Other land — Area by country

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Countries reporting
257
Highest
1.10 million 1000 ha
OECD
Lowest
0 1000 ha
Wallis and Futuna Islands
Median
1,277 1000 ha
Years covered
35
1990–2024
Data points
9,862

What the numbers show

Other land — Area is currently reported for 257 countries. The highest value is 1.10 million 1000 ha in OECD; the lowest is 0 1000 ha in Wallis and Futuna Islands.

The median across all reporting countries is 1,277 1000 ha, and the mean is 25,677 1000 ha.

Over the past decade 130 countries rose and 112 fell. The largest increase was in American Samoa (up 1,828.6%), and the largest decrease in Palau (down 100.0%).

Other land — Area: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 OECD 1.10 million 1000 ha 2024 up 2.5% rising
2 Russia 590,185 1000 ha 2024 down 1.5% flat
2 Russian Federation 590,185 1000 ha 2024 down 1.5% flat
4 Canada 451,806 1000 ha 2024 down 4.1% flat
5 China 321,456 1000 ha 2024 down 0.0% flat
5 China, mainland 321,456 1000 ha 2024 down 0.0% flat
7 Australia and New Zealand 272,792 1000 ha 2024 up 16.0% rising
8 Australia 266,387 1000 ha 2024 up 16.0% rising
9 Algeria 195,162 1000 ha 2024 up 0.1% flat
10 United States 171,003 1000 ha 2024 up 2.1% falling
11 Libya 160,398 1000 ha 2024 up 0.0% flat
12 Argentina 143,771 1000 ha 2024 up 39.6% rising
13 Brazil 109,381 1000 ha 2024 up 30.7% volatile
14 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 104,432 1000 ha 2024 down 1.6% rising
15 Egypt 95,312 1000 ha 2024 down 0.5% flat
16 Niger 78,991 1000 ha 2024 down 0.7% falling
17 Chad 71,843 1000 ha 2024 up 1.7% flat
18 Mali 69,764 1000 ha 2024 up 0.1% falling
19 Sudan (former) 68,795 1000 ha 2011 down 4.8% falling
20 Mauritania 62,344 1000 ha 2024 down 0.0% flat
21 Kazakhstan 52,679 1000 ha 2024 up 5.6% flat
22 Sudan 51,980 1000 ha 2024 up 1.0% flat
23 Democratic Republic of the Congo 50,524 1000 ha 2024 up 0.0% rising
24 Ethiopia 47,006 1000 ha 2024 down 3.1% rising
25 India 46,446 1000 ha 2024 down 1.2% falling
26 Chile 45,344 1000 ha 2024 up 6.4% rising
27 Greenland 40,802 1000 ha 2024 down 0.0% rising
28 Indonesia 38,487 1000 ha 2024 down 5.7% rising
29 Pakistan 37,527 1000 ha 2024 down 0.7% flat
30 Saudi Arabia 36,605 1000 ha 2024 down 5.1% falling
31 Peru 36,242 1000 ha 2024 up 6.9% rising
32 Namibia 35,473 1000 ha 2024 up 0.0% flat
33 Mongolia 34,326 1000 ha 2024 up 23.5% rising
34 Iraq 33,316 1000 ha 2024 down 0.2% flat
35 Mexico 29,572 1000 ha 2024 up 5.7% rising
36 Oman 29,469 1000 ha 2024 down 0.2% flat
37 Yemen 28,796 1000 ha 2024 down 0.0% flat
38 South Sudan 27,784 1000 ha 2024 up 0.6% flat
39 Afghanistan 25,932 1000 ha 2024 down 0.7% flat
40 Kenya 25,172 1000 ha 2024 down 1.8% flat
41 Myanmar 24,872 1000 ha 2024 up 11.1% rising
42 Norway 23,332 1000 ha 2024 down 0.2% flat
43 Western Sahara 21,066 1000 ha 2024 up 0.0% flat
44 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 19,526 1000 ha 2024 up 4.5% rising
45 Cameroon 18,044 1000 ha 2024 up 7.1% rising
