FAO projections of arable land, per square kilometre by country
FAO projections of arable land divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
208
Highest
67.69 hectares per square kilometre
Bangladesh
Lowest
0.0511 hectares per square kilometre
Faroe Islands
Median
13.1 hectares per square kilometre
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
11,997
What the numbers show
FAO projections of arable land, per square kilometre is currently reported for 208 countries. The highest value is 67.69 hectares per square kilometre in Bangladesh; the lowest is 0.0511 hectares per square kilometre in Faroe Islands.
The median across all reporting countries is 13.1 hectares per square kilometre, and the mean is 18.19 hectares per square kilometre.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 1,325.
Over the past decade 92 countries rose and 84 fell. The largest increase was in San Marino (up 130.0%), and the largest decrease in Northern Mariana Islands (down 66.0%).
FAO projections of arable land, per square kilometre: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bangladesh | 67.69 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.6% | falling |
| 2 | Burundi | 65.08 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 3 | Moldova | 64.9 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 4 | Comoros | 63.41 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 5 | Rwanda | 60.68 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 6 | Tuvalu | 60 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 7 | Denmark | 59.88 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 8 | Ukraine | 58.3 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 9 | India | 56.61 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 10 | Togo | 51.85 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 11 | Nigeria | 48.56 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 12 | Haiti | 47.35 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 17.3% | rising |
| 13 | Hungary | 47.05 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 14 | Uganda | 45.38 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 15 | Cote d'Ivoire | 44.97 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 53.1% | rising |
| 16 | Malawi | 44.55 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 17 | Gambia | 44.17 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 18 | Sao Tome and Principe | 43.75 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 19 | Tonga | 43.06 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.9% | flat |
| 20 | El Salvador | 42.52 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 21 | Thailand | 42.23 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 22 | Kiribati | 41.98 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 23 | Sri Lanka | 41.5 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 24 | Isle of Man | 41.12 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.0% | flat |
| 25 | Pakistan | 40.21 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 26 | Mauritius | 39.54 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 27 | Marshall Islands | 38.89 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 28 | San Marino | 38.33 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 130.0% | rising |
| 29 | Romania | 38.3 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 30 | Poland | 37.7 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.0% | falling |
| 31 | Philippines | 37.64 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 32 | Lithuania | 37.32 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 33 | Vietnam | 37.17 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 34 | Benin | 36.95 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 35 | Cuba | 34.31 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 36 | Germany | 34 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 37 | Serbia | 33.5 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.5% | flat |
| 38 | Bulgaria | 33.37 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 39 | France | 33.26 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 40 | Czechia | 33.25 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 41 | Spain | 33.23 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 42 | Ghana | 32.6 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 43 | Italy | 32.07 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.4% | falling |
| 44 | Tunisia | 31.86 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 45 | Dominican Republic | 31.52 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 46 | Burkina Faso | 31.47 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 47 | Turkey | 31.15 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 48 | Netherlands | 31.04 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 49 | Dominica | 30.67 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 50 | Guinea | 29.68 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 47.4% | rising |
| 51 | Syria | 29.64 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 52 | Belgium | 29.07 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.2% | flat |
| 53 | Azerbaijan | 28.62 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 54 | Belarus | 27.85 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 55 | Slovakia | 27.54 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 56 | Lebanon | 26.8 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.5% | falling |
| 57 | Cambodia | 26.37 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 58 | Malta | 25.91 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 59 | Guatemala | 25.54 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 60 | United Kingdom | 25.16 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 61 | Malaysia | 25.09 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 62 | Albania | 24.76 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 63 | Luxembourg | 24.42 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 64 | Sierra Leone | 24.23 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.0% | volatile |
| 65 | Indonesia | 23.31 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 66 | Guinea-Bissau | 22.96 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 67 | Greece | 22.47 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 68 | Latvia | 22.02 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.8% | flat |
| 69 | North Korea | 21.14 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 70 | Grenada | 20.59 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 71 | Senegal | 20.31 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 72 | Nauru | 20 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 73 | Portugal | 19.73 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 74 | Morocco | 19.69 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.3% | rising |
| 75 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 19.62 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 76 | Myanmar | 19.18 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 77 | Palestine | 18.79 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 78 | Barbados | 18.6 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 79 | North Macedonia | 18.08 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 80 | Armenia | 17.85 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 81 | Tanzania | 17.52 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 82 | Jamaica | 17.36 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 83 | Israel | 17.22 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 84 | Croatia | 16.92 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 85 | United States | 16.92 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 86 | Austria | 16.81 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 87 | Estonia | 16.73 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.5% | falling |
| 88 | Cameroon | 16.71 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 89 | Maldives | 16.44 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.7% | rising |
| 90 | Ethiopia | 16.36 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 91 | Saint Lucia | 15.69 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 92 | South Korea | 15.49 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 93 | Samoa | 15.26 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 94 | Argentina | 15.15 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 95 | Nicaragua | 14.95 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 96 | Guam | 14.81 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.0% | flat |
| 97 | American Samoa | 14.8 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 98 | Honduras | 14.46 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.9% | flat |
| 99 | Niger | 14.07 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 100 | Cyprus | 13.73 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.6% | volatile |
| 101 | Nepal | 13.59 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 13.8% | rising |
