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Land use hidden — Cropland, per capita by country

Land use hidden — Cropland 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
177
Highest
0.0147 Square kilometres per person
Kazakhstan
Lowest
0 Square kilometres per person
Singapore
Median
0.0015 Square kilometres per person
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
10,465

What the numbers show

Land use hidden — Cropland, per capita is currently reported for 177 countries. The highest value is 0.0147 Square kilometres per person in Kazakhstan; the lowest is 0 Square kilometres per person in Singapore.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.0015 Square kilometres per person, and the mean is 0.002 Square kilometres per person.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 13,143.

Over the past decade 36 countries rose and 141 fell. The largest increase was in San Marino (up 124.4%), and the largest decrease in Northern Mariana Islands (down 60.3%).

Land use hidden — Cropland, per capita: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Kazakhstan 0.0147 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 12.8% falling
2 Australia 0.0118 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 13.9% falling
3 Canada 0.0096 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 11.6% falling
4 Argentina 0.0091 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 4.0% falling
5 Ukraine 0.009 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 22.6% rising
6 Russia 0.0086 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 0.2% flat
7 Niger 0.0068 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 25.4% falling
8 Paraguay 0.0068 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 0.2% rising
9 Uruguay 0.0066 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 5.8% falling
10 Belarus 0.0062 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 2.4% flat
11 Bulgaria 0.0056 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 11.3% falling
12 Central African Republic 0.0052 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 26.5% falling
13 Guinea 0.0051 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 14.5% falling
14 Bolivia 0.0047 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 0.2% rising
15 Romania 0.0046 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 0.6% falling
16 United States 0.0046 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 8.0% falling
17 Vanuatu 0.0045 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 20.6% falling
18 Hungary 0.0045 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 1.7% falling
19 Sudan 0.0042 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 19.9% falling
20 Tunisia 0.0041 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 11.9% falling
21 Finland 0.004 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 1.7% falling
22 Denmark 0.004 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 7.1% falling
23 Burkina Faso 0.0037 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 7.6% falling
24 Mali 0.0036 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 9.2% rising
25 Dominica 0.0035 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 4.8% rising
26 Spain 0.0034 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 6.6% falling
27 Togo 0.0034 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 17.3% falling
28 Mongolia 0.0033 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 25.9% falling
29 Cuba 0.0032 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 2.1% rising
30 Belize 0.0032 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 0.3% falling
31 Iceland 0.0031 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 16.2% falling
32 Thailand 0.003 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 4.6% falling
33 Brazil 0.003 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 4.6% falling
34 Guinea-Bissau 0.003 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 7.6% falling
35 Tonga 0.003 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 9.4% falling
36 Benin 0.003 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 7.8% falling
37 Albania 0.0028 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 13.8% falling
38 Libya 0.0028 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 13.9% falling
39 Cameroon 0.0028 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 23.1% falling
40 Greece 0.0028 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 16.0% falling
41 Chad 0.0028 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 24.9% falling
42 Namibia 0.0027 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 23.7% falling
43 Cambodia 0.0027 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 0.0% falling
44 Nicaragua 0.0026 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 12.3% falling
45 France 0.0026 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 10.4% falling
46 Kiribati 0.0026 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 14.1% falling
47 North Macedonia 0.0025 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 6.6% falling
48 Zimbabwe 0.0025 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 14.7% rising
49 Sweden 0.0024 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 11.1% falling
50 Czechia 0.0024 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 2.5% falling
51 Malaysia 0.0023 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 8.9% falling
52 Morocco 0.0023 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 17.9% falling
53 Tanzania 0.0023 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 19.0% falling
54 Azerbaijan 0.0023 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 1.8% falling
55 Myanmar 0.0023 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 5.4% falling
56 Turkmenistan 0.0022 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 30.7% falling
57 Ghana 0.0022 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 11.2% falling
58 Senegal 0.0022 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 11.9% falling
59 Laos 0.0021 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 16.6% falling
60 Sierra Leone 0.0021 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 20.6% rising
61 Eritrea 0.002 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 11.4% falling
62 Gabon 0.002 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 23.0% falling
63 Malawi 0.002 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 13.0% falling
64 South Africa 0.002 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 13.5% falling
65 Samoa 0.002 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 25.3% falling
66 Afghanistan 0.002 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 21.7% falling
67 Iran 0.0019 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 5.3% falling
68 Nigeria 0.0019 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 16.5% falling
69 Kyrgyzstan 0.0019 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 18.1% falling
70 Mexico 0.0019 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 10.9% falling
71 Uganda 0.0019 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 27.4% falling
72 Zambia 0.0019 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 23.7% falling
73 Algeria 0.0018 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 15.8% falling
74 Tuvalu 0.0018 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 12.1% falling
75 Peru 0.0018 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 2.1% falling
76 Sao Tome and Principe 0.0018 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 3.3% falling
77 Marshall Islands 0.0018 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 30.5% falling
78 Mozambique 0.0018 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 24.7% falling
79 Portugal 0.0017 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 5.2% falling
80 Armenia 0.0017 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 1.4% rising
81 Gambia 0.0017 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 23.7% falling
82 Italy 0.0016 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 6.7% falling
83 Indonesia 0.0016 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 0.5% falling
84 Angola 0.0016 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 20.9% falling
85 Panama 0.0015 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 20.4% falling
86 Guyana 0.0015 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 8.5% flat
87 Honduras 0.0015 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 13.3% falling
