Country area — Area by country

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Countries reporting
248
Highest
4.23 million 1000 ha
OECD
Lowest
0.04 1000 ha
Holy See
Median
8,734 1000 ha
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
16,500

What the numbers show

Country area — Area is currently reported for 248 countries. The highest value is 4.23 million 1000 ha in OECD; the lowest is 0.04 1000 ha in Holy See.

The median across all reporting countries is 8,734 1000 ha, and the mean is 87,384 1000 ha.

Over the past decade 86 countries rose and 57 fell. The largest increase was in Faroe Islands (up 828.4%), and the largest decrease in Tuvalu (down 13.3%).

Country area — Area: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 OECD 4.23 million 1000 ha 2024 up 0.1% flat
2 USSR 2.24 million 1000 ha 1991 unchanged flat
3 Russian Federation 1.71 million 1000 ha 2024 up 0.2% flat
4 Canada 1.56 million 1000 ha 2024 down 0.0% flat
5 China 960,001 1000 ha 2024 up 0.0% flat
6 China, mainland 956,291 1000 ha 2024 down 0.0% flat
7 Brazil 851,042 1000 ha 2024 down 0.1% flat
8 Australia and New Zealand 800,897 1000 ha 2024 down 0.0% flat
9 Australia 774,122 1000 ha 2024 unchanged flat
10 India 328,726 1000 ha 2024 up 0.0% flat
11 Argentina 278,040 1000 ha 2024 unchanged flat
12 Kazakhstan 272,490 1000 ha 2024 unchanged flat
13 Sudan (former) 250,581 1000 ha 2011 unchanged flat
14 Algeria 238,174 1000 ha 2024 unchanged flat
15 Democratic Republic of the Congo 234,541 1000 ha 2024 up 0.0% flat
16 Saudi Arabia 214,969 1000 ha 2024 unchanged flat
17 Mexico 195,719 1000 ha 2024 down 0.4% flat
18 Indonesia 191,691 1000 ha 2024 up 0.3% flat
19 Sudan 187,800 1000 ha 2024 unchanged flat
20 Libya 175,954 1000 ha 2024 unchanged flat
21 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 174,515 1000 ha 2024 unchanged flat
22 Mongolia 156,412 1000 ha 2024 down 0.0% flat
23 Peru 128,522 1000 ha 2024 down 0.0% flat
24 Chad 128,400 1000 ha 2024 unchanged flat
25 Niger 126,700 1000 ha 2024 unchanged flat
26 Angola 124,670 1000 ha 2024 unchanged flat
27 Mali 124,124 1000 ha 2024 up 0.1% flat
28 Ethiopia PDR 122,190 1000 ha 1992 unchanged flat
29 Colombia 114,062 1000 ha 2024 down 0.1% flat
30 Ethiopia 112,982 1000 ha 2024 up 0.0% flat
31 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 109,858 1000 ha 2024 unchanged flat
32 Mauritania 103,070 1000 ha 2024 unchanged flat
33 Egypt 100,145 1000 ha 2024 unchanged flat
34 United Republic of Tanzania 94,550 1000 ha 2024 down 0.2% flat
35 Nigeria 92,377 1000 ha 2024 down 0.0% flat
36 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 91,205 1000 ha 2024 unchanged flat
37 Namibia 82,429 1000 ha 2024 up 0.0% flat
38 Mozambique 79,938 1000 ha 2024 unchanged flat
39 Pakistan 79,610 1000 ha 2024 unchanged flat
40 Türkiye 78,535 1000 ha 2024 unchanged flat
