Cropland — Area, per square kilometre by country
Cropland — 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
185
Highest
0.0867 1000 ha per square kilometre
Tuvalu
Lowest
0.0001 1000 ha per square kilometre
Faroe Islands
Median
0.0133 1000 ha per square kilometre
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
10,826
What the numbers show
Cropland — Area, per square kilometre is currently reported for 185 countries. The highest value is 0.0867 1000 ha per square kilometre in Tuvalu; the lowest is 0.0001 1000 ha per square kilometre in Faroe Islands.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0133 1000 ha per square kilometre, and the mean is 0.0185 1000 ha per square kilometre.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 1,696.
Over the past decade 88 countries rose and 77 fell. The largest increase was in Lesotho (up 131.3%), and the largest decrease in Bosnia and Herzegovina (down 60.2%).
Cropland — Area, per square kilometre: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tuvalu | 0.0867 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 44.4% | falling |
| 2 | Comoros | 0.0715 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 3 | Bangladesh | 0.0677 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.6% | falling |
| 4 | Rwanda | 0.0674 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 5 | Gambia | 0.0606 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 31.0% | volatile |
| 6 | Denmark | 0.0599 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 7 | Ukraine | 0.0583 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 8 | Burundi | 0.0579 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 9 | Uganda | 0.0573 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 10 | India | 0.0566 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 11 | Togo | 0.0506 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 12 | Nigeria | 0.0494 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 13 | Haiti | 0.0474 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 13.7% | rising |
| 14 | Hungary | 0.0471 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 15 | Malawi | 0.0454 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 16 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0451 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 17 | Tonga | 0.0429 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 18 | Thailand | 0.0422 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 19 | El Salvador | 0.0422 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 20 | Kiribati | 0.042 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 21 | Sri Lanka | 0.0415 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 22 | Isle of Man | 0.0411 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 23 | Marshall Islands | 0.0411 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 24 | Pakistan | 0.0402 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 25 | Romania | 0.0383 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 26 | Benin | 0.0379 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.5% | rising |
| 27 | Poland | 0.0377 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.0% | falling |
| 28 | Philippines | 0.0375 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 29 | Mauritius | 0.0374 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 30 | Lithuania | 0.0373 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 31 | Cuba | 0.0343 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 32 | Germany | 0.034 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 33 | Serbia | 0.0335 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.5% | flat |
| 34 | Bulgaria | 0.0334 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 35 | France | 0.0333 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 36 | Czechia | 0.0333 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 37 | Spain | 0.0332 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 38 | Ghana | 0.0326 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 39 | Italy | 0.0316 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.7% | falling |
| 40 | Tunisia | 0.0315 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 41 | Burkina Faso | 0.0314 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 42 | Dominica | 0.03 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 43 | Guinea | 0.0296 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 51.9% | rising |
| 44 | Belgium | 0.0291 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.2% | flat |
| 45 | Azerbaijan | 0.0286 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 46 | Guatemala | 0.0285 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 47 | Belarus | 0.0279 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 48 | Slovakia | 0.0275 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 49 | Lebanon | 0.027 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.9% | falling |
| 50 | Dominican Republic | 0.0266 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.8% | flat |
| 51 | San Marino | 0.0265 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.2% | falling |
| 52 | Cambodia | 0.0262 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 53 | Malta | 0.0259 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 54 | Albania | 0.0248 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 55 | Luxembourg | 0.0244 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 56 | Sierra Leone | 0.0242 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.0% | volatile |
| 57 | Malaysia | 0.0241 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 58 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0234 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 59 | Indonesia | 0.0231 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 60 | Greece | 0.0224 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 61 | Latvia | 0.022 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.8% | flat |
| 62 | Grenada | 0.0206 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 63 | Senegal | 0.0203 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 64 | Morocco | 0.0202 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 65 | British Virgin Islands | 0.02 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 66 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0196 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 67 | Lesotho | 0.0192 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 131.3% | rising |
| 68 | Myanmar | 0.0192 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 69 | Portugal | 0.0189 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 70 | Palestine | 0.0188 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 71 | Barbados | 0.0186 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 72 | North Macedonia | 0.0181 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 73 | Jamaica | 0.0179 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 74 | Armenia | 0.0179 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 75 | Argentina | 0.0176 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 76 | Israel | 0.0172 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 77 | Croatia | 0.0169 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 78 | Austria | 0.0168 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 79 | Estonia | 0.0167 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.5% | falling |
| 80 | Cameroon | 0.0167 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 81 | Maldives | 0.0164 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.7% | rising |
| 82 | Ethiopia | 0.0164 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 83 | Saint Lucia | 0.0157 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 84 | Samoa | 0.0155 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 85 | Nicaragua | 0.0149 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 86 | Honduras | 0.0149 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.2% | flat |
| 87 | Guam | 0.0148 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.0% | flat |
| 88 | Niger | 0.0141 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 89 | China | 0.0138 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 90 | Nepal | 0.0136 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 13.8% | rising |
| 91 | Uruguay | 0.0134 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 92 | American Samoa | 0.0133 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 32.5% | falling |
| 93 | Cyprus | 0.0133 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.9% | volatile |
