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Countries by arable land

The share of the land that is ploughed and sown with crops that are replanted, or left fallow for a while. 190 countries, highest first. World Bank, mostly 2024

See it on the map
Map: Arable land — World
Highest
60.5%
Bangladesh
Median country
10.7%
half above, half below
Lowest
0.2%
Djibouti
#Country% of landYearRegion
1Bangladesh60.5%2024Southern Asia
2Denmark58.9%2024Northern Europe
3Ukraine56.8%2024Eastern Europe
4Moldova56.4%2024Eastern Europe
5India51.7%2024Southern Asia
6Rwanda48.9%2024Eastern Africa
7Togo48.7%2024Western Africa
8Hungary45.2%2024Eastern Europe
9Burundi43.7%2024Eastern Africa
10Uganda43.6%2024Eastern Africa
11Gambia43.5%2023Western Africa
12Malawi42.4%2024Eastern Africa
13Nigeria40.8%2024Western Africa
14Pakistan39.8%2024Southern Asia
15Lithuania36.7%2024Northern Europe
16Poland36.6%2024Eastern Europe
17Haiti36.5%2024Caribbean
18Romania36.4%2024Eastern Europe
19Mauritius35.3%2024Eastern Africa
20El Salvador34.8%2024Central America
21Germany33.4%2024Western Europe
22San Marino33.1%2023Southern Europe
23Czechia32.7%2024Eastern Europe
24Benin32.3%2024Western Africa
25Bulgaria32.2%2024Eastern Europe
26France31.3%2024Western Europe
27Thailand30.8%2024South-Eastern Asia
28Tonga30.3%2024Polynesia
29Netherlands29.8%2024Western Europe
30Comoros29.6%2024Eastern Africa
31Serbia29.0%2024Southern Europe
32Burkina Faso28.9%2024Western Africa
33Belgium28.3%2024Western Europe
34Cuba28.0%2024Caribbean
35Belarus27.2%2024Eastern Europe
36Slovakia27.1%2024Eastern Europe
37Turkey26.3%2024Western Asia
=38Azerbaijan25.3%2024Western Asia
=38United Kingdom25.3%2024Northern Europe
40Guinea24.7%2024Western Africa
41Syria24.0%2024Western Asia
42Luxembourg23.8%2024Western Europe
43Italy23.5%2024Southern Europe
44Cambodia23.3%2024South-Eastern Asia
45Spain22.8%2024Southern Europe
=46Malta22.2%2024Southern Europe
=46Sri Lanka22.2%2024Southern Asia
48Sierra Leone21.9%2024Western Africa
49Latvia21.8%2024Northern Europe
50Dominican Republic21.7%2024Caribbean
=51Albania21.5%2024Southern Europe
=51Vietnam21.5%2024South-Eastern Asia
53Ghana20.7%2024Western Africa
54Senegal19.9%2024Western Africa
55Saint Kitts and Nevis19.2%2024Caribbean
56North Korea19.1%2024Eastern Asia
57Lesotho19.0%2024Southern Africa
58Philippines18.7%2024South-Eastern Asia
59Cabo Verde18.0%2024Western Africa
60Tunisia17.8%2024Northern Africa
61Guatemala17.5%2024Central America
62Argentina17.1%2024South America
63Myanmar16.9%2024South-Eastern Asia
64United States16.6%2024Northern America
65Estonia16.5%2024Northern Europe
=66Barbados16.2%2024Caribbean
=66North Macedonia16.2%2024Southern Europe
68Guinea-Bissau16.1%2024Western Africa
69Austria16.0%2024Western Europe
70Morocco15.8%2024Northern Africa
=71Armenia15.7%2024Western Asia
=71Côte d'Ivoire15.7%2024Western Africa
73Tanzania15.5%2024Eastern Africa
74Croatia15.2%2024Southern Europe
75Ethiopia14.6%2024Eastern Africa
76Greece14.2%2024Southern Europe
77Niger14.0%2024Western Africa
78South Korea13.3%2024Eastern Asia
=79Cameroon13.1%2024Middle Africa
=79Maldives13.1%2024Southern Asia
81Nepal12.6%2024Southern Asia
82Nicaragua12.5%2022Central America
83Uruguay12.4%2024South America
84Afghanistan12.0%2024Southern Asia
85Israel11.9%2024Western Asia
86China11.6%2024Eastern Asia
=87Jamaica11.5%2024Caribbean
=87Kenya11.5%2024Eastern Africa
=87Paraguay11.5%2024South America
=90Iraq11.3%2024Western Asia
=90Kazakhstan11.3%2024Central Asia
92Sudan11.2%2024Northern Africa
93Japan11.0%2024Eastern Asia
=94Lebanon10.8%2024Western Asia
=94Liechtenstein10.8%2024Western Europe
96Mozambique10.5%2024Eastern Africa
=97Cyprus10.4%2024Western Asia
=97Zimbabwe10.4%2024Eastern Africa
=99Eswatini10.3%2024Southern Africa
=99Mexico10.3%2024Central America
101Switzerland10.1%2024Western Europe
102South Africa9.9%2024Southern Africa
103Iran9.7%2024Southern Asia
=104Indonesia9.3%2024South-Eastern Asia
=104Portugal9.3%2024Southern Europe
106Uzbekistan9.2%2024Central Asia
=107Antigua and Barbuda9.1%2024Caribbean
=107Honduras9.1%2024Central America