41 Chile 75,656 1000 ha 2024 up 0.1% flat
42 Zambia 75,261 1000 ha 2024 up 0.0% flat
43 Myanmar 67,658 1000 ha 2024 down 0.0% flat
44 Afghanistan 65,287 1000 ha 2024 up 0.0% flat
45 South Sudan 64,688 1000 ha 2024 unchanged flat
46 Somalia 63,766 1000 ha 2024 down 0.0% flat
47 Norway 62,450 1000 ha 2024 down 0.1% rising
48 France 60,641 1000 ha 2024 up 10.4% flat
49 Ukraine 60,355 1000 ha 2024 unchanged flat
50 Kenya 59,197 1000 ha 2024 up 2.0% flat
51 Madagascar 59,190 1000 ha 2024 up 0.8% flat
52 Botswana 58,173 1000 ha 2024 unchanged flat
53 Melanesia 54,038 1000 ha 2024 down 0.1% flat
54 Sweden 52,886 1000 ha 2024 up 0.1% rising
55 Yemen 52,797 1000 ha 2024 down 0.0% flat
56 Thailand 51,312 1000 ha 2024 down 0.0% flat
57 Spain 50,598 1000 ha 2024 up 0.0% flat
58 Turkmenistan 49,121 1000 ha 2024 up 0.6% flat
59 Cameroon 47,544 1000 ha 2024 up 0.0% flat
60 Papua New Guinea 46,284 1000 ha 2024 unchanged flat
61 Uzbekistan 44,892 1000 ha 2024 up 1.1% flat
62 Morocco 44,655 1000 ha 2024 unchanged flat
63 Iraq 43,505 1000 ha 2024 down 0.0% flat
64 Greenland 41,045 1000 ha 2024 down 0.0% rising
65 Paraguay 40,675 1000 ha 2024 unchanged flat
66 Zimbabwe 39,076 1000 ha 2024 unchanged flat
67 Japan 37,798 1000 ha 2024 up 0.0% flat
68 Germany 35,768 1000 ha 2024 up 0.1% flat
69 Congo 34,200 1000 ha 2024 unchanged flat
70 Finland 33,848 1000 ha 2024 up 0.0% flat
71 Caribbean 33,179 1000 ha 2024 up 42.0% rising
72 Viet Nam 33,134 1000 ha 2024 up 0.0% flat
73 Malaysia 33,053 1000 ha 2024 up 0.0% flat
74 Côte d'Ivoire 32,246 1000 ha 2024 unchanged flat
75 Poland 31,394 1000 ha 2024 up 0.4% flat
76 Oman 30,950 1000 ha 2024 unchanged flat
77 Italy 30,207 1000 ha 2024 up 0.0% flat
78 Philippines 30,000 1000 ha 2024 unchanged flat
79 Burkina Faso 27,420 1000 ha 2024 down 0.0% flat
80 New Zealand 26,771 1000 ha 2024 unchanged flat
81 Gabon 26,767 1000 ha 2024 unchanged flat
82 Western Sahara 26,600 1000 ha 2024 unchanged flat
83 Ecuador 25,637 1000 ha 2024 unchanged falling
84 Yugoslav SFR 25,590 1000 ha 1991 unchanged flat
85 Guinea 24,586 1000 ha 2024 down 0.0% flat
86 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 24,361 1000 ha 2024 unchanged flat
87 Uganda 24,155 1000 ha 2024 up 0.0% flat
88 Ghana 23,854 1000 ha 2024 down 0.0% flat
89 Romania 23,840 1000 ha 2024 down 0.0% flat
90 Lao People's Democratic Republic 23,680 1000 ha 2024 unchanged flat
91 Guyana 21,497 1000 ha 2024 unchanged flat
92 Belarus 20,763 1000 ha 2024 up 0.0% flat
93 Kyrgyzstan 19,995 1000 ha 2024 up 0.0% flat
94 Senegal 19,671 1000 ha 2024 unchanged flat
95 Syrian Arab Republic 18,518 1000 ha 2024 unchanged flat
96 Cambodia 18,104 1000 ha 2024 down 0.0% flat
97 Uruguay 17,622 1000 ha 2024 down 0.0% flat
98 Suriname 16,382 1000 ha 2024 unchanged flat
99 Tunisia 16,361 1000 ha 2024 unchanged flat
100 Bangladesh 14,757 1000 ha 2024 down 0.0% flat
