Countries with the Most Farmland 2023

Source: World Bank

Countries with the Most Farmland 2023

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Key Findings

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Cote d'Ivoire leads in Agricultural Land (% of Land Area) with 86.48 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: Cote d'Ivoire is 1.2× larger than United Kingdom.

About This Dataset

Countries with the Most Farmland 2023

Countries ranked by agricultural land (% of land area) in 2023, using World Bank figures for the 209 countries that reported that year. Cote d'Ivoire leads on 86.48, ahead of Turkmenistan (84.22) and Burundi (83.89). Arable land, permanent crops and permanent pasture as a share of land area, under the FAO definition. Pasture dominates the total in dry countries, so a high share does not mean intensive farming.

Analysis

Cote d'Ivoire (86.48), Turkmenistan (84.22) and Burundi (83.89) take the top three. Across the twenty shown, values run from 86.48 down to 70.31, a spread of 16.17. Only 2.26 separates Cote d'Ivoire from Turkmenistan in second, 2.6% of the leading figure. The chart shows the twenty highest of 209 reporting countries, so it describes the top of the distribution rather than the world average.

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Data Points

20 categories · 1 year

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Top Value

86.48

Cote d'Ivoire

Agricultural Land (% of Land Area) · 2023

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Metrics

Agricultural Land (% of Land Area)

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2023

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Methodology & source

Data source: World Bank
Coverage: 20 entities · 2023 · 20 observations
Measure: Agricultural Land (% of Land Area)
Last updated: 6 September 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.

Rankings & Full Data

20 records · Agricultural Land (% of Land Area) · ranked by 2023

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#	Category	2023
🥇	Cote d'Ivoire	86.48
🥈	Turkmenistan	84.22
🥉	Burundi	83.89
4	Uruguay	81.35
5	Saudi Arabia	80.77
6	South Africa	79.42
7	Kazakhstan	79.37
8	Lesotho	77.76
9	Rwanda	76.33
10	Nigeria	76.20
11	Moldova	74.10
12	Syria	74.09
13	Djibouti	73.51
14	Guinea	73.23
15	Bangladesh	72.31
16	Uganda	71.89
17	Comoros	71.47
18	Ukraine	71.30
19	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	70.34
20	United Kingdom	70.31

Data Sources & References

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1 https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/AG.LND.AGRI.ZS Visit ↗

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