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Arable land by country

% of land area · 2023 · World Bank · 190 countries

Highest
60.6%
Bangladesh
Median
10.7%
of 190 countries
Lowest
0.1%
Djibouti
Arable land by country, % of land area, 2023
# Flag Country % of land area
1 Bangladesh 60.6%
2 Denmark 59.1%
3 Ukraine 56.8%
4 Moldova 56.8%
5 India 51.8%
6 Burundi 51.4%
7 Togo 48.7%
8 Rwanda 47.0%
9 Hungary 45.4%
10 Gambia 43.5%
11 Malawi 42.4%
12 Nigeria 40.5%
13 Pakistan 39.3%
14 Mauritius 37.6%
15 Lithuania 36.8%
16 Poland 36.6%
17 Romania 36.5%
18 Haiti 36.5%
19 Comoros 34.9%
20 El Salvador 34.8%
21 Uganda 34.4%
22 Germany 33.4%
23 San Marino 33.1%
24 Czechia 32.7%
25 Bulgaria 32.1%
26 Benin 31.4%
27 France 31.4%
28 Thailand 31.0%
29 Serbia 31.0%
30 Netherlands 30.0%
31 Burkina Faso 28.9%
32 Belgium 28.3%
33 Cuba 28.0%
34 Tonga 27.8%
35 Belarus 27.4%
36 Slovakia 27.2%
37 Turkey 26.3%
38 Azerbaijan 25.3%
39 United Kingdom 25.0%
40 Guinea 24.4%
41 Syria 24.0%
42 Italy 24.0%
43 Luxembourg 23.8%
44 Cambodia 23.3%
45 Spain 23.0%
46 Malta 22.8%
47 Sri Lanka 22.2%
48 Sierra Leone 21.9%
49 Latvia 21.9%
50 Albania 21.6%
51 Vietnam 21.5%
52 Ghana 20.7%
53 Dominican Republic 20.2%
54 Senegal 19.9%
55 Saint Kitts and Nevis 19.2%
56 North Korea 19.1%
57 Philippines 18.7%
58 Tunisia 18.2%
59 Myanmar 16.9%
60 Estonia 16.6%
61 United States 16.6%
62 North Macedonia 16.5%
63 Barbados 16.3%
64 Austria 16.0%
65 Armenia 15.7%
66 Croatia 15.5%
67 Morocco 15.4%
68 Tanzania 15.2%
69 Ivory Coast 15.1%
70 South Korea 14.9%
71 Argentina 14.8%
72 Ethiopia 14.5%
73 Guatemala 14.5%
74 Greece 14.4%
75 Guinea-Bissau 14.1%
76 Niger 14.0%
77 Maldives 13.4%
78 Lebanon 13.1%
79 Cameroon 13.1%
80 Nepal 12.6%
81 Uruguay 12.6%
82 Israel 12.5%
83 Nicaragua 12.5%
84 Cabo Verde 12.4%
85 Afghanistan 12.0%
86 Lesotho 11.8%
87 China 11.5%
88 Paraguay 11.5%
89 Iraq 11.4%
90 Kenya 11.4%
91 Sudan 11.2%
92 Japan 11.1%
93 Jamaica 11.1%
94 Kazakhstan 11.0%
95 Liechtenstein 10.8%
96 Cyprus 10.6%
97 Zimbabwe 10.4%
98 Mexico 10.3%
99 Eswatini 10.3%
100 Portugal 10.1%
101 Switzerland 10.0%
102 South Africa 9.9%
103 Iran 9.7%
104 Indonesia 9.4%
105 Uzbekistan 9.1%
106 Honduras 9.1%
107 Antigua and Barbuda 9.1%
108 Slovenia 8.9%
109 Grenada 8.8%
110 Dominica 8.0%
111 Panama 7.6%
112 Timor-Leste 7.5%
113 Russia 7.4%
114 Finland 7.4%
115 Bosnia and Herzegovina 7.2%
116 Mozambique 7.2%
117 Mali 6.8%
118 Kyrgyzstan 6.7%
119 Brazil 6.7%
120 DR Congo 6.6%
121 Ireland 6.4%
122 Sweden 6.2%
123 Tajikistan 6.1%
124 Eritrea 5.7%
125 Laos 5.3%
126 Liberia 5.2%
127 Madagascar 5.2%
128 Bolivia 5.1%
129 St. Vincent & Grenadines 5.1%
130 Zambia 5.1%
131 Trinidad and Tobago 4.9%
132 Belize 4.4%
133 Saint Lucia 4.4%
134 Georgia 4.4%
135 Canada 4.3%
136 Angola 4.3%
137 Chad 4.2%
138 Fiji 4.2%
139 Sao Tome and Principe 4.2%
140 Ecuador 4.1%
141 Australia 4.0%
142 South Sudan 3.9%
143 Samoa 3.9%
144 Turkmenistan 3.4%
145 Costa Rica 3.3%
146 Algeria 3.2%
147 Egypt 3.1%
148 Peru 3.1%
149 Venezuela 2.9%
150 Central African Republic 2.9%
151 Micronesia 2.9%
152 Marshall Islands 2.8%
153 Bahrain 2.6%
154 Bhutan 2.6%
155 Kiribati 2.5%
156 Malaysia 2.4%
157 Colombia 2.3%
158 Jordan 2.3%
159 Norway 2.2%
160 Yemen 2.2%
161 New Zealand 2.0%
162 Chile 1.9%
163 Equatorial Guinea 1.9%
164 Qatar 1.8%
165 Somalia 1.8%
166 Vanuatu 1.6%
167 Republic of the Congo 1.6%
168 Saudi Arabia 1.6%
169 Andorra 1.6%
170 Gabon 1.3%
171 Iceland 1.2%
172 Libya 1.0%
173 Namibia 1.0%
174 Solomon Islands 0.8%
175 Bahamas 0.8%
176 Singapore 0.8%
177 Brunei 0.8%
178 Mongolia 0.7%
179 Papua New Guinea 0.7%
180 United Arab Emirates 0.7%
181 Montenegro 0.7%
182 Palau 0.7%
183 Guyana 0.5%
184 Botswana 0.5%
185 Kuwait 0.4%
186 Mauritania 0.4%
187 Suriname 0.3%
188 Seychelles 0.3%
189 Oman 0.3%
190 Djibouti 0.1%

About this data

  • Figures are for 2023. Each ranking uses the most recent year with wide country coverage, so the year differs between rankings.
  • 190 of the 193 UN member states have a value for 2023. The rest are not listed.
  • Source: World Bank (CC BY 4.0). Definitions and method are the publisher's.
  • Only the 193 UN member states are ranked. Territories and non-members are not included.

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