ATLAS · ARABLE LAND

Arable Land by Country

The whole world, recoloured by arable land. Arable Land worldwide (world figure): 10.7% (2022). On the map below, paler countries sit at the low end and the deepest green at the high end. Tap any nation to open its full profile. Share of land suitable for growing crops, World Bank.

HIGHEST

60.6%

Bangladesh

LOWEST

0.1%

Faroe Islands

WORLD

10.7%

206 countries with a figure

Source: World Bank Open Data (CC-BY 4.0), 2023 · geometry: Natural Earth (public domain)

How the map is coloured

1.2%31.7%
No figure — the source has no value for this country (shown in words, never as zero).

The top 25

206 countries and territories have a arable land figure. Here are the highest:

#CountryArable Land
1Bangladesh60.6%
2Denmark59.1%
3Ukraine56.8%
4Moldova56.8%
5India51.8%
6Burundi51.4%
7Togo48.7%
8Rwanda47.0%
9Hungary45.4%
10Gambia, The43.5%
11Malawi42.4%
12Isle of Man41.1%
13Nigeria40.5%
14Pakistan39.3%
15Mauritius37.6%
16Lithuania36.8%
17Poland36.6%
18Romania36.5%
19Haiti36.5%
20Comoros34.9%
21El Salvador34.8%
22Uganda34.4%
23Germany33.4%
24San Marino33.1%
25Czechia32.7%

Bangladesh ranks 1st of 206.Every country’s full standing is on its profile.

THE WORLD, BY THE NUMBERS

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