Agricultural land — Area, per capita by country
Agricultural land — Area 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
186
Highest
0.0304 1000 ha per person
Mongolia
Lowest
0 1000 ha per person
Singapore
Median
0.0003 1000 ha per person
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
11,050
What the numbers show
Agricultural land — Area, per capita is currently reported for 186 countries. The highest value is 0.0304 1000 ha per person in Mongolia; the lowest is 0 1000 ha per person in Singapore.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0003 1000 ha per person, and the mean is 0.0011 1000 ha per person.
Over the past decade 28 countries rose and 158 fell. The largest increase was in Tuvalu (up 64.5%), and the largest decrease in Malta (down 40.3%).
Agricultural land — Area, per capita: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mongolia | 0.0304 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 2 | Australia | 0.0134 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 3 | Namibia | 0.0128 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 23.7% | falling |
| 4 | Kazakhstan | 0.0104 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 5 | Botswana | 0.0103 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 14.3% | volatile |
| 6 | Mauritania | 0.0077 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 25.6% | volatile |
| 7 | Turkmenistan | 0.0053 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 8 | Saudi Arabia | 0.005 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 18.9% | volatile |
| 9 | Uruguay | 0.0045 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 10 | Greenland | 0.0043 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 11 | Iceland | 0.0042 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 12 | Paraguay | 0.0031 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 13 | Chad | 0.0025 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 14 | South Sudan | 0.0024 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 6.5% | flat |
| 15 | Somalia | 0.0023 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 29.8% | volatile |
| 16 | Sudan | 0.0022 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 17 | Eritrea | 0.0021 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 18 | Libya | 0.0021 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 19 | New Zealand | 0.0018 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 20 | Argentina | 0.0018 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 37.6% | falling |
| 21 | Faroe Islands | 0.0018 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 22 | Niger | 0.0017 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 27.9% | falling |
| 23 | Mali | 0.0017 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 24 | Congo | 0.0017 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 21.3% | volatile |
| 25 | South Africa | 0.0015 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 26 | Djibouti | 0.0015 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 14.1% | volatile |
| 27 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0014 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 28 | Canada | 0.0014 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 29 | Madagascar | 0.0013 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 30 | Mozambique | 0.0013 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 31 | Guinea | 0.0012 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 32 | Lesotho | 0.0012 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 33 | Angola | 0.0012 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 27.6% | volatile |
| 34 | Zambia | 0.0011 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 25.1% | falling |
| 35 | Brazil | 0.0011 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 36 | Zimbabwe | 0.0011 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 37 | Central African Republic | 0.0011 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 2.8% | falling |
| 38 | Ukraine | 0.0011 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 39 | Latvia | 0.0011 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 40 | Lithuania | 0.001 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 41 | Eswatini | 0.001 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 9.9% | volatile |
| 42 | Afghanistan | 0.0009 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 43 | Algeria | 0.0009 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 44 | Belarus | 0.0009 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 4.9% | flat |
| 45 | Guyana | 0.0009 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 46 | Ireland | 0.0008 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 47 | Morocco | 0.0008 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 48 | Tunisia | 0.0008 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 49 | Bulgaria | 0.0008 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 50 | Colombia | 0.0008 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 51 | Nicaragua | 0.0008 1000 ha per person | 2022 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 52 | Mexico | 0.0008 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 53 | Burkina Faso | 0.0007 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 54 | Estonia | 0.0007 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 3.4% | flat |
| 55 | Uzbekistan | 0.0007 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 56 | Peru | 0.0007 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 57 | Gabon | 0.0007 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 58 | North Macedonia | 0.0007 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 59 | Romania | 0.0007 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 60 | Bhutan | 0.0007 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 61 | New Caledonia | 0.0006 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 62 | Georgia | 0.0006 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 63 | Cuba | 0.0006 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 4.8% | flat |
| 64 | Yemen | 0.0006 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 25.5% | volatile |
| 65 | Armenia | 0.0006 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 66 | Chile | 0.0005 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 27.6% | falling |
| 67 | Hungary | 0.0005 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 68 | Kenya | 0.0005 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 14.7% | volatile |
| 69 | Senegal | 0.0005 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 70 | Serbia | 0.0005 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 71 | Spain | 0.0005 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 72 | Vanuatu | 0.0005 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 73 | Greece | 0.0005 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 74 | Albania | 0.0005 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 11.9% | falling |
| 75 | Azerbaijan | 0.0005 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 76 | Isle of Man | 0.0005 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 77 | Sierra Leone | 0.0005 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 78 | Togo | 0.0004 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 79 | Belize | 0.0004 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 80 | Denmark | 0.0004 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 81 | France | 0.0004 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 82 | Finland | 0.0004 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 83 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0004 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 84 | Montenegro | 0.0004 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 7.8% | falling |
| 85 | Poland | 0.0004 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 1.9% | falling |
| 86 | Croatia | 0.0004 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 5.7% | falling |
| 87 | Panama | 0.0004 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 31.2% | falling |
