environmental2024
Cropland area
Compare cropland area across 221 countries or territories using one fixed 2024 FAOSTAT reference slice.
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Statistics Division•221 countries
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Key Insights
Global Average
7,176.11000 ha
Median: 1,050.31000 ha
Countries Covered
221
with available data
Highest
India
168,010.01000 ha
Lowest
Faroe Islands
0.11000 ha
Top 5 Countries
1India168,010.01000 ha
2United States of America154,734.11000 ha
3People's Republic of China128,608.01000 ha
4Russian Federation123,660.01000 ha
5Brazil63,729.91000 ha
By Region
North America55,105.71000 ha(4 countries)
Asia18,921.21000 ha(27 countries)
South America18,667.41000 ha(7 countries)
Oceania16,123.01000 ha(2 countries)
Africa13,084.11000 ha(9 countries)
Key Findings
- •221 ISO-mapped countries or territories have a finite 1000 ha observation in the fixed 2024 slice.
- •India has the highest published value (168010 1000 ha).
- •Faroe Islands has the lowest published value (0.07 1000 ha).
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Low (0.11000 ha)High (168,010.01000 ha)
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 7,176.11000 ha)
North America (4)
Asia (27)
South America (7)
Oceania (2)
Africa (9)
Europe (32)
Other (140)
Percentile Profile
The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.
0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest
About This Statistic
Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use: Cropland area. Exact FAOSTAT item/indicator, element and other dimensions are recorded in selectedDimensions.
MapTheory uses only finite ISO-mapped observations from the fixed 2024 FAOSTAT slice recorded below. Aggregates, missing values, non-ISO geographies, conflicting duplicate observations, and every other year or dimension slice are excluded; MapTheory never imputes or interpolates missing countries.
Methodology
Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use: Cropland area. Exact FAOSTAT item/indicator, element and other dimensions are recorded in selectedDimensions.
Full Data
| Rank ↑ | Country ↕ | Value ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 168,010.01000 ha |
| 2 | United States of America | 154,734.11000 ha |
| 3 | People's Republic of China | 128,608.01000 ha |
| 4 | Russian Federation | 123,660.01000 ha |
| 5 | Brazil | 63,729.91000 ha |
| 6 | Argentina | 48,935.91000 ha |
| 7 | Nigeria | 45,036.41000 ha |
| 8 | Indonesia | 43,753.81000 ha |
| 9 | Canada | 38,236.01000 ha |
| 10 | Ukraine | 33,777.01000 ha |
| 11 | Australia | 31,650.01000 ha |
| 12 | Pakistan | 31,389.01000 ha |
| 13 | Kazakhstan | 30,691.61000 ha |
| 14 | Mexico | 24,393.71000 ha |
| 15 | Türkiye | 24,024.01000 ha |
| 16 | Thailand | 21,576.11000 ha |
| 17 | Sudan | 21,211.01000 ha |
| 18 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 18,509.51000 ha |
| 19 | Ethiopia | 18,456.91000 ha |
| 20 | France | 17,897.81000 ha |
| 21 | Niger | 17,836.91000 ha |
| 22 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 17,590.01000 ha |
| 23 | Spain | 16,480.61000 ha |
| 24 | United Republic of Tanzania | 15,900.01000 ha |
| 25 | Cote d'Ivoire | 13,468.41000 ha |
| 26 | Myanmar | 12,535.11000 ha |
| 27 | South Africa | 12,413.01000 ha |
| 28 | Germany | 11,855.01000 ha |
| 29 | Vietnam | 11,649.01000 ha |
| 30 | Poland | 11,531.01000 ha |
| 31 | Uganda | 11,499.01000 ha |
| 32 | Philippines | 11,245.51000 ha |
| 33 | Italy | 9,347.71000 ha |
| 34 | Morocco | 9,000.01000 ha |
| 35 | Bangladesh | 8,799.01000 ha |
