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Land natural share by country

Countries reporting
168
Highest
100
Bahamas
Lowest
0.8533
Libya
Median
58.19
Years covered
231
1780–2010
Data points
4,032

What the numbers show

Land natural share is currently reported for 168 countries. The highest value is 100 in Bahamas; the lowest is 0.8533 in Libya.

The median across all reporting countries is 58.19, and the mean is 55.51.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 117.

Over the past decade 79 countries rose and 83 fell. The largest increase was in United Arab Emirates (up 216.4%), and the largest decrease in Gambia (down 19.2%).

Land natural share: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Bahamas 100 2010 unchanged flat
1 Mauritius 100 2010 unchanged flat
1 Vanuatu 100 2010 unchanged flat
1 Falkland Islands 100 2010 unchanged flat
5 Solomon Islands 99.91 2010 unchanged flat
6 Puerto Rico 98.59 2010 unchanged flat
7 New Caledonia 98.52 2010 up 3.7% flat
8 Fiji 98.4 2010 up 0.0% flat
9 Cyprus 98.23 2010 up 0.8% flat
10 Jamaica 97.11 2010 up 0.0% flat
11 Suriname 96.73 2010 down 0.1% flat
12 Papua New Guinea 94.68 2010 down 0.1% flat
13 Laos 93.06 2010 down 0.2% flat
14 Equatorial Guinea 92.69 2010 up 0.3% falling
15 Guyana 92.37 2010 up 0.2% falling
16 Central African Republic 91.78 2010 down 0.3% falling
17 Democratic Republic of Congo 88.57 2010 down 0.6% falling
18 Slovenia 85.35 2010 up 1.2% falling
19 Gabon 84.47 2010 up 0.4% falling
20 Japan 83.73 2010 up 3.1% falling
21 South Korea 83.66 2010 up 1.1% falling
22 Bhutan 82.3 2010 down 0.3% falling
23 Myanmar 81.11 2010 down 0.6% falling
24 Venezuela 79.37 2010 down 0.0% falling
25 Cameroon 79.05 2010 down 0.5% falling
26 Brunei 78.75 2010 down 2.0% falling
27 Belize 78.66 2010 down 1.6% flat
28 North Korea 78.56 2010 down 1.7% falling
29 Canada 77.35 2010 up 0.2% falling
30 Slovakia 77.21 2010 up 9.0% falling
31 Zambia 75.9 2010 down 2.1% falling
32 Indonesia 75.71 2010 down 2.7% falling
33 Congo 75.11 2010 up 3.3% falling
34 Vietnam 74.93 2010 down 1.7% falling
35 Liberia 74.36 2010 down 0.0% falling
36 Nicaragua 74.11 2010 down 1.5% falling
37 Malaysia 73.95 2010 down 3.3% falling
38 Philippines 73.94 2010 down 0.6% falling
39 Benin 73.52 2010 down 3.7% falling
40 Tanzania 73.21 2010 down 1.4% falling
41 Brazil 71.74 2010 down 0.5% falling
42 Palestine 71.73 2010 up 1.7% falling
43 Peru 71.68 2010 down 0.3% falling
44 Austria 71.09 2010 up 2.6% rising
45 Sri Lanka 70.99 2010 up 2.7% falling
46 Honduras 69.78 2010 up 0.5% falling
47 Panama 69.78 2010 down 2.8% falling
48 Poland 69.27 2010 up 7.7% falling
49 Lithuania 68.76 2010 up 11.5% falling
50 Ecuador 68.76 2010 up 3.5% falling
51 Zimbabwe 68.4 2010 down 2.0% falling
52 Colombia 67.89 2010 up 2.7% falling
53 Montenegro 67.79 2010 down 1.9% falling
54 Latvia 67.64 2010 down 1.9% falling
55 Ethiopia 67.61 2010 down 3.2% falling
56 Nepal 67.36 2010 up 0.4% falling
57 Guatemala 67.09 2010 down 0.3% falling
58 Botswana 66.24 2010 up 0.1% falling
59 Sweden 65.92 2010 down 0.4% falling
60 Cambodia 65.66 2010 down 7.1% falling
61 Costa Rica 65.65 2010 down 0.2% falling
62 Germany 65.27 2010 up 0.9% rising
63 Bolivia 64.89 2010 down 0.9% falling
64 Namibia 64.25 2010 up 5.4% falling
65 Luxembourg 63.65 2010 up 5.2% falling
66 Bulgaria 63.34 2010 up 2.7% falling
67 Lebanon 63.18 2010 down 0.9% falling
68 Portugal 62.88 2010 up 1.8% falling
69 Albania 62.8 2010 up 3.3% falling
70 Thailand 62.77 2010 up 1.4% falling
71 Sierra Leone 62.4 2010 down 1.4% falling
72 Russia 62.1 2010 up 0.9% falling
73 France 62.02 2010 up 0.1% rising
74 Denmark 61.44 2010 up 1.2% falling
75 Bosnia and Herzegovina 61.25 2010 up 3.0% falling
76 Croatia 61.22 2010 up 31.5% falling
77 East Timor 60.8 2010 down 3.2% falling
78 Burkina Faso 60.78 2010 down 5.4% falling
79 Trinidad and Tobago 60.66 2010 down 0.1% falling
