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Permanent cropland (% of land area)

Latest available country observation from World Bank World Development Indicators, through 2023. Countries can have different observation years; compare broad patterns rather than treating all values as one survey wave.

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Key Insights

Global Average
4.7% (share) of land area
Median: 1.6% (share) of land area
Countries Covered
201
with available data
Highest
Tuvalu
60.0% (share) of land area
Lowest
Botswana
0.0% (share) of land area
Top 5 Countries
1Tuvalu60.0% (share) of land area
2Sao Tome and Principe39.6% (share) of land area
3Kiribati39.5% (share) of land area
4Marshall Islands36.1% (share) of land area
5Cote d'Ivoire29.9% (share) of land area
By Region
Other5.6% (share) of land area(122 countries)
Asia5.6% (share) of land area(26 countries)
North America3.4% (share) of land area(4 countries)
Africa3.3% (share) of land area(9 countries)
Europe2.0% (share) of land area(31 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.0% (share) of land area)High (60.0% (share) of land area)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 4.7% (share) of land area)

Other (122)
Asia (26)
North America (4)
Africa (9)
Europe (31)
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 World Bank World Development Indicators, through 2023. Countries can have different observation years; compare broad patterns rather than treating all values as one survey wave. Source: World Bank World Development Indicators.

Methodology

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

Full Data

Rank Country Value
1Tuvalu60.0% (share) of land area
2Sao Tome and Principe39.6% (share) of land area
3Kiribati39.5% (share) of land area
4Marshall Islands36.1% (share) of land area
5Cote d'Ivoire29.9% (share) of land area
6Comoros28.5% (share) of land area
7Micronesia, Federated States of24.3% (share) of land area
8Malaysia22.7% (share) of land area
9Dominica22.7% (share) of land area
10Nauru20.0% (share) of land area
11Sri Lanka19.3% (share) of land area
12Philippines18.9% (share) of land area
13Vietnam15.7% (share) of land area
14Tonga15.3% (share) of land area
15Indonesia13.9% (share) of land area
16Rwanda13.7% (share) of land area
17Lebanon13.7% (share) of land area
18Tunisia13.6% (share) of land area
19Burundi13.6% (share) of land area
20Guam13.0% (share) of land area
21Ghana11.9% (share) of land area
22State of Palestine11.8% (share) of land area
23Grenada11.8% (share) of land area
24Samoa11.4% (share) of land area
25Saint Lucia11.3% (share) of land area
26Dominican Republic11.3% (share) of land area
27Thailand11.2% (share) of land area
28Guatemala11.0% (share) of land area
29Uganda11.0% (share) of land area
30Haiti10.9% (share) of land area
31Vanuatu10.3% (share) of land area
32Spain10.2% (share) of land area
33American Samoa9.7% (share) of land area
34Portugal9.6% (share) of land area
35Guinea-Bissau8.9% (share) of land area
36Italy8.1% (share) of land area
37Moldova, Republic of8.1% (share) of land area
38Nigeria8.1% (share) of land area
39Greece8.0% (share) of land area
40El Salvador7.7% (share) of land area
41Saint Vincent and the Grenadines7.7% (share) of land area
42French Polynesia7.5% (share) of land area
43Costa Rica7.4% (share) of land area
44Bangladesh7.1% (share) of land area
45Virgin Islands, British6.7% (share) of land area
46Cuba6.3% (share) of land area
47Jamaica6.3% (share) of land area
48Syrian Arab Republic5.7% (share) of land area
49Ecuador5.6% (share) of land area
50Benin5.5% (share) of land area
51Timor-Leste5.4% (share) of land area
52Honduras5.4% (share) of land area
53Guinea5.3% (share) of land area
54San Marino5.3% (share) of land area
55India4.9% (share) of land area
56Türkiye4.8% (share) of land area
57Israel4.7% (share) of land area
58Palau4.3% (share) of land area
59Morocco4.3% (share) of land area
60Trinidad and Tobago4.3% (share) of land area
61Cameroon3.6% (share) of land area
62Fiji3.4% (share) of land area
63Azerbaijan3.3% (share) of land area
64Malta3.2% (share) of land area
65Albania3.2% (share) of land area
66Cyprus3.1% (share) of land area
67Togo3.1% (share) of land area
68Seychelles3.0% (share) of land area
69Cambodia3.0% (share) of land area
70Maldives3.0% (share) of land area
71Solomon Islands2.8% (share) of land area
72Slovenia2.7% (share) of land area
73Burkina Faso2.6% (share) of land area
74Serbia2.5% (share) of land area
75Bahrain2.5% (share) of land area
76Nicaragua2.5% (share) of land area
77Barbados2.3% (share) of land area
78Myanmar2.3% (share) of land area
79Sierra Leone2.3% (share) of land area
80United Republic of Tanzania2.3% (share) of land area
81Mexico2.3% (share) of land area
82Antigua and Barbuda2.3% (share) of land area
83Colombia2.2% (share) of land area
