Land area in hectares by country
Total land area, measured in hectares. 100 hectares is one square kilometer. Land area is a country's total area, excluding area under inland water bodies, national claims to continental shelf, and exclusive economic zones. In most cases the definition of inland water bodies includes major rivers and lakes.
Countries reporting
230
Highest
1.64 billion hectares
Russia
Lowest
44 hectares
Vatican
Median
8.26 million hectares
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
13,636
What the numbers show
Land area in hectares is currently reported for 230 countries. The highest value is 1.64 billion hectares in Russia; the lowest is 44 hectares in Vatican.
The median across all reporting countries is 8.26 million hectares, and the mean is 56.56 million hectares.
Over the past decade 33 countries rose and 32 fell. The largest increase was in Macao (up 8.9%), and the largest decrease in Serbia (down 3.9%).
Land area in hectares: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russia | 1.64 billion hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 2 | China | 938.82 million hectares | 2023 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 3 | United States | 914.74 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 4 | Canada | 878.87 million hectares | 2023 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 5 | Brazil | 835.81 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 6 | Australia | 769.20 million hectares | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 7 | India | 297.32 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 8 | Argentina | 273.67 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 9 | Kazakhstan | 269.97 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 10 | Algeria | 238.17 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 11 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 226.71 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 12 | Saudi Arabia | 214.97 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 13 | Mexico | 194.40 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 14 | Indonesia | 189.26 million hectares | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 15 | Sudan | 186.80 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 16 | Libya | 175.95 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 17 | Iran | 162.25 million hectares | 2023 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 18 | Mongolia | 155.85 million hectares | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 19 | Peru | 128.00 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 20 | Niger | 126.67 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 21 | Chad | 125.92 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 22 | Angola | 124.67 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 23 | Mali | 122.02 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 24 | South Africa | 121.31 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 25 | Ethiopia | 112.85 million hectares | 2023 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 26 | Colombia | 110.95 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 27 | Bolivia | 108.33 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 28 | Mauritania | 103.07 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 29 | Egypt | 99.55 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 30 | Nigeria | 91.08 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 31 | Tanzania | 88.58 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 32 | Venezuela | 88.20 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 33 | Namibia | 82.33 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 34 | Mozambique | 78.64 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 35 | Pakistan | 77.09 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 36 | Turkey | 76.96 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 37 | Zambia | 74.34 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 38 | Chile | 74.28 million hectares | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 39 | Myanmar | 65.27 million hectares | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 40 | Afghanistan | 65.22 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 41 | South Sudan | 63.19 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 42 | Somalia | 62.73 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 43 | Central African Republic | 62.30 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 44 | Madagascar | 58.18 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 45 | Kenya | 58.09 million hectares | 2023 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 46 | Ukraine | 57.94 million hectares | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 47 | Botswana | 56.67 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 48 | France | 53.90 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 49 | Yemen | 52.80 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 50 | Thailand | 51.09 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 51 | Spain | 49.97 million hectares | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 52 | Cameroon | 47.27 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 53 | Turkmenistan | 46.99 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 54 | Papua New Guinea | 45.29 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 55 | Morocco | 44.63 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 56 | Uzbekistan | 44.06 million hectares | 2023 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 57 | Iraq | 43.41 million hectares | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 58 | Greenland | 41.05 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 59 | Sweden | 40.73 million hectares | 2023 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 60 | Paraguay | 39.60 million hectares | 2023 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 61 | Zimbabwe | 38.69 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 62 | Japan | 36.46 million hectares | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 63 | Norway | 36.43 million hectares | 2023 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 64 | Germany | 34.94 million hectares | 2023 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 65 | Congo | 34.15 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 66 | Malaysia | 32.85 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 67 | Cote d'Ivoire | 31.80 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 68 | Vietnam | 31.34 million hectares | 2023 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 69 | Oman | 30.95 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 70 | Poland | 30.63 million hectares | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 71 | Finland | 30.40 million hectares | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 72 | Philippines | 29.82 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 73 | Italy | 29.57 million hectares | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 74 | Burkina Faso | 27.36 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 75 | Western Sahara | 26.60 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 76 | New Zealand | 26.33 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 77 | Gabon | 25.77 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 78 | Ecuador | 24.84 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 79 | Guinea | 24.57 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 80 | United Kingdom | 24.19 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 81 | Laos | 23.08 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 82 | Romania | 23.01 million hectares | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 83 | Ghana | 22.75 million hectares | 2023 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 84 | Guyana | 21.11 million hectares | 2023 | up 7.3% | flat |
| 85 | Belarus | 20.30 million hectares | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 86 | Uganda | 20.05 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 87 | Senegal | 19.25 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 88 | Kyrgyzstan | 19.18 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 89 | Syria | 18.36 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 90 | Cambodia | 17.65 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 91 | Uruguay | 17.50 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 92 | Suriname | 16.05 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 93 | Tunisia | 15.54 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 94 | Nepal | 14.34 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 95 | Tajikistan | 13.88 million hectares | 2023 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 96 | Bangladesh | 13.00 million hectares | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 97 | Greece | 12.89 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 98 | Eritrea | 12.12 million hectares | 2023 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 99 | North Korea | 12.04 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 100 | Nicaragua | 12.03 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 101 | Benin | 11.28 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 102 | Honduras | 11.19 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 103 | Bulgaria | 10.86 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 104 | Guatemala | 10.72 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 105 | Cuba | 10.38 million hectares | 2023 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 106 | Iceland | 10.08 million hectares | 2023 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 107 | South Korea | 9.76 million hectares | 2023 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 108 | Liberia | 9.63 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 109 | Malawi | 9.43 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 110 | Portugal | 9.16 million hectares | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 111 | Hungary | 9.13 million hectares | 2023 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 112 | Jordan | 8.88 million hectares | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 113 | Serbia | 8.41 million hectares | 2023 | down 3.9% | flat |
