Land use hidden — Total 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
43.55 million Square kilometres
OECD
Lowest
0.44 Square kilometres
Holy See
Median
95,839 Square kilometres
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
13,415
What the numbers show
Land use hidden — Total area is currently reported for 202 countries. The highest value is 43.55 million Square kilometres in OECD; the lowest is 0.44 Square kilometres in Holy See.
The median across all reporting countries is 95,839 Square kilometres, and the mean is 872,132 Square kilometres.
Over the past decade 33 countries rose and 23 fell. The largest increase was in Faroe Islands (up 828.4%), and the largest decrease in Martinique (down 3.8%).
Land use hidden — Total area: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OECD | 43.55 million Square kilometres | 2023 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 2 | Russian Federation | 17.13 million Square kilometres | 2023 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 3 | Canada | 15.63 million Square kilometres | 2023 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 4 | United States | 9.83 million Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 5 | China | 9.60 million Square kilometres | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 6 | Brazil | 8.51 million Square kilometres | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 7 | Australia | 7.74 million Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 8 | India | 3.29 million Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 9 | Argentina | 2.78 million Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 10 | Kazakhstan | 2.72 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 | 1.96 million Square kilometres | 2023 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 14 | Indonesia | 1.92 million Square kilometres | 2023 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 15 | Sudan | 1.88 million Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 16 | Libya | 1.76 million Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 17 | Iran | 1.75 million Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 18 | Mongolia | 1.56 million Square kilometres | 2023 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 19 | Peru | 1.29 million Square kilometres | 2023 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 20 | Chad | 1.28 million Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 21 | Niger | 1.27 million Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 22 | Angola | 1.25 million Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 23 | Mali | 1.24 million Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 24 | South Africa | 1.22 million Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 25 | Colombia | 1.14 million Square kilometres | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 26 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 1.10 million Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 27 | Egypt | 1.00 million Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 28 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 947,300 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 29 | Nigeria | 923,770 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 30 | Venezuela | 912,050 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 31 | Namibia | 824,290 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 32 | Mozambique | 799,380 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 33 | Pakistan | 796,100 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 34 | Chile | 757,245 Square kilometres | 2023 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 35 | Zambia | 752,610 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 36 | Myanmar | 676,590 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 37 | Afghanistan | 652,870 Square kilometres | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 38 | Somalia | 637,660 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 39 | Norway | 624,500 Square kilometres | 2023 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 40 | Central African Republic | 622,980 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 41 | France | 606,410 Square kilometres | 2023 | up 10.4% | flat |
| 42 | Ukraine | 603,550 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 43 | Kenya | 591,969 Square kilometres | 2023 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 44 | Botswana | 581,730 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 45 | Sweden | 528,660 Square kilometres | 2023 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 46 | Yemen | 527,970 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 47 | Thailand | 513,115 Square kilometres | 2023 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 48 | Spain | 505,976 Square kilometres | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 49 | Turkmenistan | 491,209 Square kilometres | 2023 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 50 | Cameroon | 475,440 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 51 | Papua New Guinea | 462,840 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 52 | Uzbekistan | 448,920 Square kilometres | 2023 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 53 | Morocco | 446,550 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 54 | Iraq | 435,050 Square kilometres | 2023 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 55 | Greenland | 410,450 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 56 | Paraguay | 406,752 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 57 | Zimbabwe | 390,760 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 58 | Japan | 377,969 Square kilometres | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 59 | Germany | 357,680 Square kilometres | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 60 | Congo | 342,000 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 61 | Finland | 338,480 Square kilometres | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 62 | Malaysia | 330,411 Square kilometres | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 63 | Côte d’Ivoire | 322,460 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 64 | Oman | 309,500 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 65 | Italy | 302,070 Square kilometres | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 66 | Philippines | 300,000 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 67 | Burkina Faso | 274,200 Square kilometres | 2023 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 68 | New Zealand | 267,710 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 69 | Gabon | 267,670 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 70 | Ecuador | 256,370 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 71 | Guinea | 245,860 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 72 | United Kingdom | 243,610 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 73 | Uganda | 241,550 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 74 | Ghana | 238,539 Square kilometres | 2023 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 75 | Romania | 238,400 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 76 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 236,800 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 77 | Guyana | 214,970 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 78 | Belarus | 207,629 Square kilometres | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 79 | Kyrgyzstan | 199,950 Square kilometres | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 80 | Senegal | 196,710 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 81 | Cambodia | 181,040 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 82 | Uruguay | 176,220 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 83 | Suriname | 163,820 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 84 | Tunisia | 163,610 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 85 | Bangladesh | 147,570 Square kilometres | 2023 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 86 | Nepal | 147,180 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 87 | Dominican Republic | 146,840 Square kilometres | 2023 | up 201.7% | rising |
