Agriculture — Area, per square kilometre by country
Agriculture — Area divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
186
Highest
0.0929 1000 ha per square kilometre
Lesotho
Lowest
0.0004 1000 ha per square kilometre
Suriname
Median
0.0385 1000 ha per square kilometre
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
10,889
What the numbers show
Agriculture — Area, per square kilometre is currently reported for 186 countries. The highest value is 0.0929 1000 ha per square kilometre in Lesotho; the lowest is 0.0004 1000 ha per square kilometre in Suriname.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0385 1000 ha per square kilometre, and the mean is 0.0381 1000 ha per square kilometre.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 209.
Over the past decade 92 countries rose and 77 fell. The largest increase was in Tuvalu (up 44.4%), and the largest decrease in Bosnia and Herzegovina (down 48.5%).
Agriculture — Area, per square kilometre: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lesotho | 0.0929 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.3% | flat |
| 2 | Uruguay | 0.0876 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.3% | falling |
| 3 | Tuvalu | 0.0867 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 44.4% | falling |
| 4 | Turkmenistan | 0.0842 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 5 | Saudi Arabia | 0.081 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 6 | Uganda | 0.0803 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 7 | Comoros | 0.0795 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 8 | South Africa | 0.0794 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 9 | Kazakhstan | 0.0792 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 10 | Nigeria | 0.0771 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 11 | Burundi | 0.0765 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 12 | Gambia | 0.076 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 13 | Djibouti | 0.0735 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 14 | Guinea | 0.0731 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 15 | Rwanda | 0.0725 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.8% | rising |
| 16 | Armenia | 0.0724 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 17 | Bangladesh | 0.0723 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.3% | falling |
| 18 | Ukraine | 0.0723 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 19 | Madagascar | 0.0704 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 20 | Somalia | 0.0703 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 21 | Faroe Islands | 0.0701 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 22 | Eswatini | 0.0696 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 23 | Isle of Man | 0.0691 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 24 | Mongolia | 0.069 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 25 | Togo | 0.069 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 26 | Morocco | 0.0674 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 27 | Lebanon | 0.0661 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 28 | Palestine | 0.0661 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 29 | Denmark | 0.0655 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 30 | Haiti | 0.0651 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.4% | rising |
| 31 | Malawi | 0.065 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 32 | Eritrea | 0.0626 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 33 | Burkina Faso | 0.0626 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 34 | Tunisia | 0.0621 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 35 | Cuba | 0.0617 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 36 | Ireland | 0.0608 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 37 | Sudan | 0.0603 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 38 | India | 0.0601 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 39 | Uzbekistan | 0.0593 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.1% | falling |
| 40 | Afghanistan | 0.0584 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 41 | Azerbaijan | 0.0578 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 42 | El Salvador | 0.0574 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 43 | Hungary | 0.0564 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 44 | Mozambique | 0.0561 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 45 | Paraguay | 0.056 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 46 | Ghana | 0.0554 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 47 | Romania | 0.0553 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 48 | Sierra Leone | 0.0547 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 49 | Portugal | 0.0545 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 50 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.054 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 51 | France | 0.0529 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 52 | Germany | 0.0522 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.0% | falling |
| 53 | Luxembourg | 0.0517 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 54 | Mexico | 0.0507 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 55 | Dominican Republic | 0.0504 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.1% | flat |
| 56 | Kenya | 0.0499 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 57 | North Macedonia | 0.0496 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 58 | Spain | 0.0496 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 59 | Senegal | 0.0494 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.1% | flat |
| 60 | Sri Lanka | 0.0486 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 61 | Tonga | 0.0485 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 62 | Poland | 0.0481 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 63 | Zimbabwe | 0.0481 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 64 | Australia | 0.048 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 65 | Namibia | 0.0471 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 66 | Pakistan | 0.0467 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 67 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0461 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 68 | Bulgaria | 0.0461 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 69 | Guatemala | 0.046 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 70 | Lithuania | 0.0459 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 71 | Czechia | 0.0458 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 72 | Botswana | 0.0456 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 73 | South Sudan | 0.0447 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 74 | Yemen | 0.0444 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 75 | Belgium | 0.0444 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 76 | Thailand | 0.0441 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 77 | Italy | 0.0439 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 78 | San Marino | 0.0432 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.5% | falling |
| 79 | Benin | 0.0427 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 80 | Philippines | 0.0426 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 81 | Nicaragua | 0.0423 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2022 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 82 | Kiribati | 0.042 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 83 | China | 0.0418 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.0% | flat |
| 84 | Serbia | 0.0417 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 85 | Albania | 0.0413 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.8% | flat |
| 86 | Marshall Islands | 0.0411 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 87 | Mauritius | 0.0409 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 88 | Chad | 0.04 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 89 | Andorra | 0.0399 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 90 | Belarus | 0.0396 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 91 | Jamaica | 0.039 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 92 | Greece | 0.039 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 29.8% | falling |
