Land use statistics by country

This article includes the table with land use statistics by country. Countries are ranked by their total cultivated land area, which is the sum of the total arable land area and total area of permanent crops.

Arable land is defined as being cultivated for crops like wheat, maize, and rice, all of which are replanted after each harvest. Permanent cropland is defined as being cultivated for crops like citrus, coffee, and rubber, which are not replanted after each harvest; this also includes land under flowering shrubs, fruit trees, elm trees, and vines, but excludes land under trees grown for wood or timber. Other lands include any lands not arable nor under permanent crops; this includes permanent meadows and pastures, forests and woodlands, built-on areas, roads, barren land, and so on.

Percentage figures for arable land, permanent crops land and other lands are all taken from the CIA World Factbook^[1] as well as total land area figures^[2] (Note: the total area of a country is defined as the sum of total land area and total water area together.) All other figures, including total cultivated land area, are calculated on the basis of this mentioned dataset.

List

More information Country, Cultivated land ...

Country	Cultivated land		Arable land			Permanent crops		Highly grown crops	Date
Country	(km²)	(%)	(km²)	(%)	Per capita	(km²)	(%)		Date
World	17,235,800	11.6	15,827,534	10.7	1.9	1,549,600	1.0	2011
India	1,765,260	53.7	1,656,780	50.4	1.2	108,479	3.3	2020
United States	1,681,826	17.1	1,652,028	16.8	4.9	29,798	0.3	2020
China	1,476,925	15.4	1,275,799	13.3	0.9	201,126	2.1	2023^[3]
Russia	1,265,267	7.4	1,248,169	7.3	8.6	17,098	0.1	2011
Brazil	800,485	9.4	570,572	6.7	2.7	68,126	0.8	2011
Canada	519,205	5.2	429,355	4.3	10.7	49,924	0.5	2011
Australia	487,695	6.3	307,520	4.0	11.4	7,741	0.1	2011
Indonesia	478,055	25.1	247,598	13.0	0.9	230,457	12.1	2011
Nigeria	412,938	44.7	354,726	37.3	1.6	68,361	7.4	2011
Argentina	397,598	14.3	328,087	13.9	7.2	11,122	0.4	2016
Ukraine	347,673	57.6	342,901	56.1	8.7	9,054	1.5	2011
Sudan	296,289	15.9	204,710	11.0	3.9	3,723	0.2	2011
Mexico	259,301	13.2	202,229	11.8	1.6	27,502	1.4	2011
Kazakhstan	242,516	8.9	221,059	8.9	10.6	0	0.0	2011
Turkey	240,553	30.7	209,211	26.7	2.4	31,342	4.0	2011
Pakistan	227,686	28.7	219,724	27.6	0.9	7,962	1.1	2011
France	226,617	35.2	180,955	32.8	2.8	11,588	1.8	2011
Thailand	203,188	39.6	158,035	30.8	2.2	45,153	8.8	2011
Iran	197,794	12.0	158,208	9.6	1.7	19,788	1.2	2011
Ethiopia	180,001	16.3	167,854	15.2	1.5	12,147	1.1	2011
Spain	171,836	34.0	125,845	24.9	2.6	45,991	9.1	2011
Tanzania	157,252	16.6	142,763	15.0	–	21,788	2.3	2011
Niger	155,968	12.4	155,841	12.3	–	127	0.1	2011
Myanmar (Burma)	114,341	18.7	111,639	16.5	–	14,885	2.2	2011
South Africa	124,338	10.2	120,780	9.9	1.9	3,647	0.3	2011
Germany	123,879	34.7	119,344	33.4	1.4	2,142	0.6	2011
Poland	117,262	37.5	113,197	36.2	3.0	4,065	1.3	2011
