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Land use hidden — Other areas 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
11.56 million Square kilometres
OECD
Lowest
0 Square kilometres
Dominican Republic
Median
14,936 Square kilometres
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
13,416

What the numbers show

Land use hidden — Other areas is currently reported for 202 countries. The highest value is 11.56 million Square kilometres in OECD; the lowest is 0 Square kilometres in Dominican Republic.

The median across all reporting countries is 14,936 Square kilometres, and the mean is 249,653 Square kilometres.

Over the past decade 109 countries rose and 65 fell. The largest increase was in Gabon (up 32,441,100.0%), and the largest decrease in Dominican Republic (down 100.0%).

Land use hidden — Other areas: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 OECD 11.56 million Square kilometres 2023 up 0.4% falling
2 Russian Federation 6.07 million Square kilometres 2023 down 0.1% flat
3 Canada 4.75 million Square kilometres 2023 down 3.3% falling
4 Australia 2.72 million Square kilometres 2023 up 2.7% falling
5 China 1.96 million Square kilometres 2023 down 6.8% falling
6 Algeria 1.95 million Square kilometres 2023 up 0.0% flat
7 United States 1.83 million Square kilometres 2023 up 1.1% falling
8 Libya 1.60 million Square kilometres 2023 up 0.0% flat
9 Argentina 1.29 million Square kilometres 2023 up 6.7% falling
10 Brazil 1.06 million Square kilometres 2023 up 11.8% volatile
11 Iran 1.04 million Square kilometres 2023 down 1.7% flat
12 Egypt 954,420 Square kilometres 2023 down 0.3% flat
13 Niger 790,291 Square kilometres 2023 down 1.0% falling
14 Chad 716,023 Square kilometres 2023 up 1.2% falling
15 Mali 654,435 Square kilometres 2023 down 2.5% falling
16 Sudan 562,919 Square kilometres 2023 up 0.9% flat
17 Kazakhstan 521,619 Square kilometres 2023 up 4.8% rising
18 India 457,888 Square kilometres 2023 down 3.2% falling
19 Chile 450,062 Square kilometres 2023 up 3.7% falling
20 Indonesia 438,168 Square kilometres 2023 up 10.9% volatile
21 Greenland 408,017 Square kilometres 2023 down 0.0% rising
22 Saudi Arabia 403,546 Square kilometres 2023 up 0.2% falling
23 Pakistan 374,911 Square kilometres 2023 up 1.8% falling
24 Namibia 370,911 Square kilometres 2023 up 1.9% falling
25 Central African Republic 344,162 Square kilometres 2023 down 1.4% falling
26 Mongolia 342,133 Square kilometres 2023 up 24.3% rising
27 Iraq 331,106 Square kilometres 2023 down 1.8% flat
28 Peru 318,026 Square kilometres 2023 up 4.5% volatile
29 Mexico 305,408 Square kilometres 2023 up 7.8% volatile
30 Oman 294,759 Square kilometres 2023 down 0.2% flat
31 Yemen 287,960 Square kilometres 2023 up 0.2% flat
32 Afghanistan 258,986 Square kilometres 2023 down 0.8% falling
33 Kenya 257,079 Square kilometres 2023 up 2.8% falling
34 Myanmar 245,949 Square kilometres 2023 up 11.0% falling
35 Norway 232,416 Square kilometres 2023 down 0.7% falling
36 Venezuela 206,321 Square kilometres 2023 up 4.8% volatile
37 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 193,083 Square kilometres 2023 up 8.5% volatile
38 Cameroon 172,016 Square kilometres 2023 up 2.5% falling
39 Botswana 159,112 Square kilometres 2023 up 8.2% falling
40 Uzbekistan 147,158 Square kilometres 2023 down 2.2% rising
41 Angola 136,648 Square kilometres 2023 up 57.3% volatile
42 Somalia 128,550 Square kilometres 2023 up 6.3% falling
43 Colombia 119,230 Square kilometres 2023 up 108.1% volatile
44 Philippines 98,011 Square kilometres 2023 down 5.8% falling
