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Arable Land by Country

Arable land as a share of total land area, latest year, %

Denmark leads at 58.9%
Current·Data to 2024

Plays the chart through its history. Pauses are where a new leader takes first place.

Land under temporary crops, meadows and fallow; orchards, vineyards and permanent pasture are not counted. FAO via the World Bank (CC BY 4.0). Shows the highest and lowest; the data table lists every country.

How much of each country can be ploughed and planted. Flat, fertile countries farm most of their land; desert, mountain and ice countries very little, and import more of their food.

What this chart reads·60 series

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Australia · Arable Land · % of land. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), FAOSTAT land use, via World Bank World Development Indicators, indicator AG.LND.ARBL.ZS. Licence per the World Bank’s indicator metadata and FAO’s Statistical Database Terms of Use: CC BY 4.0. Palanor rewrites the full history each week, so revisions carry through.

Austria · Arable Land · % of land. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), FAOSTAT land use, via World Bank World Development Indicators, indicator AG.LND.ARBL.ZS. Licence per the World Bank’s indicator metadata and FAO’s Statistical Database Terms of Use: CC BY 4.0. Palanor rewrites the full history each week, so revisions carry through.

Belgium · Arable Land · % of land. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), FAOSTAT land use, via World Bank World Development Indicators, indicator AG.LND.ARBL.ZS. Licence per the World Bank’s indicator metadata and FAO’s Statistical Database Terms of Use: CC BY 4.0. Palanor rewrites the full history each week, so revisions carry through.

Canada · Arable Land · % of land. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), FAOSTAT land use, via World Bank World Development Indicators, indicator AG.LND.ARBL.ZS. Licence per the World Bank’s indicator metadata and FAO’s Statistical Database Terms of Use: CC BY 4.0. Palanor rewrites the full history each week, so revisions carry through.

Chile · Arable Land · % of land. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), FAOSTAT land use, via World Bank World Development Indicators, indicator AG.LND.ARBL.ZS. Licence per the World Bank’s indicator metadata and FAO’s Statistical Database Terms of Use: CC BY 4.0. Palanor rewrites the full history each week, so revisions carry through.

Colombia · Arable Land · % of land. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), FAOSTAT land use, via World Bank World Development Indicators, indicator AG.LND.ARBL.ZS. Licence per the World Bank’s indicator metadata and FAO’s Statistical Database Terms of Use: CC BY 4.0. Palanor rewrites the full history each week, so revisions carry through.

Czechia · Arable Land · % of land. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), FAOSTAT land use, via World Bank World Development Indicators, indicator AG.LND.ARBL.ZS. Licence per the World Bank’s indicator metadata and FAO’s Statistical Database Terms of Use: CC BY 4.0. Palanor rewrites the full history each week, so revisions carry through.

Denmark · Arable Land · % of land. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), FAOSTAT land use, via World Bank World Development Indicators, indicator AG.LND.ARBL.ZS. Licence per the World Bank’s indicator metadata and FAO’s Statistical Database Terms of Use: CC BY 4.0. Palanor rewrites the full history each week, so revisions carry through.

Finland · Arable Land · % of land. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), FAOSTAT land use, via World Bank World Development Indicators, indicator AG.LND.ARBL.ZS. Licence per the World Bank’s indicator metadata and FAO’s Statistical Database Terms of Use: CC BY 4.0. Palanor rewrites the full history each week, so revisions carry through.

France · Arable Land · % of land. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), FAOSTAT land use, via World Bank World Development Indicators, indicator AG.LND.ARBL.ZS. Licence per the World Bank’s indicator metadata and FAO’s Statistical Database Terms of Use: CC BY 4.0. Palanor rewrites the full history each week, so revisions carry through.

Germany · Arable Land · % of land. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), FAOSTAT land use, via World Bank World Development Indicators, indicator AG.LND.ARBL.ZS. Licence per the World Bank’s indicator metadata and FAO’s Statistical Database Terms of Use: CC BY 4.0. Palanor rewrites the full history each week, so revisions carry through.

