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Arable land (% of land area) — series 3

Name: Arable land (% of land area) — series 3
Creator: Our World in Data
Keywords: social, % of land area, arable, land, area, series

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2023; countries can have different observation years.

Source: Our World in Data•206 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average

13.9% of land area

Median: 10.0% of land area

Countries Covered

206

with available data

Highest

Bangladesh

60.6% of land area

Lowest

Faroe Islands

0.1% of land area

Top 5 Countries

1Bangladesh60.6% of land area

2Denmark59.1% of land area

3Ukraine56.8% of land area

4Moldova, Republic of56.8% of land area

5India51.8% of land area

By Region

Europe23.8% of land area(32 countries)

Asia14.5% of land area(26 countries)

Africa13.7% of land area(9 countries)

Other12.0% of land area(126 countries)

North America11.4% of land area(4 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.1% of land area)High (60.6% of land area)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 13.9% of land area)

Europe (32)

Asia (26)

Africa (9)

Other (126)

North America (4)

South America (7)

Oceania (2)

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

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2023; countries can have different observation years. Source: Our World in Data.

Methodology

Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.

Full Data

Rank ↑	Country ↕	Value ↕
1	Bangladesh	60.6% of land area
2	Denmark	59.1% of land area
3	Ukraine	56.8% of land area
4	Moldova, Republic of	56.8% of land area
5	India	51.8% of land area
6	Burundi	51.4% of land area
7	Togo	48.7% of land area
8	Rwanda	47.0% of land area
9	Hungary	45.4% of land area
10	Republic of The Gambia	43.5% of land area
11	Malawi	42.4% of land area
12	Isle of Man	41.1% of land area
13	Nigeria	40.5% of land area
14	Pakistan	39.3% of land area
15	Mauritius	37.6% of land area
16	Lithuania	36.8% of land area
17	Poland	36.6% of land area
18	Romania	36.5% of land area
19	Haiti	36.5% of land area
20	Comoros	34.9% of land area
21	El Salvador	34.8% of land area
22	Uganda	34.4% of land area
23	Germany	33.4% of land area
24	San Marino	33.1% of land area
25	Czech Republic	32.7% of land area
26	Bulgaria	32.1% of land area
27	Benin	31.4% of land area
28	France	31.4% of land area
29	Thailand	31.0% of land area
30	Serbia	31.0% of land area
31	Netherlands	30.0% of land area
32	Burkina Faso	28.9% of land area
33	Belgium	28.3% of land area
34	Cuba	28.0% of land area
35	Tonga	27.8% of land area
36	Belarus	27.4% of land area
37	Slovakia	27.2% of land area
38	Türkiye	26.3% of land area
39	Azerbaijan	25.3% of land area
40	United Kingdom	25.0% of land area
41	Guinea	24.4% of land area
42	Syrian Arab Republic	24.0% of land area
43	Italy	24.0% of land area
44	Luxembourg	23.8% of land area
45	Cambodia	23.3% of land area
46	Spain	23.0% of land area
47	Malta	22.8% of land area
48	Sri Lanka	22.2% of land area
49	Sierra Leone	21.9% of land area
50	Latvia	21.9% of land area
51	Albania	21.6% of land area
52	Vietnam	21.5% of land area
53	Ghana	20.7% of land area
54	Dominican Republic	20.2% of land area
55	Senegal	19.9% of land area
56	Saint Kitts and Nevis	19.2% of land area
57	North Korea	19.1% of land area
58	Philippines	18.7% of land area
59	Tunisia	18.2% of land area
60	Myanmar	16.9% of land area
61	Estonia	16.6% of land area
62	United States of America	16.6% of land area
63	The Republic of North Macedonia	16.5% of land area
64	Barbados	16.3% of land area
65	Austria	16.0% of land area
66	Armenia	15.7% of land area
67	Croatia	15.5% of land area
68	Morocco	15.4% of land area
69	United Republic of Tanzania	15.2% of land area
70	Cote d'Ivoire	15.1% of land area
71	South Korea	14.9% of land area
72	Argentina	14.8% of land area
73	Ethiopia	14.5% of land area
74	Guatemala	14.5% of land area
75	Greece	14.4% of land area
76	Guinea-Bissau	14.1% of land area
77	Niger	14.0% of land area
78	Maldives	13.4% of land area
79	Lebanon	13.1% of land area
80	Cameroon	13.1% of land area
81	Nepal	12.6% of land area
82	Uruguay	12.6% of land area
83	Israel	12.5% of land area
84	Nicaragua	12.5% of land area
85	Cape Verde	12.4% of land area
