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Arable land — Area, per square kilometre by country

Arable land — 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
184
Highest
0.0612 1000 ha per square kilometre
Bangladesh
Lowest
0.0001 1000 ha per square kilometre
Faroe Islands
Median
0.01 1000 ha per square kilometre
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
10,763

What the numbers show

Arable land — Area, per square kilometre is currently reported for 184 countries. The highest value is 0.0612 1000 ha per square kilometre in Bangladesh; the lowest is 0.0001 1000 ha per square kilometre in Faroe Islands.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.01 1000 ha per square kilometre, and the mean is 0.014 1000 ha per square kilometre.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 1,198.

Over the past decade 74 countries rose and 74 fell. The largest increase was in Lesotho (up 132.6%), and the largest decrease in Bosnia and Herzegovina (down 63.3%).

Arable land — Area, per square kilometre: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Bangladesh 0.0612 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 3.2% falling
2 Denmark 0.0591 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 1.8% falling
3 Gambia 0.0581 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 27.8% volatile
4 Ukraine 0.0568 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 0.4% flat
5 India 0.0518 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 1.5% flat
6 Togo 0.0487 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged rising
7 Burundi 0.046 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 12.0% rising
8 Rwanda 0.0454 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 11.1% rising
9 Hungary 0.0454 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 4.7% falling
10 Uganda 0.0436 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 6.0% rising
11 Malawi 0.0424 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 12.8% rising
12 Isle of Man 0.0411 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 5.1% rising
13 Nigeria 0.0408 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 5.4% rising
14 Pakistan 0.0393 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 0.7% flat
15 Lithuania 0.0368 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 0.7% falling
16 Poland 0.0366 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 3.8% falling
17 Romania 0.0365 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 3.9% falling
18 Haiti 0.0365 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 14.8% rising
19 Mauritius 0.0354 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 3.8% falling
20 El Salvador 0.0348 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 6.0% rising
21 Germany 0.0334 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 1.8% flat
22 Czechia 0.0327 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 1.0% falling
23 Benin 0.0323 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 35.0% rising
24 Bulgaria 0.0321 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 0.2% falling
25 France 0.0314 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 7.5% flat
26 Serbia 0.031 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 4.5% flat
27 Thailand 0.0308 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 8.9% rising
28 Tonga 0.0302 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 12.9% rising
29 Comoros 0.03 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 12.3% falling
30 Burkina Faso 0.0289 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 16.7% rising
31 Belgium 0.0283 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 5.2% flat
32 Cuba 0.028 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 7.5% rising
33 Belarus 0.0274 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 0.1% falling
34 Slovakia 0.0272 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 4.0% falling
35 Azerbaijan 0.0253 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 8.7% rising
36 Guinea 0.0242 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 45.7% rising
37 Luxembourg 0.0238 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 1.8% flat
38 Italy 0.0237 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 2.7% falling
39 Cambodia 0.0233 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 6.1% rising
40 Spain 0.023 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 5.5% falling
41 Malta 0.0228 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 18.6% falling
42 Sri Lanka 0.0222 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 7.0% rising
43 Sierra Leone 0.0219 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 0.0% volatile
44 Latvia 0.0219 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 12.6% rising
45 Albania 0.0216 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 4.3% rising
46 San Marino 0.0208 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 14.3% falling
47 Ghana 0.0207 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 7.7% rising
48 Dominican Republic 0.0206 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 18.0% flat
49 Senegal 0.0199 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 16.1% rising
50 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0192 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged falling
51 Lesotho 0.019 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 132.6% rising
52 Philippines 0.0187 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged rising
53 Tunisia 0.0178 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 2.8% falling
54 Guatemala 0.0175 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 22.9% rising
55 Argentina 0.0169 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 17.3% rising
56 Myanmar 0.0169 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 2.3% rising
57 Estonia 0.0166 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 13.4% falling
58 North Macedonia 0.0165 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 0.7% falling
59 Barbados 0.0163 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 26.3% falling
60 Morocco 0.0161 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 8.4% rising
61 Austria 0.016 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 2.4% falling
62 Armenia 0.0157 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 0.5% flat
63 Croatia 0.0155 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 1.0% falling
64 Guinea-Bissau 0.0151 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 41.4% rising
65 Ethiopia 0.0145 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 6.0% rising
66 Greece 0.0142 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 26.9% falling
67 Niger 0.014 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 4.5% rising
68 British Virgin Islands 0.0133 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged rising
69 Lebanon 0.0133 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 9.5% falling
70 Uruguay 0.0131 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 0.3% rising
71 Cameroon 0.0131 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged rising
72 Maldives 0.0131 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 0.7% rising
73 Nepal 0.0126 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 14.0% flat
74 Israel 0.0125 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 5.0% falling
75 Nicaragua 0.0125 1000 ha per square kilometre 2022 unchanged rising
76 Afghanistan 0.012 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 0.8% flat
77 China 0.0117 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 6.9% rising
78 Jamaica 0.0115 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged falling
79 Paraguay 0.0115 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 13.1% volatile
80 Kenya 0.0115 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 13.4% rising
81 Iraq 0.0113 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 7.5% falling
82 Kazakhstan 0.0113 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 3.5% falling
83 Sudan 0.0112 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 5.8% rising
84 Aruba 0.0111 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
85 Japan 0.0111 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 4.6% falling
86 Liechtenstein 0.0108 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 13.5% falling
87 Mozambique 0.0105 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 16.7% rising
88 Zimbabwe 0.0104 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 0.7% rising
89 Cyprus 0.0104 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 20.4% volatile
90 Mexico 0.0103 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 11.0% rising
91 Eswatini 0.0103 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged rising
