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Arable land (% of land area)

Name: Arable land (% of land area) by country, 2023
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Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0); underlying sources incl. V-DemCC BY 4.0updated 2023

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206 countries · 2023

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Arable land (% of land area) league table
#	Country	%	Region	Income
1	Bangladesh	60.6%	South Asia	Lower middle income
2	Denmark	59.1%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
3	Ukraine	56.8%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
4	Moldova	56.8%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
5	India	51.8%	South Asia	Lower middle income
6	Burundi	51.4%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
7	Togo	48.7%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
8	Rwanda	47%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
9	Hungary	45.4%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
10	Gambia, The	43.5%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
11	Malawi	42.4%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
12	Isle of Man	41.1%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
13	Nigeria	40.5%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
14	Pakistan	39.3%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
15	Mauritius	37.6%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
16	Lithuania	36.8%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
17	Poland	36.6%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
18	Romania	36.5%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
19	Haiti	36.5%	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
20	Comoros	34.9%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
21	El Salvador	34.8%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
22	Uganda	34.4%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
23	Germany	33.4%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
24	San Marino	33.1%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
25	Czechia	32.7%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
26	Bulgaria	32.1%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
27	Benin	31.4%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
28	France	31.4%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
29	Thailand	31%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
30	Serbia	31%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
31	Netherlands	30%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
32	Burkina Faso	28.9%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
33	Belgium	28.3%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
34	Cuba	28%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
35	Tonga	27.8%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
36	Belarus	27.4%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
37	Slovak Republic	27.2%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
38	Turkiye	26.3%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
39	Azerbaijan	25.3%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
40	United Kingdom	25%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
41	Guinea	24.4%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
42	Syrian Arab Republic	24%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
43	Italy	24%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
44	Luxembourg	23.8%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
45	Cambodia	23.3%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
46	Spain	23%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
47	Malta	22.8%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
48	Sri Lanka	22.2%	South Asia	Upper middle income
49	Sierra Leone	21.9%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
50	Latvia	21.9%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
51	Albania	21.6%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
52	Viet Nam	21.5%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
53	Ghana	20.7%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
54	Dominican Republic	20.2%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
55	Senegal	19.9%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
56	St. Kitts and Nevis	19.2%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
57	Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	19.1%	East Asia & Pacific	Low income
58	Philippines	18.7%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
59	Tunisia	18.2%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
60	Myanmar	16.9%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
61	Estonia	16.6%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
62	United States	16.6%	North America	High income
63	North Macedonia	16.5%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
64	Barbados	16.3%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
65	Austria	16%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
66	Armenia	15.7%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
67	Croatia	15.5%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
68	Morocco	15.4%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
69	Tanzania	15.2%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
70	Cote d'Ivoire	15.1%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
71	Korea, Rep.	14.9%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
72	Argentina	14.8%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
73	Ethiopia	14.5%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
74	Guatemala	14.5%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
75	Greece	14.4%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
76	Guinea-Bissau	14.1%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
77	Niger	14%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
78	Maldives	13.4%	South Asia	Upper middle income
79	Lebanon	13.1%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
80	Cameroon	13.1%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
81	Nepal	12.6%	South Asia	Lower middle income
82	Uruguay	12.6%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
83	Israel	12.5%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
84	Nicaragua	12.5%	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
85	Cabo Verde	12.4%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
86	Afghanistan	12%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
87	Lesotho	11.8%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
88	China	11.5%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
89	Paraguay	11.5%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
90	Iraq	11.4%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
91	Kenya	11.4%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
92	Sudan	11.2%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
93	Aruba	11.1%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
94	Japan	11.1%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
95	Jamaica	11.1%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
96	Kazakhstan	11%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
97	Liechtenstein	10.8%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
98	Cyprus	10.6%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
99	Zimbabwe	10.4%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
100	Mexico	10.3%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
101	Eswatini	10.3%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
102	Portugal	10.1%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
103	Switzerland	10%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