| 102 | China | 13.59 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 103 | Cape Verde | 13.4 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 104 | British Virgin Islands | 13.33 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 105 | East Timor | 12.87 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 106 | Kenya | 12.86 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 107 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 12.82 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 108 | Uruguay | 12.79 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 109 | Iraq | 12.65 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.4% | flat |
| 110 | Mexico | 12.58 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 111 | Afghanistan | 12.44 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 112 | Vanuatu | 11.89 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 113 | Lesotho | 11.88 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 43.1% | falling |
| 114 | Japan | 11.79 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 115 | Paraguay | 11.73 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 116 | Slovenia | 11.59 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 117 | Antigua and Barbuda | 11.36 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 118 | Sudan | 11.35 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 119 | Eswatini | 11.34 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 120 | Aruba | 11.11 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 121 | Kazakhstan | 11.04 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 122 | Iran | 10.84 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 123 | Liechtenstein | 10.81 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 124 | Switzerland | 10.67 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 125 | Costa Rica | 10.66 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 126 | Zimbabwe | 10.51 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 127 | South Africa | 10.23 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 128 | Uzbekistan | 10.14 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 129 | Ecuador | 9.7 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.5% | rising |
| 130 | Panama | 9.18 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 131 | Trinidad and Tobago | 9.16 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 132 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 8.67 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 60.2% | falling |
| 133 | French Polynesia | 8.21 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 134 | Mozambique | 7.69 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 135 | Fiji | 7.59 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 136 | Brazil | 7.59 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 137 | Tajikistan | 7.56 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 138 | Russia | 7.55 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 139 | Puerto Rico | 7.46 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 18.5% | volatile |
| 140 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 7.45 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 27.7% | rising |
| 141 | Finland | 7.4 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 142 | Liberia | 7.27 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 143 | Kyrgyzstan | 7.11 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 144 | Mali | 7.08 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 23.6% | volatile |
| 145 | Laos | 6.98 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 146 | Ireland | 6.4 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 147 | Georgia | 6.22 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 148 | Sweden | 6.21 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 149 | Madagascar | 6.19 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 150 | Belize | 5.79 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 151 | Eritrea | 5.71 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 152 | Bermuda | 5.56 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 153 | Bolivia | 5.37 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 154 | Zambia | 5.16 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 155 | Bahrain | 5.12 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 156 | Palau | 5 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 157 | Peru | 4.84 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 158 | Angola | 4.57 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 159 | Colombia | 4.5 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 44.9% | falling |
| 160 | Canada | 4.36 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.0% | flat |
| 161 | Central African Republic | 4.3 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 40.4% | rising |
| 162 | Chad | 4.24 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 163 | Australia | 4.08 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 164 | Egypt | 4.08 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 165 | South Sudan | 4.07 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 166 | Venezuela | 3.74 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 167 | Solomon Islands | 3.62 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 168 | Algeria | 3.58 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 169 | Equatorial Guinea | 3.56 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 170 | Turkmenistan | 3.47 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.1% | rising |
| 171 | Seychelles | 3.37 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 172 | Jordan | 3.24 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 173 | United States Virgin Islands | 3.14 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 45.0% | falling |
| 174 | Bhutan | 2.99 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 175 | Cayman Islands | 2.92 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 176 | Micronesia (country) | 2.86 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 176 | Hong Kong | 2.86 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 26.8% | falling |
| 178 | Yemen | 2.75 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 179 | Papua New Guinea | 2.68 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 180 | Chile | 2.58 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 181 | New Zealand | 2.25 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 182 | Norway | 2.21 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 183 | Qatar | 2.09 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.1% | volatile |
| 184 | Gabon | 1.92 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 185 | Congo | 1.91 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 186 | Brunei | 1.9 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 187 | Somalia | 1.8 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 188 | Saudi Arabia | 1.69 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 189 | Andorra | 1.58 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 190 | United Arab Emirates | 1.29 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.5% | volatile |
| 191 | Iceland | 1.2 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 192 | Libya | 1.17 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 193 | Bahamas | 1.1 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 194 | Montenegro | 1.07 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.6% | volatile |
| 195 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 1.05 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 196 | Namibia | 0.9863 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 197 | Singapore | 0.9192 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.0% | volatile |
| 198 | Kuwait | 0.7856 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.5% | volatile |
| 199 | Mongolia | 0.7372 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.1% | rising |
| 200 | Guyana | 0.5968 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.0% | rising |
| 201 | New Caledonia | 0.5306 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 202 | Botswana | 0.4623 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 203 | Mauritania | 0.4463 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 204 | Oman | 0.3933 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 77.7% | rising |
| 205 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0.3696 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 66.0% | volatile |
| 206 | Suriname | 0.3454 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 16.0% | rising |
| 207 | Djibouti | 0.1682 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 39.3% | volatile |
| 208 | Faroe Islands | 0.0511 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.5% | flat |
How this figure is calculated
FAO projections of arable land divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
FAO projections of arable land ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- FAO projections of arable land Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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 Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.