| 36 | Romania | 8,786.71000 ha |
| 37 | Mozambique | 8,661.41000 ha |
| 38 | Burkina Faso | 8,588.11000 ha |
| 39 | Algeria | 8,513.21000 ha |
| 40 | Afghanistan | 8,082.01000 ha |
| 41 | Cameroon | 7,967.01000 ha |
| 42 | Malaysia | 7,864.71000 ha |
| 43 | Kenya | 7,766.31000 ha |
| 44 | Ghana | 7,417.51000 ha |
| 45 | Guinea | 7,292.61000 ha |
| 46 | Mali | 7,036.11000 ha |
| 47 | Bolivia | 6,309.41000 ha |
| 48 | Peru | 6,197.11000 ha |
| 49 | United Kingdom | 6,167.51000 ha |
| 50 | Belarus | 5,598.41000 ha |
| 51 | Syrian Arab Republic | 5,448.91000 ha |
| 52 | Colombia | 5,417.01000 ha |
| 53 | Iraq | 5,412.81000 ha |
| 54 | Chad | 5,337.51000 ha |
| 55 | Angola | 4,924.41000 ha |
| 56 | Tunisia | 4,891.41000 ha |
| 57 | Paraguay | 4,643.51000 ha |
| 58 | Cambodia | 4,620.41000 ha |
| 59 | Saudi Arabia | 4,590.01000 ha |
| 60 | Uzbekistan | 4,385.11000 ha |
| 61 | Benin | 4,314.61000 ha |
| 62 | Malawi | 4,282.21000 ha |
| 63 | Hungary | 4,272.61000 ha |
| 64 | Japan | 4,272.01000 ha |
| 65 | Egypt | 4,229.01000 ha |
| 66 | Zimbabwe | 4,067.51000 ha |
| 67 | Senegal | 3,912.61000 ha |
| 68 | Zambia | 3,840.51000 ha |
| 69 | Madagascar | 3,639.61000 ha |
| 70 | Bulgaria | 3,629.01000 ha |
| 71 | Cuba | 3,561.61000 ha |
| 72 | Venezuela | 3,300.01000 ha |
| 73 | Guatemala | 3,058.91000 ha |
| 74 | Greece | 2,888.01000 ha |
| 75 | Central African Republic | 2,829.71000 ha |
| 76 | Togo | 2,757.11000 ha |
| 77 | Serbia | 2,752.31000 ha |
| 78 | Sri Lanka | 2,577.01000 ha |
| 79 | Czech Republic | 2,565.81000 ha |
| 80 | North Korea | 2,547.61000 ha |
| 81 | Sweden | 2,521.01000 ha |
| 82 | South Sudan | 2,477.91000 ha |
| 83 | Denmark | 2,383.01000 ha |
| 84 | Azerbaijan | 2,367.81000 ha |
| 85 | Lithuania | 2,329.01000 ha |
| 86 | Ecuador | 2,275.01000 ha |
| 87 | Finland | 2,245.61000 ha |
| 88 | Uruguay | 2,208.11000 ha |
| 89 | Moldova, Republic of | 2,080.01000 ha |
| 90 | Libya | 2,050.01000 ha |
| 91 | Nepal | 1,948.81000 ha |
| 92 | Chile | 1,908.91000 ha |
| 93 | Sierra Leone | 1,787.51000 ha |
| 94 | Portugal | 1,735.41000 ha |
| 95 | Honduras | 1,724.81000 ha |
| 96 | Turkmenistan | 1,679.81000 ha |
| 97 | Rwanda | 1,673.61000 ha |
| 98 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 1,598.31000 ha |
| 99 | South Korea | 1,505.01000 ha |
| 100 | Yemen | 1,452.01000 ha |
| 101 | Burundi | 1,427.41000 ha |
| 102 | Austria | 1,384.61000 ha |
| 103 | Latvia | 1,366.01000 ha |
| 104 | Kyrgyzstan | 1,362.81000 ha |
| 105 | Dominican Republic | 1,332.51000 ha |
| 106 | Slovakia | 1,320.01000 ha |
| 107 | Haiti | 1,305.21000 ha |
| 108 | Papua New Guinea | 1,215.01000 ha |
| 109 | Somalia | 1,130.21000 ha |
| 110 | Mongolia | 1,128.61000 ha |
| 111 | Tajikistan | 1,050.31000 ha |
| 112 | Netherlands | 1,038.01000 ha |
| 113 | Croatia | 931.01000 ha |
| 114 | Belgium | 886.61000 ha |
| 115 | El Salvador | 871.71000 ha |
| 116 | Namibia | 812.01000 ha |
| 117 | Norway | 809.01000 ha |
| 118 | Taiwan, Province of China | 776.91000 ha |
| 119 | Liberia | 712.91000 ha |
| 120 | Estonia | 709.01000 ha |
| 121 | Eritrea | 691.41000 ha |
| 122 | Guinea-Bissau | 687.91000 ha |
| 123 | Albania | 677.31000 ha |
| 124 | Republic of the Congo | 652.51000 ha |
| 125 | Republic of The Gambia | 614.41000 ha |
| 126 | New Zealand | 596.01000 ha |
| 127 | Panama | 593.31000 ha |
| 128 | Lesotho | 583.01000 ha |
| 129 | Costa Rica | 544.31000 ha |
| 130 | Armenia | 503.41000 ha |
| 131 | Gabon | 495.01000 ha |
| 132 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 486.51000 ha |
| 133 | Mauritania | 460.01000 ha |
