Countries With the Fastest Growth in Arable land share (5-Year Change)

Name: Countries With the Fastest Growth in Arable land share (5-Year Change)
Creator: The World Bank
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Change in Arable land share over the five years to each country's latest year, in points (a share or rate is not shown as a % of itself). Only countries that rose are listed. Source: The World Bank (CC BY 4.0).

Summary

Lesotho rose the most: by 14.1 pts, from 4.95% of land area to 19% of land area in the five years to 2024. Gambia, The is second (+6.4 pts), followed by Moldova (+5.01 pts). 84 countries rose over that period; the median change among them was +0.21 pts.

#1: Lesotho · +14.1 pts
Median: +0.21 pts
Coverage: 84 countries
Data year: 2024
Last updated: 2026-11-14

Top 10: 5-year change (points). Bar chart of the top 10: 1. Lesotho 14.1; 2. Gambia, The 6.4; 3. Moldova 5.01; 4. Guinea 4.76; 5. Uganda 3.62; 6. Guinea-Bissau 3.04; 7. Dominican Republic 2.6; 8. San Marino 2.37; 9. Côte d'Ivoire 2.01; 10. Burkina Faso 1.38.

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Countries With the Fastest Growth in Arable land share (5-Year Change), 2024
Rank	Country	From	To	5-year change (points)
1	Lesotho	4.95	19	+14.1 pts
2	Gambia, The	51.7	58.1	+6.4 pts
3	Moldova	51.4	56.4	+5.01 pts
4	Guinea	19.9	24.7	+4.76 pts
5	Uganda	40	43.6	+3.62 pts
6	Guinea-Bissau	13.1	16.1	+3.04 pts
7	Dominican Republic	19.1	21.7	+2.6 pts
8	San Marino	18.2	20.5	+2.37 pts
9	Côte d'Ivoire	13.6	15.7	+2.01 pts
10	Burkina Faso	27.5	28.9	+1.38 pts
11	Lithuania	35.3	36.7	+1.36 pts
12	Tunisia	16.5	17.8	+1.3 pts
13	Malawi	41.1	42.4	+1.29 pts
14	Argentina	15.9	17.1	+1.17 pts
15	Puerto Rico (US)	5.66	6.62	+0.965 pts
16	Congo, Dem. Rep.	6.42	7.29	+0.862 pts
17	Türkiye	25.4	26.3	+0.837 pts
18	Bolivia	4.85	5.56	+0.716 pts
19	Rwanda	48.3	48.9	+0.599 pts
20	Senegal	19.3	19.9	+0.597 pts
21	Mozambique	9.93	10.5	+0.596 pts
22	Latvia	21.2	21.8	+0.593 pts
23	Colombia	2.09	2.65	+0.566 pts
24	Czechia	32.2	32.7	+0.551 pts
25	Belize	4.03	4.56	+0.526 pts
26	Croatia	14.7	15.2	+0.519 pts
27	Uruguay	11.9	12.4	+0.5 pts
28	Kenya	11	11.5	+0.495 pts
29	Paraguay	11	11.5	+0.469 pts
30	Poland	36.1	36.6	+0.436 pts
31	Saudi Arabia	1.6	2	+0.405 pts
32	Guatemala	17.1	17.5	+0.389 pts
33	Morocco	15.5	15.8	+0.378 pts
34	Estonia	16.1	16.5	+0.359 pts
35	Cambodia	23	23.3	+0.337 pts
36	Nigeria	40.5	40.8	+0.332 pts
37	Tanzania	15.2	15.5	+0.31 pts
38	Mexico	9.98	10.3	+0.309 pts
39	Peru	2.8	3.06	+0.263 pts
40	Kazakhstan	11.1	11.3	+0.26 pts
41	Mali	5.25	5.5	+0.243 pts
42	Ghana	20.5	20.7	+0.212 pts
43	Pakistan	39.6	39.8	+0.208 pts
44	Belgium	28.1	28.3	+0.197 pts
45	Ethiopia	14.4	14.6	+0.196 pts
46	Tonga	30.1	30.3	+0.195 pts
47	Haiti	36.3	36.5	+0.182 pts
48	Bangladesh	60.3	60.5	+0.176 pts
49	United Kingdom	25.2	25.3	+0.161 pts
50	Bhutan	2.46	2.62	+0.157 pts
51	Bulgaria	32	32.2	+0.148 pts
52	Northern Mariana Islands	0.196	0.328	+0.133 pts
53	Turkmenistan	3.37	3.49	+0.123 pts
54	Italy	23.4	23.5	+0.118 pts
55	Benin	32.2	32.3	+0.094 pts
56	Australia	3.97	4.07	+0.092 pts
57	United Arab Emirates	0.703	0.792	+0.089 pts
58	Niger	13.9	14	+0.087 pts
59	Maldives	13	13.1	+0.087 pts
60	Uzbekistan	9.16	9.23	+0.073 pts
61	Egypt, Arab Rep.	3.23	3.29	+0.055 pts
62	Myanmar	16.8	16.9	+0.054 pts
63	Oman	0.248	0.302	+0.054 pts
64	Montenegro	0.669	0.721	+0.051 pts
65	Iran, Islamic Rep.	9.63	9.68	+0.049 pts
66	Armenia	15.6	15.7	+0.037 pts
67	Afghanistan	11.9	12	+0.035 pts
68	Djibouti	0.125	0.156	+0.031 pts
69	Angola	3.63	3.66	+0.03 pts
70	Canada	4.31	4.33	+0.02 pts
71	Chile	1.88	1.9	+0.016 pts
72	Norway	2.2	2.21	+0.013 pts
73	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	5.13	5.14	+0.013 pts
74	Sri Lanka	22.2	22.2	+0.008 pts
75	Tajikistan	6.08	6.09	+0.0079 pts
76	Mongolia	0.714	0.721	+0.0066 pts
77	Solomon Islands	0.826	0.832	+0.0061 pts
78	Trinidad and Tobago	5.85	5.85	+0.0023 pts
79	Seychelles	0.326	0.328	+0.0021 pts
80	Turks and Caicos Islands	1.05	1.05	+0.002 pts
81	Faroe Islands	0.05	0.051	+0.001 pts
82	Eritrea	5.71	5.71	+0.0005 pts
83	Kyrgyz Republic	6.71	6.71	+0.0005 pts
84	Vanuatu	1.64	1.64	+0.0001 pts

