List of countries by agricultural area
The following list sorts countries and territories according to their total agricultural area in 2015 in square kilometers . The proportion of agricultural land in the total land area is also given. All data come from the World Bank . The total global agricultural area was 48,626,474.4 km², which was 37.7% of the global land area (as of 2015).
rank | country | Usable area in km² | Share of land area in% |
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1 | People's Republic of China | 5,278,330 | 56.2% |
2 | United States | 4,058,625 | 44.4% |
3 | Australia | 3,659,130 | 47.6% |
4th | Brazil | 2,825,890 | 33.8% |
5 | Russia | 2,177,218 | 13.3% |
6th | Kazakhstan | 2,169,920 | 80.4% |
7th | India | 1,797,210 | 60.4% |
8th | Argentina | 1,487,000 | 54.3% |
9 | Mongolia | 1,129,035 | 72.7% |
10 | Mexico | 1,067,050 | 54.9% |
11 | South Africa | 968.410 | 79.8% |
12 | Nigeria | 708,000 | 77.7% |
13 | Sudan | 681,862 | 28.7% |
14th | Canada | 626,562 | 6.9% |
15th | Indonesia | 570,000 | 31.5% |
16 | Mozambique | 499,500 | 63.5% |
17th | Chad | 499,350 | 39.7% |
18th | Iran | 459,532 | 28.2% |
19th | Niger | 456.820 | 36.1% |
20th | Colombia | 446,656 | 40.3% |
21st | Somalia | 441.250 | 70.3% |
22nd | Algeria | 414,564 | 17.4% |
23 | Madagascar | 414.150 | 71.2% |
24 | Ukraine | 412,748 | 71.3% |
25th | Mali | 412.010 | 33.8% |
26th | Mauritania | 397.110 | 38.5% |
27 | Tanzania | 396,500 | 44.8% |
28 | Namibia | 388.090 | 47.1% |
29 | Turkey | 385,460 | 50.1% |
30th | Afghanistan | 379.100 | 58.1% |
31 | Bolivia | 377.045 | 34.8% |
32 | Ethiopia | 362,590 | 36.3% |
33 | Pakistan | 362,520 | 47.0% |
34 | Turkmenistan | 338.380 | 72.0% |
35 | Morocco | 305.915 | 68.5% |
36 | France | 287.269 | 52.5% |
37 | South Sudan | 285,332 | 44.3% |
38 | Kenya | 276,300 | 48.5% |
39 | Uzbekistan | 267,700 | 62.9% |
40 | Spain | 262,660 | 52.5% |
41 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 262,000 | 11.6% |
42 | Botswana | 260.010 | 45.9% |
43 | Peru | 243,306 | 19.0% |
44 | Zambia | 238.360 | 32.1% |
45 | Yemen | 235,460 | 44.6% |
46 | Thailand | 221.100 | 43.3% |
47 | Paraguay | 218,850 | 55.1% |
48 | Venezuela | 216,000 | 24.5% |
49 | Ivory Coast | 206,000 | 64.8% |
50 | United Kingdom | 171,380 | 70.8% |
51 | Germany | 167.310 | 48.0% |
52 | Zambia | 162,000 | 32.1% |
53 | Chile | 157,850 | 21.2% |
54 | Ghana | 157,000 | 69.0% |
55 | Libya | 153,500 | 8.7% |
56 | Guinea | 145,000 | 59.0% |
57 | Uruguay | 144,496 | 82.6% |
58 | Uganda | 144,150 | 71.9% |
59 | Poland | 143.710 | 46.9% |
60 | Syria | 139.210 | 75.8% |
61 | Romania | 138,350 | 60.1% |
62 | Saudi Arabia | 136,489 | 6.3% |