Greece · Arable Land · % of land. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), FAOSTAT land use, via World Bank World Development Indicators, indicator AG.LND.ARBL.ZS. Licence per the World Bank’s indicator metadata and FAO’s Statistical Database Terms of Use: CC BY 4.0. Palanor rewrites the full history each week, so revisions carry through.

Hungary · Arable Land · % of land. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), FAOSTAT land use, via World Bank World Development Indicators, indicator AG.LND.ARBL.ZS. Licence per the World Bank’s indicator metadata and FAO’s Statistical Database Terms of Use: CC BY 4.0. Palanor rewrites the full history each week, so revisions carry through.

Iceland · Arable Land · % of land. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), FAOSTAT land use, via World Bank World Development Indicators, indicator AG.LND.ARBL.ZS. Licence per the World Bank’s indicator metadata and FAO’s Statistical Database Terms of Use: CC BY 4.0. Palanor rewrites the full history each week, so revisions carry through.

Ireland · Arable Land · % of land. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), FAOSTAT land use, via World Bank World Development Indicators, indicator AG.LND.ARBL.ZS. Licence per the World Bank’s indicator metadata and FAO’s Statistical Database Terms of Use: CC BY 4.0. Palanor rewrites the full history each week, so revisions carry through.

Israel · Arable Land · % of land. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), FAOSTAT land use, via World Bank World Development Indicators, indicator AG.LND.ARBL.ZS. Licence per the World Bank’s indicator metadata and FAO’s Statistical Database Terms of Use: CC BY 4.0. Palanor rewrites the full history each week, so revisions carry through.

Italy · Arable Land · % of land. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), FAOSTAT land use, via World Bank World Development Indicators, indicator AG.LND.ARBL.ZS. Licence per the World Bank’s indicator metadata and FAO’s Statistical Database Terms of Use: CC BY 4.0. Palanor rewrites the full history each week, so revisions carry through.

Japan · Arable Land · % of land. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), FAOSTAT land use, via World Bank World Development Indicators, indicator AG.LND.ARBL.ZS. Licence per the World Bank’s indicator metadata and FAO’s Statistical Database Terms of Use: CC BY 4.0. Palanor rewrites the full history each week, so revisions carry through.

South Korea · Arable Land · % of land. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), FAOSTAT land use, via World Bank World Development Indicators, indicator AG.LND.ARBL.ZS. Licence per the World Bank’s indicator metadata and FAO’s Statistical Database Terms of Use: CC BY 4.0. Palanor rewrites the full history each week, so revisions carry through.

Mexico · Arable Land · % of land. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), FAOSTAT land use, via World Bank World Development Indicators, indicator AG.LND.ARBL.ZS. Licence per the World Bank’s indicator metadata and FAO’s Statistical Database Terms of Use: CC BY 4.0. Palanor rewrites the full history each week, so revisions carry through.

Netherlands · Arable Land · % of land. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), FAOSTAT land use, via World Bank World Development Indicators, indicator AG.LND.ARBL.ZS. Licence per the World Bank’s indicator metadata and FAO’s Statistical Database Terms of Use: CC BY 4.0. Palanor rewrites the full history each week, so revisions carry through.

New Zealand · Arable Land · % of land. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), FAOSTAT land use, via World Bank World Development Indicators, indicator AG.LND.ARBL.ZS. Licence per the World Bank’s indicator metadata and FAO’s Statistical Database Terms of Use: CC BY 4.0. Palanor rewrites the full history each week, so revisions carry through.

Norway · Arable Land · % of land. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), FAOSTAT land use, via World Bank World Development Indicators, indicator AG.LND.ARBL.ZS. Licence per the World Bank’s indicator metadata and FAO’s Statistical Database Terms of Use: CC BY 4.0. Palanor rewrites the full history each week, so revisions carry through.