84Armenia2.2% (share) of land area
85Malawi2.1% (share) of land area
86South Korea2.1% (share) of land area
87Cayman Islands2.1% (share) of land area
88North Korea2.1% (share) of land area
89Liberia2.1% (share) of land area
90People's Republic of China2.0% (share) of land area
91Mauritius2.0% (share) of land area
92Papua New Guinea2.0% (share) of land area
93France1.9% (share) of land area
94Georgia1.8% (share) of land area
95Ethiopia1.8% (share) of land area
96Puerto Rico1.8% (share) of land area
97Peru1.8% (share) of land area
98Romania1.8% (share) of land area
99Lao People's Democratic Republic1.7% (share) of land area
100Equatorial Guinea1.7% (share) of land area
101Hungary1.6% (share) of land area
102The Republic of North Macedonia1.6% (share) of land area
103Panama1.6% (share) of land area
104Tajikistan1.5% (share) of land area
105Ukraine1.5% (share) of land area
106Bosnia and Herzegovina1.4% (share) of land area
107Kenya1.4% (share) of land area
108Croatia1.4% (share) of land area
109Central African Republic1.4% (share) of land area
110Belize1.4% (share) of land area
111Bulgaria1.3% (share) of land area
112Iraq1.2% (share) of land area
113Islamic Republic of Iran1.2% (share) of land area
114Brunei Darussalam1.1% (share) of land area
115Poland1.1% (share) of land area
116Netherlands1.1% (share) of land area
117Eswatini1.0% (share) of land area
118Madagascar1.0% (share) of land area
119Nepal1.0% (share) of land area
120Uzbekistan1.0% (share) of land area
121Cape Verde1.0% (share) of land area
122Egypt1.0% (share) of land area
123Pakistan1.0% (share) of land area
124Hong Kong1.0% (share) of land area
125Jordan0.9% (share) of land area
126Brazil0.9% (share) of land area
127Democratic Republic of the Congo0.9% (share) of land area
128Austria0.8% (share) of land area
129Venezuela0.8% (share) of land area
130Belgium0.8% (share) of land area
131Denmark0.7% (share) of land area
132Japan0.7% (share) of land area
133Republic of The Gambia0.7% (share) of land area
134Chile0.7% (share) of land area
135Gabon0.7% (share) of land area
136Switzerland0.6% (share) of land area
137Luxembourg0.6% (share) of land area
138United Arab Emirates0.6% (share) of land area
139Germany0.6% (share) of land area
140Virgin Islands, U.S.0.6% (share) of land area
141Yemen0.6% (share) of land area
142Czech Republic0.5% (share) of land area
143Lithuania0.5% (share) of land area
144Mozambique0.5% (share) of land area
145Algeria0.4% (share) of land area
146Belarus0.4% (share) of land area
147Senegal0.4% (share) of land area
148Afghanistan0.4% (share) of land area
149Kyrgyzstan0.4% (share) of land area
150Montenegro0.4% (share) of land area
151Argentina0.4% (share) of land area
152Saint Kitts and Nevis0.4% (share) of land area
153Bhutan0.4% (share) of land area
154Slovakia0.4% (share) of land area
155United States of America0.3% (share) of land area
156South Africa0.3% (share) of land area
157Kuwait0.3% (share) of land area
158Bahamas0.3% (share) of land area
159Republic of the Congo0.3% (share) of land area
160New Zealand0.3% (share) of land area
161Qatar0.3% (share) of land area
162Angola0.3% (share) of land area
163Mali0.2% (share) of land area
164Bolivia0.2% (share) of land area
165Uruguay0.2% (share) of land area
166Paraguay0.2% (share) of land area
167New Caledonia0.2% (share) of land area
168Northern Mariana Islands0.2% (share) of land area
169Libya0.2% (share) of land area
170United Kingdom0.2% (share) of land area
171Latvia0.2% (share) of land area
172Singapore0.1% (share) of land area
173Guyana0.1% (share) of land area
174South Sudan0.1% (share) of land area
175Lesotho0.1% (share) of land area
176Russian Federation0.1% (share) of land area
177Zimbabwe0.1% (share) of land area
178Sudan0.1% (share) of land area
179Oman0.1% (share) of land area
180Saudi Arabia0.1% (share) of land area
181Estonia0.1% (share) of land area
182Niger0.1% (share) of land area
183Turkmenistan0.1% (share) of land area
184Zambia0.1% (share) of land area
185Australia0.1% (share) of land area
186Kazakhstan0.0% (share) of land area
187Somalia0.0% (share) of land area
188Djibouti0.0% (share) of land area
189Chad0.0% (share) of land area
190Canada0.0% (share) of land area
191Andorra0.0% (share) of land area
192Eritrea0.0% (share) of land area
193Finland0.0% (share) of land area
194Suriname0.0% (share) of land area
195Namibia0.0% (share) of land area
196Ireland0.0% (share) of land area
197Mauritania0.0% (share) of land area
198Norway0.0% (share) of land area
199Sweden0.0% (share) of land area
200Mongolia0.0% (share) of land area
201Botswana0.0% (share) of land area
Showing 201 of 201 countries

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Data Source

This data comes from World Bank World Development Indicators (2023).

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