Nations with the highest arable-land shares, 2023

WDI nations ranked by arable land as a share of land area; percent, 2023.

What the Data Shows

This graphic compares nations by arable land as a share of land area in 2023. Values are measured in percent. Bangladesh ranks first at 60.6%, ahead of Denmark at 59.1%. Hungary is the final displayed entry at 45.4%, putting the leader at about 1.34x the last value.

Data table

Unit: percent · Period: 2023

RankEntryValuePeriod
1Bangladesh60.6%2023
2Denmark59.1%2023
3Ukraine56.8%2023
4Moldova56.8%2023
5India51.8%2023
6Burundi51.4%2023
7Togo48.7%2023
8Rwanda47.0%2023
9Hungary45.4%2023

Sources

Source 1: World Bank World Development Indicators

Publisher: World Bank WDI

Dataset/table: World Development Indicators

Units: percent

Date checked: 2026-06-11

Evidence: Supports the ranked arable land as a share of land area values by WDI nation for 2023.

Data notes & caveats

Displayed rows are nations; aggregate and non-nation territory/SAR rows are excluded where they appear in World Bank WDI. Values are comparable within the selected WDI series, year and unit. Row-level final-status flags were not available, so no claim is made that every observation has final status.

Methodology

Values are ranked in descending order from the World Bank WDI series Arable land (% of land area), using 2023 values measured in percent. Regional, income-group and other summary totals are excluded so rows represent WDI nations. Because no cross-row total is supplied, the chart uses raw values only and omits concentration shares.

Source consistency notes

Rows use one World Bank WDI series, the 2023 period, one unit and the same descending ranking basis. The underlying source references carry the nation identifier, WDI series identifier and year.

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