FAO projections of arable land, per unit of GDP by country
FAO projections of arable land divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
205
Highest
0.0011 hectares per US$ of GDP
Niger
Lowest
0 hectares per US$ of GDP
Singapore
Median
0 hectares per US$ of GDP
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
10,728
What the numbers show
FAO projections of arable land, per unit of GDP is currently reported for 205 countries. The highest value is 0.0011 hectares per US$ of GDP in Niger; the lowest is 0 hectares per US$ of GDP in Singapore.
The median across all reporting countries is 0 hectares per US$ of GDP, and the mean is 0.0001 hectares per US$ of GDP.
Over the past decade 35 countries rose and 170 fell. The largest increase was in Venezuela (up 152.5%), and the largest decrease in Northern Mariana Islands (down 76.9%).
FAO projections of arable land, per unit of GDP: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Niger | 0.0011 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 36.4% | volatile |
| 2 | Central African Republic | 0.001 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 7.0% | volatile |
| 3 | Sudan | 0.0005 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 4 | Burundi | 0.0005 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 14.7% | volatile |
| 5 | Afghanistan | 0.0005 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 20.5% | volatile |
| 6 | Burkina Faso | 0.0004 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 19.6% | volatile |
| 7 | Mali | 0.0003 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 21.4% | volatile |
| 8 | Eritrea | 0.0003 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2011 | down 55.4% | falling |
| 9 | Guinea | 0.0003 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 44.9% | falling |
| 10 | Malawi | 0.0003 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 31.7% | falling |
| 11 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0003 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 37.3% | falling |
| 12 | Chad | 0.0003 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 3.2% | volatile |
| 13 | Togo | 0.0003 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 38.1% | volatile |
| 14 | Mozambique | 0.0003 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 15 | Sierra Leone | 0.0003 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 17.0% | falling |
| 16 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.0002 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 36.2% | volatile |
| 17 | Syria | 0.0002 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 72.8% | volatile |
| 18 | Madagascar | 0.0002 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 22.5% | volatile |
| 19 | Benin | 0.0002 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 22.7% | volatile |
| 20 | Tanzania | 0.0002 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 36.1% | volatile |
| 21 | Gambia | 0.0002 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 43.5% | volatile |
| 22 | Myanmar | 0.0002 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 8.0% | volatile |
| 23 | Uganda | 0.0002 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 40.7% | volatile |
| 24 | Ukraine | 0.0002 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 5.5% | volatile |
| 25 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.0002 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 19.0% | volatile |
| 26 | Lesotho | 0.0002 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 59.0% | volatile |
| 27 | Cameroon | 0.0002 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 29.6% | volatile |
| 28 | Liberia | 0.0002 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 28.6% | volatile |
| 29 | Zambia | 0.0001 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 4.4% | volatile |
| 30 | Ethiopia | 0.0001 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 61.4% | volatile |
| 31 | Moldova | 0.0001 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 42.5% | volatile |
| 32 | Senegal | 0.0001 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 28.4% | volatile |
| 33 | Vanuatu | 0.0001 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 27.3% | volatile |
| 34 | Kiribati | 0.0001 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 30.8% | volatile |
| 35 | Kazakhstan | 0.0001 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 8.8% | volatile |
| 36 | Zimbabwe | 0.0001 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 47.0% | volatile |
| 37 | Bolivia | 0.0001 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 33.0% | volatile |
| 38 | Cambodia | 0.0001 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 46.3% | volatile |
| 39 | Paraguay | 0.0001 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 2.3% | volatile |
| 40 | Somalia | 0.0001 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 53.7% | volatile |
| 41 | Tunisia | 0.0001 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 2.5% | volatile |
| 42 | Laos | 0.0001 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 26.9% | volatile |
| 43 | Rwanda | 0.0001 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 50.3% | volatile |
| 44 | Nicaragua | 0.0001 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 38.3% | volatile |
| 45 | Ghana | 0.0001 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 14.6% | volatile |
| 46 | Pakistan | 0.0001 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 23.9% | volatile |
| 47 | East Timor | 0.0001 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 32.3% | volatile |
| 48 | Nigeria | 0.0001 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 12.2% | volatile |
| 49 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0001 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 51.3% | volatile |
| 50 | Tajikistan | 0.0001 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 20.1% | volatile |
| 51 | Comoros | 0.0001 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 23.9% | volatile |
| 52 | Belarus | 0.0001 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 3.7% | volatile |
| 53 | Kenya | 0.0001 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 39.1% | volatile |
| 54 | Yemen | 0.0001 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2018 | up 19.2% | volatile |
| 55 | Solomon Islands | 0.0001 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 4.3% | volatile |
| 56 | Haiti | 0.0001 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 37.0% | volatile |
| 57 | Namibia | 0.0001 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 3.5% | volatile |
| 58 | Argentina | 0.0001 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 12.8% | volatile |
| 59 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0001 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 52.2% | volatile |
