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Land use hidden — Land area by country

Land resources are one of the four components of the natural environment: water, air, land and living resources. In this context land is both: a physical "milieu" necessary for the development of natural vegetation as well as cultivated vegetation; a resource for human activities. The data presented here give...

Countries reporting
202
Highest
35.32 million Square kilometres
OECD
Lowest
0.44 Square kilometres
Holy See
Median
90,027 Square kilometres
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
13,445

What the numbers show

Land use hidden — Land area is currently reported for 202 countries. The highest value is 35.32 million Square kilometres in OECD; the lowest is 0.44 Square kilometres in Holy See.

The median across all reporting countries is 90,027 Square kilometres, and the mean is 779,079 Square kilometres.

Over the past decade 28 countries rose and 25 fell. The largest increase was in Macau (China) (up 8.9%), and the largest decrease in Mayotte (down 2.1%).

Land use hidden — Land area: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 OECD 35.32 million Square kilometres 2023 down 0.5% rising
2 Russian Federation 16.38 million Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
3 China 9.42 million Square kilometres 2023 up 0.0% flat
4 United States 9.15 million Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
5 Canada 8.79 million Square kilometres 2023 down 2.0% flat
6 Brazil 8.36 million Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
7 Australia 7.69 million Square kilometres 2023 up 0.1% flat
8 India 2.97 million Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
9 Argentina 2.74 million Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
10 Kazakhstan 2.70 million Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
11 Algeria 2.38 million Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
12 Saudi Arabia 2.15 million Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
13 Mexico 1.94 million Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
14 Indonesia 1.89 million Square kilometres 2023 up 0.8% rising
15 Sudan 1.87 million Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
16 Libya 1.76 million Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
17 Iran 1.62 million Square kilometres 2023 down 0.4% flat
18 Mongolia 1.56 million Square kilometres 2023 up 0.1% flat
19 Peru 1.28 million Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
20 Niger 1.27 million Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
21 Chad 1.26 million Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
22 Angola 1.25 million Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
23 Mali 1.22 million Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
24 South Africa 1.21 million Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
25 Colombia 1.11 million Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
26 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 1.08 million Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
27 Egypt 995,450 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
28 Nigeria 910,770 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
29 Tanzania, United Republic of 885,800 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
30 Venezuela 882,050 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
31 Namibia 823,290 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
32 Mozambique 786,380 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
33 Pakistan 770,880 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
34 Zambia 743,390 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
35 Chile 742,832 Square kilometres 2023 down 0.1% flat
36 Myanmar 652,670 Square kilometres 2023 down 0.1% flat
37 Afghanistan 652,230 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
38 Somalia 627,340 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
39 Central African Republic 622,980 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
40 Kenya 580,876 Square kilometres 2023 up 2.1% flat
41 Ukraine 579,400 Square kilometres 2023 up 0.0% flat
42 Botswana 566,730 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
43 France 538,950 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
44 Yemen 527,970 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
45 Thailand 510,890 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
46 Spain 499,697 Square kilometres 2023 down 0.1% flat
47 Cameroon 472,710 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
48 Turkmenistan 469,930 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
49 Papua New Guinea 452,860 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
50 Morocco 446,300 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
51 Uzbekistan 440,650 Square kilometres 2023 up 1.1% flat
52 Iraq 434,130 Square kilometres 2023 up 0.0% flat
53 Greenland 410,450 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged rising
54 Sweden 407,270 Square kilometres 2023 down 0.0% flat
55 Paraguay 396,012 Square kilometres 2023 down 0.3% flat
56 Zimbabwe 386,850 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
57 Japan 364,569 Square kilometres 2023 up 0.0% flat
58 Norway 364,270 Square kilometres 2023 down 0.2% flat
59 Germany 349,430 Square kilometres 2023 up 0.2% flat
60 Congo 341,500 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
61 Malaysia 328,550 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
62 Côte d’Ivoire 318,000 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
63 Oman 309,500 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
64 Finland 303,960 Square kilometres 2023 up 0.0% flat
65 Philippines 298,170 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
66 Italy 295,720 Square kilometres 2023 up 0.0% flat
67 Burkina Faso 273,600 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
68 New Zealand 263,310 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
69 Gabon 257,670 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
70 Ecuador 248,360 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged falling
71 Guinea 245,720 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
72 United Kingdom 241,930 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
73 Lao People's Democratic Republic 230,800 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
74 Romania 230,080 Square kilometres 2023 up 0.0% flat
75 Ghana 227,533 Square kilometres 2023 down 0.0% flat
76 Guyana 211,140 Square kilometres 2023 up 7.3% flat
77 Belarus 202,983 Square kilometres 2023 up 0.0% flat
78 Uganda 200,520 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
79 Senegal 192,530 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
80 Kyrgyzstan 191,800 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
81 Cambodia 176,520 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
82 Uruguay 175,020 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
83 Suriname 160,508 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
84 Tunisia 155,360 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
85 Nepal 143,350 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
86 Tajikistan 138,790 Square kilometres 2023 down 0.8% flat
87 Bangladesh 129,980 Square kilometres 2023 down 0.1% flat
88 Greece 128,900 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
89 Eritrea 121,178 Square kilometres 2023 up 0.1% rising
90 Democratic People’s Republic of Korea 120,410 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
91 Nicaragua 120,340 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
92 Benin 112,760 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
93 Honduras 111,890 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
94 Bulgaria 108,560 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
95 Guatemala 107,160 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
96 Cuba 103,800 Square kilometres 2023 down 0.4% flat
97 Iceland 100,830 Square kilometres 2023 up 0.6% flat
98 Liberia 96,320 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
99 Malawi 94,280 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
100 Portugal 91,606 Square kilometres 2023 up 0.0% flat
101 Hungary 91,260 Square kilometres 2023 up 0.8% flat
