Land use statistics by country explained

This article includes the table with land use statistics by country. Countries are ranked by their total cultivated land area, which is the sum of the total arable land area and total area of permanent crops.

Arable land is defined as being cultivated for crops like wheat, maize, and rice, all of which are replanted after each harvest. Permanent cropland is defined as being cultivated for crops like citrus, coffee, and rubber, which are not replanted after each harvest; this also includes land under flowering shrubs, fruit trees, nut trees, and vines, but excludes land under trees grown for wood or timber. Other lands include any lands not arable nor under permanent crops; this includes permanent meadows and pastures, forests and woodlands, built-on areas, roads, barren land, and so on.

Percentage figures for arable land, permanent crops land and other lands are all taken from the CIA World Factbook[1] as well as total land area figures[2] (Note: the total area of a country is defined as the sum of total land area and total water area together.) All other figures, including total cultivated land area, are calculated on the basis of this mentioned dataset.

data-sort-type="number"Rank !Country Cultivated
land
(km2) 		Cultivated
land
(%)		Arable
land
(km2) 		Arable
land
(%) 		Permanent
crops
(km2) 		Permanent
crops
(%) 		Other
lands
(km2) 		Other
lands
(%) 		Total
area
(km2) 		Date
— World 17,235,800 11.6 15,827,534 10.7 1,549,600 1 131,701,100 88.4 149,000,000 2011
1 1,765,260 53.7 1,656,780 50.4 108,479 3.3 1,522,002 46.3 3,287,263 2020
2 1,681,826 17.1 1,652,028 16.8 29,798 0.3 8,151,691 82.9 9,833,517 2020
3 1,265,267 7.4 1,248,169 7.3 17,098 0.1 15,832,975 92.6 17,098,242 2011
4 1,476,925 15.4 1,275,799 13.3 201,126 2.1 8,120,035 84.6 9,596,960 2023[3]
5 800,485 9.4 570,572 6.7 68,126 0.8 7,715,285 90.6 8,515,770 2011
6 519,205 5.2 429,355 4.3 49,924 0.5 9,465,465 94.8 9,984,670 2011
7 487,695 6.3 307,520 4.0 7,741 0.1 7,253,525 93.7 7,741,220 2011
8 478,055 25.1 247,598 13 230,457 12.1 1,426,514 74.9 1,904,569 2011
9 412,938 44.7 354,726 37.3 68,361 7.4 510,830 55.3 923,768 2011
10 397,598 14.3 328,087 13.9 11,122 0.4 2,382,802 85.7 2,780,400 2016
11 347,673 57.6 342,901 56.1 9,054 1.5 255,877 42.4 603,550 2011
12 296,289 15.9 204,710 11.0 3,723 0.2 1,565,195 84.1 1,861,484 2011
13 259,301 13.2 202,229 11.8 27,502 1.4 1,705,074 86.8 1,964,375 2011
14 242,516 8.9 221,059 8.9 0 0 2,482,384 91.67 2,724,900 2011
15 240,553 30.7 209,211 26.7 31,342 4 543,009 69.3 783,562 2011
16 227,686 28.7 219,724 27.6 7,962 1.1 568,409 71.3 796,095 2011
17 226,617 35.2 180,955 32.8 11,588 1.8 417,184 64.8 643,801 2011
18 203,188 39.6 158,035 30.8 45,153 8.8 309,932 60.4 513,120 2011
19 197,794 12 158,208 9.6 19,788 1.2 1,450,401 88 1,648,195 2011
20 180,001 16.3 167,854 15.2 12,147 1.1 924,299 83.7 1,104,300 2011
21 171,836 34 125,845 24.9 45,991 9.1 333,534 66 505,370 2011
22 157,252 16.6 142,763 15.0 21,788 2.3 790,048 83.4 947,300 2011
23 155,968 12.4 155,841 12.3 127 0.1 1,111,032 87.6 1,267,000 2011