| 88 | Tajikistan | 141,379 Square kilometres | 2023 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 89 | Greece | 131,960 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 90 | Nicaragua | 130,370 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 91 | Eritrea | 121,766 Square kilometres | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 92 | Democratic People’s Republic of Korea | 120,540 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 93 | Malawi | 118,480 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 94 | Benin | 114,760 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 95 | Honduras | 112,490 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 96 | Liberia | 111,370 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 97 | Bulgaria | 110,997 Square kilometres | 2023 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 98 | Cuba | 109,880 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 99 | Guatemala | 108,890 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 100 | Iceland | 103,000 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 101 | United Arab Emirates | 98,648 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 102 | Hungary | 93,030 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 103 | Portugal | 92,230 Square kilometres | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 104 | Jordan | 89,318 Square kilometres | 2023 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 105 | Azerbaijan | 86,600 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 106 | Austria | 83,879 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 107 | French Guiana | 83,600 Square kilometres | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 108 | Czechia | 78,871 Square kilometres | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 109 | Panama | 75,320 Square kilometres | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 110 | Sierra Leone | 72,300 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 111 | Ireland | 70,280 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 112 | Georgia | 69,700 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 113 | Sri Lanka | 65,610 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 114 | Togo | 56,790 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 115 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 51,210 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 116 | Costa Rica | 51,100 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 117 | Denmark | 42,920 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 118 | Switzerland | 41,291 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 119 | Bhutan | 38,390 Square kilometres | 2023 | down 0.0% | falling |
| 120 | Guinea-Bissau | 36,130 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 121 | Chinese Taipei | 35,960 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 122 | Belgium | 30,689 Square kilometres | 2023 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 123 | Armenia | 29,740 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 124 | Solomon Islands | 28,900 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 125 | Albania | 28,750 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 126 | Burundi | 27,830 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 127 | Haiti | 27,750 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 128 | Rwanda | 26,338 Square kilometres | 2023 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 129 | North Macedonia | 25,710 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 130 | Djibouti | 23,200 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 131 | Belize | 22,966 Square kilometres | 2023 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 132 | Israel | 22,070 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 133 | El Salvador | 21,040 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 134 | New Caledonia | 18,580 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 135 | Kuwait | 17,820 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 136 | Bahamas | 13,880 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 137 | Faroe Islands | 12,960 Square kilometres | 2023 | up 828.4% | volatile |
| 138 | Vanuatu | 12,190 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 139 | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 12,170 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 140 | Qatar | 11,490 Square kilometres | 2023 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 141 | Gambia | 11,300 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 142 | Jamaica | 10,990 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 143 | Lebanon | 10,450 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 144 | Cyprus | 9,250 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 145 | Puerto Rico | 8,870 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 146 | Brunei Darussalam | 5,770 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 147 | Trinidad and Tobago | 5,130 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 148 | Bermuda | 4,290 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 149 | French Polynesia | 3,471 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 150 | Samoa | 2,840 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 151 | Luxembourg | 2,590 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 152 | Réunion | 2,520 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 153 | Mauritius | 2,010 Square kilometres | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 154 | Comoros | 1,861 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 155 | Guadeloupe | 1,634 Square kilometres | 2023 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 156 | Hong Kong (China) | 1,110 Square kilometres | 2023 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 157 | Martinique | 1,087 Square kilometres | 2023 | down 3.8% | flat |
| 158 | Sao Tome and Principe | 960 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 159 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 950 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 160 | Kiribati | 810 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 161 | Bahrain | 800 Square kilometres | 2023 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 162 | Dominica | 750 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 162 | Tonga | 750 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 164 | Singapore | 728 Square kilometres | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 165 | Saint Lucia | 620 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 166 | Guam | 540 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 167 | Andorra | 470 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 168 | Northern Mariana Islands | 460 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 168 | Palau | 460 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 168 | Seychelles | 460 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 171 | Curaçao | 444 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 172 | Antigua and Barbuda | 440 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 173 | Barbados | 430 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 174 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 390 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 174 | Saint Helena | 390 Square kilometres | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 176 | Mayotte | 366.26 Square kilometres | 2023 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 177 | United States Virgin Islands | 350 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 178 | Grenada | 340 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 179 | Malta | 320 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 180 | Maldives | 300 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 181 | Cayman Islands | 264 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 182 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 260 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 182 | Niue | 260 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 184 | Cook Islands | 240 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 184 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 240 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 186 | American Samoa | 200 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 187 | Aruba | 180 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 187 | Marshall Islands | 180 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 189 | Liechtenstein | 160 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 190 | British Virgin Islands | 150 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 191 | Wallis and Futuna | 142 Square kilometres | 2023 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 192 | Montserrat | 100 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 193 | Monaco | 74.9 Square kilometres | 2023 | down 0.0% | volatile |
| 194 | San Marino | 60 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 195 | Pitcairn | 47 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 196 | Norfolk Island | 40 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 197 | Macau (China) | 33 Square kilometres | 2023 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 198 | Tuvalu | 30 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 199 | Nauru | 20 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 200 | Gibraltar | 10 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 200 | Tokelau | 10 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 202 | Holy See | 0.44 Square kilometres | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Ethiopia 1.14 million Square kilometres
- Mauritania 1.03 million Square kilometres
- Madagascar 587,295 Square kilometres
- Poland 313,930 Square kilometres
- Korea 100,450 Square kilometres
- Croatia 88,070 Square kilometres
- Lithuania 65,290 Square kilometres
- Slovak Republic 49,030 Square kilometres
- Netherlands 41,540 Square kilometres
- Moldova 33,850 Square kilometres
- Lesotho 30,360 Square kilometres
- Equatorial Guinea 28,050 Square kilometres
About this data
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