Arable land (hectares per person) by country
Arable land (hectares per person) includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.
Countries reporting
206
Highest
1.46 hectares per person
Kazakhstan
Lowest
0.0001 hectares per person
Singapore
Median
0.1086 hectares per person
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
14,649
What the numbers show
Arable land (hectares per person) is currently reported for 206 countries. The highest value is 1.46 hectares per person in Kazakhstan; the lowest is 0.0001 hectares per person in Singapore.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.1086 hectares per person, and the mean is 0.1767 hectares per person.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 15,422.
Over the past decade 43 countries rose and 163 fell. The largest increase was in San Marino (up 93.7%), and the largest decrease in Northern Mariana Islands (down 62.6%).
Arable land: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kazakhstan | 1.46 hectares per person | 2023 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 2 | Australia | 1.16 hectares per person | 2023 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 3 | Canada | 0.9526 hectares per person | 2023 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 4 | Argentina | 0.8869 hectares per person | 2023 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 5 | Ukraine | 0.8726 hectares per person | 2023 | up 22.8% | rising |
| 6 | Russia | 0.8458 hectares per person | 2023 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 7 | Lithuania | 0.802 hectares per person | 2023 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 8 | Moldova | 0.7613 hectares per person | 2023 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 9 | Latvia | 0.722 hectares per person | 2023 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 10 | Niger | 0.6766 hectares per person | 2023 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 11 | Paraguay | 0.6664 hectares per person | 2023 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 12 | Uruguay | 0.6492 hectares per person | 2023 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 13 | Belarus | 0.6066 hectares per person | 2023 | up 3.0% | flat |
| 14 | Bulgaria | 0.5408 hectares per person | 2023 | up 11.3% | flat |
| 15 | Estonia | 0.5189 hectares per person | 2023 | up 7.2% | falling |
| 16 | Bolivia | 0.4543 hectares per person | 2023 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 17 | United States | 0.4501 hectares per person | 2023 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 18 | Romania | 0.4411 hectares per person | 2023 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 19 | Hungary | 0.432 hectares per person | 2023 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 20 | Sudan | 0.4195 hectares per person | 2023 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 21 | Guinea | 0.4165 hectares per person | 2023 | up 9.9% | falling |
| 22 | Finland | 0.4019 hectares per person | 2023 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 23 | Denmark | 0.3977 hectares per person | 2023 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 24 | Serbia | 0.393 hectares per person | 2023 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 25 | Mali | 0.3509 hectares per person | 2023 | down 10.3% | rising |
| 26 | Central African Republic | 0.3493 hectares per person | 2023 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 27 | Burkina Faso | 0.3434 hectares per person | 2023 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 28 | Mongolia | 0.3284 hectares per person | 2023 | down 26.0% | falling |
| 29 | Togo | 0.3222 hectares per person | 2023 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 30 | Iceland | 0.3137 hectares per person | 2023 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 31 | Poland | 0.3053 hectares per person | 2023 | up 7.6% | falling |
| 32 | Isle of Man | 0.2785 hectares per person | 2023 | up 7.0% | falling |
| 33 | Chad | 0.2743 hectares per person | 2023 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 34 | Namibia | 0.27 hectares per person | 2023 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 35 | Cuba | 0.2639 hectares per person | 2023 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 36 | Brazil | 0.2635 hectares per person | 2023 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 37 | Benin | 0.2513 hectares per person | 2023 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 38 | France | 0.2472 hectares per person | 2023 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 39 | Zimbabwe | 0.246 hectares per person | 2023 | down 14.9% | rising |
| 40 | Albania | 0.2449 hectares per person | 2023 | up 11.8% | falling |
| 41 | Belize | 0.2432 hectares per person | 2023 | up 6.5% | falling |
| 42 | Slovakia | 0.2408 hectares per person | 2023 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 43 | Sweden | 0.2397 hectares per person | 2023 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 44 | Spain | 0.2378 hectares per person | 2023 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 45 | Turkey | 0.2376 hectares per person | 2023 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 46 | Cambodia | 0.2365 hectares per person | 2023 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 47 | Libya | 0.2354 hectares per person | 2023 | down 13.7% | volatile |