| 60 | Russia | 0.0001 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 12.2% | volatile |
| 61 | Morocco | 0.0001 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 27.3% | volatile |
| 62 | Mongolia | 0.0001 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 44.9% | volatile |
| 63 | Angola | 0.0001 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 55.9% | volatile |
| 64 | Tonga | 0.0001 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 18.3% | volatile |
| 65 | India | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 47.3% | volatile |
| 66 | Nepal | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 53.5% | volatile |
| 67 | Honduras | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 44.1% | volatile |
| 68 | Libya | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 70.7% | volatile |
| 69 | Belize | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 20.0% | volatile |
| 70 | Mauritania | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 32.3% | volatile |
| 71 | Congo | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 21.0% | volatile |
| 72 | Eswatini | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 2.4% | volatile |
| 73 | Turkmenistan | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 13.7% | volatile |
| 74 | Thailand | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 20.4% | volatile |
| 75 | Uzbekistan | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 22.3% | volatile |
| 76 | Samoa | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 37.7% | volatile |
| 77 | Papua New Guinea | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 23.5% | volatile |
| 78 | Iran | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 16.8% | volatile |
| 79 | Bhutan | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 34.7% | volatile |
| 80 | Tuvalu | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 23.2% | volatile |
| 81 | Bulgaria | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 45.3% | volatile |
| 82 | Dominica | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 17.3% | volatile |
| 83 | Serbia | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 37.1% | falling |
| 84 | Algeria | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 6.2% | volatile |
| 85 | Cuba | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2020 | down 48.1% | volatile |
| 86 | Azerbaijan | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 12.3% | volatile |
| 87 | South Africa | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 5.1% | volatile |
| 88 | Venezuela | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 152.5% | volatile |
| 89 | Indonesia | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 27.2% | volatile |
| 90 | Latvia | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 23.1% | volatile |
| 91 | Sri Lanka | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 2.2% | volatile |
| 92 | Lithuania | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 42.1% | volatile |
| 93 | Brazil | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 14.6% | volatile |
| 94 | Albania | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 46.9% | volatile |
| 95 | North Macedonia | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 30.9% | volatile |
| 96 | Uruguay | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 26.1% | volatile |
| 97 | Vietnam | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 43.8% | volatile |
| 98 | Marshall Islands | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 29.4% | falling |
| 99 | El Salvador | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 34.1% | volatile |
| 100 | Guatemala | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 42.3% | volatile |
| 101 | Philippines | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 33.5% | volatile |
| 102 | Gabon | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 9.2% | volatile |
| 103 | Romania | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 47.6% | volatile |
| 104 | Fiji | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 26.4% | volatile |
| 105 | Peru | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 13.0% | volatile |
| 106 | Cape Verde | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 19.0% | volatile |
| 107 | Turkey | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 15.1% | volatile |
| 108 | Armenia | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 54.2% | volatile |
| 109 | Malaysia | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 14.3% | volatile |
| 110 | Iraq | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 1.9% | volatile |
| 111 | Hungary | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 39.2% | volatile |
| 112 | Bangladesh | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 64.5% | volatile |
| 113 | Ecuador | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 27.7% | volatile |
| 114 | Australia | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 9.4% | volatile |
| 115 | Canada | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 15.2% | volatile |
| 116 | Estonia | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 31.5% | volatile |
| 117 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 73.8% | volatile |
| 118 | Suriname | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 24.5% | volatile |
| 119 | Poland | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 34.3% | volatile |
| 120 | Georgia | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 55.0% | volatile |
| 121 | Lebanon | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 146.2% | volatile |
| 122 | Mexico | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 27.7% | volatile |
| 123 | Colombia | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 50.9% | volatile |
| 124 | Botswana | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 31.7% | volatile |
| 125 | Dominican Republic | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 39.0% | volatile |
| 126 | Greece | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 22.4% | volatile |
| 127 | Croatia | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 30.3% | volatile |
| 128 | Spain | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 18.5% | volatile |
| 129 | Egypt | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 20.8% | volatile |
| 130 | Slovakia | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 28.9% | volatile |
| 131 | Jamaica | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 34.0% | volatile |
| 132 | Palau | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 133 | Panama | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 48.0% | volatile |
| 134 | Equatorial Guinea | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 74.7% | volatile |