Poland · Arable Land · % of land. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), FAOSTAT land use, via World Bank World Development Indicators, indicator AG.LND.ARBL.ZS. Licence per the World Bank’s indicator metadata and FAO’s Statistical Database Terms of Use: CC BY 4.0. Palanor rewrites the full history each week, so revisions carry through.

Portugal · Arable Land · % of land. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), FAOSTAT land use, via World Bank World Development Indicators, indicator AG.LND.ARBL.ZS. Licence per the World Bank’s indicator metadata and FAO’s Statistical Database Terms of Use: CC BY 4.0. Palanor rewrites the full history each week, so revisions carry through.

Spain · Arable Land · % of land. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), FAOSTAT land use, via World Bank World Development Indicators, indicator AG.LND.ARBL.ZS. Licence per the World Bank’s indicator metadata and FAO’s Statistical Database Terms of Use: CC BY 4.0. Palanor rewrites the full history each week, so revisions carry through.

Sweden · Arable Land · % of land. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), FAOSTAT land use, via World Bank World Development Indicators, indicator AG.LND.ARBL.ZS. Licence per the World Bank’s indicator metadata and FAO’s Statistical Database Terms of Use: CC BY 4.0. Palanor rewrites the full history each week, so revisions carry through.

Switzerland · Arable Land · % of land. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), FAOSTAT land use, via World Bank World Development Indicators, indicator AG.LND.ARBL.ZS. Licence per the World Bank’s indicator metadata and FAO’s Statistical Database Terms of Use: CC BY 4.0. Palanor rewrites the full history each week, so revisions carry through.

Turkey · Arable Land · % of land. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), FAOSTAT land use, via World Bank World Development Indicators, indicator AG.LND.ARBL.ZS. Licence per the World Bank’s indicator metadata and FAO’s Statistical Database Terms of Use: CC BY 4.0. Palanor rewrites the full history each week, so revisions carry through.

United Kingdom · Arable Land · % of land. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), FAOSTAT land use, via World Bank World Development Indicators, indicator AG.LND.ARBL.ZS. Licence per the World Bank’s indicator metadata and FAO’s Statistical Database Terms of Use: CC BY 4.0. Palanor rewrites the full history each week, so revisions carry through.

United States · Arable Land · % of land. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), FAOSTAT land use, via World Bank World Development Indicators, indicator AG.LND.ARBL.ZS. Licence per the World Bank’s indicator metadata and FAO’s Statistical Database Terms of Use: CC BY 4.0. Palanor rewrites the full history each week, so revisions carry through.

Bulgaria · Arable Land · % of land. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), FAOSTAT land use, via World Bank World Development Indicators, indicator AG.LND.ARBL.ZS. Licence per the World Bank’s indicator metadata and FAO’s Statistical Database Terms of Use: CC BY 4.0. Palanor rewrites the full history each week, so revisions carry through.

Romania · Arable Land · % of land. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), FAOSTAT land use, via World Bank World Development Indicators, indicator AG.LND.ARBL.ZS. Licence per the World Bank’s indicator metadata and FAO’s Statistical Database Terms of Use: CC BY 4.0. Palanor rewrites the full history each week, so revisions carry through.

Argentina · Arable Land · % of land. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), FAOSTAT land use, via World Bank World Development Indicators, indicator AG.LND.ARBL.ZS. Licence per the World Bank’s indicator metadata and FAO’s Statistical Database Terms of Use: CC BY 4.0. Palanor rewrites the full history each week, so revisions carry through.

Brazil · Arable Land · % of land. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), FAOSTAT land use, via World Bank World Development Indicators, indicator AG.LND.ARBL.ZS. Licence per the World Bank’s indicator metadata and FAO’s Statistical Database Terms of Use: CC BY 4.0. Palanor rewrites the full history each week, so revisions carry through.

Peru · Arable Land · % of land. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), FAOSTAT land use, via World Bank World Development Indicators, indicator AG.LND.ARBL.ZS. Licence per the World Bank’s indicator metadata and FAO’s Statistical Database Terms of Use: CC BY 4.0. Palanor rewrites the full history each week, so revisions carry through.

