Countries with the Most Agricultural Land 2023
Source:
World Bank
Key Findings
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Ivory Coast leads in Agricultural land (% of land area) with 86.50 in 2023.
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Average Agricultural land (% of land area) in 2023: 76.42 · median: 75.15.
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Gap in 2023: Ivory Coast is 1.2× larger than Somalia.
About This Dataset
Countries with the Most Agricultural Land 2023
The 20 countries where farmland covers the largest share of the land area in 2023. Ivory Coast leads at 86.5% of its land, ahead of Turkmenistan at 84.2% and Burundi at 83.9%. Agricultural land includes cropland and permanent pasture. Data covers 209 countries and territories.
Analysis
The median country farms 38% of its land area. 23 of the 209 countries and territories measured are above 70%, and most of those are pasture economies rather than crop growers.
Data Insights
Numbers, trends & sources behind this chart
Methodology & source
- Data source
- World Bank
- Coverage
- 20 entities · 2023 · 20 observations
- Measure
- Agricultural land (% of land area)
- Last updated
- 31 August 2026
- Compiled by
- The ANYSTAT team, from the source above
How the figures are calculated
- Values use the measure and unit named on this page. Consult the dataset description and cited source for coverage, definitions and any unit conversions. Displayed values may be rounded for readability.
- Entities are ranked highest-first on their value in 2023.
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