Data for 2019

Agricultural Land, 2019

Name: Agricultural Land, 2019
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
License: https://www.fao.org/contact-us/terms/db-terms-of-use/en/

2019, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Agricultural Land, 2019 covers 210 countries. Turkmenistan is highest, at 84.564; Suriname is lowest, at 0.523. The middle country reads 39.047. Against 2018, 136 values changed (72 up, 64 down), the same countries are covered.

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Agricultural Land · Data for 2019

HighestTurkmenistan

84.564

LowestSuriname

0.523

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end.

210countries
1measure
2019the year it describes
210distinct values15 decimals, as published
Sep 6, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Agricultural Land, 2019, as published. FAO ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Agricultural Land, 2019: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	84.564
2	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	81.525
3	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	80.764
4	Uruguay`URY`South America	80.718
5	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	79.790
6	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	79.418
7	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	79.259
8	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	77.179
9	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	75.757
10	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	74.905
11	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	73.460
12	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	72.664
13	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	72.423
14	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	72.190
15	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	71.888
16	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	71.467
17	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	71.300
18	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	70.962
19	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	70.652
20	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	70.526
21	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	70.341
22	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	70.290
23	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	70.233
24	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	69.593
25	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	69.008
26	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	68.771
27	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	67.912
28	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	66.350
29	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	65.670
30	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	65.649
31	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	65.621
32	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	64.949
33	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	62.877
34	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	62.702
35	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	62.648
36	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	62.439
37	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	61.667
38	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	60.313
39	India`IND`Southern Asia	60.220
40	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	60.092
41	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	60.000
42	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	58.904
43	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	58.277
44	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	58.007
45	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	57.835
46	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	57.828
47	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	57.708
48	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	55.463
49	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	54.849
50	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	54.710
51	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	54.058
52	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	53.959
53	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	53.701
54	France`FRA`Western Europe	52.916
55	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	52.798
56	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	52.458
57	Paraguay`PRY`South America	52.235
58	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	51.677
59	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	51.111
60	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	50.159
61	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	49.517
62	Mexico`MEX`Central America	49.439
63	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	49.005
64	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	48.798
65	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	48.611
66	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	47.700
67	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	47.509
68	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	47.444
69	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	47.141
70	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	47.124
71	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	47.055
72	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	46.667
73	United States`USA`Northern America	46.457
74	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	46.398
75	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	45.640
76	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	45.634
77	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	45.489
78	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	45.447
79	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	45.019
80	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	44.706
81	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	44.468
82	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	44.419
83	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	44.378
84	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	44.370
85	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	43.750
86	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	43.283
87	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	43.281
88	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	43.125
89	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	43.065
90	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	42.847
91	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	42.770
92	Argentina`ARG`South America	42.606
93	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	42.379
94	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	42.247
95	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	41.975
96	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	41.820
97	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	41.322
98	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	41.071
99	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	40.000
100	Colombia`COL`South America	39.977
101	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	39.976
102	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	39.561
103	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	39.524
104	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	39.288
105	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	39.205
106	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	38.889
107	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	38.527
108	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	38.504
109	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	38.333
110	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	38.105
111	Niger`NER`Western Africa	36.785
112	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	36.782
113	Bolivia`BOL`South America	35.544
114	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	35.089
115	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	34.143
116	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	33.839
117	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	33.716
118	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	33.631
119	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	33.333
120	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	32.438
121	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	32.313
122	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	32.128
123	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	32.068
124	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	31.498
125	Honduras`HND`Central America	31.361
126	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	31.209
127	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	30.407
128	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	29.630
129	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	29.501
130	Panama`PAN`Central America	29.428
131	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	29.052
132	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	28.960
133	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	28.750
134	Brazil`BRA`South America	28.335
135	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	27.841
136	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	26.874
137	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	26.775
138	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	26.087
139	Venezuela`VEN`South America	24.375
140	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	23.529
141	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	23.256
142	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	23.120
143	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	23.077
144	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	22.959
145	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	21.770
146	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	21.551
147	Ecuador`ECU`South America	21.461
148	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	21.333
149	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	20.759
150	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	20.455
151	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	20.000
152	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	19.965
153	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	19.886
154	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	19.603
155	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	19.108
156	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	19.042
157	Peru`PER`South America	18.643
158	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	18.566
159	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	17.949
160	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	17.773
161	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	17.347
162	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	17.121
163	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	16.773
164	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	16.295
165	Chile`CHL`South America	15.435
166	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	15.340
167	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	14.926
168	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	14.200
169	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	13.564
170	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	13.450
171	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	13.158
172	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	12.936
173	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	11.673
174	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	11.250
175	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	11.111
176	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	10.526
177	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	10.385
178	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	10.067
179	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	9.805
180	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	9.429
181	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	9.348
182	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	8.939
183	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	8.819
184	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	8.724
185	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	8.418
186	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	8.357
187	Belize`BLZ`Central America	7.628
188	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	7.482
189	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	7.378
190	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	7.143
191	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	6.440
192	Canada`CAN`Northern America	6.434
193	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	5.556
194	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	5.497
195	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	4.762
196	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	4.714
197	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	3.940
198	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	3.736
199	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	3.708
200	Guyana`GUY`South America	3.653
201	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	3.370
202	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	3.103
203	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	2.696
204	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	2.543
205	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	1.299
206	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	1.174
207	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	1.053
208	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.922
209	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	0.592
210	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.523

02In 2019

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Turkmenistan84.564
2Côte d’Ivoire81.525
3Saudi Arabia80.764
4Uruguay80.718
5Burundi79.790

Lowest

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 39.047. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032018 → 2019

Since 2018

What changed between 2018 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
136values changed, of 210 in both
72 · 64rose · fell
74unchanged

Rose most

Italy41.949 → 44.370+2.421
Portugal40.792 → 43.125+2.333
Romania58.301 → 60.092+1.791
Turkmenistan82.994 → 84.564+1.570
Benin39.560 → 41.071+1.511

Fell most

Lesotho80.148 → 70.962−9.186
Haiti72.388 → 64.949−7.438
Samoa19.845 → 17.773−2.072
Morocco68.398 → 66.350−2.048
Rwanda79.003 → 77.179−1.824

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

One year of the 2026 release
Every year in this series comes from FAO’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 2019.
The position is ours
FAO publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 210 countries has every column.

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Cite this edition

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2019). Agricultural Land, 2019 [data set], describing 2019. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/agricultural-land/2019

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