Land area — Area, per capita by country
Land area — 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
190
Highest
0.7222 1000 ha per person
Greenland
Lowest
0 1000 ha per person
Monaco
Median
0.001 1000 ha per person
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
11,206
What the numbers show
Land area — Area, per capita is currently reported for 190 countries. The highest value is 0.7222 1000 ha per person in Greenland; the lowest is 0 1000 ha per person in Monaco.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.001 1000 ha per person, and the mean is 0.0068 1000 ha per person.
Over the past decade 32 countries rose and 158 fell. The largest increase was in Saint Martin (French Part) (up 51.9%), and the largest decrease in Chad (down 30.1%).
Land area — Area, per capita: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greenland | 0.7222 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 2 | Mongolia | 0.0442 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 3 | Australia | 0.0283 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 4 | Namibia | 0.0272 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 23.7% | falling |
| 5 | Iceland | 0.0261 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 6 | Guyana | 0.0254 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 7 | Suriname | 0.0253 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 8 | Libya | 0.0238 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 12.9% | volatile |
| 9 | Botswana | 0.0225 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 13.8% | volatile |
| 10 | Canada | 0.0213 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 11 | Mauritania | 0.0199 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 25.6% | volatile |
| 12 | Kazakhstan | 0.0131 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 13 | Central African Republic | 0.0117 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 14 | Gabon | 0.0101 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 22.1% | falling |
| 15 | Norway | 0.0065 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 16 | New Caledonia | 0.0063 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 17 | Turkmenistan | 0.0063 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 18 | Chad | 0.0062 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 30.1% | volatile |
| 19 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0061 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 19.8% | volatile |
| 20 | Argentina | 0.006 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 21 | Oman | 0.0059 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 24.2% | volatile |
| 22 | Paraguay | 0.0057 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 23 | Belize | 0.0055 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 24 | Finland | 0.0054 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 25 | Congo | 0.0054 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 21.4% | volatile |
| 26 | South Sudan | 0.0053 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 5.9% | flat |
| 27 | Uruguay | 0.0052 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 28 | Algeria | 0.0051 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 29 | Mali | 0.005 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 26.4% | falling |
| 30 | New Zealand | 0.005 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 31 | Bhutan | 0.0048 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 32 | Niger | 0.0047 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 28.9% | volatile |
| 33 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0043 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 34 | Brazil | 0.0039 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 35 | Sweden | 0.0039 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 36 | Chile | 0.0038 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 37 | Peru | 0.0037 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 38 | Vanuatu | 0.0037 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 39 | Sudan | 0.0037 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 40 | Zambia | 0.0035 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 25.4% | volatile |
| 41 | Solomon Islands | 0.0034 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 24.7% | volatile |
| 42 | Eritrea | 0.0034 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 43 | Latvia | 0.0033 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 44 | Somalia | 0.0033 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 29.8% | volatile |
| 45 | Angola | 0.0033 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 28.3% | volatile |
| 46 | Estonia | 0.0031 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 47 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0027 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 48 | Palau | 0.0026 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 49 | Faroe Islands | 0.0025 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 50 | Bahamas | 0.0025 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 51 | Zimbabwe | 0.0023 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 52 | Mozambique | 0.0023 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 53 | Belarus | 0.0022 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 54 | Lithuania | 0.0022 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 55 | Montenegro | 0.0022 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 56 | Colombia | 0.0021 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 57 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.002 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 24.8% | volatile |
| 58 | Djibouti | 0.002 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 14.2% | volatile |
| 59 | Fiji | 0.002 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 60 | South Africa | 0.0019 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 61 | Georgia | 0.0018 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 62 | Madagascar | 0.0018 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 22.5% | volatile |
| 63 | Nicaragua | 0.0018 1000 ha per person | 2022 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 64 | Liberia | 0.0017 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 65 | Bulgaria | 0.0017 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 66 | Guinea | 0.0017 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 67 | Panama | 0.0016 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 68 | Cameroon | 0.0016 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 24.3% | falling |
| 69 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0016 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 70 | Ukraine | 0.0015 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 71 | Afghanistan | 0.0015 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 72 | Mexico | 0.0015 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 73 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0015 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 26.0% | volatile |
| 74 | Croatia | 0.0014 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 75 | Eswatini | 0.0014 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 76 | North Macedonia | 0.0014 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 77 | Ecuador | 0.0014 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 78 | Serbia | 0.0013 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 79 | Tajikistan | 0.0013 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 80 | Yemen | 0.0013 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 25.5% | volatile |
| 81 | Lesotho | 0.0013 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 82 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0013 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 83 | Ireland | 0.0013 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 84 | Samoa | 0.0013 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 85 | Tunisia | 0.0013 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 86 | French Polynesia | 0.0012 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 87 | Greece | 0.0012 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 4.7% | falling |
| 88 | Romania | 0.0012 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 4.5% | flat |
| 89 | Uzbekistan | 0.0012 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 90 | Myanmar | 0.0012 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 91 | Morocco | 0.0012 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 92 | Burkina Faso | 0.0012 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 22.6% | falling |
| 93 | Albania | 0.0012 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 16.7% | falling |
