FAO projections of arable land, per capita by country
FAO projections of arable land divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
208
Highest
1.47 hectares per person
Kazakhstan
Lowest
0.0001 hectares per person
Singapore
Median
0.1515 hectares per person
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
11,968
What the numbers show
FAO projections of arable land, per capita is currently reported for 208 countries. The highest value is 1.47 hectares per person in Kazakhstan; the lowest is 0.0001 hectares per person in Singapore.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.1515 hectares per person, and the mean is 0.2094 hectares per person.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 13,143.
Over the past decade 48 countries rose and 160 fell. The largest increase was in San Marino (up 124.4%), and the largest decrease in Northern Mariana Islands (down 60.3%).
FAO projections of arable land, per capita: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kazakhstan | 1.47 hectares per person | 2023 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 2 | Australia | 1.18 hectares per person | 2023 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 3 | Canada | 0.9567 hectares per person | 2023 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 4 | Argentina | 0.9103 hectares per person | 2023 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 5 | Ukraine | 0.8952 hectares per person | 2023 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 6 | Moldova | 0.8695 hectares per person | 2023 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 7 | Russia | 0.8597 hectares per person | 2023 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 8 | Lithuania | 0.8135 hectares per person | 2023 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 9 | Latvia | 0.7273 hectares per person | 2023 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 10 | Niger | 0.6811 hectares per person | 2023 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 11 | Paraguay | 0.6785 hectares per person | 2023 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 12 | Uruguay | 0.6607 hectares per person | 2023 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 13 | Belarus | 0.6159 hectares per person | 2023 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 14 | Bulgaria | 0.5619 hectares per person | 2023 | up 11.3% | falling |
| 15 | Estonia | 0.5218 hectares per person | 2023 | up 7.3% | falling |
| 16 | Central African Republic | 0.5199 hectares per person | 2023 | up 26.5% | falling |
| 17 | Guinea | 0.5063 hectares per person | 2023 | up 14.5% | falling |
| 18 | Bolivia | 0.475 hectares per person | 2023 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 19 | Romania | 0.4624 hectares per person | 2023 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 20 | United States | 0.4595 hectares per person | 2023 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 21 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.4588 hectares per person | 2023 | up 17.6% | falling |
| 22 | Vanuatu | 0.4525 hectares per person | 2023 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 23 | Hungary | 0.4477 hectares per person | 2023 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 24 | Serbia | 0.4253 hectares per person | 2023 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 25 | Sudan | 0.4239 hectares per person | 2023 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 26 | Tunisia | 0.4058 hectares per person | 2023 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 27 | Finland | 0.4028 hectares per person | 2023 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 28 | Denmark | 0.4027 hectares per person | 2023 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 29 | Burkina Faso | 0.374 hectares per person | 2023 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 30 | Mali | 0.3635 hectares per person | 2023 | down 9.2% | rising |
| 31 | Dominica | 0.3458 hectares per person | 2023 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 32 | Spain | 0.3434 hectares per person | 2023 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 33 | Togo | 0.3429 hectares per person | 2023 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 34 | Mongolia | 0.3301 hectares per person | 2023 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 35 | Cuba | 0.3232 hectares per person | 2023 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 36 | Belize | 0.3211 hectares per person | 2023 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 37 | Poland | 0.3147 hectares per person | 2023 | up 6.9% | falling |
| 38 | Iceland | 0.3137 hectares per person | 2023 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 39 | Thailand | 0.3009 hectares per person | 2023 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 40 | Brazil | 0.3003 hectares per person | 2023 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 41 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.2998 hectares per person | 2023 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 42 | Tonga | 0.2964 hectares per person | 2023 | up 9.4% | falling |
| 43 | Benin | 0.2953 hectares per person | 2023 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 44 | Albania | 0.2813 hectares per person | 2023 | up 13.8% | falling |
