honduras	9.1%	Central America
=105	Uzbekistan	9.1%	Central Asia
108	Slovenia	8.9%	Southern Europe
109	Grenada	8.8%	Caribbean
110	Dominica	8.0%	Caribbean
111	Panama	7.6%	Central America
112	Timor-Leste	7.5%	South-Eastern Asia
=113	Finland	7.4%	Northern Europe
=113	Russia	7.4%	Eastern Europe
=115	Bosnia and Herzegovina	7.2%	Southern Europe
=115	Mozambique	7.2%	Eastern Africa
117	Mali	6.8%	Western Africa
=118	Brazil	6.7%	South America
=118	Kyrgyzstan	6.7%	Central Asia
120	DR Congo	6.6%	Middle Africa
121	Ireland	6.4%	Northern Europe
122	Sweden	6.2%	Northern Europe
123	Tajikistan	6.1%	Central Asia
124	Eritrea	5.7%	Eastern Africa
125	Laos	5.3%	South-Eastern Asia
=126	Liberia	5.2%	Western Africa
=126	Madagascar	5.2%	Eastern Africa
=128	Bolivia	5.1%	South America
=128	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	5.1%	Caribbean
=128	Zambia	5.1%	Eastern Africa
131	Trinidad and Tobago	4.9%	Caribbean
=132	Belize	4.4%	Central America
=132	Georgia	4.4%	Western Asia
=132	Saint Lucia	4.4%	Caribbean
=135	Angola	4.3%	Middle Africa
=135	Canada	4.3%	Northern America
=137	Chad	4.2%	Middle Africa
=137	Fiji	4.2%	Melanesia
=137	São Tomé and Principe	4.2%	Middle Africa
140	Ecuador	4.1%	South America
141	Australia	4.0%	Australia and New Zealand
=142	Samoa	3.9%	Polynesia
=142	South Sudan	3.9%	Eastern Africa
144	Turkmenistan	3.4%	Central Asia
145	Costa Rica	3.3%	Central America
146	Algeria	3.2%	Northern Africa
=147	Egypt	3.1%	Northern Africa
=147	Peru	3.1%	South America
=149	Central African Republic	2.9%	Middle Africa
=149	Micronesia	2.9%	Micronesia
=149	Venezuela	2.9%	South America
152	Marshall Islands	2.8%	Micronesia
=153	Bahrain	2.6%	Western Asia
=153	Bhutan	2.6%	Southern Asia
155	Kiribati	2.5%	Micronesia
156	Malaysia	2.4%	South-Eastern Asia
=157	Colombia	2.3%	South America
=157	Jordan	2.3%	Western Asia
=159	Norway	2.2%	Northern Europe
=159	Yemen	2.2%	Western Asia
161	New Zealand	2.0%	Australia and New Zealand
=162	Chile	1.9%	South America
=162	Equatorial Guinea	1.9%	Middle Africa
=164	Qatar	1.8%	Western Asia
=164	Somalia	1.8%	Eastern Africa
=166	Andorra	1.6%	Southern Europe
=166	Congo	1.6%	Middle Africa
=166	Saudi Arabia	1.6%	Western Asia
=166	Vanuatu	1.6%	Melanesia
170	Gabon	1.3%	Middle Africa
171	Iceland	1.2%	Northern Europe
=172	Libya	1.0%	Northern Africa
=172	Namibia	1.0%	Southern Africa
=174	Bahamas	0.8%	Caribbean
=174	Brunei	0.8%	South-Eastern Asia
=174	Singapore	0.8%	South-Eastern Asia
=174	Solomon Islands	0.8%	Melanesia
=178	Mongolia	0.7%	Eastern Asia
=178	Montenegro	0.7%	Southern Europe
=178	Palau	0.7%	Micronesia
=178	Papua New Guinea	0.7%	Melanesia
=178	United Arab Emirates	0.7%	Western Asia
=183	Botswana	0.5%	Southern Africa
=183	Guyana	0.5%	South America
=185	Kuwait	0.4%	Western Asia
=185	Mauritania	0.4%	Western Africa
=187	Oman	0.3%	Western Asia
=187	Seychelles	0.3%	Eastern Africa
=187	Suriname	0.3%	South America
190	Djibouti	0.1%	Eastern Africa

No World Bank figure for 4 countries: Monaco, Nauru, Taiwan, Vatican City.

Territories and other places

Not ranked: dependencies of the states above, places whose status is disputed, and Antarctica. Highest first.

Place	% of land	Status
Isle of Man	41.1%	Territory of United Kingdom
Aruba	11.1%	Territory of Netherlands
Palestine	7.0%	Status disputed
British Virgin Islands	6.7%	Territory of United Kingdom
Puerto Rico	5.7%	Territory of United States of America
Bermuda	5.6%	Territory of United Kingdom
American Samoa	5.2%	Territory of United States of America
US Virgin Islands	2.6%	Territory of United States of America
Guam	1.9%	Territory of United States of America
Hong Kong	1.9%	Territory of China
Turks and Caicos Islands	1.1%	Territory of United Kingdom
Cayman Islands	0.8%	Territory of United Kingdom
French Polynesia	0.7%	Territory of France
New Caledonia	0.3%	Territory of France
Northern Mariana Islands	0.2%	Territory of United States of America
Faroe Islands	0.1%	Territory of Denmark

Questions

Which country has the most arable land?

Bangladesh has the most arable land: 60.6% of the land arable (2023). Next come Denmark (59.1% of the land arable) and Moldova (56.8% of the land arable).

Which country has the least arable land?

Djibouti, with 0.1% of the land arable (2023).

What is the typical arable land of a country?

The median of the 190 countries is 10.7% of the land arable: half are above it, half below. The median, not the average, because a few countries at the top would drag an average far above almost everyone.

Where do the figures come from?

The share of the land that is ploughed and sown with crops that are replanted, or left fallow for a while. Source: World Bank, 2023. Only independent states are ranked; territories are listed separately.

Source: World Bank (CC BY 4.0). Figures more than 5 years older than the newest are left out rather than shown beside current ones. Countries sharing a value share a rank. All sources.