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Land use hidden — Total area, per capita by country

Land use hidden — Total 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
0.0109 Square kilometres per person
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
10,717

What the numbers show

Land use hidden — Total 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 0.0109 Square kilometres per person, and the mean is 0.0746 Square kilometres per person.

Over the past decade 30 countries rose and 151 fell. The largest increase was in Faroe Islands (up 723.4%), and the largest decrease in Jordan (down 30.1%).

Land use hidden — Total 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 0.4493 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 16.7% falling
3 Canada 0.3904 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 12.4% falling
4 Australia 0.2904 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 13.2% falling
5 Namibia 0.2782 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 24.0% falling
6 Iceland 0.2671 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 16.1% falling
7 Suriname 0.2605 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 9.5% falling
8 Guyana 0.2601 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 9.2% falling
9 Libya 0.2408 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 13.7% volatile
10 Faroe Islands 0.2382 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 723.4% volatile
11 Botswana 0.2345 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 13.7% volatile
12 Kazakhstan 0.134 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 13.6% falling
13 Central African Republic 0.1209 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 9.9% falling
14 Russia 0.1191 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 0.1% flat
15 Norway 0.1131 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 8.1% flat
16 Gabon 0.1077 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 23.0% falling
17 Bolivia 0.0897 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 12.8% falling
18 Turkmenistan 0.0667 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 18.8% falling
19 Chad 0.0665 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 29.1% falling
20 Bermuda 0.0663 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 1.7% volatile
21 New Caledonia 0.0641 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 4.5% falling
22 Saudi Arabia 0.0638 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 18.0% volatile
23 Oman 0.0613 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 24.1% volatile
24 Argentina 0.0611 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 6.5% falling
25 Finland 0.0606 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 2.6% falling
26 Paraguay 0.0594 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 12.6% falling
27 Belize 0.0559 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 16.9% falling
28 Congo 0.0553 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 21.4% falling
29 Mali 0.0522 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 26.5% falling
30 Uruguay 0.052 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 1.3% falling
31 Algeria 0.0516 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 16.8% falling
32 New Zealand 0.0515 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 14.6% falling
33 Sweden 0.0502 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 8.8% falling
34 Bhutan 0.0488 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 7.8% falling
35 Niger 0.0484 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 29.2% volatile
36 Papua New Guinea 0.0445 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 20.1% falling
37 Brazil 0.0403 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 6.1% falling
38 Chile 0.0385 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 9.9% falling
39 Vanuatu 0.038 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 20.6% falling
40 Peru 0.038 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 11.9% falling
41 Sudan 0.0375 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 24.5% falling
42 Zambia 0.0363 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 25.7% volatile
43 Solomon Islands 0.0361 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 25.6% volatile
44 Eritrea 0.0351 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 11.3% falling
45 Bahamas 0.0347 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 5.1% falling
46 Somalia 0.0347 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 29.9% volatile
47 Angola 0.0339 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 28.8% volatile
48 Venezuela 0.0322 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 5.7% falling
49 Laos 0.0309 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 13.7% falling
50 United States 0.0292 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 5.9% falling
51 Kyrgyzstan 0.0282 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 18.6% falling
52 Palau 0.0259 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 0.4% flat
53 Zimbabwe 0.0239 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 14.2% falling
54 Mozambique 0.0238 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 25.5% falling
55 Belarus 0.0226 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 2.9% rising
56 Colombia 0.0218 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 11.9% falling
57 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.0206 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 27.2% volatile
58 Liberia 0.0203 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 18.6% falling
59 Djibouti 0.0201 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 14.6% volatile
60 South Africa 0.0193 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 13.5% falling
61 Iran 0.0193 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 11.3% falling
62 Nicaragua 0.0191 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 12.3% falling
63 Georgia 0.0188 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 0.1% rising
64 Bulgaria 0.0172 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 11.1% rising
65 Guinea 0.0171 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 22.3% falling
66 Panama 0.0169 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 14.3% falling
67 Guinea-Bissau 0.0168 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 21.2% falling
68 Cameroon 0.0168 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 24.6% falling
69 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.0161 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 13.4% rising
70 Ukraine 0.016 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 22.2% rising
71 Afghanistan 0.0157 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 23.7% falling
72 Mexico 0.0151 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 9.1% falling
73 Ecuador 0.0143 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 12.1% falling
74 Tanzania 0.0142 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 26.7% volatile
75 North Macedonia 0.0141 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 5.2% rising
76 Tajikistan 0.0136 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 21.6% falling
77 Tunisia 0.0134 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 8.7% falling
78 Yemen 0.0134 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 25.6% volatile
79 Ireland 0.0132 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 12.9% falling
80 Samoa 0.0131 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 8.5% falling
81 Dominican Republic 0.013 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 171.4% falling
82 Greece 0.0127 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 5.4% falling
83 Uzbekistan 0.0126 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 15.7% falling
84 Romania 0.0125 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 4.8% flat
85 Myanmar 0.0125 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 7.2% falling
86 French Polynesia 0.0123 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 2.3% falling
87 Albania 0.0119 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 16.8% falling
88 Burkina Faso 0.0119 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 23.2% falling