46 Turkey 15,634 1000 ha 2024 down 7.4% flat
46 Türkiye 15,634 1000 ha 2024 down 7.4% flat
48 Angola 15,612 1000 ha 2024 up 42.2% rising
49 Botswana 15,081 1000 ha 2024 up 0.9% flat
50 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 14,876 1000 ha 2024 up 12.2% rising
51 Uzbekistan 13,777 1000 ha 2024 down 5.2% rising
52 Somalia 13,698 1000 ha 2024 up 9.8% rising
53 Melanesia 11,360 1000 ha 2024 up 0.2% flat
54 Central African Republic 11,337 1000 ha 2024 down 3.9% rising
55 Colombia 10,814 1000 ha 2024 up 112.3% rising
56 Papua New Guinea 9,848 1000 ha 2024 up 0.3% flat
57 Sweden 9,690 1000 ha 2024 down 0.1% flat
58 Philippines 9,675 1000 ha 2024 down 6.7% falling
59 Tajikistan 9,567 1000 ha 2024 down 1.8% rising
60 Morocco 8,847 1000 ha 2024 down 0.1% rising
61 Thailand 8,767 1000 ha 2024 up 7.2% falling
62 Iceland 8,323 1000 ha 2024 up 2.8% flat
63 France 7,926 1000 ha 2024 down 5.4% falling
64 Laos 7,807 1000 ha 2024 up 7.5% rising
64 Lao People's Democratic Republic 7,807 1000 ha 2024 up 7.5% rising
66 Jordan 7,782 1000 ha 2024 up 0.5% flat
67 Kyrgyzstan 7,576 1000 ha 2024 up 2.7% flat
68 Ecuador 7,456 1000 ha 2024 up 14.7% rising
69 Madagascar 7,201 1000 ha 2024 up 20.2% falling
70 Japan 6,958 1000 ha 2024 up 4.9% rising
71 Burkina Faso 6,882 1000 ha 2024 up 2.8% rising
72 Italy 6,743 1000 ha 2024 down 9.8% rising
73 New Zealand 6,403 1000 ha 2024 up 19.3% rising
74 Poland 6,395 1000 ha 2024 down 4.0% rising
75 United Arab Emirates 6,362 1000 ha 2024 down 0.6% flat
76 Zimbabwe 6,275 1000 ha 2024 up 9.8% rising
77 Spain 6,232 1000 ha 2024 up 28.0% rising
78 Ukraine 5,996 1000 ha 2024 down 2.7% falling
79 Malaysia 5,749 1000 ha 2024 up 10.9% falling
80 Finland 5,600 1000 ha 2024 down 2.6% falling
81 Zambia 5,527 1000 ha 2024 up 18.7% falling
82 Tunisia 5,199 1000 ha 2024 up 2.5% falling
83 Germany 5,190 1000 ha 2024 up 1.2% falling
84 Turkmenistan 5,036 1000 ha 2024 down 42.4% falling
85 Cambodia 4,890 1000 ha 2024 up 70.7% rising
86 United Republic of Tanzania 4,654 1000 ha 2024 up 151.2% volatile
87 Vietnam 4,284 1000 ha 2024 down 34.5% falling
87 Viet Nam 4,284 1000 ha 2024 down 34.5% falling
89 Syria 4,222 1000 ha 2024 up 7.7% falling
89 Syrian Arab Republic 4,222 1000 ha 2024 up 7.7% falling
91 Nepal 3,958 1000 ha 2024 down 5.8% flat
92 United Kingdom 3,820 1000 ha 2024 up 9.2% falling
92 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 3,820 1000 ha 2024 up 9.2% falling
94 Nigeria 3,612 1000 ha 2024 down 33.7% falling
95 Belarus 3,419 1000 ha 2024 up 12.7% rising
96 Romania 3,367 1000 ha 2024 up 43.0% rising
97 Benin 3,241 1000 ha 2024 down 10.5% rising
98 Ghana 3,130 1000 ha 2024 down 15.8% falling
99 Greece 3,105 1000 ha 2024 up 16.7% volatile
100 Eritrea 3,041 1000 ha 2024 up 1.9% rising
101 Paraguay 2,952 1000 ha 2024 down 8.4% volatile
102 Caribbean 2,787 1000 ha 2024 up 3.6% falling
103 Azerbaijan 2,288 1000 ha 2024 down 5.8% falling
104 Guatemala 2,233 1000 ha 2024 down 13.1% rising
105 South Africa 2,174 1000 ha 2024 down 28.7% falling