| 48 | Czechia | 0.2324 hectares per person | 2023 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 49 | Tunisia | 0.2321 hectares per person | 2023 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 50 | North Macedonia | 0.2276 hectares per person | 2023 | up 6.0% | falling |
| 51 | Croatia | 0.2249 hectares per person | 2023 | up 8.6% | falling |
| 52 | Thailand | 0.2208 hectares per person | 2023 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 53 | Nicaragua | 0.2203 hectares per person | 2023 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 54 | Cameroon | 0.2185 hectares per person | 2023 | down 24.6% | falling |
| 55 | South Sudan | 0.2168 hectares per person | 2023 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 56 | Turkmenistan | 0.2161 hectares per person | 2023 | down 31.2% | falling |
| 57 | Senegal | 0.2119 hectares per person | 2023 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 58 | Azerbaijan | 0.206 hectares per person | 2023 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 59 | Myanmar | 0.2033 hectares per person | 2023 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 60 | Tanzania | 0.2027 hectares per person | 2023 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 61 | Eritrea | 0.1988 hectares per person | 2023 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 62 | Tonga | 0.1912 hectares per person | 2023 | up 13.7% | falling |
| 63 | South Africa | 0.1898 hectares per person | 2023 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 64 | Malawi | 0.1895 hectares per person | 2023 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 65 | Afghanistan | 0.1893 hectares per person | 2023 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 66 | Sierra Leone | 0.1872 hectares per person | 2023 | down 20.6% | rising |
| 67 | Syria | 0.1865 hectares per person | 2023 | down 13.3% | volatile |
| 68 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.1837 hectares per person | 2023 | up 3.8% | falling |
| 69 | Zambia | 0.1834 hectares per person | 2023 | down 23.7% | falling |
| 70 | Morocco | 0.1823 hectares per person | 2023 | down 24.2% | falling |
| 71 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.1812 hectares per person | 2023 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 72 | Greece | 0.1788 hectares per person | 2023 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 73 | Iran | 0.1733 hectares per person | 2023 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 74 | Mozambique | 0.168 hectares per person | 2023 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 75 | Algeria | 0.1631 hectares per person | 2023 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 76 | Gambia | 0.1631 hectares per person | 2023 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 77 | Nigeria | 0.1618 hectares per person | 2023 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 78 | Laos | 0.1597 hectares per person | 2023 | down 29.5% | falling |
| 79 | Lesotho | 0.1543 hectares per person | 2023 | up 27.9% | falling |
| 80 | Mexico | 0.1543 hectares per person | 2023 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 81 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.1541 hectares per person | 2023 | up 5.4% | falling |
| 82 | Armenia | 0.149 hectares per person | 2023 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 83 | Angola | 0.1465 hectares per person | 2023 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 84 | Norway | 0.1455 hectares per person | 2023 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 85 | Austria | 0.1447 hectares per person | 2023 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 86 | Eswatini | 0.1438 hectares per person | 2023 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 87 | Uganda | 0.1418 hectares per person | 2023 | down 27.4% | falling |
| 88 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.1408 hectares per person | 2023 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 89 | Germany | 0.1403 hectares per person | 2023 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 90 | Ghana | 0.1394 hectares per person | 2023 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 91 | Gabon | 0.1308 hectares per person | 2023 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 92 | Ethiopia | 0.1274 hectares per person | 2023 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 93 | Bhutan | 0.1272 hectares per person | 2023 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 94 | Panama | 0.1267 hectares per person | 2023 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 95 | Pakistan | 0.1223 hectares per person | 2023 | down 15.3% | volatile |
| 96 | Italy | 0.1201 hectares per person | 2023 | up 6.1% | falling |
| 97 | Kenya | 0.1198 hectares per person | 2023 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 98 | Guyana | 0.1174 hectares per person | 2023 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 99 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.1162 hectares per person | 2023 | down 58.4% | rising |
| 100 | Peru | 0.1158 hectares per person | 2023 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 101 | El Salvador | 0.1143 hectares per person | 2023 | up 3.1% | falling |
| 102 | Uzbekistan | 0.113 hectares per person | 2023 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 103 | Iraq | 0.1102 hectares per person | 2023 | down 14.8% | volatile |
