Agricultural land (% of land area)

For 2023, Agricultural land (% of land area) is led by Cote d'Ivoire at 86.48%. This page combines ranking, historical trend, and map-based distribution.

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.

Countries ranked 209
Snapshot year 2023
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0.021.643.264.986.5Cote d'IvoireCote d'Ivoire: 86.48%86.5TurkmenistanTurkmenistan: 84.22%84.2BurundiBurundi: 83.89%83.9UruguayUruguay: 81.35%81.4Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia: 80.77%80.8South AfricaSouth Africa: 79.42%79.4KazakhstanKazakhstan: 79.37%79.4LesothoLesotho: 77.76%77.8RwandaRwanda: 76.33%76.3NigeriaNigeria: 76.20%76.2MoldovaMoldova: 74.10%74.1Syrian Arab RepublicSyrian Arab Republic: 74.09%74.1
Rank Country Value
51 Sierra Leone 54.71%
52 Paraguay 54.11%
53 Kyrgyz Republic 54.01%
54 Netherlands 53.55%
55 Burkina Faso 53.40%
56 Mozambique 52.79%
57 France 52.50%
58 Luxembourg 51.66%
59 Mexico 50.69%
60 Turkiye 50.14%
61 North Macedonia 49.60%
62 Spain 49.58%
63 Kenya 49.53%
64 Senegal 49.40%
65 Tonga 48.61%
66 Sri Lanka 48.61%
67 Poland 47.61%
68 Germany 47.47%
69 Australia 47.22%
70 Namibia 47.14%
71 Pakistan 46.69%
72 British Virgin Islands 46.67%
73 Bulgaria 46.09%
74 United States 46.08%
75 Lithuania 45.89%
76 Czechia 45.80%
77 Botswana 45.63%
78 South Sudan 44.86%
79 Sao Tome and Principe 44.79%
80 Tanzania 44.62%
81 Yemen, Rep. 44.42%
82 Belgium 44.38%
83 Italy 44.26%
84 Thailand 43.80%
85 Portugal 43.34%
86 Mauritius 43.04%
87 Guatemala 43.04%
88 Philippines 42.67%
89 Argentina 42.44%
90 Nicaragua 42.31%
91 Kiribati 41.98%
92 Benin 41.83%
93 Zimbabwe 41.79%
94 Greece 41.68%
95 Serbia 40.39%
96 Chad 39.98%
97 Andorra 39.87%
98 Belarus 39.58%
99 Viet Nam 39.21%
100 Marshall Islands 38.89%
Some World Bank indicators are published with a lag. The site always shows the latest actually available year for each country and indicator.

Analytical takeaways

  • Cote d'Ivoire sits at the top of the Agricultural land (% of land area) distribution in 2023 at 86.48%, with a lead of 2.25% over the next country.
  • The median country in the current global snapshot is Slovak Republic at 37.96%, which helps frame the center of the distribution rather than only the leaders.
  • At the lower end of the current sample sits Suriname (0.45%), and the page currently covers 209 countries.

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