| 45 | Turkey | 0.2809 hectares per person | 2023 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 46 | Libya | 0.2806 hectares per person | 2023 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 47 | Isle of Man | 0.2785 hectares per person | 2023 | up 7.0% | falling |
| 48 | Cameroon | 0.2783 hectares per person | 2023 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 49 | Greece | 0.2783 hectares per person | 2023 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 50 | Chad | 0.2763 hectares per person | 2023 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 51 | Namibia | 0.274 hectares per person | 2023 | down 23.7% | falling |
| 52 | Cambodia | 0.2671 hectares per person | 2023 | up 0.0% | falling |
| 53 | Nicaragua | 0.2636 hectares per person | 2023 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 54 | France | 0.2622 hectares per person | 2023 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 55 | Kiribati | 0.2565 hectares per person | 2023 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 56 | North Macedonia | 0.2495 hectares per person | 2023 | up 6.6% | falling |
| 57 | Zimbabwe | 0.2489 hectares per person | 2023 | down 14.7% | rising |
| 58 | Croatia | 0.2454 hectares per person | 2023 | up 9.4% | falling |
| 59 | Slovakia | 0.244 hectares per person | 2023 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 60 | Sweden | 0.24 hectares per person | 2023 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 61 | Czechia | 0.2362 hectares per person | 2023 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 62 | Malaysia | 0.2347 hectares per person | 2023 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 63 | Morocco | 0.233 hectares per person | 2023 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 64 | Tanzania | 0.233 hectares per person | 2023 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 65 | Azerbaijan | 0.2329 hectares per person | 2023 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 66 | Myanmar | 0.2312 hectares per person | 2023 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 67 | Syria | 0.2306 hectares per person | 2023 | down 12.8% | volatile |
| 68 | South Sudan | 0.2242 hectares per person | 2023 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 69 | Turkmenistan | 0.2215 hectares per person | 2023 | down 30.7% | falling |
| 70 | Ghana | 0.2195 hectares per person | 2023 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 71 | Senegal | 0.2163 hectares per person | 2023 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 72 | Laos | 0.2101 hectares per person | 2023 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 73 | Sierra Leone | 0.2067 hectares per person | 2023 | down 20.6% | rising |
| 74 | Eritrea | 0.1994 hectares per person | 2023 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 75 | Gabon | 0.1992 hectares per person | 2023 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 76 | Malawi | 0.199 hectares per person | 2023 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 77 | South Africa | 0.1964 hectares per person | 2023 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 78 | Samoa | 0.1958 hectares per person | 2023 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 79 | Afghanistan | 0.1958 hectares per person | 2023 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 80 | Iran | 0.1941 hectares per person | 2023 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 81 | Nigeria | 0.1941 hectares per person | 2023 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 82 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.192 hectares per person | 2023 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 83 | Mexico | 0.1884 hectares per person | 2023 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 84 | Uganda | 0.187 hectares per person | 2023 | down 27.4% | falling |
| 85 | Zambia | 0.1852 hectares per person | 2023 | down 23.7% | falling |
| 86 | Algeria | 0.1849 hectares per person | 2023 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 87 | Tuvalu | 0.1834 hectares per person | 2023 | up 12.1% | falling |
| 88 | Peru | 0.1831 hectares per person | 2023 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 89 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.1819 hectares per person | 2023 | up 3.3% | falling |
| 90 | Marshall Islands | 0.1803 hectares per person | 2023 | up 30.5% | falling |
| 91 | Mozambique | 0.1798 hectares per person | 2023 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 92 | Portugal | 0.1709 hectares per person | 2023 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 93 | Armenia | 0.1698 hectares per person | 2023 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 94 | Gambia | 0.1657 hectares per person | 2023 | down 23.7% | falling |
| 95 | Italy | 0.1608 hectares per person | 2023 | up 6.7% | falling |
| 96 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.1597 hectares per person | 2023 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 97 | Eswatini | 0.1585 hectares per person | 2023 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 98 | Indonesia | 0.1569 hectares per person | 2023 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 99 | Lesotho | 0.1561 hectares per person | 2023 | up 27.3% | falling |
| 100 | Angola | 0.1552 hectares per person | 2023 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 101 | Panama | 0.1527 hectares per person | 2023 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 102 | Guyana | 0.1525 hectares per person | 2023 | down 8.5% | flat |
