Land area in hectares, per capita by country
Land area in hectares 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
215
Highest
721.8 hectares per person
Greenland
Lowest
0.0049 hectares per person
Macao
Median
1.05 hectares per person
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
12,259
What the numbers show
Land area in hectares, per capita is currently reported for 215 countries. The highest value is 721.8 hectares per person in Greenland; the lowest is 0.0049 hectares per person in Macao.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.05 hectares per person, and the mean is 6.28 hectares per person.
Over the past decade 33 countries rose and 182 fell. The largest increase was in Saint Martin (French part) (up 36.0%), and the largest decrease in Jordan (down 30.1%).
Land area in hectares, per capita: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greenland | 721.8 hectares per person | 2023 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 2 | Mongolia | 44.77 hectares per person | 2023 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 3 | Australia | 28.85 hectares per person | 2023 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 4 | Namibia | 27.78 hectares per person | 2023 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 5 | Iceland | 26.14 hectares per person | 2023 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 6 | Guyana | 25.55 hectares per person | 2023 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 7 | Suriname | 25.52 hectares per person | 2023 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 8 | Libya | 24.08 hectares per person | 2023 | down 13.7% | volatile |
| 9 | Botswana | 22.85 hectares per person | 2023 | down 13.7% | volatile |
| 10 | Canada | 21.94 hectares per person | 2023 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 11 | Mauritania | 20.52 hectares per person | 2023 | down 25.6% | volatile |
| 12 | Kazakhstan | 13.28 hectares per person | 2023 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 13 | Central African Republic | 12.09 hectares per person | 2023 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 14 | Russia | 11.39 hectares per person | 2023 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 15 | Gabon | 10.37 hectares per person | 2023 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 16 | Bolivia | 8.85 hectares per person | 2023 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 17 | Norway | 6.6 hectares per person | 2023 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 18 | Chad | 6.52 hectares per person | 2023 | down 29.1% | falling |
| 19 | Turkmenistan | 6.38 hectares per person | 2023 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 20 | Saudi Arabia | 6.38 hectares per person | 2023 | down 18.0% | volatile |
| 21 | New Caledonia | 6.31 hectares per person | 2023 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 22 | Oman | 6.13 hectares per person | 2023 | down 24.1% | volatile |
| 23 | Argentina | 6.01 hectares per person | 2023 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 24 | Paraguay | 5.79 hectares per person | 2023 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 25 | Belize | 5.55 hectares per person | 2023 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 26 | Congo | 5.52 hectares per person | 2023 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 27 | South Sudan | 5.5 hectares per person | 2023 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 28 | Finland | 5.44 hectares per person | 2023 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 29 | Uruguay | 5.17 hectares per person | 2023 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 30 | Algeria | 5.16 hectares per person | 2023 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 31 | Mali | 5.13 hectares per person | 2023 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 32 | New Zealand | 5.06 hectares per person | 2023 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 33 | Bhutan | 4.85 hectares per person | 2023 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 34 | Niger | 4.84 hectares per person | 2023 | down 29.2% | volatile |
| 35 | Papua New Guinea | 4.36 hectares per person | 2023 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 36 | Brazil | 3.96 hectares per person | 2023 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 37 | Sweden | 3.87 hectares per person | 2023 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 38 | Vanuatu | 3.8 hectares per person | 2023 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 39 | Peru | 3.78 hectares per person | 2023 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 40 | Chile | 3.78 hectares per person | 2023 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 41 | Sudan | 3.73 hectares per person | 2023 | down 24.5% | falling |
| 42 | Zambia | 3.59 hectares per person | 2023 | down 25.7% | volatile |
| 43 | Solomon Islands | 3.5 hectares per person | 2023 | down 25.6% | volatile |
| 44 | Eritrea | 3.49 hectares per person | 2023 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 45 | Somalia | 3.42 hectares per person | 2023 | down 29.9% | volatile |
| 46 | Angola | 3.39 hectares per person | 2023 | down 28.8% | volatile |
| 47 | Latvia | 3.3 hectares per person | 2023 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 48 | Estonia | 3.12 hectares per person | 2023 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 49 | Venezuela | 3.12 hectares per person | 2023 | up 5.7% | falling |