| 135 | Finland | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 7.6% | volatile |
| 136 | Guyana | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 75.2% | volatile |
| 137 | Czechia | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 37.8% | volatile |
| 138 | China | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 48.6% | volatile |
| 139 | Costa Rica | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 42.5% | volatile |
| 140 | Portugal | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 25.6% | volatile |
| 141 | Palestine | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 40.3% | volatile |
| 142 | Denmark | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 16.2% | volatile |
| 143 | France | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 14.4% | volatile |
| 144 | Chile | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 18.7% | volatile |
| 145 | Mauritius | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 11.7% | volatile |
| 146 | United States | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 40.7% | volatile |
| 147 | Grenada | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 36.9% | volatile |
| 148 | Jordan | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 38.4% | volatile |
| 149 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 17.2% | volatile |
| 150 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 28.7% | volatile |
| 151 | French Polynesia | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 9.8% | volatile |
| 152 | Micronesia (country) | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 29.1% | falling |
| 153 | Sweden | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 1.6% | volatile |
| 154 | Italy | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 3.0% | volatile |
| 155 | Saint Lucia | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 32.0% | volatile |
| 156 | Iceland | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 48.8% | volatile |
| 157 | Cyprus | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 19.0% | volatile |
| 158 | Slovenia | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 32.0% | volatile |
| 159 | American Samoa | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 160 | Isle of Man | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 1.1% | volatile |
| 161 | Saudi Arabia | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 38.1% | volatile |
| 162 | Austria | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 19.3% | volatile |
| 163 | Germany | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 17.9% | volatile |
| 164 | Nauru | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 41.6% | volatile |
| 165 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 35.5% | volatile |
| 166 | New Zealand | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 28.7% | volatile |
| 167 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 14.1% | volatile |
| 168 | Montenegro | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 33.7% | volatile |
| 169 | United Kingdom | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 21.1% | volatile |
| 170 | Norway | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 6.9% | volatile |
| 171 | Belgium | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 172 | Guam | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 39.0% | falling |
| 173 | Oman | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 50.5% | volatile |
| 174 | San Marino | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 90.5% | rising |
| 175 | Barbados | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 40.3% | volatile |
| 176 | Djibouti | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 177 | New Caledonia | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 3.6% | volatile |
| 178 | Japan | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 13.9% | volatile |
| 179 | Netherlands | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 24.3% | volatile |
| 180 | South Korea | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 31.3% | volatile |
| 181 | Ireland | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 60.3% | volatile |
| 182 | Maldives | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 54.8% | volatile |
| 183 | Israel | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 43.1% | volatile |
| 184 | Bahamas | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 31.4% | volatile |
| 185 | Seychelles | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 38.6% | volatile |
| 186 | Luxembourg | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 27.8% | falling |
| 187 | Brunei | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 19.9% | volatile |
| 188 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 47.3% | falling |
| 189 | Puerto Rico | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 29.5% | volatile |
| 190 | Aruba | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 27.2% | volatile |
| 191 | Switzerland | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 23.6% | volatile |
| 192 | Malta | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 61.3% | volatile |
| 193 | United States Virgin Islands | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 51.9% | falling |
| 194 | Liechtenstein | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 30.8% | volatile |
| 195 | Andorra | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 22.8% | volatile |
| 196 | United Arab Emirates | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 9.5% | volatile |
| 197 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 76.9% | volatile |
| 198 | Qatar | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 10.8% | volatile |
| 199 | Cayman Islands | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 39.7% | falling |
| 200 | Bahrain | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 33.7% | volatile |
| 201 | Kuwait | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 16.3% | volatile |
| 202 | Bermuda | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 24.8% | volatile |
| 203 | Faroe Islands | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 25.4% | volatile |
| 204 | Hong Kong | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 47.0% | volatile |
| 205 | Singapore | 0 hectares per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 40.7% | volatile |
How this figure is calculated
FAO projections of arable land divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
FAO projections of arable land ÷ GDP (current US$)
Computed from
- FAO projections of arable land Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
- GDP Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks
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 GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.