| 94 | Kenya | 0.0132 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 95 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0128 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 96 | Mexico | 0.0126 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 97 | Iraq | 0.0125 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.7% | flat |
| 98 | Afghanistan | 0.0124 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 99 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.012 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 100 | Japan | 0.0118 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 101 | Paraguay | 0.0117 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.8% | volatile |
| 102 | Slovenia | 0.0116 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 103 | Eswatini | 0.0115 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 104 | Sudan | 0.0114 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 105 | Kazakhstan | 0.0113 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.6% | falling |
| 106 | Aruba | 0.0111 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 107 | Mozambique | 0.011 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 108 | Liechtenstein | 0.0108 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 109 | Switzerland | 0.0107 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 110 | Costa Rica | 0.0107 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 111 | Zimbabwe | 0.0105 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 112 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0104 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 113 | South Africa | 0.0102 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 114 | Uzbekistan | 0.0101 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 115 | Vanuatu | 0.0098 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 116 | Ecuador | 0.0097 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.5% | rising |
| 117 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0087 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 60.2% | falling |
| 118 | Puerto Rico | 0.0085 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.2% | volatile |
| 119 | Panama | 0.0081 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 17.9% | rising |
| 120 | French Polynesia | 0.0078 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 121 | Brazil | 0.0076 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 122 | Fiji | 0.0076 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 16.4% | rising |
| 123 | Tajikistan | 0.0076 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 124 | Finland | 0.0074 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 125 | Liberia | 0.0074 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 126 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0071 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 127 | Ireland | 0.0064 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 128 | Madagascar | 0.0063 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 129 | Sweden | 0.0062 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 130 | Georgia | 0.006 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 131 | Belize | 0.0058 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 132 | Mali | 0.0058 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.6% | volatile |
| 133 | Eritrea | 0.0057 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 134 | Bermuda | 0.0056 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 135 | Bahrain | 0.0053 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 136 | Zambia | 0.0052 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 137 | Palau | 0.005 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 138 | Peru | 0.0048 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 139 | Colombia | 0.0045 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 44.9% | falling |
| 140 | Canada | 0.0044 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.0% | flat |
| 141 | Central African Republic | 0.0043 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 40.4% | rising |
| 142 | Chad | 0.0042 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 143 | Egypt | 0.0041 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 144 | Australia | 0.0041 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 145 | Angola | 0.0039 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 146 | South Sudan | 0.0039 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 147 | Solomon Islands | 0.0036 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 148 | Algeria | 0.0036 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 149 | Turkmenistan | 0.0035 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.2% | rising |
| 150 | Seychelles | 0.0034 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.9% | falling |
| 151 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0032 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 152 | Jordan | 0.0032 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 153 | Bhutan | 0.003 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 154 | Cayman Islands | 0.0029 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 155 | Yemen | 0.0028 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 156 | United States Virgin Islands | 0.0027 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 52.4% | falling |
| 157 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0027 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 158 | Chile | 0.0026 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 159 | New Zealand | 0.0022 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 160 | Norway | 0.0022 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 161 | Qatar | 0.0021 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.1% | volatile |
| 162 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0019 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 163 | Gabon | 0.0019 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 164 | Congo | 0.0019 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 165 | Somalia | 0.0018 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 166 | Andorra | 0.0016 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 167 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0014 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.6% | volatile |
| 168 | Montenegro | 0.0013 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 40.8% | volatile |
| 169 | Iceland | 0.0012 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 170 | Libya | 0.0012 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 171 | Bahamas | 0.0011 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 172 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.0011 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 173 | Namibia | 0.001 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 174 | Singapore | 0.0009 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.0% | volatile |
| 175 | Kuwait | 0.0008 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.5% | volatile |
| 176 | Mongolia | 0.0007 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.1% | rising |
| 177 | Guyana | 0.0006 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 178 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0.0005 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 55.1% | volatile |
| 179 | Botswana | 0.0005 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 180 | Mauritania | 0.0004 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 181 | New Caledonia | 0.0004 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 24.5% | falling |
| 182 | Oman | 0.0004 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 77.7% | rising |
| 183 | Suriname | 0.0003 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 16.0% | rising |
| 184 | Djibouti | 0.0002 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 57.2% | volatile |
| 185 | Faroe Islands | 0.0001 1000 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.9% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Chagai 0.0174 1000 ha per square kilometre
- World 0.0122 1000 ha per square kilometre
- Sub-Saharan Africa 0.0109 1000 ha per square kilometre
How this figure is calculated
Cropland — 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.
Cropland — Area ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Cropland — 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
Cropland — 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.