Ecuador · Arable Land · % of land. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), FAOSTAT land use, via World Bank World Development Indicators, indicator AG.LND.ARBL.ZS. Licence per the World Bank’s indicator metadata and FAO’s Statistical Database Terms of Use: CC BY 4.0. Palanor rewrites the full history each week, so revisions carry through.

Uruguay · Arable Land · % of land. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), FAOSTAT land use, via World Bank World Development Indicators, indicator AG.LND.ARBL.ZS. Licence per the World Bank’s indicator metadata and FAO’s Statistical Database Terms of Use: CC BY 4.0. Palanor rewrites the full history each week, so revisions carry through.

Paraguay · Arable Land · % of land. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), FAOSTAT land use, via World Bank World Development Indicators, indicator AG.LND.ARBL.ZS. Licence per the World Bank’s indicator metadata and FAO’s Statistical Database Terms of Use: CC BY 4.0. Palanor rewrites the full history each week, so revisions carry through.

Bolivia · Arable Land · % of land. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), FAOSTAT land use, via World Bank World Development Indicators, indicator AG.LND.ARBL.ZS. Licence per the World Bank’s indicator metadata and FAO’s Statistical Database Terms of Use: CC BY 4.0. Palanor rewrites the full history each week, so revisions carry through.

China · Arable Land · % of land. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), FAOSTAT land use, via World Bank World Development Indicators, indicator AG.LND.ARBL.ZS. Licence per the World Bank’s indicator metadata and FAO’s Statistical Database Terms of Use: CC BY 4.0. Palanor rewrites the full history each week, so revisions carry through.

India · Arable Land · % of land. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), FAOSTAT land use, via World Bank World Development Indicators, indicator AG.LND.ARBL.ZS. Licence per the World Bank’s indicator metadata and FAO’s Statistical Database Terms of Use: CC BY 4.0. Palanor rewrites the full history each week, so revisions carry through.

Indonesia · Arable Land · % of land. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), FAOSTAT land use, via World Bank World Development Indicators, indicator AG.LND.ARBL.ZS. Licence per the World Bank’s indicator metadata and FAO’s Statistical Database Terms of Use: CC BY 4.0. Palanor rewrites the full history each week, so revisions carry through.

South Africa · Arable Land · % of land. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), FAOSTAT land use, via World Bank World Development Indicators, indicator AG.LND.ARBL.ZS. Licence per the World Bank’s indicator metadata and FAO’s Statistical Database Terms of Use: CC BY 4.0. Palanor rewrites the full history each week, so revisions carry through.

Saudi Arabia · Arable Land · % of land. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), FAOSTAT land use, via World Bank World Development Indicators, indicator AG.LND.ARBL.ZS. Licence per the World Bank’s indicator metadata and FAO’s Statistical Database Terms of Use: CC BY 4.0. Palanor rewrites the full history each week, so revisions carry through.

Russia · Arable Land · % of land. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), FAOSTAT land use, via World Bank World Development Indicators, indicator AG.LND.ARBL.ZS. Licence per the World Bank’s indicator metadata and FAO’s Statistical Database Terms of Use: CC BY 4.0. Palanor rewrites the full history each week, so revisions carry through.

Egypt · Arable Land · % of land. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), FAOSTAT land use, via World Bank World Development Indicators, indicator AG.LND.ARBL.ZS. Licence per the World Bank’s indicator metadata and FAO’s Statistical Database Terms of Use: CC BY 4.0. Palanor rewrites the full history each week, so revisions carry through.

Ethiopia · Arable Land · % of land. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), FAOSTAT land use, via World Bank World Development Indicators, indicator AG.LND.ARBL.ZS. Licence per the World Bank’s indicator metadata and FAO’s Statistical Database Terms of Use: CC BY 4.0. Palanor rewrites the full history each week, so revisions carry through.

