Data for 2020

Agricultural Land, 2020

Name: Agricultural Land, 2020
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
License: https://www.fao.org/contact-us/terms/db-terms-of-use/en/

2020, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Agricultural Land, 2020 covers 210 countries. Turkmenistan is highest, at 84.559; Suriname is lowest, at 0.498. The middle country reads 38.726. Against 2019, 140 values changed (77 up, 63 down), the same countries are covered.

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Agricultural Land · Data for 2020

HighestTurkmenistan

84.559

LowestSuriname

0.498

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

210countries
1measure
2020the 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, 2020, 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, 2020: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	84.559
2	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	82.626
3	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	80.841
4	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	80.773
5	Uruguay`URY`South America	80.353
6	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	79.418
7	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	79.392
8	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	79.323
9	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	77.385
10	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	75.769
11	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	75.419
12	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	75.145
13	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	73.503
14	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	72.444
15	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	72.219
16	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	71.888
17	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	71.467
18	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	71.340
19	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	71.300
20	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	70.526
21	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	70.342
22	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	70.329
23	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	70.290
24	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	70.233
25	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	69.477
26	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	69.097
27	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	67.751
28	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	67.021
29	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	65.896
30	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	65.500
31	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	65.496
32	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	64.949
33	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	63.471
34	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	62.723
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	60.046
40	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	60.000
41	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	59.438
42	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	58.742
43	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	58.283
44	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	57.838
45	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	57.708
46	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	56.715
47	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	55.453
48	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	55.394
49	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	54.710
50	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	54.055
51	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	53.889
52	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	53.875
53	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	52.779
54	Paraguay`PRY`South America	52.754
55	France`FRA`Western Europe	52.730
56	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	52.332
57	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	52.324
58	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	52.159
59	Mexico`MEX`Central America	51.515
60	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	51.322
61	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	50.040
62	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	49.389
63	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	49.065
64	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	48.979
65	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	48.611
66	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	48.127
67	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	47.573
68	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	47.497
69	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	47.141
70	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	46.995
71	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	46.667
72	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	46.490
73	United States`USA`Northern America	46.332
74	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	46.252
75	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	45.647
76	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	45.634
77	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	45.552
78	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	45.457
79	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	44.750
80	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	44.705
81	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	44.616
82	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	44.419
83	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	43.789
84	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	43.750
85	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	43.636
86	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	43.283
87	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	43.166
88	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	43.065
89	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	43.038
90	Argentina`ARG`South America	43.000
91	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	42.539
92	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	42.456
93	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	42.332
94	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	42.305
95	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	41.975
96	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	41.817
97	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	41.408
98	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	40.797
99	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	39.976
100	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	39.952
101	Colombia`COL`South America	39.847
102	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	39.435
103	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	39.314
104	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	39.164
105	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	38.889
106	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	38.563
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	38.027
111	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	36.788
112	Niger`NER`Western Africa	36.787
113	Bolivia`BOL`South America	35.565
114	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	35.248
115	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	34.301
116	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	34.219
117	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	34.093
118	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	33.541
119	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	33.333
120	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	32.313
121	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	32.068
122	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	31.641
123	Honduras`HND`Central America	31.620
124	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	31.540
125	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	31.165
126	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	30.318
127	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	29.630
128	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	29.335
129	Panama`PAN`Central America	29.308
130	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	28.985
131	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	28.965
132	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	28.469
133	Brazil`BRA`South America	28.332
134	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	27.831
135	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	26.894
136	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	26.501
137	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	26.087
138	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	25.037
139	Venezuela`VEN`South America	24.375
140	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	23.529
141	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	23.256
142	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	23.077
143	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	23.041
144	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	22.959
145	Ecuador`ECU`South America	21.823
146	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	21.776
147	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	21.564
148	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	21.333
149	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	20.803
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	19.888
154	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	19.603
155	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	19.178
156	Peru`PER`South America	19.126
157	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	19.042
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	17.335
162	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	17.055
163	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	16.609
164	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	16.295
165	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	15.340
166	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	14.943
167	Chile`CHL`South America	14.903
168	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	14.350
169	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	13.815
170	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	13.542
171	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	13.158
172	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	12.845
173	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	11.589
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	10.318
178	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	10.067
179	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	9.566
180	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	9.429
181	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	9.348
182	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	9.086
183	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	8.969
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	7.891
188	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	7.469
189	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	7.381
190	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	7.143
191	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	6.440
192	Canada`CAN`Northern America	6.371
193	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	5.556
194	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	5.489
195	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	4.714
196	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	3.989
197	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	3.810
198	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	3.740
199	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	3.737
200	Guyana`GUY`South America	3.405
201	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	3.370
202	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	3.103
203	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	2.707
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	0.919
209	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	0.592
210	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.498

02In 2020

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Turkmenistan84.559
2Côte d’Ivoire82.626
3Burundi80.841
4Saudi Arabia80.773
5Uruguay80.353

Lowest

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 38.726. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032019 → 2020

Since 2019

What changed between 2019 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
140values changed, of 210 in both
77 · 63rose · fell
70unchanged

Rose most

Lesotho70.962 → 77.385+6.423
Moldova68.771 → 75.145+6.373
Rwanda77.179 → 79.392+2.213
Mexico49.439 → 51.515+2.076
Serbia39.561 → 41.408+1.847

Fell most

Israel29.501 → 25.037−4.464
Malta32.438 → 28.469−3.969
Hungary57.835 → 53.875−3.959
Romania60.092 → 56.715−3.377
Palestine70.652 → 67.751−2.901

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 2020.
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) (2020). Agricultural Land, 2020 [data set], describing 2020. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/agricultural-land/2020

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