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Arable land (% of land area)

% of land area · Annual · 206 of 218 countries (95 %) · 1961–2023
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World average (population-weighted)
23.3 %
across 206 countries, 2023
Latest observation
2023
Source updated
13 Jul 2026
CountryAtlas refreshed
11 Sep 2026
Snapshot 20260911T072322Z

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One value per country for the selected year. Hatched = no data.

1961–2023 · 206 countries
Arable land (% of land area), 2023World map of Arable land (% of land area) (2023) for 206 countries, from 0.1 % to 60.6 %.Fiji: 4.2 %Tanzania: 15.2 %W. Sahara: —Canada: 4.3 %United States: 16.6 %Kazakhstan: 11.0 %Uzbekistan: 9.1 %Papua New Guinea: 0.7 %Indonesia: 9.4 %Argentina: 14.8 %Chile: 1.9 %DR Congo: 6.6 %Somalia: 1.8 %Kenya: 11.4 %Sudan: 11.2 %Chad: 4.2 %Haiti: 36.5 %Dominican Republic: 20.2 %Russia: 7.4 %Bahamas: 0.8 %Falkland Is.: —Norway: 2.2 %Greenland: —Fr. S. Antarctic Lands: —Timor-Leste: 7.5 %South Africa: 9.9 %Lesotho: 11.8 %Mexico: 10.3 %Uruguay: 12.6 %Brazil: 6.7 %Bolivia: 5.1 %Peru: 3.1 %Colombia: 2.3 %Panama: 7.6 %Costa Rica: 3.3 %Nicaragua: 12.5 %Honduras: 9.1 %El Salvador: 34.8 %Guatemala: 14.5 %Belize: 4.4 %Venezuela: 2.9 %Guyana: 0.5 %Suriname: 0.3 %France: 31.4 %Ecuador: 4.1 %Puerto Rico: 5.7 %Jamaica: 11.1 %Cuba: 28.0 %Zimbabwe: 10.4 %Botswana: 0.5 %Namibia: 1.0 %Senegal: 19.9 %Mali: 6.8 %Mauritania: 0.4 %Benin: 31.4 %Niger: 14.0 %Nigeria: 40.5 %Cameroon: 13.1 %Togo: 48.7 %Ghana: 20.7 %Côte d'Ivoire: 15.1 %Guinea: 24.4 %Guinea-Bissau: 14.1 %Liberia: 5.2 %Sierra Leone: 21.9 %Burkina Faso: 28.9 %Central African Republic: 2.9 %Republic of the Congo: 1.6 %Gabon: 1.3 %Equatorial Guinea: 1.9 %Zambia: 5.1 %Malawi: 42.4 %Mozambique: 7.2 %Eswatini: 10.3 %Angola: 4.3 %Burundi: 51.4 %Israel: 12.5 %Lebanon: 13.1 %Madagascar: 5.2 %Palestine: 7.0 %Gambia: 43.5 %Tunisia: 18.2 %Algeria: 3.2 %Jordan: 2.3 %United Arab Emirates: 0.7 %Qatar: 1.8 %Kuwait: 0.4 %Iraq: 11.4 %Oman: 0.3 %Vanuatu: 1.6 %Cambodia: 23.3 %Thailand: 31.0 %Laos: 5.3 %Myanmar: 16.9 %Vietnam: 21.5 %North Korea: 19.1 %South Korea: 14.9 %Mongolia: 0.7 %India: 51.8 %Bangladesh: 60.6 %Bhutan: 2.6 %Nepal: 12.6 %Pakistan: 39.3 %Afghanistan: 12.0 %Tajikistan: 6.1 %Kyrgyzstan: 6.7 %Turkmenistan: 3.4 %Iran: 9.7 %Syria: 24.0 %Armenia: 15.7 %Sweden: 6.2 %Belarus: 27.4 %Ukraine: 56.8 %Poland: 36.6 %Austria: 16.0 %Hungary: 45.4 %Moldova: 56.8 %Romania: 36.5 %Lithuania: 36.8 %Latvia: 21.9 %Estonia: 16.6 %Germany: 33.4 %Bulgaria: 32.1 %Greece: 14.4 %Türkiye: 26.3 %Albania: 21.6 %Croatia: 15.5 %Switzerland: 10.0 %Luxembourg: 23.8 %Belgium: 28.3 %Netherlands: 30.0 %Portugal: 10.1 %Spain: 23.0 %Ireland: 6.4 %New Caledonia: 0.3 %Solomon Islands: 0.8 %New Zealand: 2.0 %Australia: 4.0 %Sri Lanka: 22.2 %China: 11.5 %Taiwan: —Italy: 24.0 %Denmark: 59.1 %United Kingdom: 25.0 %Iceland: 1.2 %Azerbaijan: 25.3 %Georgia: 4.4 %Philippines: 18.7 %Malaysia: 2.4 %Brunei: 0.8 %Slovenia: 8.9 %Finland: 7.4 %Slovakia: 27.2 %Czechia: 32.7 %Eritrea: 5.7 %Japan: 11.1 %Paraguay: 11.5 %Yemen: 2.2 %Saudi Arabia: 1.6 %N. Cyprus: —Cyprus: 10.6 %Morocco: 15.4 %Egypt: 3.1 %Libya: 1.0 %Ethiopia: 14.5 %Djibouti: 0.1 %Somaliland: —Uganda: 34.4 %Rwanda: 47.0 %Bosnia and Herzegovina: 7.2 %North Macedonia: 16.5 %Serbia: 31.0 %Montenegro: 0.7 %Kosovo: —Trinidad and Tobago: 4.9 %South Sudan: 3.9 %
Arable land (% of land area), 2023
  • 0.1 % – 1.9 %
  • 1.9 % – 5.0 %
  • 5.0 % – 10.0 %
  • 10.0 % – 15.2 %
  • 15.2 % – 27.7 %
  • 27.7 % – 60.6 %
  • No data
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Definition

Definition
Unit
% of land area (%)
Frequency
Annual
Aggregation
none · No direction
Valid range
0 – 100

Sources & provenance

Every value on this page comes from one of these series, chosen per country by priority.

  1. Priority #1
    World BankWDIAG.LND.ARBL.ZSok
    206 countries · 11,871 obs. · → 2023 · CC BY 4.0

    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. Source: FAO electronic files and website, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

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12 of 218 countries have no value for 2023.

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