| 50 | Laos | 3.01 hectares per person | 2023 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 51 | United States | 2.72 hectares per person | 2023 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 52 | Kyrgyzstan | 2.7 hectares per person | 2023 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 53 | Palau | 2.59 hectares per person | 2023 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 54 | Faroe Islands | 2.52 hectares per person | 2023 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 55 | Bahamas | 2.51 hectares per person | 2023 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 56 | Zimbabwe | 2.37 hectares per person | 2023 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 57 | Mozambique | 2.34 hectares per person | 2023 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 58 | Belarus | 2.21 hectares per person | 2023 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 59 | Lithuania | 2.18 hectares per person | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 60 | Montenegro | 2.16 hectares per person | 2023 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 61 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 2.14 hectares per person | 2023 | down 28.4% | volatile |
| 62 | Colombia | 2.12 hectares per person | 2023 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 63 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 2.06 hectares per person | 2023 | down 27.2% | volatile |
| 64 | Djibouti | 2.01 hectares per person | 2023 | down 14.6% | volatile |
| 65 | Fiji | 1.98 hectares per person | 2023 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 66 | South Africa | 1.92 hectares per person | 2023 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 67 | Georgia | 1.87 hectares per person | 2023 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 68 | Madagascar | 1.86 hectares per person | 2023 | down 22.7% | volatile |
| 69 | Iran | 1.79 hectares per person | 2023 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 70 | Nicaragua | 1.76 hectares per person | 2023 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 71 | Liberia | 1.75 hectares per person | 2023 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 72 | Guinea | 1.71 hectares per person | 2023 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 73 | Bulgaria | 1.68 hectares per person | 2023 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 74 | Cameroon | 1.67 hectares per person | 2023 | down 24.6% | falling |
| 75 | Panama | 1.66 hectares per person | 2023 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 76 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.61 hectares per person | 2023 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 77 | Afghanistan | 1.57 hectares per person | 2023 | down 23.7% | falling |
| 78 | Ukraine | 1.54 hectares per person | 2023 | up 22.3% | rising |
| 79 | Equatorial Guinea | 1.52 hectares per person | 2023 | down 27.1% | volatile |
| 80 | Mexico | 1.5 hectares per person | 2023 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 81 | Croatia | 1.45 hectares per person | 2023 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 82 | Eswatini | 1.4 hectares per person | 2023 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 83 | Ecuador | 1.38 hectares per person | 2023 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 84 | North Macedonia | 1.38 hectares per person | 2023 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 85 | Yemen | 1.34 hectares per person | 2023 | down 25.6% | volatile |
| 86 | Moldova | 1.34 hectares per person | 2023 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 87 | Tajikistan | 1.34 hectares per person | 2023 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 88 | Tanzania | 1.33 hectares per person | 2023 | down 26.7% | volatile |
| 89 | Lesotho | 1.31 hectares per person | 2023 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 90 | Guinea-Bissau | 1.31 hectares per person | 2023 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 91 | Ireland | 1.3 hectares per person | 2023 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 92 | Samoa | 1.28 hectares per person | 2023 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 93 | Tunisia | 1.27 hectares per person | 2023 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 94 | Serbia | 1.27 hectares per person | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 95 | Greece | 1.24 hectares per person | 2023 | up 5.4% | falling |
| 96 | Uzbekistan | 1.24 hectares per person | 2023 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 97 | French Polynesia | 1.23 hectares per person | 2023 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 98 | Romania | 1.21 hectares per person | 2023 | up 4.9% | flat |
| 99 | Myanmar | 1.21 hectares per person | 2023 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 100 | Burkina Faso | 1.19 hectares per person | 2023 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 101 | Morocco | 1.18 hectares per person | 2023 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 102 | Brunei | 1.15 hectares per person | 2023 | down 10.4% | volatile |
| 103 | Albania | 1.14 hectares per person | 2023 | up 16.8% | falling |
| 104 | Dominica | 1.13 hectares per person | 2023 | up 4.8% | flat |
| 105 | East Timor | 1.07 hectares per person | 2023 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 106 | Senegal | 1.07 hectares per person | 2023 | down 24.2% | falling |
| 107 | Honduras | 1.05 hectares per person | 2023 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 108 | Kenya | 1.05 hectares per person | 2023 | down 17.0% | volatile |
