Fao projections of arable land to 2050 by country
Countries reporting
224
Highest
228.92 million
USSR
Lowest
70
Faroe Islands
Median
1.09 million
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
13,015
What the numbers show
Fao projections of arable land to 2050 is currently reported for 224 countries. The highest value is 228.92 million in USSR; the lowest is 70 in Faroe Islands.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.09 million, and the mean is 8.04 million.
Over the past decade 93 countries rose and 89 fell. The largest increase was in San Marino (up 130.0%), and the largest decrease in Northern Mariana Islands (down 66.0%).
Fao projections of arable land to 2050: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | USSR | 228.92 million | 1991 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 2 | India | 168.32 million | 2023 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 3 | United States | 154.73 million | 2023 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 4 | China | 127.58 million | 2023 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 5 | Russia | 123.65 million | 2023 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 6 | Brazil | 63.40 million | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 7 | Nigeria | 44.23 million | 2023 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 8 | Indonesia | 44.12 million | 2023 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 9 | Argentina | 41.46 million | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 10 | Canada | 38.31 million | 2023 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 11 | Ukraine | 33.78 million | 2023 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 12 | Australia | 31.37 million | 2023 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 13 | Pakistan | 31.00 million | 2023 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 14 | Kazakhstan | 29.80 million | 2023 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 15 | Mexico | 24.45 million | 2023 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 16 | Turkey | 23.97 million | 2023 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 17 | Thailand | 21.58 million | 2023 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 18 | Sudan | 21.21 million | 2023 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 19 | Ethiopia | 18.46 million | 2023 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 20 | France | 17.93 million | 2023 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 21 | Niger | 17.82 million | 2023 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 22 | Iran | 17.59 million | 2023 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 23 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 16.90 million | 2023 | up 27.7% | rising |
| 24 | Spain | 16.61 million | 2023 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 25 | Tanzania | 15.52 million | 2023 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 26 | Cote d'Ivoire | 14.30 million | 2023 | up 53.1% | rising |
| 27 | Myanmar | 12.52 million | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 28 | South Africa | 12.41 million | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 29 | Germany | 11.88 million | 2023 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 30 | Vietnam | 11.65 million | 2023 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 31 | Poland | 11.55 million | 2023 | up 3.1% | falling |
| 32 | Philippines | 11.22 million | 2023 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 33 | Italy | 9.48 million | 2023 | up 4.4% | falling |
| 34 | Uganda | 9.10 million | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 35 | Romania | 8.81 million | 2023 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 36 | Bangladesh | 8.80 million | 2023 | up 3.4% | falling |
| 37 | Morocco | 8.79 million | 2023 | down 8.3% | rising |
| 38 | Mali | 8.64 million | 2023 | up 23.6% | volatile |
| 39 | Burkina Faso | 8.61 million | 2023 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 40 | Algeria | 8.54 million | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 41 | Malaysia | 8.24 million | 2023 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 42 | Afghanistan | 8.12 million | 2023 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 43 | Cameroon | 7.90 million | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 44 | Kenya | 7.47 million | 2023 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 45 | Ghana | 7.42 million | 2023 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 46 | Guinea | 7.29 million | 2023 | up 47.4% | rising |
| 47 | Peru | 6.20 million | 2023 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 48 | United Kingdom | 6.09 million | 2023 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 49 | Mozambique | 6.05 million | 2023 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 50 | Bolivia | 5.82 million | 2023 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 51 | Angola | 5.70 million | 2023 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 52 | Belarus | 5.65 million | 2023 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 53 | Iraq | 5.49 million | 2023 | up 12.4% | flat |
| 54 | Syria | 5.44 million | 2023 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 55 | Chad | 5.34 million | 2023 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 56 | Colombia | 5.00 million | 2023 | up 44.9% | falling |