About the top 10

#1 Lesotho

Lesotho ranks #1 on this list with +14.1 pts.

Capital: Maseru
Continent: Africa
Income group: Lower middle income
Population: 2.36 million people (2025)
GDP: US$2.57 billion (2025)
GDP per person: US$1,089 (2025)
Life expectancy: 57.8 years (2024)
Urban population: 44.7% of population (2025)

Also ranks #1 in tax revenue share of gdp · #1 in suicide mortality rate · #2 in agricultural land share.

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#2 Gambia, The

Gambia, The ranks #2 on this list with +6.4 pts.

Capital: Banjul
Continent: Africa
Income group: Low income
Population: 2.82 million people (2025)
GDP: US$2.59 billion (2025)
GDP per person: US$919.1 (2025)
Life expectancy: 66.1 years (2024)
Urban population: 65% of population (2025)

Also ranks #2 in gender parity index (school enrolment) · #3 in arable land share · #7 in gross capital formation rate.

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#3 Moldova

Moldova ranks #3 on this list with +5.01 pts.

Capital: Chișinău
Continent: Europe
Income group: Upper middle income
Population: 2.36 million people (2025)
GDP: US$20.35 billion (2025)
GDP per person: US$8,622 (2025)
Life expectancy: 71.3 years (2024)
Urban population: 43.7% of population (2025)

Also ranks #1 in real effective exchange rate index · #2 in female population share · #5 in arable land share.

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#4 Guinea

Guinea ranks #4 on this list with +4.76 pts.

Capital: Conakry
Continent: Africa
Income group: Lower middle income
Population: 15.1 million people (2025)
GDP: US$28.35 billion (2025)
GDP per person: US$1,877 (2025)
Life expectancy: 60.9 years (2024)
Urban population: 38.5% of population (2025)

Largest cities: Conakry.