92 Switzerland 0.01 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 1.6% rising
93 South Africa 0.0099 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
94 Indonesia 0.0094 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 1.2% rising
95 Portugal 0.0092 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 25.6% falling
96 Uzbekistan 0.0091 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 1.7% falling
97 Honduras 0.0091 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged falling
98 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0091 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged falling
99 Slovenia 0.0089 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 3.3% flat
100 Grenada 0.0088 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged falling
101 American Samoa 0.0084 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 47.3% falling
102 Finland 0.0074 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 1.1% falling
103 Dominica 0.0073 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged falling
104 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.0072 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 63.3% falling
105 Palestine 0.007 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 18.6% falling
106 Panama 0.0068 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 10.4% rising
107 Kyrgyzstan 0.0067 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 0.7% falling
108 Brazil 0.0067 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 4.4% rising
109 Puerto Rico 0.0066 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 0.3% volatile
110 Ireland 0.0064 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 7.4% falling
111 Sweden 0.0062 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 2.4% falling
112 Tajikistan 0.0061 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 12.3% flat
113 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0058 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged falling
114 Eritrea 0.0057 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 0.1% rising
115 Bermuda 0.0056 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
116 Mali 0.0055 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 13.6% volatile
117 Liberia 0.0052 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged rising
118 Madagascar 0.0052 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged rising
119 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0051 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged falling
120 Zambia 0.0051 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 2.7% rising
121 Belize 0.0046 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 34.6% rising
122 Saint Lucia 0.0044 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged falling
123 Canada 0.0043 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 3.0% flat
124 Chad 0.0042 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 6.0% rising
125 Georgia 0.0042 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 29.7% falling
126 Fiji 0.0042 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 13.9% rising
127 Sao Tome and Principe 0.0042 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged volatile
128 Ecuador 0.0041 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 13.9% falling
129 Australia 0.0041 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 0.0% rising
130 Samoa 0.0041 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 52.1% rising
131 South Sudan 0.0038 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 8.5% falling
132 Angola 0.0037 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 6.0% rising
133 Turkmenistan 0.0034 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 6.6% rising
134 Costa Rica 0.0033 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 28.0% falling
135 Egypt 0.0032 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 16.8% rising
136 Algeria 0.0032 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 0.5% rising
137 Peru 0.0031 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 1.7% rising
138 Central African Republic 0.0029 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
139 Marshall Islands 0.0028 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
140 Malaysia 0.0027 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 9.2% flat
141 Bahrain 0.0026 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 2.4% falling
142 Bhutan 0.0026 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 0.3% rising
143 Kiribati 0.0025 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
144 Colombia 0.0023 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 73.4% falling
145 Jordan 0.0023 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 12.1% falling
146 Norway 0.0022 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 0.4% flat
147 Yemen 0.0022 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 4.7% falling
148 United States Virgin Islands 0.0021 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 25.0% volatile
149 New Zealand 0.002 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 4.9% rising
150 Chile 0.0019 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 2.8% falling
151 Equatorial Guinea 0.0019 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 1.9% rising
152 Guam 0.0019 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged falling
153 Qatar 0.0018 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 19.3% volatile
154 Saudi Arabia 0.0018 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 10.9% rising
155 Somalia 0.0018 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 0.1% rising
156 Vanuatu 0.0016 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged rising
157 Congo 0.0016 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
158 Andorra 0.0016 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 9.6% falling
159 Gabon 0.0013 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged rising
160 Iceland 0.0012 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 0.7% flat
161 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.0011 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
162 Libya 0.001 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
163 Namibia 0.001 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 0.2% rising
164 Solomon Islands 0.0008 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 6.6% rising
165 Cayman Islands 0.0008 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
166 Bahamas 0.0008 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged rising
167 United Arab Emirates 0.0008 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 49.3% volatile
168 Singapore 0.0008 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 3.3% volatile
169 Mongolia 0.0007 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 11.2% rising
170 Papua New Guinea 0.0007 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 10.0% rising
171 French Polynesia 0.0007 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged rising
172 Palau 0.0007 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
173 Montenegro 0.0006 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 7.1% volatile
174 Guyana 0.0005 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 6.8% flat
175 Botswana 0.0005 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 7.1% falling
176 Kuwait 0.0004 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 31.0% volatile
177 Mauritania 0.0004 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged rising
178 Northern Mariana Islands 0.0003 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 38.0% volatile
179 Suriname 0.0003 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 11.7% rising
180 New Caledonia 0.0003 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 0.5% falling
181 Seychelles 0.0003 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged falling
182 Oman 0.0003 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 131.2% volatile
183 Djibouti 0.0001 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 71.8% volatile
184 Faroe Islands 0.0001 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 18.9% rising

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Arable land — 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.

Arable land — Area ÷ Land area (sq. km)

Computed from

  • Arable land — Area Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
  • Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

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Indicator
Arable land — Area, per square kilometre
Unit
1000 ha per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
187 places, 10,763 data points, 1961–2023
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Arable land — 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.