86	Afghanistan	12.0% of land area
87	Lesotho	11.8% of land area
88	People's Republic of China	11.5% of land area
89	Paraguay	11.5% of land area
90	Iraq	11.4% of land area
91	Kenya	11.4% of land area
92	Sudan	11.2% of land area
93	Aruba	11.1% of land area
94	Japan	11.1% of land area
95	Jamaica	11.1% of land area
96	Kazakhstan	11.0% of land area
97	Liechtenstein	10.8% of land area
98	Cyprus	10.6% of land area
99	Zimbabwe	10.4% of land area
100	Mexico	10.3% of land area
101	Eswatini	10.3% of land area
102	Portugal	10.1% of land area
103	Switzerland	10.0% of land area
104	South Africa	9.9% of land area
105	Islamic Republic of Iran	9.7% of land area
106	Indonesia	9.4% of land area
107	Uzbekistan	9.1% of land area
108	Honduras	9.1% of land area
109	Antigua and Barbuda	9.1% of land area
110	Slovenia	8.9% of land area
111	Grenada	8.8% of land area
112	Dominica	8.0% of land area
113	Panama	7.6% of land area
114	Timor-Leste	7.5% of land area
115	Russian Federation	7.4% of land area
116	Finland	7.4% of land area
117	Bosnia and Herzegovina	7.2% of land area
118	Mozambique	7.2% of land area
119	State of Palestine	7.0% of land area
120	Mali	6.8% of land area
121	Kyrgyzstan	6.7% of land area
122	Virgin Islands, British	6.7% of land area
123	Brazil	6.7% of land area
124	Democratic Republic of the Congo	6.6% of land area
125	Ireland	6.4% of land area
126	Sweden	6.2% of land area
127	Tajikistan	6.1% of land area
128	Eritrea	5.7% of land area
129	Puerto Rico	5.7% of land area
130	Bermuda	5.6% of land area
131	Lao People's Democratic Republic	5.3% of land area
132	Liberia	5.2% of land area
133	Madagascar	5.2% of land area
134	American Samoa	5.2% of land area
135	Bolivia	5.1% of land area
136	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	5.1% of land area
137	Zambia	5.1% of land area
138	Trinidad and Tobago	4.9% of land area
139	Belize	4.4% of land area
140	Saint Lucia	4.4% of land area
141	Georgia	4.4% of land area
142	Canada	4.3% of land area
143	Angola	4.3% of land area
144	Chad	4.2% of land area
145	Fiji	4.2% of land area
146	Sao Tome and Principe	4.2% of land area
147	Ecuador	4.1% of land area
148	Australia	4.0% of land area
149	South Sudan	3.9% of land area
150	Samoa	3.9% of land area
151	Turkmenistan	3.4% of land area
152	Costa Rica	3.3% of land area
153	Algeria	3.2% of land area
154	Egypt	3.1% of land area
155	Peru	3.1% of land area
156	Venezuela	2.9% of land area
157	Central African Republic	2.9% of land area
158	Micronesia, Federated States of	2.9% of land area
159	Marshall Islands	2.8% of land area
160	Bahrain	2.6% of land area
161	Bhutan	2.6% of land area
162	Virgin Islands, U.S.	2.6% of land area
163	Kiribati	2.5% of land area
164	Malaysia	2.4% of land area
165	Colombia	2.3% of land area
166	Jordan	2.3% of land area
167	Norway	2.2% of land area
168	Yemen	2.2% of land area
169	New Zealand	2.0% of land area
170	Hong Kong	1.9% of land area
171	Chile	1.9% of land area
172	Equatorial Guinea	1.9% of land area
173	Guam	1.9% of land area
174	Qatar	1.8% of land area
175	Somalia	1.8% of land area
176	Vanuatu	1.6% of land area
177	Republic of the Congo	1.6% of land area
178	Saudi Arabia	1.6% of land area
179	Andorra	1.6% of land area
180	Gabon	1.3% of land area
181	Iceland	1.2% of land area
182	Turks and Caicos Islands	1.1% of land area
183	Libya	1.0% of land area
184	Namibia	1.0% of land area
185	Cayman Islands	0.8% of land area
186	Solomon Islands	0.8% of land area
187	Bahamas	0.8% of land area
188	Singapore	0.8% of land area
189	Brunei Darussalam	0.8% of land area
190	Mongolia	0.7% of land area
191	Papua New Guinea	0.7% of land area
192	French Polynesia	0.7% of land area
193	United Arab Emirates	0.7% of land area
194	Montenegro	0.7% of land area
195	Palau	0.7% of land area
196	Guyana	0.5% of land area
197	Botswana	0.5% of land area
198	Kuwait	0.4% of land area
199	Mauritania	0.4% of land area
200	Suriname	0.3% of land area
201	New Caledonia	0.3% of land area
202	Seychelles	0.3% of land area
203	Oman	0.3% of land area
204	Northern Mariana Islands	0.2% of land area
205	Djibouti	0.1% of land area
206	Faroe Islands	0.1% of land area

Showing 206 of 206 countries

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Data Source

This data comes from Our World in Data (2023).

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