45 Sweden 97,650 Square kilometres 2023 up 0.9% volatile
46 Tajikistan 95,735 Square kilometres 2023 down 3.1% rising
47 Morocco 90,679 Square kilometres 2023 up 8.4% falling
48 Thailand 89,480 Square kilometres 2023 up 9.3% volatile
49 Iceland 83,917 Square kilometres 2023 up 3.5% flat
50 Papua New Guinea 81,258 Square kilometres 2023 up 2.7% volatile
51 France 80,946 Square kilometres 2023 down 4.2% falling
52 South Africa 80,271 Square kilometres 2023 up 4.8% volatile
53 Jordan 77,526 Square kilometres 2023 up 0.4% flat
54 Kyrgyzstan 74,510 Square kilometres 2023 up 1.0% flat
55 Ecuador 71,810 Square kilometres 2023 up 62.5% volatile
56 Germany 69,390 Square kilometres 2023 up 2.4% falling
57 Ukraine 69,210 Square kilometres 2023 up 1.9% flat
58 Japan 69,149 Square kilometres 2023 up 4.7% volatile
59 Italy 67,569 Square kilometres 2023 up 0.1% falling
60 Burkina Faso 66,828 Square kilometres 2023 down 12.4% falling
61 New Zealand 66,697 Square kilometres 2023 up 24.0% falling
62 United Arab Emirates 63,930 Square kilometres 2023 down 0.2% falling
63 Zambia 62,506 Square kilometres 2023 up 39.8% volatile
64 Finland 57,250 Square kilometres 2023 down 1.1% volatile
65 Malaysia 53,621 Square kilometres 2023 down 3.2% volatile
66 Zimbabwe 52,115 Square kilometres 2023 up 10.2% volatile
67 Tunisia 51,282 Square kilometres 2023 up 4.6% falling
68 Spain 48,924 Square kilometres 2023 up 3.2% volatile
69 Tanzania, United Republic of 47,208 Square kilometres 2023 up 176.1% volatile
70 Nepal 46,289 Square kilometres 2023 up 7.2% falling
71 Lao People's Democratic Republic 43,008 Square kilometres 2023 up 10.3% volatile
72 United Kingdom 39,681 Square kilometres 2023 up 3.7% falling
73 Cambodia 38,964 Square kilometres 2023 up 52.4% volatile
74 Nicaragua 38,355 Square kilometres 2023 up 30.4% volatile
75 Greece 36,162 Square kilometres 2023 up 97.0% volatile
76 Benin 35,741 Square kilometres 2023 down 6.2% falling
77 Eritrea 34,800 Square kilometres 2023 up 1.3% rising
78 Democratic People’s Republic of Korea 34,793 Square kilometres 2023 up 7.7% volatile
79 Belarus 34,532 Square kilometres 2023 up 17.2% rising
80 Uganda 34,229 Square kilometres 2023 up 13.7% falling
81 Romania 33,640 Square kilometres 2023 up 43.1% volatile
82 Turkmenistan 32,878 Square kilometres 2023 down 56.5% falling
83 Paraguay 29,095 Square kilometres 2023 up 53.1% volatile
84 Chinese Taipei 27,620 Square kilometres 2023 up 0.8% rising
85 Guatemala 26,110 Square kilometres 2023 down 8.5% volatile
86 Azerbaijan 23,192 Square kilometres 2023 down 4.8% falling
87 Ghana 21,422 Square kilometres 2023 down 10.2% volatile
88 Guyana 20,063 Square kilometres 2023 up 316.9% volatile
89 Hungary 19,943 Square kilometres 2023 up 14.6% falling
90 Bulgaria 19,210 Square kilometres 2023 down 7.0% falling
91 Ireland 19,050 Square kilometres 2023 up 14.0% falling
92 Portugal 18,786 Square kilometres 2023 down 13.5% falling
93 Bosnia and Herzegovina 18,321 Square kilometres 2023 up 123.0% rising
94 Côte d’Ivoire 18,026 Square kilometres 2023 down 68.0% falling
95 Senegal 17,938 Square kilometres 2023 down 7.4% volatile
96 Austria 17,565 Square kilometres 2023 up 5.7% volatile
97 Georgia 17,547 Square kilometres 2023 up 7.0% rising
98 Bangladesh 17,156 Square kilometres 2023 down 15.2% falling
99 Kuwait 16,258 Square kilometres 2023 up 0.2% flat
100 Congo 15,976 Square kilometres 2023 up 7.9% volatile
101 Czechia 14,998 Square kilometres 2023 down 2.4% rising
102 Israel 14,873 Square kilometres 2023 up 0.3% falling
103 Honduras 13,166 Square kilometres 2023 up 0.5% volatile
