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Land use hidden — Other areas, per capita by country

Land use hidden — Other areas 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
7.18 Square kilometres per person
Greenland
Lowest
0 Square kilometres per person
Dominican Republic
Median
0.0022 Square kilometres per person
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
10,717

What the numbers show

Land use hidden — Other areas, per capita is currently reported for 181 countries. The highest value is 7.18 Square kilometres per person in Greenland; the lowest is 0 Square kilometres per person in Dominican Republic.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.0022 Square kilometres per person, and the mean is 0.0504 Square kilometres per person.

Over the past decade 50 countries rose and 128 fell. The largest increase was in Gabon (up 24,976,600.0%), and the largest decrease in Dominican Republic (down 100.0%).

Land use hidden — Other areas, per capita: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Greenland 7.18 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 0.7% falling
2 Libya 0.2195 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 13.7% volatile
3 Iceland 0.2176 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 13.1% falling
4 Namibia 0.1252 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 22.5% volatile
5 Canada 0.1186 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 15.3% falling
6 Australia 0.102 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 10.9% falling
7 Mongolia 0.0983 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 3.6% falling
8 Central African Republic 0.0668 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 11.1% volatile
9 Botswana 0.0642 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 6.6% volatile
10 Oman 0.0584 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 24.2% volatile
11 Algeria 0.0422 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 16.8% falling
12 Russia 0.0422 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 0.1% flat
13 Norway 0.0421 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 8.6% falling
14 Chad 0.0371 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 28.3% volatile
15 Niger 0.0302 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 29.9% volatile
16 Argentina 0.0284 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 0.2% falling
17 New Caledonia 0.0278 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 4.4% volatile
18 Mali 0.0275 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 28.4% volatile
19 Kazakhstan 0.0257 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 9.5% falling
20 Guyana 0.0243 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 278.4% volatile
21 Chile 0.0229 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 6.7% falling
22 Belize 0.0208 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 7.0% volatile
23 Vanuatu 0.0184 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 20.6% volatile
24 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.0181 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 27.2% volatile
25 Bolivia 0.0158 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 5.3% volatile
26 Suriname 0.013 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 6.5% volatile
27 New Zealand 0.0128 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 5.9% volatile
28 Saudi Arabia 0.012 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 17.9% volatile
29 Bahamas 0.012 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 5.1% volatile
30 Iran 0.0115 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 12.8% falling
31 Sudan 0.0112 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 23.8% falling
32 Kyrgyzstan 0.0105 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 17.8% falling
33 Finland 0.0103 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 3.7% volatile
34 Eritrea 0.01 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 10.3% rising
35 Peru 0.0094 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 8.0% volatile
36 Sweden 0.0093 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 8.1% volatile
37 Tajikistan 0.0092 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 23.3% falling
38 Egypt 0.0083 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 17.0% falling
39 Papua New Guinea 0.0078 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 17.9% volatile
40 Faroe Islands 0.0075 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 16.0% falling
41 Iraq 0.0073 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 23.1% volatile
42 Yemen 0.0073 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 25.5% volatile
43 Venezuela 0.0073 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 10.7% volatile
44 Bhutan 0.0071 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 11.7% volatile
45 Somalia 0.007 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 25.5% volatile
46 Jordan 0.0068 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 29.9% volatile
47 Afghanistan 0.0062 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 24.3% falling
48 United Arab Emirates 0.0061 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 26.8% volatile
49 Cameroon 0.0061 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 22.7% volatile
50 French Polynesia 0.006 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 1.1% volatile
51 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.0058 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 152.8% rising
52 Nicaragua 0.0056 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 14.4% volatile
53 Laos 0.0056 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 4.9% volatile
54 United States 0.0054 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 4.9% volatile
55 Djibouti 0.0053 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 14.8% volatile
56 Brazil 0.005 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 5.1% volatile
57 Georgia 0.0047 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 7.0% rising
58 Northern Mariana Islands 0.0047 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 70.3% rising
59 Kenya 0.0046 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 16.5% volatile
60 Cyprus 0.0046 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 14.7% falling
61 Myanmar 0.0045 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 3.1% volatile
62 Turkmenistan 0.0045 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 64.9% falling
63 Paraguay 0.0043 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 33.8% volatile
64 Tunisia 0.0042 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 4.4% falling
65 Uzbekistan 0.0041 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 18.5% falling
66 Qatar 0.004 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 28.9% volatile
67 Ecuador 0.004 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 42.8% volatile
68 Belarus 0.0038 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 20.5% rising
69 Albania 0.0038 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 38.2% falling
70 Angola 0.0037 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 12.0% volatile
71 Ireland 0.0036 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 0.8% falling
72 Greece 0.0035 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 107.6% volatile
73 Kiribati 0.0035 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 14.1% falling
74 Uruguay 0.0035 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 11.9% falling
75 Kuwait 0.0033 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 27.6% volatile
76 Zimbabwe 0.0032 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 5.5% volatile
77 Samoa 0.0032 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 10.8% volatile
78 Zambia 0.003 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 3.9% volatile
79 Bulgaria 0.003 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 3.3% falling
80 Burkina Faso 0.0029 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 32.7% volatile
81 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0029 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 3.3% falling
82 Armenia 0.0028 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 0.0% falling
83 Tonga 0.0027 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 4.4% falling
84 Congo 0.0026 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 15.2% volatile
85 Benin 0.0025 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 28.8% volatile
86 Morocco 0.0024 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 2.9% volatile