101 Nepal 14,718 1000 ha 2024 up 0.0% flat
102 Dominican Republic 14,684 1000 ha 2024 up 201.7% rising
103 Tajikistan 14,138 1000 ha 2024 up 0.0% flat
104 Greece 13,196 1000 ha 2024 unchanged flat
105 Nicaragua 13,037 1000 ha 2022 unchanged flat
106 Czechoslovakia 12,790 1000 ha 1992 unchanged flat
107 Eritrea 12,163 1000 ha 2024 unchanged flat
108 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 12,054 1000 ha 2024 unchanged flat
109 Malawi 11,848 1000 ha 2024 up 0.0% flat
110 Benin 11,476 1000 ha 2024 unchanged flat
111 Honduras 11,249 1000 ha 2024 up 0.0% flat
112 Liberia 11,137 1000 ha 2024 unchanged flat
113 Bulgaria 11,100 1000 ha 2024 unchanged flat
114 Cuba 10,988 1000 ha 2024 up 0.0% flat
115 Guatemala 10,889 1000 ha 2024 down 0.0% flat
116 Iceland 10,300 1000 ha 2024 unchanged flat
117 Serbia and Montenegro 10,217 1000 ha 2005 unchanged flat
118 Republic of Korea 10,046 1000 ha 2024 up 0.2% flat
119 United Arab Emirates 9,865 1000 ha 2024 unchanged flat
120 Hungary 9,303 1000 ha 2024 unchanged flat
121 Portugal 9,223 1000 ha 2024 up 0.0% flat
122 Jordan 8,932 1000 ha 2024 down 0.0% flat
123 Serbia 8,849 1000 ha 2024 up 0.1% flat
124 Croatia 8,807 1000 ha 2024 down 0.0% rising
125 Azerbaijan 8,660 1000 ha 2024 unchanged flat
126 Austria 8,388 1000 ha 2024 unchanged flat
127 French Guiana 8,366 1000 ha 2024 up 0.1% flat
128 Czechia 7,887 1000 ha 2024 up 0.0% flat
129 Panama 7,532 1000 ha 2024 unchanged flat
130 Sierra Leone 7,230 1000 ha 2024 unchanged flat
131 Ireland 7,028 1000 ha 2024 unchanged flat
132 Georgia 6,970 1000 ha 2024 unchanged flat
133 Sri Lanka 6,561 1000 ha 2024 unchanged flat
134 Lithuania 6,529 1000 ha 2024 up 0.0% flat
135 Latvia 6,459 1000 ha 2024 down 0.0% flat
136 Togo 5,678 1000 ha 2024 down 0.0% flat
137 Bosnia and Herzegovina 5,121 1000 ha 2023 unchanged flat
138 Costa Rica 5,110 1000 ha 2024 unchanged flat
139 Slovakia 4,903 1000 ha 2024 unchanged flat
140 Estonia 4,534 1000 ha 2024 unchanged flat
141 Denmark 4,292 1000 ha 2024 unchanged flat
142 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 4,154 1000 ha 2024 unchanged flat
143 Switzerland 4,129 1000 ha 2024 unchanged flat
144 Bhutan 3,839 1000 ha 2024 down 0.0% falling
145 Guinea-Bissau 3,612 1000 ha 2024 down 0.0% flat
146 China, Taiwan Province of 3,596 1000 ha 2024 unchanged flat
147 Republic of Moldova 3,385 1000 ha 2024 down 0.0% flat
148 Belgium-Luxembourg 3,312 1000 ha 1999 unchanged flat
149 Belgium 3,069 1000 ha 2024 up 0.5% flat
150 Lesotho 3,036 1000 ha 2024 unchanged flat
151 Armenia 2,974 1000 ha 2024 unchanged flat
152 Albania 2,875 1000 ha 2024 unchanged flat
153 Solomon Islands 2,845 1000 ha 2024 down 1.6% flat
154 Equatorial Guinea 2,805 1000 ha 2024 up 0.0% flat
155 Burundi 2,783 1000 ha 2024 up 0.0% flat
156 Haiti 2,775 1000 ha 2024 unchanged flat
157 Rwanda 2,634 1000 ha 2024 unchanged flat