| 57 | Tunisia | 4.95 million | 2023 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 58 | Cambodia | 4.65 million | 2023 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 59 | Paraguay | 4.64 million | 2023 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 60 | Uzbekistan | 4.47 million | 2023 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 61 | Japan | 4.30 million | 2023 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 62 | Hungary | 4.29 million | 2023 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 63 | Malawi | 4.20 million | 2023 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 64 | Benin | 4.17 million | 2023 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 65 | Zimbabwe | 4.07 million | 2023 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 66 | Egypt | 4.06 million | 2023 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 67 | Senegal | 3.91 million | 2023 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 68 | Zambia | 3.84 million | 2023 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 69 | Saudi Arabia | 3.64 million | 2023 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 70 | Bulgaria | 3.62 million | 2023 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 71 | Madagascar | 3.60 million | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 72 | Cuba | 3.56 million | 2023 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 73 | Venezuela | 3.30 million | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 74 | Greece | 2.90 million | 2023 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 75 | Togo | 2.82 million | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 76 | Serbia | 2.82 million | 2023 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 77 | Guatemala | 2.74 million | 2023 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 78 | Central African Republic | 2.68 million | 2023 | up 40.4% | rising |
| 79 | South Sudan | 2.57 million | 2023 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 80 | Sri Lanka | 2.57 million | 2023 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 81 | Czechia | 2.57 million | 2023 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 82 | North Korea | 2.55 million | 2023 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 83 | Sweden | 2.53 million | 2023 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 84 | Ecuador | 2.41 million | 2023 | down 9.5% | flat |
| 85 | Denmark | 2.40 million | 2023 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 86 | Azerbaijan | 2.37 million | 2023 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 87 | Lithuania | 2.34 million | 2023 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 88 | Finland | 2.25 million | 2023 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 89 | Uruguay | 2.24 million | 2023 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 90 | Moldova | 2.14 million | 2023 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 91 | Libya | 2.05 million | 2023 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 92 | Nepal | 1.95 million | 2023 | down 13.8% | rising |
| 93 | Chile | 1.91 million | 2023 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 94 | Portugal | 1.81 million | 2023 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 95 | Nicaragua | 1.80 million | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 96 | Sierra Leone | 1.75 million | 2023 | up 0.0% | volatile |
| 97 | Burundi | 1.67 million | 2023 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 98 | Turkmenistan | 1.63 million | 2023 | down 14.1% | rising |
| 99 | Honduras | 1.62 million | 2023 | up 3.9% | flat |
| 100 | Laos | 1.61 million | 2023 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 101 | Dominican Republic | 1.52 million | 2023 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 102 | South Korea | 1.51 million | 2023 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 103 | Rwanda | 1.50 million | 2023 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 104 | Yemen | 1.45 million | 2023 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 105 | Austria | 1.39 million | 2023 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 106 | Latvia | 1.37 million | 2023 | up 12.9% | flat |
| 107 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.36 million | 2023 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 108 | Slovakia | 1.32 million | 2023 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 109 | Haiti | 1.30 million | 2023 | down 17.3% | rising |
| 110 | Papua New Guinea | 1.22 million | 2023 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 111 | Mongolia | 1.15 million | 2023 | down 11.1% | rising |
| 112 | Somalia | 1.13 million | 2023 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 113 | Tajikistan | 1.05 million | 2023 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 114 | Netherlands | 1.04 million | 2023 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 115 | Croatia | 947,000 | 2023 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 116 | Belgium | 886,359 | 2023 | up 5.7% | flat |
| 117 | El Salvador | 881,000 | 2023 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 118 | Namibia | 812,000 | 2023 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 119 | Norway | 806,000 | 2023 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 120 | Taiwan | 779,000 | 2023 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 121 | Estonia | 715,000 | 2023 | up 11.5% | falling |
| 122 | Liberia | 700,000 | 2023 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 123 | Eritrea | 692,000 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 124 | Panama | 680,966 | 2023 | down 7.2% | rising |
| 125 | Albania | 678,500 | 2023 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 126 | Congo | 651,400 | 2023 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 127 | Guinea-Bissau | 645,530 | 2023 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 128 | New Zealand | 592,000 | 2023 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 129 | Costa Rica | 544,348 | 2023 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 130 | Armenia | 503,400 | 2023 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 131 | Gabon | 495,000 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 132 | Mauritania | 460,000 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 133 | North Macedonia | 456,000 | 2023 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 134 | Gambia | 447,000 | 2023 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 135 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 444,000 | 2023 | down 60.2% | falling |
| 136 | Ireland | 441,000 | 2023 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 137 | Georgia | 431,900 | 2023 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 138 | Switzerland | 421,731 | 2023 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 139 | Israel | 372,700 | 2023 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 140 | Lesotho | 360,748 | 2023 | up 43.1% | falling |
| 141 | Jordan | 287,300 | 2023 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 142 | Lebanon | 274,214 | 2023 | up 5.5% | falling |