Also ranks #6 in under-5 mortality rate · #7 in infant mortality rate · #7 in official exchange rate.

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#5 Uganda

Uganda ranks #5 on this list with +3.62 pts.

Capital: Kampala
Continent: Africa
Income group: Low income
Population: 51.39 million people (2025)
GDP: US$61.99 billion (2025)
GDP per person: US$1,206 (2025)
Life expectancy: 68.5 years (2024)
Urban population: 31.9% of population (2025)

Largest cities: Kampala.

Also ranks #6 in renewable energy share · #6 in refugee population by asylum · #7 in agricultural land share.

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#6 Guinea-Bissau

Guinea-Bissau ranks #6 on this list with +3.04 pts.

Capital: Bissau
Continent: Africa
Income group: Low income
Population: 2.25 million people (2025)
GDP: US$2.53 billion (2025)
GDP per person: US$1,124 (2025)
Life expectancy: 64.3 years (2024)
Urban population: 46.7% of population (2025)

Also ranks #3 in agriculture value added share of gdp · #5 in forest rents share of gdp · #7 in low-birthweight babies share.

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#7 Dominican Republic

Dominican Republic ranks #7 on this list with +2.6 pts.

Capital: Santo Domingo
Continent: North America
Income group: Upper middle income
Population: 11.52 million people (2025)
GDP: US$127.41 billion (2025)
GDP per person: US$11,059 (2025)
Life expectancy: 73.9 years (2024)
Urban population: 72.5% of population (2025)

Largest cities: Santo Domingo.

Also ranks #4 in crop production index · #14 in deposit interest rate · #19 in remittances received.

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#8 San Marino

San Marino ranks #8 on this list with +2.37 pts.

Capital: San Marino
Continent: Europe
Income group: High income
Population: 34,109 people (2025)
GDP: US$2.03 billion (2023)
GDP per person: US$59,871 (2023)
Life expectancy: 85.8 years (2024)
Urban population: 97.2% of population (2025)

Also ranks #1 in bank branches per 100,000 adults · #2 in life expectancy · #2 in male life expectancy.

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#9 Côte d'Ivoire

Côte d'Ivoire ranks #9 on this list with +2.01 pts.

Capital: Yamoussoukro
Continent: Africa
Income group: Lower middle income
Population: 32.71 million people (2025)
GDP: US$99.77 billion (2025)
GDP per person: US$3,050 (2025)
Life expectancy: 62.1 years (2024)
Urban population: 54.5% of population (2025)

Largest cities: Abidjan.

Also ranks #5 in agricultural land share · #9 in livestock production index · #10 in mobile subscriptions per 100.

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#10 Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso ranks #10 on this list with +1.38 pts.

Capital: Ouagadougou
Continent: Africa
Income group: Low income
Population: 24.08 million people (2025)
GDP: US$27.63 billion (2025)
GDP per person: US$1,148 (2025)
Life expectancy: 61.3 years (2024)
Urban population: 28.9% of population (2025)

Largest cities: Ouagadougou.

Also ranks #7 in mineral rents share of gdp · #9 in children out of school (primary) · #11 in under-5 mortality rate.

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Source and method

Change in Arable land share over the five years to each country's latest year, in points (a share or rate is not shown as a % of itself). Only countries that rose are listed.

Source: The World Bank, indicator AG.LND.ARBL.ZS. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved: 2026-11-14.

The World Bank: Arable land (% of land area): FAO electronic files and website, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (via World Development Indicators)

Original data provider, as recorded by the World Bank: FAO electronic files and website, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

Values are shown as published (changes are computed from the published values). Provider terms: The World Bank. All licences: Sources & licences.

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About the top 10

#1 Lesotho

#2 Gambia, The

#3 Moldova

#4 Guinea

#5 Uganda

#6 Guinea-Bissau

#7 Dominican Republic

#8 San Marino

#9 Côte d'Ivoire

#10 Burkina Faso

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