104 Malawi 12,623 Square kilometres 2023 down 6.3% volatile
105 Switzerland 11,783 Square kilometres 2023 down 0.3% falling
106 Uruguay 11,694 Square kilometres 2023 down 10.8% falling
107 Mozambique 10,992 Square kilometres 2023 — volatile
108 Sri Lanka 10,756 Square kilometres 2023 down 23.8% falling
109 Qatar 10,750 Square kilometres 2023 down 1.4% flat
110 Panama 10,484 Square kilometres 2023 up 16.8% volatile
111 Belgium 10,068 Square kilometres 2023 down 0.0% flat
112 Albania 9,065 Square kilometres 2023 up 18.3% falling
113 Belize 8,554 Square kilometres 2023 up 11.9% volatile
114 Suriname 8,198 Square kilometres 2023 up 17.7% volatile
115 Armenia 8,184 Square kilometres 2023 down 1.9% falling
116 New Caledonia 8,062 Square kilometres 2023 up 0.1% falling
117 Sierra Leone 7,933 Square kilometres 2023 up 33.0% volatile
118 Denmark 7,477 Square kilometres 2023 down 1.9% falling
119 Cuba 7,370 Square kilometres 2023 down 26.0% volatile
120 Haiti 6,230 Square kilometres 2023 up 95.3% falling
121 Cyprus 6,225 Square kilometres 2023 down 3.1% rising
122 Djibouti 6,081 Square kilometres 2023 down 0.3% falling
123 Vanuatu 5,897 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged falling
124 Bhutan 5,560 Square kilometres 2023 down 4.3% volatile
125 Nigeria 5,417 Square kilometres 2023 down 59.0% volatile
126 Guinea 5,091 Square kilometres 2023 down 79.3% volatile
127 Bahamas 4,781 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged falling
128 Togo 4,186 Square kilometres 2023 up 7.6% volatile
129 Costa Rica 3,297 Square kilometres 2023 down 14.3% volatile
130 El Salvador 3,059 Square kilometres 2023 up 28.4% volatile
131 Rwanda 3,049 Square kilometres 2023 up 39.2% volatile
132 North Macedonia 2,695 Square kilometres 2023 down 4.2% falling
133 French Guiana 2,464 Square kilometres 2023 up 10.2% volatile
134 Trinidad and Tobago 2,321 Square kilometres 2023 up 1.8% falling
135 Puerto Rico 2,203 Square kilometres 2023 up 9.1% falling
136 Lebanon 2,037 Square kilometres 2023 down 9.0% falling
137 Liberia 1,823 Square kilometres 2023 up 294.7% volatile
138 Solomon Islands 1,690 Square kilometres 2023 down 2.1% volatile
139 French Polynesia 1,676 Square kilometres 2023 up 1.2% falling
140 Gambia 1,525 Square kilometres 2023 up 79.0% volatile
141 Burundi 1,342 Square kilometres 2023 down 69.2% falling
142 Brunei Darussalam 1,336 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged volatile
143 Gabon 1,188 Square kilometres 2023 up 32,441,100.0% volatile
144 Réunion 1,095 Square kilometres 2023 up 3.3% falling
145 Hong Kong (China) 1,010 Square kilometres 2023 up 1.1% rising
146 Turks and Caicos Islands 834.8 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged falling
147 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 828.25 Square kilometres 2023 down 14.8% volatile
148 Mauritius 748.53 Square kilometres 2023 down 0.7% falling
149 Bahrain 711.4 Square kilometres 2023 up 4.8% rising
150 Samoa 689.4 Square kilometres 2023 up 21.0% volatile
151 Jamaica 574.54 Square kilometres 2023 down 39.1% volatile
152 Singapore 561.1 Square kilometres 2023 up 5.8% falling
153 Kiribati 458.2 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged rising
154 Curaçao 443.3 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
155 Guadeloupe 436.75 Square kilometres 2023 up 23.9% falling
156 Faroe Islands 408.5 Square kilometres 2023 down 5.3% flat
157 Luxembourg 361.08 Square kilometres 2023 down 4.6% falling
158 Saint Lucia 302.9 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged falling