106 Croatia 2,155 1000 ha 2024 up 8.5% rising
107 Nicaragua 2,096 1000 ha 2022 up 10.7% rising
108 Honduras 2,090 1000 ha 2024 up 47.7% volatile
109 Guyana 2,009 1000 ha 2024 up 306.5% volatile
110 Mozambique 2,003 1000 ha 2024 up 45.4% rising
111 Hungary 1,974 1000 ha 2024 up 31.3% rising
112 Republic of Korea 1,916 1000 ha 2024 up 16.3% rising
113 Bulgaria 1,896 1000 ha 2024 down 8.2% rising
114 Serbia 1,878 1000 ha 2024 down 14.7% falling
115 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,810 1000 ha 2024 up 122.4% rising
116 Austria 1,784 1000 ha 2024 up 7.2% rising
117 Bangladesh 1,744 1000 ha 2024 down 14.3% rising
118 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 1,727 1000 ha 2024 down 4.5% falling
119 Congo 1,658 1000 ha 2024 up 4.6% rising
120 Guinea 1,655 1000 ha 2024 down 46.8% falling
121 Kuwait 1,626 1000 ha 2024 up 0.1% flat
122 Ireland 1,576 1000 ha 2024 down 5.9% falling
123 Uganda 1,559 1000 ha 2024 down 13.4% falling
124 Georgia 1,506 1000 ha 2024 up 8.5% rising
125 Israel 1,501 1000 ha 2024 up 2.6% flat
126 Liberia 1,329 1000 ha 2024 up 91.9% volatile
127 Switzerland 1,286 1000 ha 2024 up 11.3% flat
128 Suriname 1,282 1000 ha 2024 up 14.6% rising
129 Cote d'Ivoire 1,277 1000 ha 2024 down 69.3% falling
129 Côte d'Ivoire 1,277 1000 ha 2024 down 69.3% falling
131 Czechia 1,230 1000 ha 2024 down 6.5% rising
132 Malawi 1,222 1000 ha 2024 down 5.6% falling
133 Serbia and Montenegro 1,202 1000 ha 2005 up 24.3% rising
134 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 1,199 1000 ha 2024 up 3.1% rising
135 Lithuania 1,188 1000 ha 2024 up 5.3% rising
136 Panama 1,088 1000 ha 2024 up 76.6% rising
137 Senegal 1,076 1000 ha 2024 down 26.4% falling
138 Qatar 1,074 1000 ha 2024 down 0.3% flat
139 Sri Lanka 1,043 1000 ha 2024 down 26.6% falling
140 Slovakia 1,033 1000 ha 2024 up 7.0% rising
141 Belgium 1,025 1000 ha 2024 up 1.2% rising
142 Belgium-Luxembourg 1,006 1000 ha 1999 down 6.5% falling
143 Estonia 844.83 1000 ha 2024 down 12.8% falling
144 Portugal 813.38 1000 ha 2024 down 33.5% falling
145 New Caledonia 806.25 1000 ha 2024 unchanged flat
146 Latvia 791.61 1000 ha 2024 down 17.3% falling
147 Sierra Leone 774.53 1000 ha 2024 up 25.8% falling
148 Belize 772.42 1000 ha 2024 up 6.8% rising
149 Denmark 754.41 1000 ha 2024 up 3.3% flat
150 Albania 670.46 1000 ha 2024 down 13.0% falling
151 Cyprus 623.97 1000 ha 2024 down 2.8% flat
152 Djibouti 607.59 1000 ha 2024 down 0.3% falling
153 Bhutan 603.78 1000 ha 2024 up 5.4% falling
154 Haiti 590.08 1000 ha 2024 up 57.9% falling
155 Dominican Republic 486.4 1000 ha 2024 up 48.5% rising
156 Bahamas 478.14 1000 ha 2024 unchanged flat
157 Togo 460.52 1000 ha 2024 up 0.4% falling
158 Moldova 459.22 1000 ha 2024 down 19.6% rising
158 Republic of Moldova 459.22 1000 ha 2024 down 19.6% rising
160 Armenia 444.86 1000 ha 2024 down 4.1% falling
161 Gabon 432.32 1000 ha 2024 up 26.3% rising
162 Costa Rica 399.88 1000 ha 2024 up 4.9% rising
163 Fiji 389.73 1000 ha 2024 down 4.1% falling