24 114,341 18.7 111,639 16.5 14,885 2.2 550,054 81.3 676,578 2011
25 124,338 10.2 120,780 9.9 3,647 0.3 1,094,752 89.8 1,219,090 2011
26 123,879 34.7 119,344 33.4 2,142 0.6 233,143 65.3 357,022 2011
27 117,262 37.5 113,197 36.2 4,065 1.3 195,423 62.5 312,685 2011
28 109,896 45.6 82,917 34.3 27,233 11.3 131,148 54.4 241,038 2011
29 108,302 32.7 68,227 20.6 40,075 12.1 222,908 67.3 331,210 2011
30 108,000 36 54,600 18.2 53,400 17.8 192,000 64 300,000 2011
31 97,744 41 93,214 39.1 4,530 1.9 140,647 59 238,391 2011
32 97,268 65.5 87,615 59 9,653 6.5 51,192 34.5 148,460 2011
33 94,609 31.4 68,697 22.8 25,912 8.6 206,729 68.6 301,338 2011
34 91,111 20.4 78,155 17.5 12,951 2.9 355,439 79.6 446,550 2011
35 83,360 3.5 73,833 3.1 9,527 0.4 2,298,381 96.5 2,381,741 2016
36 78,916 12.1 77,612 11.9 1,304 0.2 673,314 87.9 652,230 2016
37 77,965 16.4 62,277 13.1 15,688 3.3 397,475 83.6 475,440 2011
38 75,143 23.3 29,348 9.1 45,795 14.2 247,320 76.7 322,463 2011
39 73,568 22.3 9,567 2.9 64,001 19.4 256,279 77.7 329,847 2011
40 70,691 5.7 69,451 5.6 1,240 0.1 1,169,501 94.3 1,240,192 2011
41 62,103 10.7 56,879 9.8 5,224 0.9 518,264 89.3 580,367 2011
42 61,631 25.3 60,171 24.7 487 0.2 181,979 74.7 243,610 2011
43 57,783 31.2 47,041 25.4 10,742 5.8 688,651 68.8 185,180 2011
44 57,713 27.8 56,467 27.2 1,246 0.6 149,887 72.2 207,600 2011
45 55,770 11 54,756 10.8 1,014 0.2 350,982 89 406,752 2011
46 55,133 33.7 29,939 18.3 25,194 15.4 108,477 66.3 163,610 2011
47 53,878 4.2 39,841 3.1 14,137 1.1 1,231,338 95.8 1,285,216 2011
48 53,560 6.7 51,162 6.4 2,398 0.3 745,820 93.3 799,380 2011
49 50,076 3.9 35,258 3.9 0 0 1,233,924 96.1 1,284,000 2011
50 48,766 10.9 45,187 10.1 3,579 0.8 398,634 89.1 447,400 2011
51 47,250 12.5 44,226 11.7 3,024 0.8 327,751 87.5 377,915 2011
52 46,965 50.5 45,105 48.5 1,860 2 46,063 49.5 93,028 2011
53 46,926 39.6 45,267 38.2 1,659 1.4 71,558 60.4 118,484 2011
54 46,207 32.6 28,393 20.7 17,814 11.9 192,346 67.4 238,553 2011
55 45,533 21.1 44,710 20.8 823 0.3 228,667 78.9 274,200 2011
56 42,716 23.6 41,087 22.7 1,629 0.9 138,319 76.4 181,035 2011
57 42,208 1.8 37,518 1.6 4,690 0.2 2,302,650 98.2 2,344,858 2011
58 41,762 3.8 39,564 3.6 2,198 0.2 1,056,819 96.2 1,098,581 2011
59 41,476 37.4 37,484 33.8 3,992 3.6 69,384 62.6 110,860 2011
60 41,090 7 35,220 6 5,870 1 545,951 93 587,041 2011
61 39,009 8.9 36,817 8.4 2,192 0.5 399,308 91.1 438,317 2011
62 37,752 28.6 26,004 19.7 11,748 8.9 94,205 71.4 131,957 2011
63 36,125 4.8 36,125 4.8 0 0 716,493 95.2 752,618 2011
64 36,054 3.6 28,042 2.8 8,012 0.8 965,396 96.4 1,001,450 2011
65 52,361 4.2 48,621 3.9 3,740 0.3 1,194,339 95.8 1,246,700 2016
66 35,901 14.6 29,016 11.8 6,885 2.8 209,956 85.4 245,857 2011
67 35,572 3.9 28,275 3.1 7,297 0.8 876,478 96.1 912,050 2011
68 35,323 31.4 33,159 29.9 2,164 1.5 75,556 68.6 110,879 2011
69 34,816 17.7 34,226 17.4 590 0.3 161,906 82.3 196,722 2011
70 34,400 1.6 32,250 1.5 2,150 0.1 2,115,290 98.4 2,149,690 2011
71 34,170 3 15,946 1.4 18,224 1.6 1,104,740 97 1,138,910 2011
72 33,138 42 32,349 41 789 1 45,729 58 78,867 2011
73 31,853 41.1 29,218 37.7 2,635 3.4 45,621 58.9 77,474 2011