87 Mexico 0.0024 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 1.7% volatile
88 Panama 0.0024 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 0.2% volatile
89 Azerbaijan 0.0023 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 11.7% falling
90 Colombia 0.0023 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 83.5% volatile
91 Cambodia 0.0022 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 32.7% volatile
92 Solomon Islands 0.0021 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 27.2% volatile
93 Hungary 0.0021 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 17.9% falling
94 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0019 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 0.7% falling
95 Austria 0.0019 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 1.8% volatile
96 Ukraine 0.0018 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 24.6% rising
97 Portugal 0.0018 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 14.5% falling
98 Romania 0.0018 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 50.0% volatile
99 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0017 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 0.2% falling
100 Saint Lucia 0.0017 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 3.3% falling
101 Nepal 0.0016 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 0.4% volatile
102 Indonesia 0.0016 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 0.9% volatile
103 Malaysia 0.0015 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 16.8% volatile
104 Andorra 0.0015 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 6.5% volatile
105 Pakistan 0.0015 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 13.1% volatile
106 Israel 0.0015 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 17.9% falling
107 North Macedonia 0.0015 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 0.8% falling
108 Aruba 0.0015 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 1.6% falling
109 Guatemala 0.0014 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 22.3% volatile
110 China 0.0014 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 10.0% volatile
111 Czechia 0.0014 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 5.6% rising
112 Nauru 0.0013 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 11.4% falling
113 Switzerland 0.0013 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 9.2% falling
114 North Korea 0.0013 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 3.2% volatile
115 South Africa 0.0013 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 9.4% volatile
116 Denmark 0.0013 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 7.4% falling
117 Thailand 0.0012 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 6.5% volatile
118 Honduras 0.0012 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 16.1% volatile
119 Cayman Islands 0.0012 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 18.5% volatile
120 France 0.0012 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 7.6% volatile
121 Italy 0.0011 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 2.3% falling
122 British Virgin Islands 0.0011 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 18.5% volatile
123 United States Virgin Islands 0.0011 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 3.7% volatile
124 Liechtenstein 0.001 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 3.2% volatile
125 Spain 0.001 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 0.5% volatile
126 Senegal 0.001 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 29.8% volatile
127 Barbados 0.0009 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 8.5% falling
128 Sierra Leone 0.0009 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 5.6% volatile
129 Seychelles 0.0009 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 24.9% volatile
130 Belgium 0.0009 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 5.3% falling
131 Philippines 0.0009 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 16.3% volatile
132 Germany 0.0008 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 0.8% falling
133 San Marino 0.0008 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 34.1% falling
134 Grenada 0.0007 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 3.1% volatile
135 Tanzania 0.0007 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 102.3% volatile
136 Uganda 0.0007 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 17.4% volatile
137 Puerto Rico 0.0007 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 23.7% falling
138 Cuba 0.0007 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 24.2% volatile
139 Costa Rica 0.0006 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 20.8% volatile
140 Ghana 0.0006 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 27.2% volatile
141 Bermuda 0.0006 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 1.7% falling
142 Guam 0.0006 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 12.6% volatile
143 Mauritius 0.0006 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 0.1% falling
144 Malawi 0.0006 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 28.3% volatile
145 United Kingdom 0.0006 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 2.9% falling
146 Gambia 0.0006 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 39.6% volatile
147 Japan 0.0006 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 7.2% volatile
148 Luxembourg 0.0005 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 22.3% falling
149 Haiti 0.0005 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 71.6% volatile
150 Togo 0.0005 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 11.0% volatile
151 Sri Lanka 0.0005 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 28.9% volatile
152 El Salvador 0.0005 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 24.9% volatile
153 Gabon 0.0005 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 24,976,600.0% volatile
154 Bahrain 0.0005 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 16.7% volatile
155 Maldives 0.0004 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 22.9% volatile
156 Malta 0.0004 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 16.6% falling
157 Marshall Islands 0.0004 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 30.5% volatile
158 Guinea 0.0004 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 83.9% volatile
159 Lebanon 0.0004 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 9.5% volatile
160 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0003 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 6.7% volatile
161 Liberia 0.0003 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 221.2% volatile
162 Mozambique 0.0003 Square kilometres per person 2023 — volatile
163 Dominica 0.0003 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 4.8% volatile
164 India 0.0003 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 12.8% volatile
165 Gibraltar 0.0003 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 15.8% falling
166 Comoros 0.0003 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 2.8% volatile
167 Rwanda 0.0002 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 10.7% volatile
168 Tuvalu 0.0002 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 12.1% volatile
169 Jamaica 0.0002 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 40.3% volatile
170 Hong Kong 0.0001 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 3.7% falling
171 Sao Tome and Principe 0.0001 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 48.0% volatile
172 Bangladesh 0.0001 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 22.6% volatile
173 Burundi 0.0001 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 76.5% volatile
174 Singapore 0.0001 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 3.5% falling
175 Guinea-Bissau 0.0001 Square kilometres per person 2023 — volatile
176 Monaco 0.0001 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 6.4% falling
177 Macao 0 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 5.0% falling
178 Palau 0 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 94.4% volatile
179 Nigeria 0 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 67.4% volatile
180 American Samoa 0 Square kilometres per person 2023 — volatile
180 Dominican Republic 0 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Land use hidden — Other areas, 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 — Other areas divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.