World Development Indicators

Agricultural inputs
Agricultural land		Average annual precipitation	Land under cereal production	Fertilizer consumption		Agricultural employment

% of land area	% irrigated	millimeters	hectares thousands	% of fertilizer production	kilograms per hectare of arable land	% of total employment
2021	2021	2020	2021	2021	2021	2020

Afghanistan	59	6.5	327	2,164.5	255.3	5.2	46.0
Albania	41	16.5	1,485	134.3	..	101.4	35.5
Algeria	17	3.3	89	1,941.9	14.5	20.7	10.5
American Samoa	15	..	..	..	..	38.6	..
Andorra	40	..	..	..	..	..	..
Angola	37	..	1,010	3,052.3	..	5.6	59.2
Antigua and Barbuda	20	..	1,030	0.0	..	8.3	..
Argentina	43	1.2	591	16,885.8	543.3	62.2	7.7
Armenia	59	9.3	562	69.1	..	203.7	30.8
Aruba	11	..	..	..	..	3.9	..
Australia	47	0.5	534	20,046.1	277.3	82.6	2.8
Austria	31	1.4	1,110	747.5	..	128.6	3.9
Azerbaijan	58	30.7	447	988.1	..	105.6	34.8
Bahamas, The	1	..	1,292	0.1	..	102.3	3.3
Bahrain	10	..	83	..	0.9	1,395.9	1.0
Bangladesh	77	78.9	2,666	12,519.3	673.5	384.2	37.9
Barbados	23	..	1,422	0.0	..	37.2	2.8
Belarus	40	0.3	618	2,416.6	10.9	169.4	8.3
Belgium	45	0.4	847	310.2	20.8	265.7	0.9
Belize	8	..	1,705	31.8	..	378.1	21.4
Benin	35	1.3	1,039	1,639.1	..	40.7	28.9
Bermuda	6	..	..	..	..	239.5	..
Bhutan	13	..	2,200	23.2	..	14.3	56.5
Bolivia	35	0.8	1,146	1,480.3	305.6	10.4	30.0
Bosnia and Herzegovina	44	..	1,028	316.7	205.2	62.0	12.0
Botswana	46	0.0	416	121.8	..	59.3	23.4
Brazil	29	2.9	1,761	25,056.6	756.9	369.5	9.5
Brunei Darussalam	3	..	2,722	0.9	..	177.3	1.3
Bulgaria	46	1.9	608	1,956.3	71.2	131.1	6.6
Burkina Faso	47	..	748	3,761.1	..	11.9	73.8
Burundi	82	..	1,274	309.0	..	19.1	86.1
Cabo Verde	20	..	228	27.6	..	5.4	11.3
Cambodia	35	..	1,904	3,419.3	..	49.6	39.4
Cameroon	21	..	1,604	2,273.1	..	13.4	43.3
Canada	6	1.6	537	15,183.5	27.9	126.1	1.6
Cayman Islands	11	..	..	..	..	182.0	..
Central African Republic	8	..	1,343	178.6	..	0.2	68.9
Chad	40	..	322	3,218.0	..	2.2	69.5
Channel Islands	43	3.7	..	..	..	..	2.4
Chile	14	8.6	1,522	467.7	51.4	359.1	7.3
China	55	..	645	100,017.8	83.4	374.8	24.9
Hong Kong SAR, China	4	..	..	0.0	..	488.1	0.2
Macao SAR, China	..	..	..	..	..	..	1.3
Colombia	39	1.5	3,240	957.8	508.0	615.3	16.6
Comoros	71	..	900	26.9	..	1.9	35.6
Congo, Dem. Rep.	15	..	1,543	4,427.4	..	2.1	55.9
Congo, Rep.	31	..	1,646	34.7	..	9.7	36.8
Costa Rica	35	..	2,926	36.5	..	595.8	18.6
Cote d'Ivoire	74	..	1,348	1,288.3	..	45.9	45.6
Croatia	26	1.2	1,113	519.8	63.8	208.1	6.5
Cuba	62	..	1,335	194.5	918,319.5	25.6	18.0
Curacao	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Cyprus	13	21.0	498	26.5	..	155.4	2.7
Czechia	46	0.6	677	1,345.8	253.7	148.6	2.6
Denmark	65	9.0	703	1,359.6	..	132.6	2.1
Djibouti	74	..	220	0.0	..	17.2	1.2
Dominica	33	..	2,083	0.1	..	73.1	..