| 103 | Honduras | 0.152 hectares per person | 2023 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 104 | Austria | 0.1519 hectares per person | 2023 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 105 | Guatemala | 0.151 hectares per person | 2023 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 106 | Fiji | 0.15 hectares per person | 2023 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 107 | Norway | 0.146 hectares per person | 2023 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 108 | Bhutan | 0.145 hectares per person | 2023 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 109 | Ethiopia | 0.1434 hectares per person | 2023 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 110 | Germany | 0.1427 hectares per person | 2023 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 111 | El Salvador | 0.1396 hectares per person | 2023 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 112 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.1394 hectares per person | 2023 | down 54.9% | rising |
| 113 | Comoros | 0.1388 hectares per person | 2023 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 114 | East Timor | 0.1383 hectares per person | 2023 | down 15.5% | flat |
| 115 | Kenya | 0.135 hectares per person | 2023 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 116 | Dominican Republic | 0.1341 hectares per person | 2023 | up 5.7% | falling |
| 117 | Ecuador | 0.134 hectares per person | 2023 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 118 | Palau | 0.1297 hectares per person | 2023 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 119 | Liberia | 0.1274 hectares per person | 2023 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 120 | Solomon Islands | 0.1265 hectares per person | 2023 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 121 | Uzbekistan | 0.1253 hectares per person | 2023 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 122 | Pakistan | 0.1252 hectares per person | 2023 | down 15.5% | volatile |
| 123 | Burundi | 0.1221 hectares per person | 2023 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 124 | Iraq | 0.1219 hectares per person | 2023 | down 12.0% | volatile |
| 125 | India | 0.117 hectares per person | 2023 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 126 | Papua New Guinea | 0.1169 hectares per person | 2023 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 127 | Venezuela | 0.1166 hectares per person | 2023 | up 5.7% | falling |
| 128 | Sri Lanka | 0.1165 hectares per person | 2023 | up 4.3% | falling |
| 129 | Georgia | 0.1162 hectares per person | 2023 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 130 | Vietnam | 0.1161 hectares per person | 2023 | up 3.0% | falling |
| 131 | Madagascar | 0.1154 hectares per person | 2023 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 132 | New Zealand | 0.1138 hectares per person | 2023 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 133 | Haiti | 0.1121 hectares per person | 2023 | down 27.4% | falling |
| 134 | Slovenia | 0.1101 hectares per person | 2023 | down 4.4% | flat |
| 135 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.1091 hectares per person | 2023 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 136 | Saudi Arabia | 0.1079 hectares per person | 2023 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 137 | Rwanda | 0.1073 hectares per person | 2023 | down 24.2% | falling |
| 138 | Costa Rica | 0.1066 hectares per person | 2023 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 139 | Botswana | 0.1056 hectares per person | 2023 | down 19.8% | volatile |
| 140 | Congo | 0.1054 hectares per person | 2023 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 141 | Cape Verde | 0.1034 hectares per person | 2023 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 142 | French Polynesia | 0.1014 hectares per person | 2023 | up 9.2% | falling |
| 143 | Tajikistan | 0.101 hectares per person | 2023 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 144 | Philippines | 0.0977 hectares per person | 2023 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 145 | Chile | 0.0974 hectares per person | 2023 | down 11.5% | volatile |
| 146 | North Korea | 0.0963 hectares per person | 2023 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 147 | Colombia | 0.0955 hectares per person | 2023 | up 27.8% | falling |
| 148 | Luxembourg | 0.0944 hectares per person | 2023 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 149 | Cyprus | 0.0943 hectares per person | 2023 | up 4.4% | volatile |
| 150 | Mauritania | 0.0916 hectares per person | 2023 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 151 | China | 0.0904 hectares per person | 2023 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 152 | United Kingdom | 0.0888 hectares per person | 2023 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 153 | Suriname | 0.0881 hectares per person | 2023 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 154 | Ireland | 0.083 hectares per person | 2023 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 155 | Belgium | 0.0752 hectares per person | 2023 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 156 | San Marino | 0.0679 hectares per person | 2023 | up 124.4% | falling |