63 | Italy | 129,450 | 44.0% |
64 | Myanmar | 127,350 | 19.5% |
65 | Philippines | 124,400 | 41.7% |
66 | Burkina Faso | 121,000 | 44.2% |
67 | Vietnam | 117,100 | 37.8% |
68 | New Zealand | 111.160 | 42.2% |
69 | Republic of the Congo | 106,270 | 31.1% |
70 | Kyrgyzstan | 105,571 | 55.0% |
71 | Tunisia | 100,730 | 64.8% |
72 | Cameroon | 97,500 | 20.6% |
73 | Iraq | 92,690 | 21.3% |
74 | Bangladesh | 91,942 | 70.6% |
75 | Senegal | 88,680 | 46.1% |
76 | Belarus | 85,820 | 42.3% |
77 | Malaysia | 78,390 | 23.9% |
78 | Greece | 77,830 | 60.4% |
79 | Eritrea | 75,920 | 75.2% |
80 | Cuba | 62,403 | 60.0% |
81 | Malawi | 57,900 | 61.4% |
82 | Ecuador | 57,884 | 23.3% |
83 | Cambodia | 54,550 | 30.9% |
84 | Hungary | 53,470 | 59.1% |
85 | Gabon | 51,600 | 20.0% |
86 | Central African Republic | 50,800 | 8.2% |
87 | Nicaragua | 50,650 | 42.1% |
88 | Bulgaria | 50.119 | 46.2% |
89 | Azerbaijan | 47,698 | 57.7% |
90 | Tajikistan | 47,450 | 34.2% |
91 | Japan | 44,960 | 12.3% |
92 | Ireland | 44,300 | 64.3% |
93 | Czech Republic | 42,130 | 54.6% |
94 | Nepal | 41.210 | 28.7% |
95 | Sierra Leone | 39,490 | 54.7% |
96 | Egypt | 38.202 | 3.8% |
97 | Togo | 38,200 | 70.2% |
98 | Guatemala | 37,938 | 35.4% |
99 | Benin | 37,500 | 33.3% |
100 | Portugal | 37,000 | 40.4% |
101 | Serbia | 34,685 | 39.7% |
102 | Honduras | 32,350 | 28.9% |
103 | Sweden | 30,398 | 7.5% |
104 | Lithuania | 30,060 | 48.0% |
105 | Sri Lanka | 27,400 | 43.7% |
106 | Austria | 27,185 | 32.9% |
107 | Liberia | 27,000 | 28.0% |
108 | North Korea | 26,300 | 21.8% |
109 | Denmark | 26,110 | 62.2% |
110 | Georgia | 25,484 | 36.7% |
111 | Moldova | 24,589 | 74.8% |
112 | Laos | 23,690 | 10.3% |
113 | Dominican Republic | 23,520 | 48.7% |
114 | Lesotho | 22,773 | 75.0% |
115 | Finland | 22,734 | 7.5% |
116 | Panama | 22,570 | 30.4% |
117 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 21,830 | 42.6% |
118 | Burundi | 20,320 | 79.1% |
119 | Slovakia | 19,216 | 40.0% |
120 | Latvia | 18,845 | 30.3% |
121 | Iceland | 18,720 | 18.7% |
122 | Haiti | 18,400 | 66.8% |
123 | Netherlands | 18,370 | 54.5% |
124 | Rwanda | 18,117 | 73.4% |
125 | Costa Rica | 18,110 | 35.5% |
126 | South Korea | 17,360 | 17.8% |
127 | Djibouti | 17,020 | 73.4% |
128 | Guyana | 16,800 | 8.5% |
129 | Armenia | 16,764 | 58.9% |
130 | Guinea-Bissau | 16,300 | 58.0% |
131 | El Salvador | 16,020 | 77.3% |
132 | Croatia | 15,376 | 27.5% |
133 | Switzerland | 15,088 | 38.2% |
134 | Oman | 14,688 | 4.7% |
135 | Belgium | 13,280 | 43.9% |
136 | North Macedonia | 12,630 | 50.1% |
137 | Swaziland | 12,220 | 71.0% |
138 | Papua New Guinea | 11,900 | 2.6% |
139 | Albania | 11,743 | 42.9% |
140 | Jordan | 10,566 | 11.9% |
