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Land use hidden — Land area, per capita by country

Land use hidden — Land 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
181
Highest
7.22 Square kilometres per person
Greenland
Lowest
0 Square kilometres per person
Macao
Median
0.0105 Square kilometres per person
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
10,717

What the numbers show

Land use hidden — Land area, per capita is currently reported for 181 countries. The highest value is 7.22 Square kilometres per person in Greenland; the lowest is 0 Square kilometres per person in Macao.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.0105 Square kilometres per person, and the mean is 0.0712 Square kilometres per person.

Over the past decade 26 countries rose and 155 fell. The largest increase was in Marshall Islands (up 30.5%), and the largest decrease in Jordan (down 30.1%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Greenland 7.22 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 0.7% falling
2 Mongolia 0.4477 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 16.7% falling
3 Australia 0.2885 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 13.1% falling
4 Namibia 0.2778 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 24.0% falling
5 Iceland 0.2614 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 15.6% falling
6 Guyana 0.2555 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 2.6% falling
7 Suriname 0.2552 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 9.5% falling
8 Libya 0.2408 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 13.7% volatile
9 Botswana 0.2285 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 13.7% volatile
10 Canada 0.2194 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 14.1% falling
11 Kazakhstan 0.1328 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 13.6% falling
12 Central African Republic 0.1209 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 9.9% falling
13 Russia 0.1139 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 0.0% flat
14 Gabon 0.1037 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 23.0% falling
15 Bolivia 0.0885 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 12.8% falling
16 Norway 0.066 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 8.2% falling
17 Chad 0.0652 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 29.1% falling
18 Turkmenistan 0.0638 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 19.4% falling
19 Saudi Arabia 0.0638 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 18.0% volatile
20 New Caledonia 0.0631 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 4.5% falling
21 Oman 0.0613 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 24.1% volatile
22 Argentina 0.0601 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 6.5% falling
23 Paraguay 0.0579 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 12.9% falling
24 Belize 0.0555 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 16.9% falling
25 Congo 0.0552 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 21.4% falling
26 Finland 0.0544 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 2.6% falling
27 Uruguay 0.0517 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 1.3% falling
28 Algeria 0.0516 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 16.8% falling
29 Mali 0.0513 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 26.5% falling
30 New Zealand 0.0506 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 14.6% falling
31 Bhutan 0.0485 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 7.7% falling
32 Niger 0.0484 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 29.2% volatile
33 Papua New Guinea 0.0436 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 20.1% falling
34 Brazil 0.0396 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 6.0% falling
35 Sweden 0.0387 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 8.9% falling
36 Vanuatu 0.038 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 20.6% falling
37 Peru 0.0378 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 11.9% falling
38 Chile 0.0378 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 10.1% falling
39 Sudan 0.0373 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 24.5% falling
40 Zambia 0.0359 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 25.7% volatile
41 Solomon Islands 0.035 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 25.6% volatile
42 Eritrea 0.0349 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 11.3% falling
43 Somalia 0.0342 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 29.9% volatile
44 Angola 0.0339 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 28.8% volatile
45 Venezuela 0.0312 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 5.7% falling
46 Laos 0.0301 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 13.7% falling
47 United States 0.0272 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 5.9% falling
48 Kyrgyzstan 0.027 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 18.6% falling
49 Palau 0.0259 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 0.4% flat
50 Faroe Islands 0.0252 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 13.0% falling
51 Bahamas 0.0251 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 5.1% falling
52 Zimbabwe 0.0237 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 14.2% falling
53 Mozambique 0.0234 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 25.5% falling
54 Belarus 0.0221 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 2.9% rising
55 Colombia 0.0212 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 11.8% falling
56 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.0206 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 27.2% volatile
57 Djibouti 0.0201 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 14.6% volatile
58 South Africa 0.0192 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 13.5% falling
59 Georgia 0.0187 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 0.1% rising
60 Iran 0.0179 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 11.6% falling
61 Nicaragua 0.0176 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 12.3% falling
62 Liberia 0.0175 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 18.6% falling
63 Guinea 0.0171 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 22.3% falling
64 Bulgaria 0.0168 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 11.1% rising
65 Cameroon 0.0167 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 24.6% falling
66 Panama 0.0166 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 14.4% falling
67 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.0161 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 13.4% rising
68 Afghanistan 0.0157 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 23.7% falling
69 Ukraine 0.0154 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 22.3% rising
70 Mexico 0.015 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 8.8% falling
71 Ecuador 0.0138 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 12.1% falling
72 North Macedonia 0.0138 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 5.2% rising
73 Yemen 0.0134 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 25.6% volatile
74 Tajikistan 0.0134 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 21.6% falling
75 Tanzania 0.0133 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 26.7% volatile
76 Guinea-Bissau 0.0131 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 21.2% falling
77 Ireland 0.013 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 12.9% falling
78 Samoa 0.0128 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 10.1% falling
79 Tunisia 0.0127 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 8.7% falling
80 Greece 0.0124 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 5.4% falling
81 Uzbekistan 0.0124 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 15.7% falling
82 French Polynesia 0.0123 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 2.3% falling
83 Romania 0.0121 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 4.9% flat
84 Myanmar 0.0121 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 7.2% falling
85 Burkina Faso 0.0119 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 23.1% falling
86 Morocco 0.0118 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 10.4% falling
87 Albania 0.0114 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 16.8% falling
88 Dominica 0.0113 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 4.8% flat
