Data for 2023

Agricultural Land, 2023

Name: Agricultural Land, 2023
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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2023, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Agricultural Land, 2023 covers 209 countries. Côte d’Ivoire is highest, at 86.476; Suriname is lowest, at 0.445. The middle country reads 37.958. Against 2022, 120 values changed (60 up, 60 down), the same countries are covered.

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Agricultural Land · Data for 2023

HighestCôte d’Ivoire

86.476

LowestSuriname

0.445

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

209countries
1measure
2023the year it describes
209distinct 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, 2023, 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, 2023: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	86.476
2	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	84.222
3	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	83.887
4	Uruguay`URY`South America	81.354
5	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	80.773
6	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	79.418
7	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	79.366
8	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	77.758
9	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	76.333
10	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	76.197
11	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	74.097
12	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	74.095
13	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	73.507
14	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	73.229
15	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	72.311
16	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	71.888
17	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	71.467
18	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	71.300
19	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	70.343
20	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	70.307
21	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	70.290
22	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	70.233
23	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	70.124
24	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	69.477
25	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	69.090
26	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	68.956
27	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	66.745
28	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	65.906
29	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	65.525
30	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	65.131
31	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	64.929
32	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	64.171
33	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	62.652
34	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	62.648
35	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	62.439
36	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	61.667
37	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	60.807
38	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	60.313
39	India`IND`Southern Asia	60.060
40	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	60.000
41	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	58.593
42	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	58.440
43	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	58.055
44	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	57.829
45	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	57.708
46	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	55.699
47	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	55.433
48	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	55.393
49	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	55.353
50	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	55.263
51	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	54.710
52	Paraguay`PRY`South America	54.107
53	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	54.009
54	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	53.549
55	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	53.402
56	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	52.789
57	France`FRA`Western Europe	52.504
58	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	51.661
59	Mexico`MEX`Central America	50.693
60	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	50.138
61	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	49.603
62	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	49.575
63	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	49.526
64	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	49.400
65	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	48.611
66	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	48.608
67	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	47.605
68	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	47.466
69	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	47.223
70	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	47.143
71	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	46.693
72	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	46.667
73	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	46.085
74	United States`USA`Northern America	46.083
75	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	45.895
76	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	45.802
77	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	45.634
78	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	44.858
79	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	44.792
80	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	44.616
81	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	44.419
82	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	44.379
83	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	44.257
84	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	43.798
85	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	43.338
86	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	43.043
87	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	43.038
88	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	42.669
89	Argentina`ARG`South America	42.437
90	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	42.305
91	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	41.975
92	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	41.830
93	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	41.792
94	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	41.676
95	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	40.385
96	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	39.976
97	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	39.874
98	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	39.580
99	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	39.215
100	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	38.889
101	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	38.527
102	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	38.504
103	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	38.333
104	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	38.124
105	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	37.958
106	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	37.794
107	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	36.948
108	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	36.880
109	Niger`NER`Western Africa	36.787
110	Colombia`COL`South America	36.488
111	Bolivia`BOL`South America	35.831
112	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	35.469
113	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	34.865
114	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	34.133
115	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	34.078
116	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	33.333
117	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	33.144
118	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	32.313
119	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	32.068
120	Honduras`HND`Central America	31.960
121	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	31.673
122	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	31.474
123	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	31.190
124	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	30.356
125	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	29.891
126	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	29.630
127	Panama`PAN`Central America	29.522
128	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	29.126
129	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	29.009
130	Brazil`BRA`South America	28.327
131	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	27.947
132	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	26.555
133	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	26.119
134	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	26.087
135	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	25.909
136	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	24.801
137	Venezuela`VEN`South America	24.375
138	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	23.529
139	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	23.256
140	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	23.122
141	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	23.077
142	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	22.959
143	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	21.831
144	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	21.738
145	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	21.554
146	Ecuador`ECU`South America	21.541
147	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	20.937
148	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	20.455
149	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	20.000
150	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	19.965
151	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	19.914
152	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	19.799
153	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	19.603
154	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	19.593
155	Peru`PER`South America	19.051
156	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	19.042
157	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	17.949
158	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	17.565
159	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	17.359
160	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	17.055
161	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	16.295
162	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	16.245
163	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	16.066
164	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	15.481
165	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	15.340
166	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	14.800
167	Chile`CHL`South America	14.401
168	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	13.961
169	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	13.818
170	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	13.171
171	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	12.637
172	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	11.532
173	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	11.250
174	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	11.111
175	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	10.526
176	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	10.125
177	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	10.067
178	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	9.910
179	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	9.429
180	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	9.348
181	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	9.099
182	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	8.724
183	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	8.662
184	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	8.418
185	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	8.357
186	Belize`BLZ`Central America	7.979
187	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	7.442
188	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	7.322
189	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	7.143
190	Canada`CAN`Northern America	6.471
191	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	6.440
192	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	5.556
193	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	5.515
194	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	4.755
195	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	4.077
196	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	3.901
197	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	3.810
198	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	3.733
199	Guyana`GUY`South America	3.410
200	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	3.370
201	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	3.103
202	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	2.696
203	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	2.543
204	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	1.299
205	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	1.174
206	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	1.053
207	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.919
208	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	0.592
209	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.445

02In 2023

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Côte d’Ivoire86.476
2Turkmenistan84.222
3Burundi83.887
4Uruguay81.354
5Saudi Arabia80.773

Lowest

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 37.958. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032022 → 2023

Since 2022

What changed between 2022 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
120values changed, of 209 in both
60 · 60rose · fell
89unchanged

Rose most

Sri Lanka45.457 → 48.608+3.151
Lesotho74.947 → 77.758+2.811
Côte d’Ivoire84.157 → 86.476+2.319
Poland46.313 → 47.605+1.292
Guinea71.949 → 73.229+1.280

Fell most

Spain53.357 → 49.575−3.782
Rwanda80.037 → 76.333−3.704
Albania41.445 → 38.124−3.321
Mongolia71.910 → 68.956−2.954
Iceland18.566 → 16.245−2.321

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 2023.
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FAO publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 209 countries has every column.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2023). Agricultural Land, 2023 [data set], describing 2023. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/agricultural-land/2023

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