104	South Africa	9.9%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
105	Iran, Islamic Rep.	9.7%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
106	Indonesia	9.4%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
107	Uzbekistan	9.1%	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
108	Honduras	9.1%	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
109	Antigua and Barbuda	9.1%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
110	Slovenia	8.9%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
111	Grenada	8.8%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
112	Dominica	8%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
113	Panama	7.6%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
114	Timor-Leste	7.5%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
115	Russian Federation	7.4%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
116	Finland	7.4%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
117	Bosnia and Herzegovina	7.2%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
118	Mozambique	7.2%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
119	West Bank and Gaza	7%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
120	Mali	6.8%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
121	Kyrgyz Republic	6.7%	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
122	British Virgin Islands	6.7%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
123	Brazil	6.7%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
124	Congo, Dem. Rep.	6.6%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
125	Ireland	6.4%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
126	Sweden	6.2%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
127	Tajikistan	6.1%	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
128	Eritrea	5.7%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
129	Puerto Rico (US)	5.7%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
130	Bermuda	5.6%	North America	High income
131	Lao PDR	5.3%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
132	Liberia	5.2%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
133	Madagascar	5.2%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
134	American Samoa	5.2%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
135	Bolivia	5.1%	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
136	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	5.1%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
137	Zambia	5.1%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
138	Trinidad and Tobago	4.9%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
139	Belize	4.4%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
140	St. Lucia	4.4%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
141	Georgia	4.4%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
142	Canada	4.3%	North America	High income
143	Angola	4.3%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
144	Chad	4.2%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
145	Fiji	4.2%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
146	Sao Tome and Principe	4.2%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
147	Ecuador	4.1%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
148	Australia	4%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
149	South Sudan	3.9%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
150	Samoa	3.9%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
151	Turkmenistan	3.4%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
152	Costa Rica	3.3%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
153	Algeria	3.2%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
154	Egypt, Arab Rep.	3.1%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
155	Peru	3.1%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
156	Venezuela, RB	2.9%	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
157	Central African Republic	2.9%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
158	Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	2.9%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
159	Marshall Islands	2.8%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
160	Bahrain	2.6%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
161	Bhutan	2.6%	South Asia	Lower middle income
162	Virgin Islands (U.S.)	2.6%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
163	Kiribati	2.5%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
164	Malaysia	2.4%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
165	Colombia	2.3%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
166	Jordan	2.3%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
167	Norway	2.2%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
168	Yemen, Rep.	2.2%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
169	New Zealand	2%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
170	Hong Kong SAR, China	1.9%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
171	Chile	1.9%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
172	Equatorial Guinea	1.9%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
173	Guam	1.9%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
174	Qatar	1.8%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
175	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	1.8%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
176	Vanuatu	1.6%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
177	Congo, Rep.	1.6%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
178	Saudi Arabia	1.6%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
179	Andorra	1.6%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
180	Gabon	1.3%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
181	Iceland	1.2%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
182	Turks and Caicos Islands	1.1%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
183	Libya	0.98%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
184	Namibia	0.97%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
185	Cayman Islands	0.83%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
186	Solomon Islands	0.82%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
187	Bahamas, The	0.8%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
188	Singapore	0.78%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
189	Brunei Darussalam	0.76%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
190	Mongolia	0.73%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
191	Papua New Guinea	0.73%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
192	French Polynesia	0.72%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
193	United Arab Emirates	0.71%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
194	Montenegro	0.67%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
195	Palau	0.65%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
196	Guyana	0.46%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
197	Botswana	0.46%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
198	Kuwait	0.45%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
199	Mauritania	0.44%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
200	Suriname	0.33%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
201	New Caledonia	0.33%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
202	Seychelles	0.33%	Sub-Saharan Africa	High income
203	Oman	0.28%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
204	Northern Mariana Islands	0.17%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
205	Djibouti	0.13%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
206	Faroe Islands	0.05%	Europe & Central Asia	High income

Arable land (% of land area)