Dominican Republic	51	12.3	1,410	221.8	..	162.2	9.0
Ecuador	22	18.9	2,274	734.4	..	367.8	31.8
Egypt, Arab Rep.	4	..	18	3,126.7	42.9	542.6	20.4
El Salvador	58	2.0	1,784	371.0	..	92.2	15.7
Equatorial Guinea	4	..	2,156	..	..	18.4	56.1
Eritrea	63	..	384	477.3	..	3.0	62.9
Estonia	23	0.2	626	367.1	27,443.7	103.5	3.0
Eswatini	69	..	788	71.7	..	57.8	12.7
Ethiopia	34	0.5	848	10,800.0	..	42.1	64.1
Faroe Islands	70	..	..	..	..	22,491.7	..
Fiji	17	..	2,592	3.0	..	76.2	29.4
Finland	7	0.4	536	953.8	56.6	98.1	3.7
France	52	6.4	867	9,326.7	1,337.4	153.3	2.4
French Polynesia	14	..	..	..	..	266.4	2.1
Gabon	8	..	1,831	29.5	..	28.3	29.6
Gambia, The	63	..	836	213.4	..	2.2	49.0
Georgia	34	..	1,026	159.1	30.9	178.2	41.1
Germany	47	3.1	700	6,053.0	39.3	130.1	1.3
Ghana	55	0.3	1,187	2,194.1	..	37.4	40.0
Greece	46	16.4	652	723.8	271.7	150.0	10.6
Greenland	1	..	..	..	..	..	..
Grenada	24	..	2,350	0.4	..	64.6	..
Guam	30	..	..	..	..	..	0.2
Guatemala	43	..	1,996	917.6	..	219.3	30.8
Guinea	60	0.7	1,651	3,002.6	..	6.9	59.8
Guinea-Bissau	29	..	1,577	209.3	..	31.7	50.9
Guyana	5	..	2,387	152.9	..	60.9	12.2
Haiti	65	3.9	1,440	323.3	..	7.4	46.2
Honduras	32	..	1,976	391.4	..	191.1	25.2
Hungary	55	2.2	589	2,361.7	195.9	161.8	4.8
Iceland	19	0.0	1,940	2.4	..	139.9	4.0
India	60	42.3	1,083	102,434.7	160.6	193.2	44.3
Indonesia	34	..	2,702	13,907.8	154.5	279.2	29.6
Iran, Islamic Rep.	29	17.0	228	9,073.2	58.7	68.3	16.7
Iraq	22	..	216	1,942.5	234.4	55.2	20.3
Ireland	63	..	1,118	274.7	..	1,637.1	4.5
Isle of Man	69	..	..	..	..	..	..
Israel	30	31.3	435	76.5	3.8	265.4	0.9
Italy	42	19.9	832	2,978.4	251.8	133.2	4.0
Jamaica	39	..	2,051	1.9	..	65.3	15.9
Japan	13	32.3	1,668	1,753.1	118.1	217.0	3.2
Jordan	12	8.8	111	40.4	1.3	138.9	3.3
Kazakhstan	79	0.9	250	15,793.2	36.8	4.4	15.5
Kenya	49	..	630	2,668.2	..	60.7	33.6
Kiribati	42	..	..	..	..	0.0	..
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	22	..	1,054	1,322.9	472.4	18.9	44.2
Korea, Rep.	16	..	1,274	797.7	51.2	281.5	5.4
Kosovo	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Kuwait	8	..	121	1.6	3.5	1,208.1	2.0
Kyrgyz Republic	54	9.7	533	589.5	..	22.6	17.2
Lao PDR	9	21.7	1,834	1,120.2	..	50.9	58.8
Latvia	32	0.0	667	767.8	..	111.8	7.2
Lebanon	66	..	661	61.3	46.5	146.3	3.9
Lesotho	80	0.1	788	171.4	..	8.3	30.5
Liberia	20	..	2,391	240.0	..	5.6	41.2
Libya	9	..	56	311.1	168.8	14.7	16.8
Liechtenstein	32	..	..	..	..	..	..