102 Jordan 88,794 Square kilometres 2023 up 0.0% flat
103 French Guiana 82,810 Square kilometres 2023 up 0.0% flat
104 Azerbaijan 82,650 Square kilometres 2023 down 0.0% flat
105 Austria 82,520 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
106 Czechia 77,167 Square kilometres 2023 down 0.1% flat
107 Panama 74,180 Square kilometres 2023 down 0.2% flat
108 Sierra Leone 72,180 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
109 United Arab Emirates 71,020 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
110 Georgia 69,490 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
111 Ireland 68,890 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
112 Sri Lanka 61,860 Square kilometres 2023 down 1.4% flat
113 Togo 54,390 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
114 Bosnia and Herzegovina 51,200 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
115 Costa Rica 51,060 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
116 Dominican Republic 48,198 Square kilometres 2023 down 0.2% flat
117 Denmark 40,000 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
118 Switzerland 39,510 Square kilometres 2023 down 0.0% flat
119 Bhutan 38,140 Square kilometres 2023 up 0.1% falling
120 Chinese Taipei 35,410 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
121 Belgium 30,494 Square kilometres 2023 up 0.5% flat
122 Armenia 28,199 Square kilometres 2023 down 1.0% flat
123 Guinea-Bissau 28,120 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
124 Solomon Islands 27,990 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
125 Haiti 27,560 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
126 Albania 27,400 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
127 Burundi 25,680 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
128 North Macedonia 25,220 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
129 Rwanda 24,670 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
130 Djibouti 23,180 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
131 Belize 22,810 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
132 Israel 21,640 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
133 El Salvador 20,720 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
134 New Caledonia 18,280 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
135 Kuwait 17,820 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
136 Vanuatu 12,190 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
137 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 12,170 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
138 Qatar 11,490 Square kilometres 2023 down 1.0% flat
139 Jamaica 10,830 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
140 Lebanon 10,230 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
141 Gambia 10,120 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
142 Bahamas 10,010 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
143 Cyprus 9,240 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
144 Puerto Rico 8,870 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
145 Brunei Darussalam 5,270 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
146 Trinidad and Tobago 5,130 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
147 French Polynesia 3,471 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged falling
148 Samoa 2,780 Square kilometres 2023 down 1.8% flat
149 Luxembourg 2,574 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
150 Réunion 2,510 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
151 Mauritius 1,997 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
152 Comoros 1,861 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
153 Guadeloupe 1,620 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
154 Faroe Islands 1,370 Square kilometres 2023 down 1.9% flat
155 Martinique 1,060 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
156 Hong Kong (China) 1,050 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged rising
157 Sao Tome and Principe 960 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
158 Turks and Caicos Islands 950 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
159 Kiribati 810 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
160 Bahrain 800 Square kilometres 2023 up 3.9% rising
161 Dominica 750 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
162 Tonga 720 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
163 Singapore 718 Square kilometres 2023 up 1.6% rising
164 Saint Lucia 610 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
165 Guam 540 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
166 Andorra 470 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
167 Northern Mariana Islands 460 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
167 Palau 460 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
167 Seychelles 460 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
170 Curaçao 444 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
171 Antigua and Barbuda 440 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
172 Barbados 430 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
173 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 390 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
173 Saint Helena 390 Square kilometres 2022 unchanged flat
175 Mayotte 366.26 Square kilometres 2023 down 2.1% flat
176 United States Virgin Islands 350 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
177 Grenada 340 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
178 Malta 320 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
179 Maldives 298 Square kilometres 2023 down 0.7% flat
180 Saint Kitts and Nevis 260 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged falling
180 Niue 260 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
182 Cayman Islands 240 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
182 Cook Islands 240 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
184 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 230 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
185 American Samoa 200 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
186 Aruba 180 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
186 Marshall Islands 180 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
188 Liechtenstein 160 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
189 British Virgin Islands 150 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
190 Wallis and Futuna 142 Square kilometres 2023 up 1.4% flat
191 Montserrat 100 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
192 San Marino 60 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
193 Bermuda 54 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
194 Pitcairn 47 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
195 Norfolk Island 40 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
196 Macau (China) 33 Square kilometres 2023 up 8.9% rising
197 Tuvalu 30 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
198 Nauru 20 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
199 Gibraltar 10 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
199 Tokelau 10 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
201 Monaco 2.08 Square kilometres 2023 up 2.8% flat
202 Holy See 0.44 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat

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

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Indicator
Land use hidden — Land area
Unit
Square kilometres
Source
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Licence
OECD Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage
230 places, 13,445 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

Land resources are one of the four components of the natural environment: water, air, land and living resources. In this context land is both: a physical "milieu" necessary for the development of natural vegetation as well as cultivated vegetation; a resource for human activities. The data presented here give information concerning land use state and changes (e.g. agricultural land, forest land). Data source(s): Food and Agriculture Organization of the U.N., (FAOSTAT) Contact: ENV.Stat@oecd.org Dataset release date: June 3, 2024 Database documentation Countries metadata