Uganda	109,896	45.6	82,917	34.3	–	27,233	11.3	2011
Vietnam	108,302	32.7	68,227	20.6	0.7	40,075	12.1	2011
Philippines	108,000	36.0	54,600	18.2	0.5	53,400	17.8	2011
Romania	97,744	41.0	93,214	39.1	4.9	4,530	1.9	2011
Bangladesh	97,268	65.5	87,615	59.0	0.5	9,653	6.5	2011
Italy	94,609	31.4	68,697	22.8	1.2	25,912	8.6	2011
Morocco	91,111	20.4	78,155	17.5	–	12,951	2.9	2011
Algeria	83,360	3.5	73,833	3.1	–	9,527	0.4	2016
Afghanistan	78,916	12.1	77,612	11.9	–	1,304	0.2	2016
Cameroon	77,965	16.4	62,277	13.1	–	15,688	3.3	2011
Cote d'Ivoire	75,143	23.3	29,348	9.1	–	45,795	14.2	2011
Malaysia	73,568	22.3	9,567	2.9	0.3	64,001	19.4	2011
Mali	70,691	5.7	69,451	5.6	–	1,240	0.1	2011
Kenya	62,103	10.7	56,879	9.8	–	5,224	0.9	2011
United Kingdom	61,631	25.3	60,171	24.7	0.9	487	0.2	2011
Syria	57,783	31.2	47,041	25.4	–	10,742	5.8	2011
Belarus	57,713	27.8	56,467	27.2	–	1,246	0.6	2011
Paraguay	55,770	11.0	54,756	10.8	–	1,014	0.2	2011
Tunisia	55,133	33.7	29,939	18.3	–	25,194	15.4	2011
Peru	53,878	4.2	39,841	3.1	–	14,137	1.1	2011
Mozambique	53,560	6.7	51,162	6.4	–	2,398	0.3	2011
Chad	50,076	3.9	35,258	3.9	–	0	0.0	2011
Uzbekistan	48,766	10.9	45,187	10.1	–	3,579	0.8	2011
Japan	47,250	12.5	44,226	11.7	0.4	3,024	0.8	2011
Hungary	46,965	50.5	45,105	48.5	–	1,860	2.0	2011
Malawi	46,926	39.6	45,267	38.2	–	1,659	1.4	2011
Ghana	46,207	32.6	28,393	20.7	–	17,814	11.9	2011
Burkina Faso	45,533	21.1	44,710	20.8	–	823	0.3	2011
Cambodia	42,716	23.6	41,087	22.7	–	1,629	0.9	2011
Democratic Republic of the Congo	42,208	1.8	37,518	1.6	0.3	4,690	0.2	2011
Bolivia	41,762	3.8	39,564	3.6	–	2,198	0.2	2011
Cuba	41,476	37.4	37,484	33.8	–	3,992	3.6	2011
Madagascar	41,090	7.0	35,220	6.0	–	5,870	1.0	2011
Iraq	39,009	8.9	36,817	8.4	–	2,192	0.5	2011
Greece	37,752	28.6	26,004	19.7	2.6	11,748	8.9	2011
Zambia	36,125	4.8	36,125	4.8	–	0	0.0	2011
Egypt	36,054	3.6	28,042	2.8	–	8,012	0.8	2011
Angola	52,361	4.2	48,621	3.9	–	3,740	0.3	2016
Guinea	35,901	14.6	29,016	11.8	–	6,885	2.8	2011
Venezuela	35,572	3.9	28,275	3.1	–	7,297	0.8	2011
Bulgaria	35,323	31.4	33,159	29.9	–	2,164	1.5	2011
Senegal	34,816	17.7	34,226	17.4	–	590	0.3	2011
Saudi Arabia	34,400	1.6	32,250	1.5	0.9	2,150	0.1	2011
Colombia	34,170	3.0	15,946	1.4	–	18,224	1.6	2011
Czech Republic	33,138	42.0	32,349	41.0	–	789	1.0	2011
Serbia	31,853	41.1	29,218	37.7	4.4	2,635	3.4	2011
Benin	29,726	26.4	25,785	22.9	–	3,941	3.5	2011
Ecuador	29,221	10.3	13,334	4.7	–	15,887	5.6	2011
North Korea	29,124	21.4	15,808	19.5	–	13,316	1.9	2011
Sweden	28,819	6.4	24,019	6.4	2.3	0	0.0	2011
Togo	27,832	49.0	25,674	45.2	–	2,158	3.8	2011
Denmark	25,429	59.0	25,386	58.9	4.2	43	0.1	2011
Guatemala	25,047	23.0	15,464	14.2	–	9,583	8.8	2011
Finland	25,019	7.4	25,019	7.4	4.4	0	0.0	2011
Nepal	23,993	16.3	22,227	15.1	–	1,766	1.2	2011
Sri Lanka	23,944	36.5	13,579	20.7	–	10,365	15.8	2011
Lithuania	23,117	35.4	22,790	34.9	–	327	0.5	2011
Azerbaijan	22,083	25.5	19,745	22.8	–	2,338	2.7	2011
Moldova	21,764	64.2	18,679	55.1	–	3,085	9.1	2011
