What is breakdown of habitable land area in United States?

Breakdown of habitable land area in United States was 14.09 million hectares in 2019, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.

What is the highest breakdown of habitable land area recorded in United States?

The highest recorded value was 14.09 million hectares in 2019.

What is the lowest breakdown of habitable land area recorded in United States?

The lowest recorded value was 13.38 million hectares in 2015.

How does United States rank for breakdown of habitable land area?

United States ranks 4th out of 235 countries with data for 2019.

Where does this United States data come from?

The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Breakdown of habitable land area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Breakdown of habitable land area in United States

Name: Breakdown of habitable land area in United States
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)

United States: Breakdown of habitable land area was 14.09 million hectares in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)

14.09 million hectares

Change on year

up 1.0%

World rank

4th

of 235 countries

All-time high

14.09 million hectares

in 2019

All-time low

13.38 million hectares

in 2015

Years of data

2015–2019

Breakdown of habitable land area in United States, 2015–2019

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in hectares.

Analysis

In 2019, breakdown of habitable land area in United States stood at 14.09 million hectares. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.

The figure is up 1.0% on the previous year and up 5.3% over five years.

United States ranks 4th of 235 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

Countries ranked near United States

1 Canada 86.61 million hectares compare
2 Russia 49.83 million hectares compare
3 Kazakhstan 16.72 million hectares compare
5 China 11.36 million hectares compare
6 Brazil 9.16 million hectares compare
7 Turkmenistan 8.93 million hectares compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is breakdown of habitable land area in United States?: Breakdown of habitable land area in United States was 14.09 million hectares in 2019, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
What is the highest breakdown of habitable land area recorded in United States?: The highest recorded value was 14.09 million hectares in 2019.
What is the lowest breakdown of habitable land area recorded in United States?: The lowest recorded value was 13.38 million hectares in 2015.
How does United States rank for breakdown of habitable land area?: United States ranks 4th out of 235 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this United States data come from?: The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Breakdown of habitable land area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator: Breakdown of habitable land area
Unit: hectares
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 235 places, 1,175 data points, 2015–2019
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Habitable land is defined as ice- and barren-free land. Agricultural land is the sum of croplands and pasture for grazing.