Iran · Arable Land · % of land. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), FAOSTAT land use, via World Bank World Development Indicators, indicator AG.LND.ARBL.ZS. Licence per the World Bank’s indicator metadata and FAO’s Statistical Database Terms of Use: CC BY 4.0. Palanor rewrites the full history each week, so revisions carry through.

United Arab Emirates · Arable Land · % of land. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), FAOSTAT land use, via World Bank World Development Indicators, indicator AG.LND.ARBL.ZS. Licence per the World Bank’s indicator metadata and FAO’s Statistical Database Terms of Use: CC BY 4.0. Palanor rewrites the full history each week, so revisions carry through.

Qatar · Arable Land · % of land. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), FAOSTAT land use, via World Bank World Development Indicators, indicator AG.LND.ARBL.ZS. Licence per the World Bank’s indicator metadata and FAO’s Statistical Database Terms of Use: CC BY 4.0. Palanor rewrites the full history each week, so revisions carry through.

Kuwait · Arable Land · % of land. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), FAOSTAT land use, via World Bank World Development Indicators, indicator AG.LND.ARBL.ZS. Licence per the World Bank’s indicator metadata and FAO’s Statistical Database Terms of Use: CC BY 4.0. Palanor rewrites the full history each week, so revisions carry through.

Oman · Arable Land · % of land. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), FAOSTAT land use, via World Bank World Development Indicators, indicator AG.LND.ARBL.ZS. Licence per the World Bank’s indicator metadata and FAO’s Statistical Database Terms of Use: CC BY 4.0. Palanor rewrites the full history each week, so revisions carry through.

Bahrain · Arable Land · % of land. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), FAOSTAT land use, via World Bank World Development Indicators, indicator AG.LND.ARBL.ZS. Licence per the World Bank’s indicator metadata and FAO’s Statistical Database Terms of Use: CC BY 4.0. Palanor rewrites the full history each week, so revisions carry through.

Iraq · Arable Land · % of land. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), FAOSTAT land use, via World Bank World Development Indicators, indicator AG.LND.ARBL.ZS. Licence per the World Bank’s indicator metadata and FAO’s Statistical Database Terms of Use: CC BY 4.0. Palanor rewrites the full history each week, so revisions carry through.

Jordan · Arable Land · % of land. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), FAOSTAT land use, via World Bank World Development Indicators, indicator AG.LND.ARBL.ZS. Licence per the World Bank’s indicator metadata and FAO’s Statistical Database Terms of Use: CC BY 4.0. Palanor rewrites the full history each week, so revisions carry through.

DR Congo · Arable Land · % of land. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), FAOSTAT land use, via World Bank World Development Indicators, indicator AG.LND.ARBL.ZS. Licence per the World Bank’s indicator metadata and FAO’s Statistical Database Terms of Use: CC BY 4.0. Palanor rewrites the full history each week, so revisions carry through.

Zambia · Arable Land · % of land. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), FAOSTAT land use, via World Bank World Development Indicators, indicator AG.LND.ARBL.ZS. Licence per the World Bank’s indicator metadata and FAO’s Statistical Database Terms of Use: CC BY 4.0. Palanor rewrites the full history each week, so revisions carry through.

Namibia · Arable Land · % of land. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), FAOSTAT land use, via World Bank World Development Indicators, indicator AG.LND.ARBL.ZS. Licence per the World Bank’s indicator metadata and FAO’s Statistical Database Terms of Use: CC BY 4.0. Palanor rewrites the full history each week, so revisions carry through.

Sierra Leone · Arable Land · % of land. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), FAOSTAT land use, via World Bank World Development Indicators, indicator AG.LND.ARBL.ZS. Licence per the World Bank’s indicator metadata and FAO’s Statistical Database Terms of Use: CC BY 4.0. Palanor rewrites the full history each week, so revisions carry through.

Charts are drawn from Palanor's signal library and recomputed from source data on every view. Transformations (changes, indexing, year-on-year rates) are Palanor's.

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