89 Morocco 0.0118 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 10.4% falling
90 Dominica 0.0113 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 4.8% flat
91 Senegal 0.0109 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 24.2% falling
92 Kenya 0.0107 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 17.1% volatile
93 Honduras 0.0106 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 16.5% falling
94 Spain 0.0105 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 3.6% falling
95 Cambodia 0.0104 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 12.9% falling
96 Northern Mariana Islands 0.0102 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 16.9% rising
97 Armenia 0.01 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 1.9% rising
98 Costa Rica 0.01 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 7.6% falling
99 Cuba 0.01 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 2.5% falling
100 Hungary 0.0097 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 2.9% rising
101 Iraq 0.0097 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 21.7% volatile
102 United Arab Emirates 0.0094 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 26.6% volatile
103 Malaysia 0.0094 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 14.1% falling
104 Austria 0.0092 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 7.1% falling
105 France 0.0089 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 6.6% falling
106 Egypt 0.0087 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 16.8% falling
107 Portugal 0.0087 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 1.1% falling
108 Sierra Leone 0.0085 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 20.6% falling
109 Azerbaijan 0.0085 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 7.3% falling
110 Benin 0.0081 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 24.1% falling
111 Jordan 0.0078 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 30.1% volatile
112 Czechia 0.0073 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 3.2% flat
113 Denmark 0.0072 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 5.6% falling
114 Tonga 0.0072 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 2.4% falling
115 Thailand 0.0072 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 2.6% falling
116 Ghana 0.0071 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 18.9% falling
117 Togo 0.0069 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 17.3% falling
118 Cyprus 0.0069 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 12.0% falling
119 Indonesia 0.0068 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 8.7% falling
120 China 0.0068 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 3.4% falling
121 Kiribati 0.0061 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 14.1% falling
122 Guatemala 0.006 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 15.1% falling
123 Andorra 0.0058 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 7.0% volatile
124 Malawi 0.0056 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 23.4% volatile
125 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0056 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 0.7% falling
126 Italy 0.0051 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 2.3% falling
127 Uganda 0.005 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 27.4% volatile
128 Nepal 0.005 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 7.1% falling
129 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0047 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 5.6% falling
130 Switzerland 0.0046 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 9.0% falling
131 Marshall Islands 0.0046 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 30.5% rising
132 North Korea 0.0046 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 4.1% falling
133 Qatar 0.0043 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 28.6% volatile
134 Germany 0.0043 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 3.1% falling
135 American Samoa 0.0042 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 13.6% falling
136 Gambia 0.0042 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 22.0% volatile
137 Sao Tome and Principe 0.0042 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 16.3% falling
138 Nigeria 0.0041 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 20.6% falling
139 Liechtenstein 0.004 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 7.2% falling
140 Luxembourg 0.0039 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 18.5% falling
141 Jamaica 0.0039 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 2.0% falling
142 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0038 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 6.7% falling
143 British Virgin Islands 0.0038 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 18.7% falling
144 Seychelles 0.0038 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 24.9% falling
145 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0038 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 2.0% falling
146 Kuwait 0.0037 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 27.7% volatile
147 Cayman Islands 0.0036 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 19.7% volatile
148 United Kingdom 0.0036 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 6.4% falling
149 Saint Lucia 0.0035 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 3.3% falling
150 United States Virgin Islands 0.0033 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 3.0% falling
151 El Salvador 0.0033 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 2.7% falling
152 Guam 0.0032 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 0.3% falling
153 Pakistan 0.0032 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 14.7% volatile
154 Tuvalu 0.0031 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 12.1% falling
155 Japan 0.003 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 2.4% falling
156 Sri Lanka 0.003 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 6.6% falling
157 Grenada 0.0029 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 3.1% falling
158 Puerto Rico 0.0028 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 13.3% falling
159 Philippines 0.0026 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 11.2% falling
160 Belgium 0.0026 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 4.8% falling
161 Haiti 0.0024 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 12.2% falling
162 India 0.0023 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 9.9% falling
163 Israel 0.0022 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 18.2% falling
164 Comoros 0.0022 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 18.1% falling
165 Burundi 0.002 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 23.7% falling
166 Monaco 0.0019 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 9.0% volatile
167 Rwanda 0.0019 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 20.5% falling
168 Lebanon 0.0018 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 0.5% falling
169 San Marino 0.0018 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 2.4% falling
170 Nauru 0.0017 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 11.4% falling
171 Aruba 0.0017 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 1.6% falling
172 Mauritius 0.0016 Square kilometres per person 2023 up 1.0% falling
173 Barbados 0.0015 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 1.7% falling
174 Bangladesh 0.0009 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 9.3% falling
175 Malta 0.0006 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 23.1% falling
176 Maldives 0.0006 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 23.9% volatile
177 Bahrain 0.0005 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 17.4% volatile
178 Gibraltar 0.0003 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 15.8% falling
179 Hong Kong 0.0001 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 3.9% falling
180 Singapore 0.0001 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 7.4% falling
181 Macao 0 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 5.0% falling

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