| 143 | Botswana | 262,000 | 2023 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 144 | Slovenia | 233,380 | 2023 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 145 | Eswatini | 195,000 | 2023 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 146 | East Timor | 191,400 | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 147 | Jamaica | 188,000 | 2023 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 148 | Vanuatu | 145,000 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 149 | Fiji | 138,600 | 2023 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 150 | Belize | 132,000 | 2023 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 151 | Cyprus | 126,892 | 2023 | up 18.6% | volatile |
| 152 | Guyana | 126,000 | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 153 | Oman | 121,730 | 2023 | up 77.7% | rising |
| 154 | Iceland | 121,000 | 2023 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 155 | Comoros | 118,000 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 156 | Bhutan | 114,000 | 2023 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 157 | Palestine | 113,200 | 2023 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 158 | Solomon Islands | 101,200 | 2023 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 159 | Equatorial Guinea | 99,800 | 2023 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 160 | United Arab Emirates | 91,704 | 2023 | up 15.5% | volatile |
| 161 | Mauritius | 78,957 | 2023 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 162 | Puerto Rico | 66,200 | 2023 | down 18.5% | volatile |
| 163 | Luxembourg | 62,878 | 2023 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 164 | Suriname | 55,432 | 2023 | down 16.0% | rising |
| 165 | Cape Verde | 54,000 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 166 | Trinidad and Tobago | 47,000 | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 167 | Samoa | 42,420 | 2023 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 168 | Sao Tome and Principe | 42,000 | 2023 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 169 | Kiribati | 34,000 | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 170 | Tonga | 31,000 | 2023 | up 6.9% | flat |
| 171 | Reunion | 28,665 | 2023 | down 25.7% | falling |
| 172 | French Polynesia | 28,500 | 2023 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 173 | Qatar | 24,000 | 2023 | up 18.8% | volatile |
| 174 | Isle of Man | 23,440 | 2023 | up 7.0% | flat |
| 175 | Dominica | 23,000 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 176 | Guadeloupe | 22,387 | 2023 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 177 | Mayotte | 19,389 | 2023 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 178 | Martinique | 16,848 | 2023 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 179 | French Guiana | 16,435 | 2023 | down 7.1% | volatile |
| 180 | Montenegro | 14,340 | 2023 | up 14.6% | volatile |
| 181 | Kuwait | 14,000 | 2023 | down 20.5% | volatile |
| 182 | Bahamas | 11,000 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 183 | Brunei | 10,000 | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 184 | New Caledonia | 9,700 | 2023 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 185 | Saint Lucia | 9,570 | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 186 | Malta | 8,291 | 2023 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 187 | Barbados | 8,000 | 2023 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 187 | Guam | 8,000 | 2023 | down 20.0% | flat |
| 187 | Netherlands Antilles | 8,000 | 2010 | unchanged | rising |
| 190 | Grenada | 7,000 | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 190 | Marshall Islands | 7,000 | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 192 | Wallis and Futuna | 6,000 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 193 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 5,100 | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 194 | Antigua and Barbuda | 5,000 | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 194 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 5,000 | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 196 | Maldives | 4,900 | 2023 | down 9.3% | rising |
| 197 | Bahrain | 4,100 | 2023 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 198 | Western Sahara | 4,000 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 198 | Saint Helena | 4,000 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 200 | Djibouti | 3,900 | 2023 | up 39.3% | volatile |
| 201 | Niue | 3,800 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 202 | Hong Kong | 3,000 | 2023 | down 26.8% | falling |
| 203 | American Samoa | 2,960 | 2023 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 204 | Palau | 2,300 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 204 | San Marino | 2,300 | 2023 | up 130.0% | rising |
| 206 | Aruba | 2,000 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 206 | Micronesia (country) | 2,000 | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 206 | British Virgin Islands | 2,000 | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 206 | Montserrat | 2,000 | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 206 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 2,000 | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 211 | Cook Islands | 1,900 | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 212 | Tuvalu | 1,800 | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 213 | Liechtenstein | 1,730 | 2023 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 214 | Seychelles | 1,550 | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 215 | United States Virgin Islands | 1,100 | 2023 | down 45.0% | falling |
| 216 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 1,000 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 217 | Andorra | 740.8 | 2023 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 218 | Cayman Islands | 700 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 219 | Singapore | 660 | 2023 | down 1.5% | volatile |
| 220 | Tokelau | 600 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 221 | Nauru | 400 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 222 | Bermuda | 300 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 223 | Northern Mariana Islands | 170 | 2023 | down 66.0% | volatile |
| 224 | Faroe Islands | 70 | 2023 | up 9.4% | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- OECD (FAO) 382.61 million