Lithuania	47	0.2	656	1,356.5	31.5	139.7	5.7
Luxembourg	52	..	934	26.3	..	227.0	0.8
North Macedonia	50	6.7	619	158.9	..	50.5	11.6
Madagascar	70	..	1,513	1,729.5	..	3.3	74.3
Malawi	64	..	1,181	2,004.7	..	96.7	62.4
Malaysia	26	5.2	2,875	655.7	198.0	2,146.3	10.0
Maldives	20	..	1,972	0.1	..	110.1	11.0
Mali	35	..	282	6,119.5	..	28.6	68.1
Malta	27	44.5	560	0.0	..	148.7	1.1
Marshall Islands	39	..	..	..	..	..	..
Mauritania	39	..	92	243.8	..	15.8	30.1
Mauritius	43	17.8	2,041	0.1	..	186.5	5.3
Mexico	50	6.2	758	9,431.1	298.7	109.3	12.5
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	7	..	..	0.2	..	0.5	..
Moldova	69	9.4	450	939.3	..	50.6	38.2
Monaco	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Mongolia	72	0.1	241	432.7	..	31.3	25.1
Montenegro	19	..	..	2.1	..	312.0	7.5
Morocco	68	6.0	346	4,487.6	5.9	55.3	35.0
Mozambique	53	..	1,032	2,468.0	..	12.3	70.8
Myanmar	20	13.2	2,091	7,699.7	467.7	38.7	46.5
Namibia	47	..	285	384.2	..	3.7	22.4
Nepal	29	..	1,500	3,465.5	..	97.8	62.8
Netherlands	54	16.3	778	169.7	16.7	274.4	2.1
New Caledonia	10	..	..	1.0	..	248.9	3.6
New Zealand	39	6.3	1,732	114.1	312.0	1,445.0	6.0
Nicaragua	42	..	2,280	384.5	..	68.7	29.2
Niger	37	0.6	151	9,701.6	..	0.6	71.1
Nigeria	75	0.3	1,150	18,275.9	94.7	18.6	35.8
Northern Mariana Islands	1	..	..	..	..	0.1	..
Norway	3	3.4	1,414	283.3	18.2	208.5	2.1
Oman	5	7.9	125	7.9	1.7	328.8	4.2
Pakistan	47	52.7	494	14,703.1	121.1	157.3	38.3
Palau	9	..	..	..	..	28.6	..
Panama	29	1.9	2,928	155.4	..	123.9	14.1
Papua New Guinea	3	..	3,142	3.9	..	107.9	17.8
Paraguay	42	..	1,130	1,649.0	..	139.9	21.3
Peru	20	..	1,738	1,198.4	..	111.8	33.7
Philippines	43	..	2,348	7,369.6	329.5	232.0	24.8
Poland	47	0.9	600	7,451.3	58.7	156.1	9.6
Portugal	43	14.3	854	209.2	143.7	175.8	5.4
Puerto Rico	19	10.7	2,054	0.1	..	67.5	1.2
Qatar	6	17.6	74	0.4	0.2	240.2	1.2
Romania	57	2.6	637	5,357.0	135.4	107.4	20.5
Russian Federation	13	..	460	43,457.1	11.7	25.3	6.0
Rwanda	81	..	1,212	539.3	..	23.9	55.5
Samoa	18	..	2,880	..	..	3.8	24.7
San Marino	38	..	..	..	..	130.9	..
Sao Tome and Principe	44	..	3,200	0.3	..	46.6	18.4
Saudi Arabia	81	0.4	59	236.4	5.6	88.7	3.2
Senegal	49	..	686	1,896.8	131.8	8.8	22.6
Serbia	41	1.5	..	1,778.8	137.4	75.0	14.6
Seychelles	3	..	2,330	..	..	542.5	..