| 109 | Spain | 1.03 hectares per person | 2023 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 110 | Cote d'Ivoire | 1.02 hectares per person | 2023 | down 23.2% | volatile |
| 111 | Northern Mariana Islands | 1.02 hectares per person | 2023 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 112 | Cambodia | 1.01 hectares per person | 2023 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 113 | Costa Rica | 1 hectares per person | 2023 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 114 | Iraq | 0.9631 hectares per person | 2023 | down 21.7% | volatile |
| 115 | Hungary | 0.9514 hectares per person | 2023 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 116 | Armenia | 0.9513 hectares per person | 2023 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 117 | Slovenia | 0.9495 hectares per person | 2023 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 118 | Cuba | 0.9419 hectares per person | 2023 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 119 | Malaysia | 0.9353 hectares per person | 2023 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 120 | Austria | 0.9037 hectares per person | 2023 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 121 | Turkey | 0.902 hectares per person | 2023 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 122 | Slovakia | 0.886 hectares per person | 2023 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 123 | Ethiopia | 0.8769 hectares per person | 2023 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 124 | Egypt | 0.8691 hectares per person | 2023 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 125 | Portugal | 0.866 hectares per person | 2023 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 126 | Sierra Leone | 0.8531 hectares per person | 2023 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 127 | Poland | 0.8348 hectares per person | 2023 | up 3.7% | falling |
| 128 | Azerbaijan | 0.814 hectares per person | 2023 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 129 | Benin | 0.7991 hectares per person | 2023 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 130 | France | 0.7883 hectares per person | 2023 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 131 | Syria | 0.7783 hectares per person | 2023 | down 8.2% | volatile |
| 132 | Jordan | 0.7762 hectares per person | 2023 | down 30.1% | volatile |
| 133 | Cape Verde | 0.7715 hectares per person | 2023 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 134 | Thailand | 0.7125 hectares per person | 2023 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 135 | Czechia | 0.7103 hectares per person | 2023 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 136 | Tonga | 0.6884 hectares per person | 2023 | up 2.4% | falling |
| 137 | Cyprus | 0.687 hectares per person | 2023 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 138 | United Arab Emirates | 0.6774 hectares per person | 2023 | down 26.6% | volatile |
| 139 | Isle of Man | 0.6772 hectares per person | 2023 | down 0.0% | falling |
| 140 | Ghana | 0.6734 hectares per person | 2023 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 141 | Indonesia | 0.6731 hectares per person | 2023 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 142 | Denmark | 0.6726 hectares per person | 2023 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 143 | China | 0.6655 hectares per person | 2023 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 144 | Togo | 0.6614 hectares per person | 2023 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 145 | Micronesia (country) | 0.6215 hectares per person | 2023 | down 4.0% | flat |
| 146 | Kiribati | 0.6112 hectares per person | 2023 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 147 | Guatemala | 0.5912 hectares per person | 2023 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 148 | Andorra | 0.5813 hectares per person | 2023 | down 7.0% | volatile |
| 149 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.5561 hectares per person | 2023 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 150 | Italy | 0.5014 hectares per person | 2023 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 151 | Nepal | 0.4827 hectares per person | 2023 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 152 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.4715 hectares per person | 2023 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 153 | Marshall Islands | 0.4636 hectares per person | 2023 | up 30.5% | rising |
| 154 | North Korea | 0.4558 hectares per person | 2023 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 155 | Malawi | 0.4467 hectares per person | 2023 | down 23.4% | volatile |
| 156 | Switzerland | 0.4445 hectares per person | 2023 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 157 | Qatar | 0.4326 hectares per person | 2023 | down 28.6% | volatile |
| 158 | Dominican Republic | 0.4254 hectares per person | 2023 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 159 | American Samoa | 0.4209 hectares per person | 2023 | up 13.6% | falling |
| 160 | Germany | 0.4195 hectares per person | 2023 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 161 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.4158 hectares per person | 2023 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 162 | Uganda | 0.4121 hectares per person | 2023 | down 27.4% | volatile |