| 157 | Jamaica | 0.0662 hectares per person | 2023 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 158 | Nepal | 0.0656 hectares per person | 2023 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 159 | Mauritius | 0.0632 hectares per person | 2023 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 160 | American Samoa | 0.0623 hectares per person | 2023 | up 26.5% | falling |
| 161 | Somalia | 0.0615 hectares per person | 2023 | down 29.7% | falling |
| 162 | Grenada | 0.0598 hectares per person | 2023 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 163 | Netherlands | 0.0585 hectares per person | 2023 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 164 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.054 hectares per person | 2023 | down 27.3% | volatile |
| 165 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0536 hectares per person | 2023 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 166 | Saint Lucia | 0.0534 hectares per person | 2023 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 167 | Bangladesh | 0.0513 hectares per person | 2023 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 168 | British Virgin Islands | 0.0513 hectares per person | 2023 | down 18.7% | volatile |
| 169 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0493 hectares per person | 2023 | up 6.7% | falling |
| 170 | Guam | 0.048 hectares per person | 2023 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 171 | Lebanon | 0.0475 hectares per person | 2023 | up 4.9% | falling |
| 172 | Switzerland | 0.0474 hectares per person | 2023 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 173 | Liechtenstein | 0.0434 hectares per person | 2023 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 174 | Israel | 0.0378 hectares per person | 2023 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 175 | Yemen | 0.0369 hectares per person | 2023 | down 27.9% | volatile |
| 176 | Egypt | 0.0354 hectares per person | 2023 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 177 | Japan | 0.0345 hectares per person | 2023 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 178 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0344 hectares per person | 2023 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 179 | Nauru | 0.0337 hectares per person | 2023 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 180 | New Caledonia | 0.0335 hectares per person | 2023 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 181 | South Korea | 0.0292 hectares per person | 2023 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 182 | Barbados | 0.0283 hectares per person | 2023 | down 25.1% | falling |
| 183 | Bahamas | 0.0275 hectares per person | 2023 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 184 | Jordan | 0.0251 hectares per person | 2023 | down 36.2% | volatile |
| 185 | Oman | 0.0241 hectares per person | 2023 | up 34.9% | falling |
| 186 | Montenegro | 0.023 hectares per person | 2023 | up 14.5% | volatile |
| 187 | Palestine | 0.0219 hectares per person | 2023 | down 35.0% | falling |
| 188 | Brunei | 0.0218 hectares per person | 2023 | down 10.4% | volatile |
| 189 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.0216 hectares per person | 2023 | down 27.2% | volatile |
| 190 | Puerto Rico | 0.0207 hectares per person | 2023 | down 7.6% | volatile |
| 191 | Aruba | 0.0186 hectares per person | 2023 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 192 | Micronesia (country) | 0.0178 hectares per person | 2023 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 193 | Malta | 0.015 hectares per person | 2023 | down 37.7% | falling |
| 194 | Seychelles | 0.0129 hectares per person | 2023 | down 24.9% | volatile |
| 195 | United States Virgin Islands | 0.0105 hectares per person | 2023 | down 43.4% | volatile |
| 196 | Cayman Islands | 0.0096 hectares per person | 2023 | down 19.7% | volatile |
| 197 | Maldives | 0.0093 hectares per person | 2023 | down 31.0% | falling |
| 198 | Andorra | 0.0092 hectares per person | 2023 | down 14.9% | volatile |
| 199 | Qatar | 0.009 hectares per person | 2023 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 200 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0087 hectares per person | 2023 | down 15.2% | volatile |
| 201 | Bermuda | 0.0046 hectares per person | 2023 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 202 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0.0038 hectares per person | 2023 | down 60.3% | volatile |
| 203 | Djibouti | 0.0034 hectares per person | 2023 | up 19.0% | volatile |
| 204 | Kuwait | 0.0029 hectares per person | 2023 | down 42.5% | volatile |
| 205 | Bahrain | 0.0026 hectares per person | 2023 | down 28.1% | volatile |
| 206 | Faroe Islands | 0.0013 hectares per person | 2023 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 207 | Hong Kong | 0.0004 hectares per person | 2023 | down 30.3% | volatile |
| 208 | Singapore | 0.0001 hectares per person | 2023 | down 10.1% | volatile |
How this figure is calculated
FAO projections of arable land divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
FAO projections of arable land ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- FAO projections of arable land Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
FAO projections of arable land divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.