Kyrgyzstan	21,400	7.1	13,400	6.7	–	8,000	0.4	2011
Libya	21,114	1.2	17,595	1.0	–	3,519	0.2	2011
Turkmenistan	20,496	4.2	20,008	4.1	–	488	0.1	2011
Nicaragua	19,554	15.0	16,295	12.5	–	3,259	2.5	2011
Sierra Leone	18,857	26.3	16,778	23.4	–	2,079	2.9	2011
Central African Republic	18,690	3.0	18,067	2.9	–	623	0.1	2011
Uruguay	18,215	10.3	17,798	10.1	–	417	0.2	2011
Portugal	18,144	19.7	10,960	11.9	1.1	7,184	7.8	2011
South Korea	17,347	17.5	15,254	15.3	0.3	2,193	2.2	2011
Yemen	16,684	2.8	11,616	2.2	–	1,320	0.6	2011
Laos	16,340	6.9	14,682	6.2	–	1,658	0.7	2011
Chile	16,022	2.3	12,854	1.7	0.6	3,168	0.6	2011
Burundi	15,151	54.5	10,814	38.9	–	4,337	15.6	2011
Rwanda	15,017	57.1	12,361	47.0	–	2,656	10.1	2011
Honduras	14,684	13.1	10,201	9.1	–	4,483	4.0	2011
Austria	14,515	17.3	13,844	16.5	–	671	0.8	2011
Slovakia	14,357	29.3	14,161	28.9	–	196	0.4	2011
Haiti	13,538	48.7	10,703	38.5	–	2,835	10.2	2011
Dominican Republic	13,000	26.7	8,084	16.6	–	4,916	10.1	2011
Netherlands	12,824	30.9	12,367	29.8	–	457	1.1	2011
Latvia	12,662	18.7	12,016	18.6	–	646	0.1	2011
Somalia	11,479	1.8	11,479	1.8	–	0	0.0	2011
Bosnia and Herzegovina	11,110	21.7	10,086	19.7	–	1,024	2.0	2011
Ireland	10,826	15.4	10,826	15.4	–	0	0.0	2011
Papua New Guinea	10,182	2.2	3,240	0.7	–	6,942	1.5	2011
Tajikistan	10,087	7.0	8,790	6.1	–	1,297	0.9	2011
Croatia	9,905	17.5	9,056	16.0	–	849	1.5	2011
El Salvador	9,108	44.0	6,852	33.1	–	2,256	10.9	2011
Belgium	8,540	28.0	8,296	27.2	–	244	0.8	2011
Namibia	8,243	1.0	8,243	1.0	–	0	0.0	2011
Liberia	8,132	7.3	5,793	5.2	–	2,339	2.1	2011
Eritrea	7,997	6.8	7,997	6.8	–	0	0.0	2011
Panama	7,389	9.8	5,504	7.3	–	1,885	2.5	2011
Albania	7,359	25.6	6,497	22.6	–	862	3.0	2016
Norway	7,124	2.2	7,124	2.2	–	0	0.0	2011
Estonia	6,780	15.0	6,735	14.9	–	45	0.1	2011
Mongolia	6,256	0.4	6,256	0.4	–	0	0.0	2011
Republic of the Congo	6,156	1.8	5,472	1.6	–	684	0.2	2011
Costa Rica	5,928	11.6	2,504	4.9	–	3,424	6.7	2011
New Zealand	5,642	2.1	4,838	1.8	–	806	0.3	2011
Guinea-Bissau	5,451	15.1	2,960	8.2	–	2,491	6.9	2011
Georgia	5,298	7.6	4,043	5.8	–	1,255	1.8	2011
Armenia	5,257	17.7	4,693	15.8	–	564	1.9	2011
Gabon	4,818	1.8	3,212	1.2	–	1,606	0.6	2011
Guyana	4,730	2.2	4,515	2.1	–	215	0.1	2011
Gambia	4,690	41.5	4,633	41.0	–	57	0.5	2011
North Macedonia	4,575	17.8	4,215	16.4	–	360	1.4	2011
Switzerland	4,461	10.8	4,213	10.2	–	248	0.6	2011
Mauritania	4,124	0.4	4,124	0.4	–	0	0.0	2011
Israel	3,640	17.5	2,850	13.7	–	790	3.8	2011
Botswana	3,492	0.6	3,492	0.6	–	0	0.0	2011
Lesotho	3,096	10.2	3,066	10.1	–	30	0.1	2011
Jordan	2,681	3.0	1,787	2.0	–	894	1.0	2011
Lebanon	2,517	24.2	1,238	11.9	–	1,279	12.3	2011
Fiji	2,507	13.7	1,647	9.0	–	860	4.7	2011
Jamaica	2,233	20.3	1,221	11.1	–	1,012	9.2	2011
Timor-Leste	2,231	15.0	1,502	10.1	–	729	4.9	2011
Palestine^[4]	2,023	18.4	953	7.4	–	1,070	11.0	2011
Slovenia	1,970	9.7	1,706	8.4	–	264	1.3	2011
Montenegro	1,950	14.1	1,784	12.9	–	166	1.2	2011
Eswatini (Swaziland)	1,840	10.6	1,701	9.8	–	139	0.8	2011
