How much of the land is farmed?
Farmland, 205 countries & territories. Agricultural land as a share of land area: arable land (fields and fallow), permanent crops such as orchards and vineyards, and permanent meadows and pastures (FAO, via World Bank). In many countries grazing land is the largest part, so this is far more than cropland.
lowest≥ 9.9%≥ 20.6%≥ 32.2%≥ 42.4%≥ 50.5%≥ 65.1% no data
Source: FAO electronic files and web site, Food and… via World Bank· 2023
Dots sit on a scale from the lowest (0.4%) to the highest value (86.5%).
The ranking
- 1
Ivory Coast 86.5% 2023 - 2
Turkmenistan 84.2% 2023 - 3
Burundi 83.9% 2023 - 4
Uruguay 81.4% 2023 - 5
Saudi Arabia 80.8% 2023 - 6
South Africa 79.4% 2023 - 7
Kazakhstan 79.4% 2023 - 8
Lesotho 77.8% 2023 - 9
Rwanda 76.3% 2023 - 10
Nigeria 76.2% 2023 - 11
Moldova 74.1% 2023 - 12
Syria 74.1% 2023 - 13
Djibouti 73.5% 2023 - 14
Guinea 73.2% 2023 - 15
Bangladesh 72.3% 2023 - 16
Uganda 71.9% 2023 - 17
Comoros 71.5% 2023 - 18
Ukraine 71.3% 2023 - 19
Somalia 70.3% 2023 - 20
United Kingdom 70.3% 2023 - 21
Madagascar 70.3% 2023 - 22
Togo 70.2% 2023 - 23
Faroe Islands (Denmark) 70.1% 2023 - 24
Eswatini 69.5% 2023 - 25
Isle of Man (United Kingdom) 69.1% 2023 - 26
Mongolia 69% 2023 - 27
Morocco 66.7% 2023 - 28
Lebanon 65.9% 2023 - 29
Denmark 65.5% 2023 - 30
Haiti 65.1% 2023 - 31
Palestine 64.9% 2023 - 32
Malawi 64.2% 2023 - 33
Eritrea 62.7% 2023 - 34
Gambia 62.6% 2023 - 35
Tunisia 62.4% 2023 - 36
Cuba 61.7% 2023 - 37
Ireland 60.8% 2023 - 38
Sudan 60.3% 2023 - 39
India 60.1% 2023 - 40
Tuvalu 60% 2023 - 41
Armenia 58.6% 2023 - 42
Afghanistan 58.4% 2023 - 43
Uzbekistan 58.1% 2023 - 44
Azerbaijan 57.8% 2023 - 45
El Salvador 57.7% 2023 - 46
Hungary 55.7% 2023 - 47
China 55.4% 2023 - 48
Ghana 55.4% 2023 - 49
Dominican Republic 55.4% 2023 - 50
Romania 55.3% 2023