| 163 | Liechtenstein | 0.4015 hectares per person | 2023 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 164 | Nigeria | 0.3997 hectares per person | 2023 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 165 | Luxembourg | 0.3863 hectares per person | 2023 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 166 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.3849 hectares per person | 2023 | up 6.7% | falling |
| 167 | British Virgin Islands | 0.3848 hectares per person | 2023 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 168 | Seychelles | 0.3841 hectares per person | 2023 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 169 | Jamaica | 0.3814 hectares per person | 2023 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 170 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.3751 hectares per person | 2023 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 171 | Gambia | 0.3751 hectares per person | 2023 | down 22.0% | volatile |
| 172 | Kuwait | 0.3672 hectares per person | 2023 | down 27.7% | volatile |
| 173 | United Kingdom | 0.353 hectares per person | 2023 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 174 | Saint Lucia | 0.3402 hectares per person | 2023 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 175 | United States Virgin Islands | 0.3336 hectares per person | 2023 | up 3.0% | falling |
| 176 | Cayman Islands | 0.3286 hectares per person | 2023 | down 19.7% | volatile |
| 177 | El Salvador | 0.3284 hectares per person | 2023 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 178 | Guam | 0.3243 hectares per person | 2023 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 179 | Vietnam | 0.3123 hectares per person | 2023 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 180 | Pakistan | 0.3115 hectares per person | 2023 | down 14.7% | volatile |
| 181 | Tuvalu | 0.3056 hectares per person | 2023 | up 12.1% | falling |
| 182 | Japan | 0.2928 hectares per person | 2023 | up 2.4% | falling |
| 183 | Grenada | 0.2904 hectares per person | 2023 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 184 | Curacao | 0.2871 hectares per person | 2023 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 185 | Sri Lanka | 0.2807 hectares per person | 2023 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 186 | Puerto Rico | 0.2769 hectares per person | 2023 | up 13.3% | falling |
| 187 | Philippines | 0.2595 hectares per person | 2023 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 188 | Belgium | 0.2589 hectares per person | 2023 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 189 | Haiti | 0.2368 hectares per person | 2023 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 190 | Israel | 0.2197 hectares per person | 2023 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 191 | Comoros | 0.2188 hectares per person | 2023 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 192 | India | 0.2067 hectares per person | 2023 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 193 | South Korea | 0.1887 hectares per person | 2023 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 194 | Netherlands | 0.1883 hectares per person | 2023 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 195 | Burundi | 0.1876 hectares per person | 2023 | down 23.7% | falling |
| 196 | Saint Martin (French part) | 0.1817 hectares per person | 2023 | up 36.0% | rising |
| 197 | San Marino | 0.1772 hectares per person | 2023 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 198 | Lebanon | 0.1772 hectares per person | 2023 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 199 | Rwanda | 0.1768 hectares per person | 2023 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 200 | Nauru | 0.1684 hectares per person | 2023 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 201 | Aruba | 0.1677 hectares per person | 2023 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 202 | Mauritius | 0.1599 hectares per person | 2023 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 203 | Barbados | 0.1523 hectares per person | 2023 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 204 | Palestine | 0.1166 hectares per person | 2023 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 205 | Bermuda | 0.0835 hectares per person | 2023 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 206 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 0.0795 hectares per person | 2023 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 207 | Bangladesh | 0.0758 hectares per person | 2023 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 208 | Malta | 0.0579 hectares per person | 2023 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 209 | Maldives | 0.0567 hectares per person | 2023 | down 24.4% | volatile |
| 210 | Bahrain | 0.0507 hectares per person | 2023 | down 17.4% | volatile |
| 211 | Gibraltar | 0.026 hectares per person | 2023 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 212 | Hong Kong | 0.0139 hectares per person | 2023 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 213 | Singapore | 0.0121 hectares per person | 2023 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 214 | Monaco | 0.0053 hectares per person | 2023 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 215 | Macao | 0.0049 hectares per person | 2023 | down 5.0% | falling |
How this figure is calculated
Land area in hectares divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Land area in hectares ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Land area in hectares 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
Land area in hectares divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.