| 134 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 447.01000 ha |
| 135 | Ireland | 434.01000 ha |
| 136 | Switzerland | 423.81000 ha |
| 137 | Georgia | 402.41000 ha |
| 138 | Israel | 352.31000 ha |
| 139 | Jordan | 285.01000 ha |
| 140 | Botswana | 261.51000 ha |
| 141 | Lebanon | 251.31000 ha |
| 142 | Slovenia | 230.51000 ha |
| 143 | Eswatini | 197.41000 ha |
| 144 | Jamaica | 193.91000 ha |
| 145 | Timor-Leste | 191.41000 ha |
| 146 | Fiji | 138.61000 ha |
| 147 | Belize | 136.01000 ha |
| 148 | Comoros | 132.51000 ha |
| 149 | Oman | 129.21000 ha |
| 150 | Guyana | 126.01000 ha |
| 151 | Cyprus | 123.31000 ha |
| 152 | Iceland | 121.01000 ha |
| 153 | Vanuatu | 119.71000 ha |
| 154 | Bhutan | 114.01000 ha |
| 155 | State of Palestine | 113.21000 ha |
| 156 | Solomon Islands | 104.31000 ha |
| 157 | United Arab Emirates | 97.71000 ha |
| 158 | Equatorial Guinea | 91.71000 ha |
| 159 | Cape Verde | 74.91000 ha |
| 160 | Mauritius | 74.71000 ha |
| 161 | Puerto Rico | 72.31000 ha |
| 162 | Luxembourg | 62.81000 ha |
| 163 | Suriname | 57.01000 ha |
| 164 | Trinidad and Tobago | 53.31000 ha |
| 165 | Sao Tome and Principe | 43.31000 ha |
| 166 | Samoa | 43.01000 ha |
| 167 | Kiribati | 34.01000 ha |
| 168 | Tonga | 30.91000 ha |
| 169 | Reunion | 28.21000 ha |
| 170 | French Polynesia | 27.11000 ha |
| 171 | Qatar | 24.01000 ha |
| 172 | Isle of Man | 23.21000 ha |
| 173 | Dominica | 22.51000 ha |
| 174 | Guadeloupe | 21.61000 ha |
| 175 | Mayotte | 19.41000 ha |
| 176 | Montenegro | 19.11000 ha |
| 177 | French Guiana | 17.41000 ha |
| 178 | Martinique | 16.91000 ha |
| 179 | Kuwait | 14.01000 ha |
| 180 | Brunei Darussalam | 11.91000 ha |
| 181 | Bahamas | 11.01000 ha |
| 182 | Saint Lucia | 9.61000 ha |
| 183 | Malta | 8.01000 ha |
| 184 | Guam | 8.01000 ha |
| 185 | Barbados | 8.01000 ha |
| 186 | New Caledonia | 7.81000 ha |
| 187 | Marshall Islands | 7.31000 ha |
| 188 | Grenada | 7.01000 ha |
| 189 | Antigua and Barbuda | 5.31000 ha |
| 190 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 5.11000 ha |
| 191 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 5.01000 ha |
| 192 | Maldives | 4.91000 ha |
| 193 | Djibouti | 4.51000 ha |
| 194 | Bahrain | 4.21000 ha |
| 195 | Saint Helena | 4.01000 ha |
| 196 | Western Sahara | 4.01000 ha |
| 197 | Niue | 3.81000 ha |
| 198 | Wallis and Futuna | 3.51000 ha |
| 199 | Cook Islands | 3.41000 ha |
| 200 | Hong Kong | 3.01000 ha |
| 201 | Virgin Islands, British | 3.01000 ha |
| 202 | American Samoa | 2.71000 ha |
| 203 | Tuvalu | 2.61000 ha |
| 204 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 2.41000 ha |
| 205 | Palau | 2.31000 ha |
| 206 | Montserrat | 2.01000 ha |
| 207 | Aruba | 2.01000 ha |
| 208 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 2.01000 ha |
| 209 | Liechtenstein | 1.71000 ha |
| 210 | San Marino | 1.61000 ha |
| 211 | Seychelles | 1.51000 ha |
| 212 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 1.01000 ha |
| 213 | Virgin Islands, U.S. | 1.01000 ha |
| 214 | Cayman Islands | 0.71000 ha |
| 215 | Singapore | 0.71000 ha |
| 216 | Tokelau | 0.61000 ha |
| 217 | Nauru | 0.31000 ha |
| 218 | Bermuda | 0.31000 ha |
| 219 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0.21000 ha |
| 220 | Andorra | 0.11000 ha |
| 221 | Faroe Islands | 0.11000 ha |
Showing 221 of 221 countries
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Data Source
This data comes from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Statistics Division (2024).
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