80 Italy 60.51 2010 up 4.5% falling
81 Guinea 60.48 2010 down 1.0% falling
82 Greece 59.63 2010 up 2.9% falling
83 Angola 58.65 2010 down 0.1% falling
84 Senegal 58.35 2010 down 3.3% falling
85 New Zealand 58.03 2010 down 0.6% falling
86 Belarus 57.99 2010 up 5.1% falling
87 Israel 56.94 2010 up 0.7% falling
88 Switzerland 56.69 2010 down 0.1% falling
89 Cuba 56.39 2010 down 2.1% falling
90 Dominican Republic 55.98 2010 up 2.5% falling
91 Spain 55.95 2010 up 2.1% flat
92 Taiwan 53.91 2010 down 1.0% falling
93 North Macedonia 53.34 2010 up 1.8% falling
94 Kenya 52.61 2010 down 1.1% falling
95 Malawi 52.46 2010 down 8.2% falling
96 Romania 52.45 2010 up 8.6% falling
97 Australia 52.13 2010 up 11.9% falling
98 Guinea-Bissau 52.12 2010 down 1.7% falling
99 Netherlands 51.98 2010 down 0.2% falling
100 Mexico 51.93 2010 down 0.2% falling
101 Ireland 51.93 2010 up 8.8% rising
102 Czechia 51.8 2010 up 2.0% falling
103 Argentina 51.18 2010 up 0.1% falling
104 Cote d'Ivoire 51.09 2010 down 3.7% falling
105 Mozambique 50.77 2010 up 0.5% falling
106 Belgium 50.71 2010 down 4.7% falling
107 Armenia 49.78 2010 up 2.4% falling
108 Haiti 49.51 2010 up 0.2% falling
109 Paraguay 48.81 2010 down 4.7% falling
110 Togo 48.46 2010 down 5.9% falling
111 United States 48.26 2010 up 0.0% falling
112 Ghana 48.23 2010 down 3.3% falling
113 Georgia 47.88 2010 up 0.7% falling
114 Uganda 47.81 2010 down 4.9% falling
115 United Kingdom 47.4 2010 up 7.4% falling
116 Jordan 47.22 2010 up 1.3% falling
117 Turkey 46.49 2010 up 2.8% falling
118 Hungary 42.99 2010 up 2.4% falling
119 Qatar 42.48 2010 down 0.1% rising
120 Chile 42.39 2010 up 1.1% falling
121 Serbia 42.16 2010 up 4.9% falling
122 Morocco 41.24 2010 up 40.1% falling
123 India 40.38 2010 down 0.7% falling
124 Pakistan 40.17 2010 down 0.8% falling
125 Azerbaijan 39.39 2010 up 0.3% falling
126 Eritrea 38.33 2010 down 1.7% falling
127 Iran 38.3 2010 up 25.8% falling
128 Tajikistan 36.08 2010 up 3.6% falling
129 Madagascar 35.78 2010 up 0.8% falling
130 Lesotho 34.17 2010 down 2.7% falling
131 South Africa 33.55 2010 up 4.5% falling
132 Iraq 31.48 2010 down 5.1% falling
133 Kuwait 29.96 2010 up 22.4% falling
134 Mongolia 29.77 2010 up 9.9% falling
135 Afghanistan 29.61 2010 down 0.2% falling
136 Somalia 29.36 2010 down 1.2% falling
137 Niger 28.19 2010 up 35.1% falling
138 El Salvador 27.86 2010 down 16.6% falling
139 Ukraine 27.51 2010 up 3.4% falling
140 South Sudan 26.37 2010 down 4.5% falling
141 China 26.36 2010 down 2.3% falling
142 Nigeria 26.07 2010 down 8.7% falling
143 Rwanda 25.39 2010 down 5.6% falling
144 Mali 25.22 2010 down 1.5% falling
145 Bangladesh 24.98 2010 down 1.1% falling
146 Moldova 24.49 2010 up 9.7% volatile
147 Chad 23.87 2010 down 1.5% falling
148 Burundi 23.18 2010 down 4.1% falling
149 Uzbekistan 23.05 2010 down 0.4% falling
150 Uruguay 22.96 2010 up 9.1% volatile
151 Gambia 22.71 2010 down 19.2% falling
152 United Arab Emirates 22.49 2010 up 216.4% rising
153 Eswatini 22.14 2010 up 7.3% falling
154 Kazakhstan 21.83 2010 up 4.3% falling
155 Kyrgyzstan 21.62 2010 up 0.5% falling
156 Yemen 20.42 2010 down 0.8% falling
157 Syria 17.63 2010 down 9.1% falling
158 Mauritania 15.79 2010 down 0.2% volatile
159 Turkmenistan 15.6 2010 up 1.6% falling
160 Tunisia 14.73 2010 up 10.9% falling
161 Oman 13.28 2010 down 1.3% flat
162 Egypt 11.98 2010 down 0.5% volatile
163 Western Sahara 11.81 2010 up 0.1% volatile
164 Algeria 9.37 2010 down 0.4% falling
165 Djibouti 9.17 2010 up 9.9% falling
166 Sudan 7.15 2010 down 10.9% falling
167 Saudi Arabia 6.73 2010 up 0.1% falling
168 Libya 0.8533 2010 down 9.9% falling

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Indicator
Land natural share
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
168 places, 4,032 data points, 1780–2010
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