| 94 | Dominica | 0.0011 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 6.4% | flat |
| 95 | Senegal | 0.001 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 96 | Honduras | 0.001 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 16.3% | volatile |
| 97 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0.001 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 98 | Kenya | 0.001 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 16.7% | volatile |
| 99 | Spain | 0.001 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 100 | Cambodia | 0.001 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 101 | Costa Rica | 0.001 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 102 | Hungary | 0.001 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 103 | Slovenia | 0.0009 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 104 | Cuba | 0.0009 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 2.6% | falling |
| 105 | Iraq | 0.0009 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 20.6% | volatile |
| 106 | Armenia | 0.0009 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 107 | Malaysia | 0.0009 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 108 | Austria | 0.0009 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 109 | Slovakia | 0.0009 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 110 | Portugal | 0.0009 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 111 | Egypt | 0.0009 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 112 | Ethiopia | 0.0008 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 113 | Poland | 0.0008 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 3.9% | falling |
| 114 | Sierra Leone | 0.0008 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 115 | Azerbaijan | 0.0008 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 116 | France | 0.0008 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 117 | Benin | 0.0008 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 23.7% | volatile |
| 118 | Jordan | 0.0008 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 23.9% | volatile |
| 119 | Thailand | 0.0007 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 120 | Czechia | 0.0007 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 121 | Tonga | 0.0007 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 122 | Cyprus | 0.0007 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 123 | Isle of Man | 0.0007 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 124 | Denmark | 0.0007 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 125 | China | 0.0007 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 126 | Indonesia | 0.0007 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 127 | Ghana | 0.0007 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 128 | Togo | 0.0006 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 129 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0006 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 26.6% | volatile |
| 130 | Kiribati | 0.0006 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 131 | Guatemala | 0.0006 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 132 | Andorra | 0.0006 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 10.4% | volatile |
| 133 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0006 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 134 | Italy | 0.0005 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 135 | Nepal | 0.0005 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 136 | Marshall Islands | 0.0005 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 33.4% | rising |
| 137 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0005 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 138 | Switzerland | 0.0004 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 139 | Malawi | 0.0004 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 23.2% | volatile |
| 140 | American Samoa | 0.0004 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 13.8% | falling |
| 141 | Dominican Republic | 0.0004 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 142 | Germany | 0.0004 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 143 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0004 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 144 | Qatar | 0.0004 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 24.7% | volatile |
| 145 | Uganda | 0.0004 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 27.2% | volatile |
| 146 | Liechtenstein | 0.0004 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 147 | Nigeria | 0.0004 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 148 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0004 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 6.6% | falling |
| 149 | British Virgin Islands | 0.0004 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 150 | Jamaica | 0.0004 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 151 | Luxembourg | 0.0004 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 152 | Seychelles | 0.0004 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 25.2% | falling |
| 153 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0004 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 154 | Gambia | 0.0004 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 21.6% | volatile |
| 155 | Kuwait | 0.0004 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 25.1% | volatile |
| 156 | Saint Lucia | 0.0003 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 157 | United States Virgin Islands | 0.0003 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 2.8% | falling |
| 158 | El Salvador | 0.0003 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 159 | Guam | 0.0003 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 160 | Cayman Islands | 0.0003 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 19.2% | volatile |
| 161 | Pakistan | 0.0003 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 14.7% | volatile |
| 162 | Japan | 0.0003 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 2.7% | falling |
| 163 | Grenada | 0.0003 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 164 | Sri Lanka | 0.0003 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 165 | Puerto Rico | 0.0003 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 11.9% | falling |
| 166 | Tuvalu | 0.0003 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 167 | Philippines | 0.0003 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 168 | Belgium | 0.0003 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 169 | Haiti | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 170 | Israel | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 171 | Comoros | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 172 | India | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 173 | Saint Martin (French Part) | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 51.9% | rising |
| 174 | Burundi | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 175 | San Marino | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 176 | Lebanon | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 9.3% | falling |
| 177 | Rwanda | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 23.2% | falling |
| 178 | Aruba | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 179 | Mauritius | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | 2024 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 180 | Barbados | 0.0002 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 181 | Palestine, State of | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 182 | Bermuda | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 183 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 184 | Bangladesh | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 185 | Maldives | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 22.2% | volatile |
| 186 | Malta | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 187 | Bahrain | 0.0001 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 14.1% | volatile |
| 188 | Gibraltar | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 189 | Singapore | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 190 | Monaco | 0 1000 ha per person | 2024 | down 3.8% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Sub-Saharan Africa 0.0017 1000 ha per person
- Chagai 0.0001 1000 ha per person
- World 0.0016 1000 ha per person
How this figure is calculated
Land area — Area divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Land area — Area ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Land area — 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
Land area — Area divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.