158 North Macedonia 2,571 1000 ha 2024 up 0.0% flat
159 Djibouti 2,320 1000 ha 2024 unchanged flat
160 Belize 2,297 1000 ha 2024 down 0.0% flat
161 Israel 2,207 1000 ha 2024 unchanged flat
162 El Salvador 2,104 1000 ha 2024 unchanged flat
163 Slovenia 2,048 1000 ha 2024 down 0.9% flat
164 New Caledonia 1,858 1000 ha 2024 down 0.0% flat
165 Fiji 1,833 1000 ha 2024 up 0.3% flat
166 Kuwait 1,782 1000 ha 2024 unchanged flat
167 Eswatini 1,736 1000 ha 2024 up 0.0% flat
168 Timor-Leste 1,487 1000 ha 2024 unchanged flat
169 Montenegro 1,388 1000 ha 2024 up 0.5% flat
170 Bahamas 1,388 1000 ha 2024 down 0.0% flat
171 Faroe Islands 1,296 1000 ha 2024 up 828.4% volatile
172 Vanuatu 1,219 1000 ha 2024 down 0.0% flat
173 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 1,217 1000 ha 2024 up 0.0% flat
174 Qatar 1,164 1000 ha 2024 up 1.3% flat
175 Gambia 1,130 1000 ha 2024 down 0.0% flat
176 Jamaica 1,099 1000 ha 2024 up 0.0% flat
177 Lebanon 1,045 1000 ha 2024 up 0.0% flat
178 Cyprus 925 1000 ha 2024 down 0.0% flat
179 Puerto Rico 887 1000 ha 2024 unchanged flat
180 Polynesia 803.5 1000 ha 2024 up 0.6% falling
181 Palestine 602.5 1000 ha 2024 up 0.1% flat
182 Brunei Darussalam 577 1000 ha 2024 unchanged flat
183 Trinidad and Tobago 512.8 1000 ha 2024 down 0.0% flat
184 Bermuda 429 1000 ha 2024 unchanged volatile
185 Cabo Verde 403 1000 ha 2024 unchanged flat
186 French Polynesia 352.1 1000 ha 2024 up 1.4% falling
187 Micronesia 317.2 1000 ha 2024 up 0.1% flat
188 Samoa 284 1000 ha 2024 unchanged flat
189 Luxembourg 259 1000 ha 2024 unchanged flat
190 Mauritius 201 1000 ha 2024 up 0.1% flat
191 Comoros 186.97 1000 ha 2024 up 0.5% flat
192 Pacific Islands Trust Territory 180 1000 ha 1990 unchanged flat
193 Guadeloupe 163.35 1000 ha 2024 up 0.2% flat
194 China, Hong Kong SAR 111 1000 ha 2024 up 0.5% flat
195 Martinique 108.74 1000 ha 2024 unchanged flat
196 Sao Tome and Principe 96 1000 ha 2024 unchanged flat
197 Turks and Caicos Islands 94.82 1000 ha 2024 down 0.2% flat
198 Kiribati 81.1 1000 ha 2024 up 0.1% flat
199 Bahrain 80 1000 ha 2024 up 3.8% rising
199 Netherlands Antilles (former) 80 1000 ha 2010 unchanged flat
201 Dominica 75.1 1000 ha 2024 up 0.1% flat
202 Tonga 74.9 1000 ha 2024 down 0.1% flat
203 Singapore 73.56 1000 ha 2024 up 2.3% rising
204 Micronesia (Federated States of) 70.1 1000 ha 2024 up 0.1% flat
205 Saint Lucia 61.6 1000 ha 2024 down 0.6% flat
206 Isle of Man 57.24 1000 ha 2024 up 0.4% flat
207 Guam 54.1 1000 ha 2024 up 0.2% flat
208 Andorra 46.8 1000 ha 2024 down 0.4% flat
209 Palau 46 1000 ha 2024 unchanged flat
210 Northern Mariana Islands 45.7 1000 ha 2024 down 0.7% flat
210 Seychelles 45.7 1000 ha 2024 down 0.7% flat
212 Curaçao 44.4 1000 ha 2024 unchanged flat
213 Antigua and Barbuda 44.03 1000 ha 2024 up 0.1% flat
214 Barbados 43.1 1000 ha 2024 up 0.2% flat