Sierra Leone	55	..	2,526	1,047.2	..	2.7	43.6
Singapore	1	..	2,497	..	..	140.9	0.3
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Slovak Republic	39	1.4	824	717.7	52.6	134.5	2.6
Slovenia	30	0.8	1,162	102.1	..	246.4	4.1
Solomon Islands	4	..	3,028	1.4	..	10.3	38.6
Somalia	70	..	282	353.6	..	1.1	26.8
South Africa	79	..	495	3,856.7	375.7	104.6	21.4
South Sudan	45	..	900	994.9	..	0.0	62.6
Spain	52	14.8	636	6,034.6	113.7	161.1	4.0
Sri Lanka	45	..	1,712	1,233.8	1,461.4	153.9	26.2
St. Kitts and Nevis	23	..	1,427	..	..	5.2	..
St. Lucia	16	..	2,301	..	..	199.8	7.6
St. Martin (French part)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	18	..	1,583	0.0	..	301.7	10.6
Sudan	60	1.4	250	10,018.5	..	7.1	41.2
Suriname	1	74.4	2,331	56.9	..	175.5	8.0
Sweden	7	1.7	624	983.3	..	117.1	1.7
Switzerland	38	3.3	1,537	131.3	..	177.2	2.6
Syrian Arab Republic	76	7.3	252	3,065.2	73.4	3.9	12.9
Tajikistan	35	11.5	691	376.4	..	90.4	43.3
Tanzania	45	..	1,071	6,855.0	..	9.3	64.8
Thailand	46	..	1,622	12,734.5	2,013.5	139.4	31.4
Timor-Leste	23	..	1,500	84.5	..	0.5	42.4
Togo	70	..	1,168	1,210.7	14.2	2.1	31.5
Tonga	49	..	..	..	..	11.3	31.0
Trinidad and Tobago	11	9.3	2,200	3.4	1.1	354.5	3.1
Tunisia	62	3.9	207	1,155.1	88.2	48.0	14.3
Turkiye	49	13.7	593	10,917.9	116.0	129.5	17.6
Turkmenistan	72	..	161	726.6	72.0	241.9	22.9
Turks and Caicos Islands	1	..	..	..	..	..	..
Tuvalu	60	..	..	..	..	..	..
Uganda	72	0.1	1,180	1,387.0	..	2.4	63.5
Ukraine	71	1.1	565	15,649.5	262.8	78.5	15.1
United Arab Emirates	6	24.0	78	0.9	3.4	626.8	1.8
United Kingdom	71	0.4	1,220	3,210.8	355.1	240.9	1.0
United States	44	5.8	715	54,744.5	112.3	128.7	1.7
Uruguay	80	1.6	1,300	736.2	1,885.2	211.1	8.3
Uzbekistan	58	14.5	206	1,519.5	78.9	296.8	24.5
Vanuatu	15	..	2,000	1.5	..	0.0	48.8
Venezuela, RB	24	..	2,044	678.3	67.9	50.9	13.0
Vietnam	39	..	1,821	8,121.8	180.2	427.6	32.6
Virgin Islands (U.S.)	9	..	..	..	..	63.5	1.8
West Bank and Gaza	65	3.7	402	24.5	..	372.0	6.4
Yemen, Rep.	44	..	167	492.5	..	10.6	28.8
Zambia	32	..	1,020	1,565.8	..	63.9	59.1
Zimbabwe	42	..	657	1,322.3	212.5	26.0	62.2
World	37	..	..	739,419.4	91.1	139.8	26.9
East Asia & Pacific	47	..	..	179,870.5	104.7	278.6	24.3
Europe & Central Asia	29	..	..	152,100.9	48.5	85.4	7.9
Latin America & Caribbean	33	..	..	62,519.3	496.8	203.2	15.0
Middle East & North Africa	33	..	..	26,045.7	14.5	80.8	15.1
North America	26	..	..	69,928.0	71.0	128.2	1.7
South Asia	57	..	..	136,544.3	165.9	186.9	42.9
Sub-Saharan Africa	44	..	..	112,410.7	460.3	22.6	52.0
Low income	42	..	..	68,453.6	11,759.3	13.6	58.8
Lower middle income	42	..	..	249,844.8	118.8	130.4	39.1
Upper middle income	35	..	..	271,549.4	93.0	183.2	22.1
High income	35	..	..	148,893.2	68.2	138.7	3.2

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