74 29,726 26.4 25,785 22.9 3,941 3.5 82,896 73.6 112,622 2011
75 29,221 10.3 13,334 4.7 15,887 5.6 254,430 89.7 283,651 2011
76 29,124 21.4 15,808 19.5 13,316 1.9 91,414 78.6 120,538 2011
77 28,819 6.4 24,019 6.4 0 0 421,476 93.6 450,295 2011
78 27,832 49 25,674 45.2 2,158 3.8 28,953 51 56,785 2011
79 25,429 59 25,386 58.9 43 0.1 17,665 41 43,094 2011
80 25,047 23 15,464 14.2 9,583 8.8 83,842 77 108,889 2011
81 25,019 7.4 25,019 7.4 0 0 313,126 92.6 338,145 2011
82 23,993 16.3 22,227 15.1 1,766 1.2 123,188 83.7 147,181 2011
83 23,944 36.5 13,579 20.7 10,365 15.8 41,666 63.5 65,610 2011
84 23,117 35.4 22,790 34.9 327 0.5 42,183 64.6 65,300 2011
85 22,083 25.5 19,745 22.8 2,338 2.7 64,517 74.5 86,600 2011
86 21,764 64.2 18,679 55.1 3,085 9.1 73,514 35.8 33,851 2011
87 21,400 7.1 13,400 6.7 8,000 0.4 178,551 92.9 199,951 2011
88 21,114 1.2 17,595 1 3,519 0.2 1,738,426 98.8 1,759,540 2011
89 20,496 4.2 20,008 4.1 488 0.1 467,604 95.8 488,100 2011
90 19,554 15 16,295 12.5 3,259 2.5 111,816 85 130,370 2011
91 18,857 26.3 16,778 23.4 2,079 2.9 52,883 73.7 71,740 2011
92 18,690 3 18,067 2.9 623 0.1 604,294 97 622,984 2011
93 18,215 10.3 17,798 10.1 417 0.2 158,000 89.7 176,215 2011
94 18,144 19.7 10,960 11.9 7,184 7.8 73,946 80.3 92,090 2011
95 17,347 17.5 15,254 15.3 2,193 2.2 82,373 82.5 99,720 2011
96 16,684 2.8 11,616 2.2 1,320 0.6 511,286 97.2 527,968 2011
97 16,340 6.9 14,682 6.2 1,658 0.7 220,460 93.1 236,800 2011
98 16,022 2.3 12,854 1.7 3,168 0.6 740,080 97.7 756,102 2011
99 15,151 54.5 10,814 38.9 4,337 15.6 57,282 45.5 27,830 2011
100 15,017 57.1 12,361 47 2,656 10.1 11,321 42.9 26,338 2011
101 14,684 13.1 10,201 9.1 4,483 4 97,406 86.9 112,090 2011
102 14,515 17.3 13,844 16.5 671 0.8 69,256 82.7 83,871 2011
103 14,357 29.3 14,161 28.9 196 0.4 34,678 70.7 49,035 2011
104 13,538 48.7 10,703 38.5 2,835 10.2 14,212 51.3 27,750 2011
105 13,000 26.7 8,084 16.6 4,916 10.1 35,670 73.3 48,670 2011
106 12,824 30.9 12,367 29.8 457 1.1 28,719 69.1 41,543 2011
107 12,662 18.7 12,016 18.6 646 0.1 51,927 81.3 64,589 2011
108 11,479 1.8 11,479 1.8 0 0 616,798 98.2 637,657 2011
109 11,110 21.7 10,086 19.7 1,024 2 40,087 78.3 51,197 2011
110 10,826 15.4 10,826 15.4 0 0 70,273 84.6 70,273 2011
111 10,182 2.2 3,240 0.7 6,942 1.5 452,658 97.8 462,840 2011
112 10,087 7 8,790 6.1 1,297 0.9 134,013 93 144,100 2011
113 9,905 17.5 9,056 16 849 1.5 46,689 82.5 56,594 2011
114 9,108 44 6,852 33.1 2,256 10.9 11,612 56 20,720 2011
115 8,540 28 8,296 27.2 244 0.8 21,988 72 30,528 2011
116 8,243 1 8,243 1 0 0 816,049 99 824,292 2011
117 8,132 7.3 5,793 5.2 2,339 2.1 103,237 92.7 111,369 2011
118 7,997 6.8 7,997 6.8 0 0 109,603 93.2 117,600 2011
119 7,389 9.8 5,504 7.3 1,885 2.5 68,031 90.2 75,420 2011
120 7,359 25.6 6,497 22.6 862 3 21,458 74.4 28,748 2016
121 7,124 2.2 7,124 2.2 0 0 316,678 97.8 323,802 2011
122 6,780 15 6,735 14.9 45 0.1 38,448 85 45,228 2011
123 6,256 0.4 6,256 0.4 0 0 1,557,860 99.6 1,564,116 2011
124 6,156 1.8 5,472 1.6 684 0.2 335,844 98.2 342,000 2011
125 5,928 11.6 2,504 4.9 3,424 6.7 45,172 88.4 51,100 2011
126 5,642 2.1 4,838 1.8 806 0.3 263,196 97.9 268,838 2011