| 104 | India | 0.107 hectares per person | 2023 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 105 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.1069 hectares per person | 2023 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 106 | Botswana | 0.1048 hectares per person | 2023 | down 19.9% | volatile |
| 107 | Saudi Arabia | 0.1018 hectares per person | 2023 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 108 | New Zealand | 0.1 hectares per person | 2023 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 109 | Burundi | 0.0965 hectares per person | 2023 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 110 | Madagascar | 0.0962 hectares per person | 2023 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 111 | Cape Verde | 0.0957 hectares per person | 2023 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 112 | Honduras | 0.0956 hectares per person | 2023 | down 16.5% | volatile |
| 113 | Luxembourg | 0.092 hectares per person | 2023 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 114 | Venezuela | 0.0919 hectares per person | 2023 | up 5.7% | falling |
| 115 | Liberia | 0.091 hectares per person | 2023 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 116 | Dominica | 0.0902 hectares per person | 2023 | up 4.8% | falling |
| 117 | Mauritania | 0.0896 hectares per person | 2023 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 118 | Congo | 0.089 hectares per person | 2023 | down 21.4% | volatile |
| 119 | United Kingdom | 0.0882 hectares per person | 2023 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 120 | Portugal | 0.0877 hectares per person | 2023 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 121 | North Korea | 0.0869 hectares per person | 2023 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 122 | Haiti | 0.0864 hectares per person | 2023 | down 25.2% | falling |
| 123 | Dominican Republic | 0.0861 hectares per person | 2023 | up 5.6% | falling |
| 124 | Guatemala | 0.0857 hectares per person | 2023 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 125 | Slovenia | 0.0844 hectares per person | 2023 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 126 | Suriname | 0.0842 hectares per person | 2023 | down 20.1% | flat |
| 127 | Fiji | 0.0831 hectares per person | 2023 | up 13.0% | falling |
| 128 | Rwanda | 0.0831 hectares per person | 2023 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 129 | Ireland | 0.0827 hectares per person | 2023 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 130 | Georgia | 0.0818 hectares per person | 2023 | down 26.8% | falling |
| 131 | Tajikistan | 0.0813 hectares per person | 2023 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 132 | East Timor | 0.0805 hectares per person | 2023 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 133 | China | 0.0769 hectares per person | 2023 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 134 | Comoros | 0.0764 hectares per person | 2023 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 135 | Belgium | 0.0733 hectares per person | 2023 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 136 | Cyprus | 0.0728 hectares per person | 2023 | up 8.1% | volatile |
| 137 | Chile | 0.0716 hectares per person | 2023 | down 12.6% | volatile |
| 138 | Vietnam | 0.067 hectares per person | 2023 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 139 | Indonesia | 0.0632 hectares per person | 2023 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 140 | Vanuatu | 0.0624 hectares per person | 2023 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 141 | Sri Lanka | 0.0623 hectares per person | 2023 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 142 | Nepal | 0.0607 hectares per person | 2023 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 143 | Mauritius | 0.0601 hectares per person | 2023 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 144 | Somalia | 0.0599 hectares per person | 2023 | down 29.9% | falling |
| 145 | San Marino | 0.0586 hectares per person | 2023 | up 93.7% | falling |
| 146 | Ecuador | 0.0572 hectares per person | 2023 | down 24.3% | volatile |
| 147 | Netherlands | 0.0564 hectares per person | 2023 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 148 | Samoa | 0.0494 hectares per person | 2023 | down 59.2% | falling |
| 149 | Colombia | 0.0487 hectares per person | 2023 | up 52.9% | volatile |
| 150 | Philippines | 0.0487 hectares per person | 2023 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 151 | Bangladesh | 0.046 hectares per person | 2023 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 152 | Switzerland | 0.0446 hectares per person | 2023 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 153 | Liechtenstein | 0.0434 hectares per person | 2023 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 154 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0429 hectares per person | 2023 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 155 | Jamaica | 0.0423 hectares per person | 2023 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 156 | Costa Rica | 0.0327 hectares per person | 2023 | down 33.5% | volatile |
| 157 | Japan | 0.0325 hectares per person | 2023 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 158 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0318 hectares per person | 2023 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 159 | Yemen | 0.0294 hectares per person | 2023 | down 28.2% | volatile |
