Arable Land by Country

World Bank 2021 · 191 countries

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Percentage of land used for farming

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191 countries

Arable Land by country
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	Cape 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	Palestine	7.0%
118	Mali	6.8%
119	Kyrgyzstan	6.7%
120	Brazil	6.7%
121	DR Congo	6.6%
122	Ireland	6.4%
123	Sweden	6.2%
124	Tajikistan	6.1%
125	Eritrea	5.7%
126	Laos	5.3%
127	Liberia	5.2%
128	Madagascar	5.2%
129	Bolivia	5.1%
130	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	5.1%
131	Zambia	5.1%
132	Trinidad and Tobago	4.9%
133	Belize	4.4%
134	Saint Lucia	4.4%
135	Georgia	4.4%
136	Canada	4.3%
137	Angola	4.3%
138	Chad	4.2%
139	Fiji	4.2%
140	São Tomé and Príncipe	4.2%
141	Ecuador	4.1%
142	Australia	4.0%
143	South Sudan	3.9%
144	Samoa	3.9%
145	Turkmenistan	3.4%
146	Costa Rica	3.3%
147	Algeria	3.2%
148	Egypt	3.1%
149	Peru	3.1%
150	Venezuela	2.9%
151	Central African Republic	2.9%
152	Micronesia	2.9%
153	Marshall Islands	2.8%
154	Bahrain	2.6%
155	Bhutan	2.6%
156	Kiribati	2.5%
157	Malaysia	2.4%
158	Colombia	2.3%
159	Jordan	2.3%
160	Norway	2.2%
161	Yemen	2.2%
162	New Zealand	2.0%
163	Chile	1.9%
164	Equatorial Guinea	1.9%
165	Qatar	1.8%
166	Somalia	1.8%
167	Vanuatu	1.6%
168	Republic of the Congo	1.6%
169	Saudi Arabia	1.6%
170	Andorra	1.6%
171	Gabon	1.3%
172	Iceland	1.2%
173	Libya	1.0%
174	Namibia	1.0%
175	Solomon Islands	0.8%
176	Bahamas	0.8%
177	Singapore	0.8%
178	Brunei	0.8%
179	Mongolia	0.7%
180	Papua New Guinea	0.7%
181	United Arab Emirates	0.7%
182	Montenegro	0.7%
183	Palau	0.7%
184	Guyana	0.5%
185	Botswana	0.5%
186	Kuwait	0.4%
187	Mauritania	0.4%
188	Suriname	0.3%
189	Seychelles	0.3%
190	Oman	0.3%
191	Djibouti	0.1%

60.6%1st · Bangladesh 59.1%2nd · Denmark 56.8%3rd · Ukraine

Source

World Bank · 2021 · 191/195 countries

Surprising positions

San Marino ranks 23 of 191 for arable land, and 191 of 195 for population.

Tonga ranks 34 of 191 for arable land, and 182 of 195 for population.

Mauritius ranks 14 of 191 for arable land, and 155 of 195 for population.

Method

The three largest gaps in relative ranking position, compared with population. Only sovereign countries with both values count. This describes position, not whether a country is better.

Arable Land by Country

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