127 5,451 15.1 2,960 8.2 2,491 6.9 30,674 84.9 36,125 2011
128 5,298 7.6 4,043 5.8 1,255 1.8 64,402 92.4 69,700 2011
129 5,257 17.7 4,693 15.8 564 1.9 24,486 82.3 29,743 2011
130 4,818 1.8 3,212 1.2 1,606 0.6 262,849 98.2 267,667 2011
131 4,730 2.2 4,515 2.1 215 0.1 210,239 97.8 214,969 2011
132 4,690 41.5 4,633 41 57 0.5 6,610 58.5 11,300 2011
133 4,575 17.8 4,215 16.4 360 1.4 21,138 82.2 25,713 2011
134 4,461 10.8 4,213 10.2 248 0.6 36,816 89.2 41,277 2011
135 4,124 0.4 4,124 0.4 0 0 1,026,576 99.6 1,030,700 2011
136 3,640 17.5 2,850 13.7 790 3.8 17,130 82.5 20,770 2011
137 3,492 0.6 3,492 0.6 0 0 578,238 99.4 581,730 2011
138 3,096 10.2 3,066 10.1 30 0.1 27,259 89.8 30,355 2011
139 2,681 3 1,787 2 894 1 86,661 97 89,342 2011
140 2,517 24.2 1,238 11.9 1,279 12.3 7,883 75.8 10,400 2011
141 2,507 13.7 1,647 9 860 4.7 15,767 86.3 18,274 2011
142 2,233 20.3 1,221 11.1 1,012 9.2 8,758 79.7 10,991 2011
143 2,231 15 1,502 10.1 729 4.9 12,643 85 14,874 2011
144 [4] 2,023 18.4 953 7.4 1,070 11 3,617 81.6 5,860 2011
145 1,970 9.7 1,706 8.4 264 1.3 18,303 90.3 20,273 2011
146 1,950 14.1 1,784 12.9 166 1.2 11,862 85.9 13,812 2011
147 1,840 10.6 1,701 9.8 139 0.8 15,524 89.4 17,364 2011
148 1,798 5.4 1,208 4.3 590 2.1 26,253 94.6 28,051 2011
149 1,709 76.3 1,046 46.7 663 29.6 526 23.7 2,235 2011
— Puerto Rico 1,684 12.2 911 6.6 773 5.6 12,107 87.8 13,791 2011
150 1,451 11.9 195 1.6 1,256 10.3 10,738 88.1 12,189 2011
151 1,206 13 906 9.8 296 3.2 8,045 87 9,251 2011
152 1,113 2.9 998 2.6 115 0.3 37,281 97.1 38,394 2011
153 1,080 4.7 758 3.3 322 1.4 21,886 95.3 22,966 2011
154 1,040 3.6 202 0.7 838 2.9 27,856 96.4 28,896 2011
155 836 1 418 0.5 418 0.5 82,764 99 83,600 2011
156 824 40.4 764 38.4 60 2 1,216 59.6 2,586 2011
157 655 0.4 655 0.4 0 0 163,165 99.6 163,820 2011
158 636 24.6 620 24 16 0.6 1,950 75.4 2,586 2011
159 619 0.2 310 0.1 309 0.1 308,881 99.8 309,500 2011
160 500 12.4 472 11.7 28 0.7 3,533 87.6 4,033 2011
161 479 49.7 87 9.1 392 40.6 485 50.3 964 2011
162 471 9.2 251 4.9 220 4.3 4,657 90.8 5,128 2011
163 411 50.68 22 2.71 389 47.97 400 49.32 811 2011
164 361 51.42 40 5.71 321 45.71 341 48.58 702 2011
165 299 10.6 79 2.8 220 7.8 2,532 89.4 2,831 2011
— French Polynesia 290 7 29 0.7 261 6.3 3,877 93 4,167 2011
166 280 37.5 166 22.2 115 15.3 467 62.5 747 2011
167 237 32 57 8 180 24 514 68 751 2011
— 180 50 104 29 76 21 180 50 360 2011
168 176 29.03 39 6.45 137 22.58 430 70.97 606 2011
169 170 39.54 160 37.21 10 2.33 261 60.46 431 2011
170 159 0.9 106 0.6 53 0.3 17,659 99.1 17,818 2011
171 156 2.95 110 2.08 46 0.87 5,115 97.05 5,270 2011
172 153 1.3 128 1.1 23 0.2 11,433 98.7 11,586 2011
173 140 35.9 70 17.95 70 17.95 249 64.1 389 2005
174 130 43.33 40 13.33 90 30 170 56.67 300 2005
175 121 35.29 20 5.88 101 29.41 223 64.71 344 2005
— Guam 118 21.82 20 3.64 98 18.18 423 78.18 541 2005
— Wallis and Futuna 118 42.85 20 7.14 98 35.71 157 57.15 274 2005
176 109 34.38 99 31.25 10 3.13 207 65.62 316 2005
177 101 22.73 81 18.18 20 4.55 342 77.27 443 2005
— New Caledonia 100 0.54 59 0.32 41 0.22 18,475 99.46 18,575 2005
178 100 55.55 20 11.11 80 44.44 80 44.45 181 2005