| 93 | Switzerland | 0.0385 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 94 | Mauritania | 0.0385 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 95 | Slovakia | 0.0383 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 96 | British Virgin Islands | 0.038 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 97 | New Zealand | 0.0369 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 98 | Niger | 0.0368 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 99 | Colombia | 0.0365 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.7% | flat |
| 100 | Angola | 0.0363 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 101 | Cambodia | 0.0347 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 102 | Mali | 0.0342 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 103 | Ethiopia | 0.0341 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 104 | Georgia | 0.034 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 105 | Costa Rica | 0.0327 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 106 | Dominica | 0.0327 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 107 | Liechtenstein | 0.0323 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 108 | Malta | 0.0322 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 109 | Zambia | 0.0321 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 110 | Latvia | 0.0317 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.0% | flat |
| 111 | Austria | 0.0314 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 112 | Congo | 0.0312 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 113 | Slovenia | 0.0306 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 114 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0304 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 115 | Argentina | 0.0302 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 32.7% | falling |
| 116 | Guam | 0.0296 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.1% | flat |
| 117 | Indonesia | 0.029 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 118 | Nepal | 0.0288 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 119 | Brazil | 0.0283 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 120 | Honduras | 0.0282 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 121 | Tajikistan | 0.0279 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.6% | falling |
| 122 | Croatia | 0.0271 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 123 | Malaysia | 0.025 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 124 | Israel | 0.0248 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 125 | Panama | 0.0236 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 19.7% | rising |
| 126 | Grenada | 0.0235 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 127 | Barbados | 0.0233 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 128 | Estonia | 0.0231 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.2% | falling |
| 129 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0231 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 130 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0217 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 48.5% | falling |
| 131 | Iraq | 0.0216 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.7% | flat |
| 132 | Ecuador | 0.0215 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 28.8% | rising |
| 133 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0211 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 134 | Cameroon | 0.0209 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 135 | Liberia | 0.0201 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 136 | Myanmar | 0.0199 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 137 | Maldives | 0.0198 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.2% | rising |
| 138 | Montenegro | 0.0196 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.1% | falling |
| 139 | Puerto Rico | 0.0193 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 140 | Peru | 0.0191 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 141 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0179 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 142 | Samoa | 0.0176 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 143 | Algeria | 0.0174 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 144 | Fiji | 0.0171 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.0% | rising |
| 145 | Iceland | 0.0169 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 146 | Saint Lucia | 0.0163 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 147 | Chile | 0.0144 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 148 | Cyprus | 0.0138 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.1% | volatile |
| 149 | Bhutan | 0.0138 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 150 | American Samoa | 0.0135 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 32.7% | falling |
| 151 | Vanuatu | 0.0133 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 152 | Japan | 0.0126 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 153 | Bahrain | 0.0117 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.3% | falling |
| 154 | Jordan | 0.0116 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 155 | Cayman Islands | 0.0112 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 156 | Aruba | 0.0111 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 157 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0105 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 158 | New Caledonia | 0.01 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 159 | United States Virgin Islands | 0.0094 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 160 | Palau | 0.0093 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 161 | Central African Republic | 0.0091 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 162 | Libya | 0.0087 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 163 | Kuwait | 0.0084 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 164 | French Polynesia | 0.0083 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 165 | Belize | 0.008 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 166 | Sweden | 0.0076 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.5% | falling |
| 167 | Finland | 0.0075 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 168 | Gabon | 0.0069 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 169 | Canada | 0.0066 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.8% | falling |
| 170 | Qatar | 0.0064 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 171 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0059 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 172 | Bermuda | 0.0056 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 173 | Oman | 0.0048 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 174 | Egypt | 0.0041 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 175 | Solomon Islands | 0.004 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 176 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0034 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 177 | Guyana | 0.0034 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 178 | Seychelles | 0.0034 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.9% | falling |
| 179 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0031 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 180 | Norway | 0.0027 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 181 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0.0023 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 38.8% | falling |
| 182 | Bahamas | 0.0013 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 183 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.0011 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 184 | Singapore | 0.0009 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.0% | volatile |
| 185 | Greenland | 0.0006 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.0% | falling |
| 186 | Suriname | 0.0004 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.1% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Chagai 0.0433 1000 ha per square kilometre
- Sub-Saharan Africa 0.0404 1000 ha per square kilometre
- World 0.036 1000 ha per square kilometre
How this figure is calculated
Agriculture — Area divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Agriculture — Area ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Agriculture — Area Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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
Agriculture — Area divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.