159 Tonga 280.5 Square kilometres 2023 down 6.7% falling
160 Antigua and Barbuda 270.74 Square kilometres 2023 up 2.5% falling
161 Barbados 267 Square kilometres 2023 up 10.3% flat
162 Saint Helena 250 Square kilometres 2022 unchanged falling
163 Malta 232.49 Square kilometres 2023 up 8.5% rising
164 Maldives 230.8 Square kilometres 2023 up 1.3% falling
165 Martinique 218.87 Square kilometres 2023 up 19.5% volatile
166 Comoros 215 Square kilometres 2023 up 25.6% volatile
167 Northern Mariana Islands 211 Square kilometres 2023 up 45.7% rising
168 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 198.4 Square kilometres 2023 up 1.1% falling
169 Guinea-Bissau 167.79 Square kilometres 2023 — volatile
170 Aruba 155.8 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
171 Andorra 122.59 Square kilometres 2023 up 0.6% falling
172 United States Virgin Islands 113.4 Square kilometres 2023 down 6.5% falling
173 Seychelles 107.5 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged volatile
174 Guam 100 Square kilometres 2023 down 12.3% volatile
175 Saint Kitts and Nevis 90 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged falling
176 Cayman Islands 87.07 Square kilometres 2023 up 1.5% falling
177 Grenada 83 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged falling
178 Cook Islands 65.1 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged volatile
179 Montserrat 45 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged falling
180 British Virgin Islands 43.8 Square kilometres 2023 up 0.2% falling
181 Liechtenstein 41.3 Square kilometres 2023 up 4.3% falling
182 Bermuda 41 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged falling
183 Mayotte 34.85 Square kilometres 2023 up 11.3% volatile
184 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 34.6 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged volatile
185 Macau (China) 33 Square kilometres 2023 up 8.9% rising
186 Sao Tome and Principe 29.6 Square kilometres 2023 down 37.8% volatile
187 San Marino 27 Square kilometres 2023 down 32.5% falling
188 Norfolk Island 25.1 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged falling
189 Wallis and Futuna 23.7 Square kilometres 2023 up 9.0% volatile
190 Niue 23 Square kilometres 2023 down 4.2% volatile
191 Dominica 21.3 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged volatile
192 Marshall Islands 16 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged volatile
192 Nauru 16 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
194 Pitcairn 12 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged volatile
195 Gibraltar 10 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
196 Tokelau 4 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged falling
197 Monaco 2.08 Square kilometres 2023 up 2.8% flat
198 Tuvalu 2 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged volatile
199 Palau 0.5 Square kilometres 2023 down 94.3% volatile
200 Holy See 0.44 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged flat
201 American Samoa 0 Square kilometres 2023 — volatile
201 Dominican Republic 0 Square kilometres 2023 down 100.0% volatile

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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 — Other areas
Unit
Square kilometres
Source
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Licence
OECD Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage
230 places, 13,416 data points, 1961–2023
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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