% of land area · annual 1961–2023 · World Bank / FAO · 197 countries
Agricultural land, as a percentage of land area — a continuous annual series from 1961 to 2023. A ratio, not addable.
World Bank, World Development Indicators (AG.LND.AGRI.ZS) — primary source: FAO, Statistical Yearbook (land use).
Time slider. Steps calibrated on the actual distribution (10th percentile 7.4%, median 38.5%, 90th percentile 70.3%).
Côte d'Ivoire (87%) and Turkmenistan (84%) top the ranking for opposite reasons: the former for export crops (cocoa, coffee, rubber) covering most of its arable territory, the latter for vast steppes classed as extensive pasture, where livestock rather than cropping dominates.