| 160 | Solomon Islands | 0.0287 hectares per person | 2023 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 161 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0287 hectares per person | 2023 | down 28.5% | volatile |
| 162 | South Korea | 0.0282 hectares per person | 2023 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 163 | Israel | 0.0276 hectares per person | 2023 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 164 | Egypt | 0.0271 hectares per person | 2023 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 165 | British Virgin Islands | 0.0257 hectares per person | 2023 | down 18.7% | volatile |
| 166 | Grenada | 0.0256 hectares per person | 2023 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 167 | Barbados | 0.0248 hectares per person | 2023 | down 27.5% | falling |
| 168 | Lebanon | 0.0232 hectares per person | 2023 | up 1.1% | volatile |
| 169 | Malaysia | 0.0223 hectares per person | 2023 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 170 | American Samoa | 0.0217 hectares per person | 2023 | up 31.5% | falling |
| 171 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.0216 hectares per person | 2023 | down 27.2% | volatile |
| 172 | New Caledonia | 0.0206 hectares per person | 2023 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 173 | Bahamas | 0.02 hectares per person | 2023 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 174 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0197 hectares per person | 2023 | up 6.7% | volatile |
| 175 | Aruba | 0.0186 hectares per person | 2023 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 176 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0183 hectares per person | 2023 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 177 | Jordan | 0.0178 hectares per person | 2023 | down 38.3% | volatile |
| 178 | Micronesia (country) | 0.0178 hectares per person | 2023 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 179 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0173 hectares per person | 2023 | down 16.3% | rising |
| 180 | Oman | 0.0173 hectares per person | 2023 | up 75.5% | falling |
| 181 | Palau | 0.0169 hectares per person | 2023 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 182 | Puerto Rico | 0.0157 hectares per person | 2023 | up 5.0% | volatile |
| 183 | Kiribati | 0.0151 hectares per person | 2023 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 184 | Saint Lucia | 0.0149 hectares per person | 2023 | down 3.3% | volatile |
| 185 | Montenegro | 0.0145 hectares per person | 2023 | up 15.9% | volatile |
| 186 | Malta | 0.0132 hectares per person | 2023 | down 37.5% | falling |
| 187 | Marshall Islands | 0.0129 hectares per person | 2023 | up 30.5% | rising |
| 188 | Andorra | 0.0091 hectares per person | 2023 | down 15.9% | volatile |
| 189 | French Polynesia | 0.0089 hectares per person | 2023 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 190 | Brunei | 0.0087 hectares per person | 2023 | down 10.4% | volatile |
| 191 | United States Virgin Islands | 0.0086 hectares per person | 2023 | down 7.3% | volatile |
| 192 | Palestine | 0.0081 hectares per person | 2023 | down 46.3% | volatile |
| 193 | Qatar | 0.0079 hectares per person | 2023 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 194 | Maldives | 0.0076 hectares per person | 2023 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 195 | Guam | 0.006 hectares per person | 2023 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 196 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0048 hectares per person | 2023 | down 1.4% | volatile |
| 197 | Bermuda | 0.0046 hectares per person | 2023 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 198 | Cayman Islands | 0.0027 hectares per person | 2023 | down 19.7% | volatile |
| 199 | Djibouti | 0.0026 hectares per person | 2023 | up 28.1% | volatile |
| 200 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0.0018 hectares per person | 2023 | down 62.6% | volatile |
| 201 | Kuwait | 0.0016 hectares per person | 2023 | down 50.2% | volatile |
| 202 | Bahrain | 0.0013 hectares per person | 2023 | down 19.4% | volatile |
| 203 | Faroe Islands | 0.0013 hectares per person | 2023 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 204 | Seychelles | 0.0013 hectares per person | 2023 | down 24.9% | volatile |
| 205 | Hong Kong | 0.0003 hectares per person | 2023 | down 38.5% | volatile |
| 206 | Singapore | 0.0001 hectares per person | 2023 | down 10.4% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 0.5482 hectares per person
- North America 0.5034 hectares per person
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 0.4246 hectares per person
- Central Europe and the Baltics 0.3642 hectares per person
- Europe & Central Asia 0.359 hectares per person
- High income 0.3336 hectares per person
- Post-demographic dividend 0.312 hectares per person
- OECD members 0.2618 hectares per person
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 0.2366 hectares per person
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 0.2301 hectares per person
- Latin America & Caribbean 0.2294 hectares per person
- Africa Western and Central 0.2243 hectares per person
About this data
Arable land (hectares per person) includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.