109Slovenia8.8%2024Southern Europe
110Grenada8.7%2024Caribbean
111Bosnia and Herzegovina8.0%2024Southern Europe
112Timor-Leste7.5%2024South-Eastern Asia
=113Finland7.4%2024Northern Europe
=113Russia7.4%2024Eastern Europe
=115Dominica7.3%2024Caribbean
=115DR Congo7.3%2024Middle Africa
=117Brazil6.7%2024South America
=117Kyrgyzstan6.7%2024Central Asia
=117Panama6.7%2024Central America
120Ireland6.3%2024Northern Europe
121Sweden6.2%2024Northern Europe
122Tajikistan6.1%2024Central Asia
123Trinidad and Tobago5.8%2024Caribbean
124Eritrea5.7%2024Eastern Africa
125Bolivia5.6%2024South America
126Mali5.5%2024Western Africa
127Laos5.3%2024South-Eastern Asia
=128Liberia5.2%2024Western Africa
=128Madagascar5.2%2024Eastern Africa
=130Saint Vincent and the Grenadines5.1%2024Caribbean
=130Zambia5.1%2024Eastern Africa
132Belize4.6%2024Central America
133Saint Lucia4.4%2024Caribbean
134Canada4.3%2024Northern America
=135Chad4.2%2024Middle Africa
=135Fiji4.2%2024Melanesia
=135São Tomé and Principe4.2%2024Middle Africa
=138Australia4.1%2024Australia and New Zealand
=138Samoa4.1%2024Polynesia
140Georgia3.9%2024Western Asia
141South Sudan3.8%2024Eastern Africa
=142Angola3.7%2024Middle Africa
=142Ecuador3.7%2024South America
144Turkmenistan3.5%2024Central Asia
145Micronesia3.4%2024Micronesia
=146Costa Rica3.3%2024Central America
=146Egypt3.3%2024Northern Africa
148Algeria3.2%2024Northern Africa
149Peru3.1%2024South America
=150Central African Republic2.9%2024Middle Africa
=150Venezuela2.9%2024South America
152Marshall Islands2.8%2024Micronesia
153Colombia2.7%2024South America
=154Bahrain2.6%2024Western Asia
=154Bhutan2.6%2024Southern Asia
=154Malaysia2.6%2024South-Eastern Asia
157Kiribati2.5%2024Micronesia
158Jordan2.3%2024Western Asia
=159Norway2.2%2024Northern Europe
=159Yemen2.2%2024Western Asia
=161New Zealand2.0%2024Australia and New Zealand
=161Saudi Arabia2.0%2024Western Asia
=163Chile1.9%2024South America
=163Equatorial Guinea1.9%2024Middle Africa
=165Qatar1.8%2024Western Asia
=165Somalia1.8%2024Eastern Africa
=167Congo1.6%2024Middle Africa
=167Vanuatu1.6%2024Melanesia
169Gabon1.3%2024Middle Africa
170Iceland1.2%2024Northern Europe
=171Libya1.0%2024Northern Africa
=171Namibia1.0%2024Southern Africa
=173Bahamas0.8%2024Caribbean
=173Brunei0.8%2024South-Eastern Asia
=173Singapore0.8%2024South-Eastern Asia
=173Solomon Islands0.8%2024Melanesia
=173United Arab Emirates0.8%2024Western Asia
=178Mongolia0.7%2024Eastern Asia
=178Montenegro0.7%2024Southern Europe
=178Palau0.7%2024Micronesia
=178Papua New Guinea0.7%2024Melanesia
182Botswana0.5%2024Southern Africa
=183Guyana0.4%2024South America
=183Kuwait0.4%2024Western Asia
=183Mauritania0.4%2024Western Africa
=186Andorra0.3%2024Southern Europe
=186Oman0.3%2024Western Asia
=186Seychelles0.3%2024Eastern Africa
=186Suriname0.3%2024South America
190Djibouti0.2%2024Eastern 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 landStatus
Isle of Man40.5%Territory of United Kingdom
British Virgin Islands13.2%Territory of United Kingdom
Aruba11.1%Territory of Netherlands
American Samoa8.4%Territory of United States of America
Palestine7.0%Status disputed
Puerto Rico6.6%Territory of United States of America
Bermuda5.6%Territory of United Kingdom
US Virgin Islands2.2%Territory of United States of America
Hong Kong1.9%Territory of China
Guam1.8%Territory of United States of America
Turks and Caicos Islands1.1%Territory of United Kingdom
Cayman Islands0.8%Territory of United Kingdom
French Polynesia0.7%Territory of France
New Caledonia0.3%Territory of France
Northern Mariana Islands0.3%Territory of United States of America
Faroe Islands0.1%Territory of Denmark

Questions

Which country has the most arable land?
Bangladesh has the most arable land: 60.5% of the land arable (2024). Next come Denmark (58.9% of the land arable) and Ukraine (56.8% of the land arable).
Which country has the least arable land?
Djibouti, with 0.2% of the land arable (2024).
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, mostly 2024. 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.