— 96 10 96 10 0 0 864 90 960 2005
179 87 0.87 58 0.58 29 0.29 9,982 99.13 10,070 2005
— Northern Mariana Islands 83 17.39 62 13.04 21 4.35 394 82.61 477 2005
180 70 0.07 70 0.07 0 0 100,180 99.93 100,250 2005
— Niue 70 26.92 30 11.54 40 15.38 190 73.08 260 2005
181 69 15.21 10 2.17 59 13.04 386 84.79 455 2005
182 60 13.05 40 8.7 20 4.35 398 86.95 458 2005
— Cook Islands 60 25 40 16.67 20 8.33 178 75 237 2005
183 58 22.22 51 19.44 7 2.78 203 77.78 261 2005
184 56 8.45 19 2.82 37 5.63 609 91.55 665 2005
— 53 0.02 53 0.02 0 0 265,947 99.98 266,000 2005
— 51 9 51 9 0 0 521 91 572 2002
— American Samoa 49 21.9 30 13.4 19 8.5 175 78.1 224 2016
— 41 26.67 31 20 10 6.67 112 73.33 153 2005
185 40 25 40 25 0 0 120 75 160 2005
— Faroe Islands 30 2.14 30 2.14 0 0 1,369 97.86 1,399 2005
— Saint Pierre and Miquelon 30 12.5 30 12.5 0 0 212 87.5 242 2005
— 30 8.57 20 5.71 10 2.86 316 91.43 346 2005
— Aruba 20 10.53 20 10.53 0 0 173 89.47 193 2005
— Montserrat 20 20 20 20 0 0 82 80 102 2005
186 20 2.94 10 1.47 10 1.47 663 97.06 683 2005
187 17 66.67 0 0 17 66.67 9 33.33 26 2005
— Bermuda 11 20 11 20 0 0 42 80 53 2005
188 10 2.13 10 2.13 0 0 458 97.87 468 2005
— Turks and Caicos Islands 10 2.33 10 2.33 0 0 420 97.67 430 2005
— Cayman Islands 10 3.85 10 3.85 0 0 252 96.15 262 2005
189 10 16.67 10 16.67 0 0 51 83.33 61 2005
190 9 0.04 9 0.04 0 0 22,971 99.96 22,980 2005
— 0 0 0 0 0 0 14,000,000 100 14,000,000 2005
— Greenland 0 0 0 0 0 0 2,166,086 100 2,166,086 2005
— 0 0 0 0 0 0 61,020 100 61,020 2005
— 0 0 0 0 0 0 12,173 100 12,173 2005
— South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 3,903 100 3,903 2005
— Heard Island and McDonald Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 412 100 412 2005
— 0 0 0 0 0 0 377 100 377 2005
— Christmas Island 0 0 0 0 0 0 135 100 135 2005
— 0 0 0 0 0 0 116 100 116 2005
— Anguilla 0 0 0 0 0 0 102 100 102 2005
— British Indian Ocean Territory 0 0 0 0 0 0 60 100 60 2005
— Bouvet Island 0 0 0 0 0 0 49 100 49 2005
— Norfolk Island 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 100 35 2005
— 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 100 28 2005
191 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 100 21 2005
— Cocos (Keeling) Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 100 14 2005
— Tokelau 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 100 10 2005
— Gibraltar 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 100 7 2005
— 0 0 0 0 0 0 7100 7 2005
— 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 100 6 2005
— 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 100 5 2005
— 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 100 5 2005
192 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100 2 2005
193 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.44 100 0.44 2005

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/field/land-use/ CIA World Factbook-Land Use
  2. https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/field/area/ CIA World Factbook-Area
  3. https://www.stats.gov.cn/sj/ndsj/2023/indexeh.htm
  4. [West Bank]

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