141 | Estonia | 9,936 | 23.4% |
142 | Norway | 9,861 | 2.7% |
143 | Lebanon | 6,580 | 64.3% |
144 | Slovenia | 6,166 | 30.0% |
145 | Gambia | 6,050 | 59.8% |
146 | Kosovo | 5,700 | 52.4% |
147 | Israel | 5,339 | 24.7% |
148 | Bhutan | 5,256 | 13.8% |
149 | Jamaica | 4,440 | 41.0% |
150 | Fiji | 4,250 | 23.3% |
151 | United Arab Emirates | 3.823 | 4.6% |
152 | East Timor | 3,800 | 25.6% |
153 | Palestine | 2,980 | 49.5% |
154 | Equatorial Guinea | 2,840 | 10.1% |
155 | Greenland | 2,359 | 0.6% |
156 | Montenegro | 2,314 | 17.2% |
157 | Puerto Rico | 1,977 | 22.3% |
158 | Vanuatu | 1,870 | 15.3% |
159 | New Caledonia | 1,842 | 10.1% |
160 | Belize | 1,600 | 7.0% |
161 | Kuwait | 1,494 | 8.4% |
162 | Comoros | 1,330 | 71.5% |
163 | Luxembourg | 1.313 | 50.7% |
164 | Cyprus | 1,272 | 13.8% |
165 | Solomon Islands | 1,080 | 3.9% |
166 | Suriname | 882 | 0.6% |
167 | Mauritius | 850 | 41.9% |
168 | Cape Verde | 790 | 19.6% |
169 | Qatar | 656 | 5.7% |
170 | Trinidad and Tobago | 540 | 10.5% |
171 | Sao Tome and Principe | 487 | 50.7% |
172 | French Polynesia | 455 | 12.4% |
173 | Isle of Man | 404 | 70.9% |
174 | Samoa | 350 | 12.4% |
175 | Kiribati | 340 | 42.0% |
176 | Tonga | 330 | 45.8% |
177 | Dominica | 250 | 33.3% |
178 | Micronesia | 220 | 31.4% |
179 | Andorra | 188 | 40.0% |
180 | Guam | 180 | 33.3% |
181 | Brunei | 144 | 2.7% |
182 | Bahamas | 140 | 1.4% |
182 | Barbados | 140 | 32.6% |
184 | Marshall Islands | 115 | 63.9% |
185 | St. Lucia | 106 | 43.7% |
186 | Malta | 102 | 32.0% |
187 | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 100 | 25.6% |
188 | Antigua and Barbuda | 90 | 20.5% |
189 | Bahrain | 86 | 11.2% |
190 | Grenada | 80 | 23.5% |
191 | Maldives | 79 | 26.3% |
192 | British Virgin Islands | 70 | 46.7% |
193 | St. Kitts and Nevis | 60 | 23.1% |
194 | Liechtenstein | 52 | 32.3% |
195 | Hong Kong | 51 | 4.9% |
196 | Palau | 50 | 10.9% |
197 | American Samoa | 49 | 24.5% |
198 | American Virgin Islands | 40 | 11.4% |
199 | Faroe Islands | 30th | 2.1% |
199 | Northern Mariana Islands | 30th | 6.5% |
201 | Cayman Islands | 27 | 11.3% |
202 | Aruba | 20th | 11.1% |
203 | Tuvalu | 18th | 60.0% |
204 | Seychelles | 16 | 3.4% |
205 | San Marino | 10 | 16.7% |
205 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 10 | 1.1% |
207 | Singapore | 7th | 0.9% |
208 | Nauru | 4th | 20.0% |
209 | Bermuda | 3 | 6.0% |
210 | Macau | 0 | 0% |
210 | Monaco | 0 | 0% |
210 | Vatican city | 0 | 0% |
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ Agricultural land (sq. Km) | Data. Retrieved May 18, 2018 (American English).
- ↑ Agricultural land (% of land area) | Data. Retrieved May 18, 2018 (American English).