88 Austria 0.0015 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 9.2% falling
89 Guatemala 0.0015 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 3.7% falling
90 Norway 0.0015 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 8.5% falling
91 Bhutan 0.0014 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 6.6% falling
92 Germany 0.0014 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 4.7% falling
93 El Salvador 0.0014 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 2.1% falling
94 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.0014 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 54.9% rising
95 Comoros 0.0014 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 18.1% falling
96 Kenya 0.0013 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 13.7% falling
97 Dominican Republic 0.0013 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 5.7% falling
98 Ecuador 0.0013 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 20.5% falling
99 Palau 0.0013 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 0.4% flat
100 Liberia 0.0013 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 19.8% falling
101 Solomon Islands 0.0013 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 16.7% falling
102 Uzbekistan 0.0013 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 15.8% falling
103 Pakistan 0.0013 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 15.5% volatile
104 Burundi 0.0012 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 9.2% falling
105 Iraq 0.0012 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 12.0% volatile
106 India 0.0012 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 10.5% falling
107 Papua New Guinea 0.0012 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 11.4% falling
108 Venezuela 0.0012 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 5.7% falling
109 Sri Lanka 0.0012 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 4.3% falling
110 Georgia 0.0012 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 20.8% falling
111 New Zealand 0.0011 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 18.2% falling
112 Haiti 0.0011 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 27.4% falling
113 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0011 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 0.7% falling
114 Saudi Arabia 0.0011 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 19.7% falling
115 Rwanda 0.0011 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 24.2% falling
116 Costa Rica 0.0011 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 8.7% falling
117 Botswana 0.0011 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 19.8% volatile
118 Congo 0.0011 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 18.9% falling
119 French Polynesia 0.001 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 9.2% falling
120 Tajikistan 0.001 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 8.4% falling
121 Philippines 0.001 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 9.1% falling
122 Chile 0.001 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 11.5% volatile
123 North Korea 0.001 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 5.5% falling
124 Colombia 0.001 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 27.8% falling
125 Luxembourg 0.0009 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 19.9% falling
126 Cyprus 0.0009 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 4.4% volatile
127 China 0.0009 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 6.9% falling
128 United Kingdom 0.0009 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 9.7% falling
129 Suriname 0.0009 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 24.0% falling
130 Ireland 0.0008 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 19.2% falling
131 Belgium 0.0008 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 0.2% falling
132 San Marino 0.0007 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 124.4% falling
133 Jamaica 0.0007 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 2.9% falling
134 Nepal 0.0007 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 19.9% falling
135 Mauritius 0.0006 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 0.8% falling
136 American Samoa 0.0006 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 26.5% falling
137 Somalia 0.0006 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 29.7% falling
138 Grenada 0.0006 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 3.1% falling
139 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0005 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 5.6% falling
140 Saint Lucia 0.0005 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 3.3% falling
141 Bangladesh 0.0005 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 5.6% falling
142 British Virgin Islands 0.0005 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 18.7% volatile
143 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0005 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 6.7% falling
144 Guam 0.0005 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 20.3% falling
145 Lebanon 0.0005 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 4.9% falling
146 Switzerland 0.0005 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 10.2% falling
147 Liechtenstein 0.0004 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 17.2% falling
148 Israel 0.0004 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 19.8% falling
149 Yemen 0.0004 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 27.9% volatile
150 Egypt 0.0004 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 9.5% falling
151 Japan 0.0003 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 3.1% falling
152 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0003 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 2.0% falling
153 Nauru 0.0003 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 11.4% falling
154 New Caledonia 0.0003 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 4.8% falling
155 Barbados 0.0003 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 25.1% falling
156 Bahamas 0.0003 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 5.1% falling
157 Jordan 0.0003 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 36.2% volatile
158 Oman 0.0002 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 34.9% falling
159 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.0002 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 27.2% volatile
160 Puerto Rico 0.0002 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 7.6% volatile
161 Aruba 0.0002 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 1.6% falling
162 Malta 0.0001 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 37.7% falling
163 Seychelles 0.0001 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 24.9% volatile
164 United States Virgin Islands 0.0001 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 43.4% volatile
165 Cayman Islands 0.0001 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 19.7% volatile
166 Maldives 0.0001 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 31.0% falling
167 Andorra 0.0001 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 14.9% volatile
168 Qatar 0.0001 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 14.3% falling
169 United Arab Emirates 0.0001 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 15.2% volatile
170 Bermuda 0 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 1.7% falling
171 Northern Mariana Islands 0 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 60.3% volatile
172 Djibouti 0 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 19.0% volatile
173 Kuwait 0 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 42.5% volatile
174 Bahrain 0 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 28.1% volatile
175 Faroe Islands 0 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 3.0% falling
176 Hong Kong 0 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 30.3% volatile
177 Singapore 0 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 10.1% volatile

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Land use hidden — Cropland ÷ Population, total

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Indicator
Land use hidden — Cropland, per capita
Unit
Square kilometres per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
177 places, 10,465 data points, 1961–2023
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Land use hidden — Cropland divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.