| 114 | French Guiana | 8.28 million hectares | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 115 | Azerbaijan | 8.27 million hectares | 2023 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 116 | Austria | 8.25 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 117 | Czechia | 7.72 million hectares | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 118 | Panama | 7.42 million hectares | 2023 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 119 | Sierra Leone | 7.22 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 120 | United Arab Emirates | 7.10 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 121 | Georgia | 6.95 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 122 | Lithuania | 6.26 million hectares | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 123 | Latvia | 6.22 million hectares | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 124 | Sri Lanka | 6.19 million hectares | 2023 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 125 | Croatia | 5.60 million hectares | 2023 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 126 | Togo | 5.44 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 127 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5.12 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 128 | Costa Rica | 5.11 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 129 | Dominican Republic | 4.82 million hectares | 2023 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 130 | Slovakia | 4.81 million hectares | 2023 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 131 | Estonia | 4.27 million hectares | 2023 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 132 | Denmark | 4.00 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 133 | Switzerland | 3.95 million hectares | 2023 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 134 | Bhutan | 3.81 million hectares | 2023 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 135 | Taiwan | 3.54 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 136 | Netherlands | 3.37 million hectares | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 137 | Moldova | 3.29 million hectares | 2023 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 138 | Belgium | 3.05 million hectares | 2023 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 139 | Lesotho | 3.04 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 140 | Armenia | 2.82 million hectares | 2023 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 141 | Guinea-Bissau | 2.81 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 142 | Equatorial Guinea | 2.81 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 143 | Solomon Islands | 2.80 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 144 | Haiti | 2.76 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 145 | Albania | 2.74 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 146 | Burundi | 2.57 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 147 | North Macedonia | 2.52 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 148 | Rwanda | 2.47 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 149 | Djibouti | 2.32 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 150 | Belize | 2.28 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 151 | Israel | 2.16 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 152 | El Salvador | 2.07 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 153 | Slovenia | 2.01 million hectares | 2023 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 154 | New Caledonia | 1.83 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 155 | Fiji | 1.83 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 156 | Kuwait | 1.78 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 157 | Eswatini | 1.72 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 158 | East Timor | 1.49 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 159 | Montenegro | 1.34 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 160 | Vanuatu | 1.22 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 161 | Falkland Islands | 1.22 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 162 | Qatar | 1.15 million hectares | 2023 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 163 | Jamaica | 1.08 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 164 | Lebanon | 1.02 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 165 | Gambia | 1.01 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 166 | Bahamas | 1.00 million hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 167 | Cyprus | 924,000 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 168 | Puerto Rico | 887,000 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 169 | Palestine | 602,500 hectares | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 170 | Brunei | 527,000 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 171 | Trinidad and Tobago | 513,000 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 172 | Cape Verde | 403,000 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 173 | French Polynesia | 347,100 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 174 | Samoa | 278,000 hectares | 2023 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 175 | Reunion | 251,000 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 176 | Mauritius | 199,700 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 177 | Comoros | 186,100 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 179 | Faroe Islands | 137,000 hectares | 2023 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 181 | Hong Kong | 105,000 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 182 | Sao Tome and Principe | 96,000 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 183 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 95,000 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 184 | Kiribati | 81,000 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 185 | Bahrain | 80,000 hectares | 2023 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 185 | Netherlands Antilles | 80,000 hectares | 2010 | unchanged | flat |
| 187 | Dominica | 75,000 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 188 | Tonga | 72,000 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 189 | Singapore | 71,800 hectares | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 190 | Micronesia (country) | 70,000 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 191 | Saint Lucia | 61,000 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 192 | Isle of Man | 57,000 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 193 | Guam | 54,000 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 194 | Andorra | 47,000 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 195 | Northern Mariana Islands | 46,000 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 195 | Palau | 46,000 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 195 | Seychelles | 46,000 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 198 | Curacao | 44,400 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 199 | Antigua and Barbuda | 44,000 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 200 | Barbados | 43,000 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 201 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 39,000 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 201 | Saint Helena | 39,000 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 204 | United States Virgin Islands | 35,000 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 205 | Grenada | 34,000 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 206 | Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba | 32,200 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 207 | Maldives | 29,800 hectares | 2023 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 208 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 26,000 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 208 | Niue | 26,000 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 210 | Cayman Islands | 24,000 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 210 | Cook Islands | 24,000 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 212 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 23,000 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 213 | American Samoa | 20,000 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 214 | Aruba | 18,000 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 214 | Marshall Islands | 18,000 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 216 | British Virgin Islands | 15,000 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 217 | Wallis and Futuna | 14,200 hectares | 2023 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 218 | Montserrat | 10,000 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 219 | Anguilla | 9,000 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 220 | San Marino | 6,000 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 221 | Bermuda | 5,400 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 222 | Saint Martin (French part) | 5,000 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 223 | Pitcairn | 4,700 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 224 | Norfolk Island | 4,000 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 225 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 3,400 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 226 | Macao | 3,300 hectares | 2023 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 227 | Tuvalu | 3,000 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 228 | Nauru | 2,000 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 228 | Saint Barthelemy | 2,000 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 230 | Gibraltar | 1,000 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 230 | Tokelau | 1,000 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 232 | Monaco | 208.4 hectares | 2023 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 233 | Vatican | 44 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- OECD (FAO) 3.41 billion hectares
- USSR 2.19 billion hectares
About this data
Total land area, measured in hectares. 100 hectares is one square kilometer. Land area is a country's total area, excluding area under inland water bodies, national claims to continental shelf, and exclusive economic zones. In most cases the definition of inland water bodies includes major rivers and lakes.