Equatorial Guinea	1,798	5.4	1,208	4.3	–	590	2.1	2011
Comoros	1,709	76.3	1,046	46.7	–	663	29.6	2011
Puerto Rico	1,684	12.2	911	6.6	–	773	5.6	2011
Vanuatu	1,451	11.9	195	1.6	–	1,256	10.3	2011
Cyprus	1,206	13.0	906	9.8	–	296	3.2	2011
Bhutan	1,113	2.9	998	2.6	–	115	0.3	2011
Belize	1,080	4.7	758	3.3	–	322	1.4	2011
Solomon Islands	1,040	3.6	202	0.7	–	838	2.9	2011
United Arab Emirates	836	1.0	418	0.5	–	418	0.5	2011
Mauritius	824	40.4	764	38.4	–	60	2.0	2011
Suriname	655	0.4	655	0.4	–	0	0.0	2011
Luxembourg	636	24.6	620	24.0	–	16	0.6	2011
Oman	619	0.2	310	0.1	–	309	0.1	2011
Cape Verde	500	12.4	472	11.7	–	28	0.7	2011
São Tomé and Príncipe	479	49.7	87	9.1	–	392	40.6	2011
Trinidad and Tobago	471	9.2	251	4.9	–	220	4.3	2011
Kiribati	411	50.7	22	2.7	–	389	48.0	2011
Micronesia	361	51.4	40	5.7	–	321	45.7	2011
Samoa	299	10.6	79	2.8	–	220	7.8	2011
French Polynesia	290	7.0	29	0.7	–	261	6.3	2011
Tonga	280	37.5	166	22.2	–	115	15.3	2011
Dominica	237	32.0	57	8.0	–	180	24.0	2011
Gaza Strip	180	50.0	104	29.0	–	76	21.0	2011
Saint Lucia	176	29.0	39	6.5	–	137	22.6	2011
Barbados	170	39.5	160	37.2	–	10	2.3	2011
Kuwait	159	0.9	106	0.6	–	53	0.3	2011
Brunei	156	3.0	110	2.1	–	46	0.9	2011
Qatar	153	1.3	128	1.1	–	23	0.2	2011
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	140	35.9	70	18.0	–	70	18.0	2005
Maldives	130	43.3	40	13.3	–	90	30.0	2005
Grenada	121	35.3	20	5.9	–	101	29.4	2005
Guam	118	21.8	20	3.6	–	98	18.2	2005
Wallis and Futuna	118	42.9	20	7.1	–	98	35.7	2005
Malta	109	34.4	99	31.3	–	10	3.1	2005
Antigua and Barbuda	101	22.7	81	18.2	–	20	4.6	2005
New Caledonia	100	0.5	59	0.3	–	41	0.2	2005
Marshall Islands	100	55.6	20	11.1	–	80	44.4	2005
Netherlands Antilles	96	10.0	96	10.0	–	0	0.0	2005
Bahamas	87	0.9	58	0.6	–	29	0.3	2005
Northern Mariana Islands	83	17.4	62	13.0	–	21	4.4	2005
Iceland	70	0.1	70	0.1	–	0	0.0	2005
Niue	70	26.9	30	11.5	–	40	15.4	2005
Seychelles	69	15.2	10	2.2	–	59	13.0	2005
Palau	60	13.1	40	8.7	–	20	4.4	2005
Cook Islands	60	25.0	40	16.7	–	20	8.3	2005
Saint Kitts and Nevis	58	22.2	51	19.4	–	7	2.8	2005
Bahrain	56	8.5	19	2.8	–	37	5.6	2005
Western Sahara	53	0.0	53	0.0	–	0	0.0	2005
Isle of Man	51	9.0	51	9.0	–	0	0.0	2002
American Samoa	49	21.9	30	13.4	–	19	8.5	2016
British Virgin Islands	41	26.7	31	20.0	–	10	6.7	2005
Liechtenstein	40	25.0	40	25.0	–	0	0.0	2005
Faroe Islands	30	2.1	30	2.1	–	0	0.0	2005
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	30	12.5	30	12.5	–	0	0.0	2005
U.S. Virgin Islands	30	8.6	20	5.7	–	10	2.9	2005
Aruba	20	10.5	20	10.5	–	0	0.0	2005
Montserrat	20	20.0	20	20.0	–	0	0.0	2005
Singapore	20	2.9	10	1.5	0.0	10	1.5	2005
Tuvalu	17	66.7	0	0.0	–	17	66.7	2005
Bermuda	11	20.0	11	20.0	–	0	0.0	2005
Andorra	10	2.1	10	2.1	–	0	0.0	2005
Turks and Caicos Islands	10	2.3	10	2.3	–	0	0.0	2005
Cayman Islands	10	3.9	10	3.9	–	0	0.0	2005
San Marino	10	16.7	10	16.7	–	0	0.0	2005
Djibouti	9	0.0	9	0.0	–	0	0.0	2005

Close

Land use statistics by country

List

See also

References

External links

Related Articles