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Countries Ranked by Arable land (% of land area)

Showing every country with available data for 2023 • World Bank: AG.LND.ARBL.ZS

The indicator page shows only the leaders and the laggards — useful for headlines, but it leaves out the middle of the distribution, which is where most countries actually sit. This page lists every country with reported arable land (% of land area) data for 2023, ranked from highest to lowest, so you can find any country's exact position rather than guessing whether it falls inside the top or bottom ten.

Of the 206 countries reporting, the median value is 9.96, meaning half the world sits above this line and half below. Use the search box below to jump straight to a country, or scroll the full table. Each country name links through to its detailed country × indicator page with the 20-year trend.

Top Country in Each Region

East Asia & Pacific

Thailand

31.00

Europe & Central Asia

Denmark

59.13

Latin America & Caribbean

Haiti

36.47

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan

Pakistan

39.25

North America

United States

16.57

South Asia

Bangladesh

60.63

Sub-Saharan Africa

Burundi

51.45

Rank Country Arable land (% of land area)
1 Bangladesh 60.63
2 Denmark 59.13
3 Ukraine 56.82
4 Moldova 56.82
5 India 51.75
6 Burundi 51.45
7 Togo 48.72
8 Rwanda 46.98
9 Hungary 45.41
10 Gambia, The 43.48
11 Malawi 42.43
12 Isle of Man 41.12
13 Nigeria 40.48
14 Pakistan 39.25
15 Mauritius 37.56
16 Lithuania 36.79
17 Poland 36.58
18 Romania 36.54
19 Haiti 36.47
20 Comoros 34.93
21 El Salvador 34.80
22 Uganda 34.41
23 Germany 33.43
24 San Marino 33.08
25 Czechia 32.71
26 Bulgaria 32.12
27 Benin 31.45
28 France 31.36
29 Thailand 31.00
30 Serbia 30.95
31 Netherlands 29.97
32 Burkina Faso 28.90
33 Belgium 28.31
34 Cuba 28.02
35 Tonga 27.78
36 Belarus 27.43
37 Slovak Republic 27.18
38 Turkiye 26.35
39 Azerbaijan 25.31
40 United Kingdom 24.98
41 Guinea 24.42
42 Syrian Arab Republic 23.96
43 Italy 23.96
44 Luxembourg 23.82
45 Cambodia 23.34
46 Spain 23.01
47 Malta 22.81
48 Sri Lanka 22.18
49 Sierra Leone 21.95
50 Latvia 21.85
51 Albania 21.56
52 Viet Nam 21.47
53 Ghana 20.70
54 Dominican Republic 20.24
55 Senegal 19.89
56 St. Kitts and Nevis 19.23
57 Korea, Dem. People's Rep. 19.06
58 Philippines 18.75
59 Tunisia 18.22
60 Myanmar 16.87
61 Estonia 16.64
62 United States 16.57
63 North Macedonia 16.49
64 Barbados 16.28
65 Austria 16.02
66 Armenia 15.66
67 Croatia 15.51
68 Morocco 15.40
69 Tanzania 15.24
70 Cote d'Ivoire 15.10
71 Korea, Rep. 14.92
72 Argentina 14.76
73 Ethiopia 14.53
74 Guatemala 14.50
75 Greece 14.44
76 Guinea-Bissau 14.07
77 Niger 13.97
78 Maldives 13.42
79 Lebanon 13.12
80 Cameroon 13.12
81 Nepal 12.58
82 Uruguay 12.57
83 Israel 12.54
84 Nicaragua 12.49
85 Cabo Verde 12.41
86 Afghanistan 12.03
87 Lesotho 11.75
88 China 11.55
89 Paraguay 11.52
90 Iraq 11.45
91 Kenya 11.42
92 Sudan 11.24
93 Aruba 11.11
94 Japan 11.09
95 Jamaica 11.08
96 Kazakhstan 10.99
97 Liechtenstein 10.81
98 Cyprus 10.59
99 Zimbabwe 10.39
100 Mexico 10.30
101 Eswatini 10.29
102 Portugal 10.12
103 Switzerland 10.03
104 South Africa 9.89
105 Iran, Islamic Rep. 9.68
106 Indonesia 9.40
107 Uzbekistan 9.14
108 Honduras 9.10
109 Antigua and Barbuda 9.09
110 Slovenia 8.88
111 Grenada 8.82
112 Dominica 8.00
113 Panama 7.62
114 Timor-Leste 7.50
115 Russian Federation 7.43
116 Finland 7.38
117 Bosnia and Herzegovina 7.23
118 Mozambique 7.18
119 West Bank and Gaza 6.95
120 Mali 6.84
121 Kyrgyz Republic 6.71
122 British Virgin Islands 6.67
123 Brazil 6.66
124 Congo, Dem. Rep. 6.57
125 Ireland 6.37
126 Sweden 6.20
127 Tajikistan 6.08
128 Eritrea 5.69
129 Puerto Rico (US) 5.66
130 Bermuda 5.56
131 Lao PDR 5.30
132 Liberia 5.19
133 Madagascar 5.16
134 American Samoa 5.15
135 Bolivia 5.13
136 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 5.13
137 Zambia 5.11
138 Trinidad and Tobago 4.87
139 Belize 4.38
140 St. Lucia 4.38
141 Georgia 4.37
142 Canada 4.34
143 Angola 4.32
144 Chad 4.21
145 Fiji 4.20
146 Sao Tome and Principe 4.17
147 Ecuador 4.14
148 Australia 4.03
149 South Sudan 3.94
150 Samoa 3.85
151 Turkmenistan 3.39
152 Costa Rica 3.27
153 Algeria 3.16
154 Egypt, Arab Rep. 3.12
155 Peru 3.06
156 Venezuela, RB 2.95
157 Central African Republic 2.89
158 Micronesia, Fed. Sts. 2.86
159 Marshall Islands 2.78
160 Bahrain 2.63
161 Bhutan 2.62
162 Virgin Islands (U.S.) 2.57
163 Kiribati 2.47
164 Malaysia 2.39
165 Colombia 2.30
166 Jordan 2.30
167 Norway 2.20
168 Yemen, Rep. 2.19
169 New Zealand 1.97
170 Hong Kong SAR, China 1.90
171 Chile 1.89
172 Equatorial Guinea 1.89
173 Guam 1.85
174 Qatar 1.83
175 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 1.75
176 Vanuatu 1.64
177 Congo, Rep. 1.61
178 Saudi Arabia 1.60
179 Andorra 1.56
180 Gabon 1.26
181 Iceland 1.20
182 Turks and Caicos Islands 1.05
183 Libya 0.98
184 Namibia 0.97
185 Cayman Islands 0.83
186 Solomon Islands 0.82
187 Bahamas, The 0.80
188 Singapore 0.78
189 Brunei Darussalam 0.76
190 Mongolia 0.73
191 Papua New Guinea 0.73
192 French Polynesia 0.72
193 United Arab Emirates 0.71
194 Montenegro 0.67
195 Palau 0.65
196 Guyana 0.46
197 Botswana 0.46
198 Kuwait 0.45
199 Mauritania 0.44
200 Suriname 0.33
201 New Caledonia 0.33
202 Seychelles 0.33
203 Oman 0.28
204 Northern Mariana Islands 0.17
205 Djibouti 0.13
206 Faroe Islands 0.05

Source: World Bank Open Data (AG.LND.ARBL.ZS), CC BY 4.0. Rankings include only countries with reported values for 2023; countries with suppressed or unavailable data are omitted.

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