89 Senegal 0.0107 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 24.2% falling
90 Honduras 0.0105 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 16.5% falling
91 Kenya 0.0105 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 17.0% volatile
92 Spain 0.0103 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 3.7% falling
93 Northern Mariana Islands 0.0102 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 16.9% rising
94 Cambodia 0.0101 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 12.9% falling
95 Costa Rica 0.01 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 7.6% falling
96 Iraq 0.0096 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 21.7% volatile
97 Hungary 0.0095 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 3.8% rising
98 Armenia 0.0095 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 1.0% rising
99 Cuba 0.0094 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 2.1% falling
100 Malaysia 0.0094 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 14.1% falling
101 Austria 0.009 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 7.1% falling
102 Egypt 0.0087 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 16.8% falling
103 Portugal 0.0087 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 1.1% falling
104 Sierra Leone 0.0085 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 20.6% falling
105 Azerbaijan 0.0081 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 7.3% falling
106 Benin 0.008 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 24.1% falling
107 France 0.0079 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 3.5% falling
108 Jordan 0.0078 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 30.1% volatile
109 Thailand 0.0071 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 2.6% falling
110 Czechia 0.0071 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 3.3% flat
111 Tonga 0.0069 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 2.4% falling
112 Cyprus 0.0069 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 12.0% falling
113 United Arab Emirates 0.0068 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 26.6% volatile
114 Ghana 0.0067 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 18.9% falling
115 Indonesia 0.0067 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 8.3% falling
116 Denmark 0.0067 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 5.6% falling
117 China 0.0067 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 3.4% falling
118 Togo 0.0066 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 17.3% falling
119 Kiribati 0.0061 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 14.1% falling
120 Guatemala 0.0059 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 15.1% falling
121 Andorra 0.0058 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 7.0% volatile
122 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0056 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 0.7% falling
123 Italy 0.005 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 2.3% falling
124 Nepal 0.0048 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 7.1% falling
125 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0047 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 5.6% falling
126 Marshall Islands 0.0046 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 30.5% rising
127 North Korea 0.0046 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 4.1% falling
128 Malawi 0.0045 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 23.4% volatile
129 Switzerland 0.0044 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 9.0% falling
130 Qatar 0.0043 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 28.6% volatile
131 Dominican Republic 0.0043 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 10.2% falling
132 American Samoa 0.0042 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 13.6% falling
133 Germany 0.0042 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 3.0% falling
134 Sao Tome and Principe 0.0042 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 16.3% falling
135 Uganda 0.0041 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 27.4% volatile
136 Liechtenstein 0.004 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 7.2% falling
137 Nigeria 0.004 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 20.6% falling
138 Luxembourg 0.0039 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 18.5% falling
139 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0038 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 6.7% falling
140 British Virgin Islands 0.0038 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 18.7% falling
141 Seychelles 0.0038 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 24.9% falling
142 Jamaica 0.0038 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 2.0% falling
143 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0038 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 2.0% falling
144 Gambia 0.0038 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 22.0% volatile
145 Kuwait 0.0037 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 27.7% volatile
146 United Kingdom 0.0035 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 6.4% falling
147 Saint Lucia 0.0034 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 3.3% falling
148 United States Virgin Islands 0.0033 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 3.0% falling
149 Cayman Islands 0.0033 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 19.7% volatile
150 El Salvador 0.0033 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 2.7% falling
151 Guam 0.0032 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 0.3% falling
152 Pakistan 0.0031 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 14.7% volatile
153 Tuvalu 0.0031 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 12.1% falling
154 Japan 0.0029 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 2.4% falling
155 Grenada 0.0029 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 3.1% falling
156 Sri Lanka 0.0028 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 7.9% falling
157 Puerto Rico 0.0028 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 13.3% falling
158 Philippines 0.0026 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 11.2% falling
159 Belgium 0.0026 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 4.8% falling
160 Haiti 0.0024 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 12.2% falling
161 Israel 0.0022 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 18.2% falling
162 Comoros 0.0022 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 18.1% falling
163 India 0.0021 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 9.9% falling
164 Burundi 0.0019 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 23.7% falling
165 San Marino 0.0018 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 2.4% falling
166 Lebanon 0.0018 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 0.5% falling
167 Rwanda 0.0018 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 20.5% falling
168 Nauru 0.0017 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 11.4% falling
169 Aruba 0.0017 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 1.6% falling
170 Mauritius 0.0016 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 0.8% falling
171 Barbados 0.0015 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 1.7% falling
172 Bermuda 0.0008 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 1.7% falling
173 Bangladesh 0.0008 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 8.8% falling
174 Malta 0.0006 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 23.1% falling
175 Maldives 0.0006 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 24.4% volatile
176 Bahrain 0.0005 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 17.4% volatile
177 Gibraltar 0.0003 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 15.8% falling
178 Hong Kong 0.0001 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 4.7% falling
179 Singapore 0.0001 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 7.3% falling
180 Monaco 0.0001 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 6.4% falling
181 Macao 0 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 5.0% falling

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Indicator
Land use hidden — Land area, per capita
Unit
Square kilometres per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
181 places, 10,717 data points, 1961–2023
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Land use hidden — Land area divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.