215 Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha 38.94 1000 ha 2024 down 0.2% flat
216 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 38.9 1000 ha 2024 down 0.3% flat
217 Mayotte 36.63 1000 ha 2024 unchanged flat
218 United States Virgin Islands 34.8 1000 ha 2024 down 0.6% flat
219 Grenada 34.4 1000 ha 2024 up 1.2% flat
220 Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 32.2 1000 ha 2024 unchanged flat
221 Malta 31.52 1000 ha 2024 down 1.5% flat
222 Maldives 30 1000 ha 2024 unchanged flat
223 Cayman Islands 26.4 1000 ha 2024 unchanged flat
224 Saint Kitts and Nevis 26.1 1000 ha 2024 up 0.4% falling
225 Niue 25.9 1000 ha 2024 down 0.4% flat
226 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 24.2 1000 ha 2024 up 0.8% flat
227 Cook Islands 24 1000 ha 2024 unchanged flat
228 Channel Islands 19.8 1000 ha 2024 unchanged flat
229 Marshall Islands 18.1 1000 ha 2024 up 0.6% flat
230 Aruba 18 1000 ha 2024 unchanged flat
231 Liechtenstein 16 1000 ha 2024 unchanged flat
232 British Virgin Islands 15.1 1000 ha 2024 up 0.7% flat
233 Wallis and Futuna Islands 14.2 1000 ha 2024 up 1.4% flat
234 Montserrat 10.2 1000 ha 2024 up 2.0% flat
235 Anguilla 9.06 1000 ha 2024 up 0.7% flat
236 Monaco 7.49 1000 ha 2024 down 0.0% volatile
237 San Marino 6.12 1000 ha 2024 up 2.0% flat
238 Saint Martin (French part) 5.3 1000 ha 2024 up 6.0% rising
239 Pitcairn 4.7 1000 ha 2024 unchanged flat
240 Norfolk Island 3.6 1000 ha 2024 down 10.0% flat
241 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 3.4 1000 ha 2024 unchanged flat
242 China, Macao SAR 3.33 1000 ha 2024 up 9.9% rising
243 Tuvalu 2.6 1000 ha 2024 down 13.3% flat
244 Naoero 2.1 1000 ha 2024 up 5.0% flat
244 Saint Barthélemy 2.1 1000 ha 2024 up 5.0% flat
246 Tokelau 1.2 1000 ha 2024 up 20.0% flat
247 Gibraltar 1 1000 ha 2024 unchanged flat
248 Holy See 0.04 1000 ha 2024 down 9.1% flat

Regions and income groups

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

About this data

Indicator
Country area — Area
Unit
1000 ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
284 places, 16,500 data points, 1961–2024
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The FAOSTAT Land Use domain contains data on twenty-one land use categories and twenty-three categories of irrigation and agricultural practices. Data are available yearly and by country, regional and global levels. The domain includes Land Use Indicators providing information on the percentage share of agricultural and forest land, and their sub-components, including irrigated areas and areas under organic agriculture, within a country land use matrix. Data are available at country, regional and global level, for the following elements: (in percentage) i) Share in Land area; ii) Share in Agricultural land, iii) Share in Cropland; and iv) Share in Forest land; (in ha/pc) v) Area per capita.