| 88 | Dominica | 0.0004 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 89 | Tajikistan | 0.0004 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 90 | Ghana | 0.0004 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 91 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0004 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 40.0% | flat |
| 92 | Portugal | 0.0004 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 93 | Cambodia | 0.0003 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 94 | Liberia | 0.0003 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 95 | Cameroon | 0.0003 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 22.6% | falling |
| 96 | Benin | 0.0003 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 97 | Fiji | 0.0003 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 98 | Slovakia | 0.0003 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 99 | Tonga | 0.0003 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 9.0% | falling |
| 100 | Czechia | 0.0003 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 101 | Uganda | 0.0003 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 102 | Costa Rica | 0.0003 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 103 | Thailand | 0.0003 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 104 | Nigeria | 0.0003 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 105 | Honduras | 0.0003 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 106 | Ethiopia | 0.0003 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 107 | Slovenia | 0.0003 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 108 | Malawi | 0.0003 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 109 | Sweden | 0.0003 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 110 | Oman | 0.0003 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 21.0% | volatile |
| 111 | Austria | 0.0003 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 112 | Gambia | 0.0003 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 113 | China | 0.0003 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 114 | Ecuador | 0.0003 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 115 | Tuvalu | 0.0003 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 64.5% | falling |
| 116 | Guatemala | 0.0003 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 117 | Kiribati | 0.0003 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 118 | Palau | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 119 | Andorra | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 6.2% | volatile |
| 120 | Myanmar | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 121 | Malaysia | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 122 | Samoa | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 34.1% | falling |
| 123 | Italy | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 124 | Dominican Republic | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 125 | Iraq | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 19.5% | volatile |
| 126 | Germany | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 127 | Luxembourg | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 128 | Marshall Islands | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 18.7% | flat |
| 129 | Indonesia | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 130 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 131 | El Salvador | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 132 | Norway | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 133 | Comoros | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 134 | Switzerland | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 135 | Haiti | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 136 | Jamaica | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 137 | Pakistan | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 14.4% | volatile |
| 138 | British Virgin Islands | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 3.9% | falling |
| 139 | Solomon Islands | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 140 | Sri Lanka | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 4.4% | falling |
| 141 | Burundi | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 142 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 143 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 144 | Liechtenstein | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 145 | Nepal | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 146 | Rwanda | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 28.0% | falling |
| 147 | India | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 148 | Suriname | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 149 | Belgium | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 150 | Lebanon | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 8.5% | falling |
| 151 | Philippines | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 152 | French Polynesia | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 12.7% | volatile |
| 153 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 154 | Guam | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 155 | Cyprus | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 1.7% | volatile |
| 156 | Jordan | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 26.5% | volatile |
| 157 | San Marino | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 5.9% | falling |
| 158 | Palestine, State of | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 25.7% | falling |
| 159 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 6.9% | falling |
| 160 | Grenada | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 161 | Mauritius | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 162 | American Samoa | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 163 | Saint Lucia | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 164 | Bangladesh | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 165 | Israel | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 166 | Puerto Rico | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 1.8% | volatile |
| 167 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 28.7% | volatile |
| 168 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 8.4% | falling |
| 169 | Japan | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 170 | Egypt | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 171 | Cayman Islands | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 19.2% | volatile |
| 172 | United Arab Emirates | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 23.7% | volatile |
| 173 | Barbados | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 174 | Bahamas | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 175 | Kuwait | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 26.2% | volatile |
| 176 | United States Virgin Islands | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 27.9% | volatile |
| 177 | Qatar | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 21.5% | volatile |
| 178 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 27.9% | volatile |
| 179 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 24.7% | volatile |
| 180 | Aruba | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 181 | Malta | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 40.3% | falling |
| 182 | Seychelles | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 5.0% | volatile |
| 183 | Maldives | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 27.8% | falling |
| 184 | Bahrain | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 19.2% | volatile |
| 185 | Bermuda | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 186 | Singapore | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 9.4% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Sub-Saharan Africa 0.0007 1000 ha per person
- Chagai 0.0001 1000 ha per person
- World 0.0006 1000 ha per person
How this figure is calculated
Agricultural land — Area divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Agricultural land — Area ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Agricultural land — Area Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- 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
Agricultural land — Area divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.