164 Burundi 382.7 1000 ha 2024 down 12.1% flat
165 Cuba 358.81 1000 ha 2024 down 46.1% falling
166 Equatorial Guinea 293.59 1000 ha 2024 up 42.4% volatile
167 Puerto Rico 281.31 1000 ha 2024 up 33.5% rising
168 Polynesia 280.5 1000 ha 2024 up 10.3% falling
169 Montenegro 269.72 1000 ha 2024 down 6.2% volatile
170 French Guiana 261 1000 ha 2024 up 16.1% rising
171 Cabo Verde 252.66 1000 ha 2024 down 1.9% falling
172 North Macedonia 251.66 1000 ha 2024 down 7.9% falling
173 Lebanon 230.48 1000 ha 2024 up 1.7% falling
174 Trinidad and Tobago 226.81 1000 ha 2024 down 0.6% rising
175 Slovenia 216.9 1000 ha 2024 up 47.1% falling
176 Uruguay 207.15 1000 ha 2024 down 72.4% falling
177 El Salvador 201.63 1000 ha 2024 up 11.2% rising
178 Palestine 193.4 1000 ha 2024 up 9.9% rising
178 Palestine 193.4 1000 ha 2024 up 9.9% rising
180 Lesotho 181.48 1000 ha 2024 down 64.4% falling
181 French Polynesia 173.99 1000 ha 2024 up 5.2% falling
182 Solomon Islands 168.51 1000 ha 2024 down 4.5% falling
183 Vanuatu 147.4 1000 ha 2024 up 19.2% rising
184 Reunion 133.26 1000 ha 2024 up 4.9% flat
184 Réunion 133.26 1000 ha 2024 up 4.9% flat
186 Brunei 131.7 1000 ha 2024 down 0.9% rising
186 Brunei Darussalam 131.7 1000 ha 2024 down 0.9% rising
188 East Timor 90.42 1000 ha 2024 up 13.1% rising
188 Timor-Leste 90.42 1000 ha 2024 up 13.1% rising
190 Eswatini 88.06 1000 ha 2024 up 60.7% volatile
191 Turks and Caicos Islands 83.3 1000 ha 2024 down 0.2% flat
192 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 83.13 1000 ha 2024 down 18.9% rising
193 Mauritius 79.99 1000 ha 2024 down 0.2% rising
194 Micronesia 79.2 1000 ha 2024 up 1.0% flat
195 Netherlands Antilles (former) 72 1000 ha 2010 unchanged flat
196 Samoa 68.35 1000 ha 2024 up 39.1% rising
197 Bahrain 66.78 1000 ha 2024 down 0.8% rising
198 Singapore 56.02 1000 ha 2024 up 4.8% rising
199 Jamaica 47.68 1000 ha 2024 down 44.8% falling
200 Kiribati 46.03 1000 ha 2024 up 0.2% rising
201 Curacao 44.33 1000 ha 2024 unchanged flat
201 Curaçao 44.33 1000 ha 2024 unchanged flat
203 Faroe Islands 40.85 1000 ha 2024 down 5.2% flat
204 Guadeloupe 40.25 1000 ha 2024 down 3.3% falling
205 Luxembourg 35.71 1000 ha 2024 down 5.4% falling
206 Tonga 28.37 1000 ha 2024 down 7.0% falling
207 Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 27.99 1000 ha 2024 unchanged flat
208 Antigua and Barbuda 26.88 1000 ha 2024 up 2.6% rising
209 Barbados 26.8 1000 ha 2024 up 8.5% rising
210 Gambia 25.7 1000 ha 2024 down 73.6% volatile
211 Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha 24.92 1000 ha 2024 down 0.2% falling
212 Martinique 22.1 1000 ha 2024 down 11.9% flat
213 Malta 21.03 1000 ha 2024 down 1.8% rising
214 Northern Mariana Islands 20.3 1000 ha 2024 down 2.2% falling
215 Maldives 20.18 1000 ha 2024 up 1.5% rising
216 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 19.88 1000 ha 2024 up 1.2% rising
217 Saint Lucia 18.28 1000 ha 2024 down 4.8% rising
218 Seychelles 17.42 1000 ha 2024 up 9.8% rising
219 Aruba 15.51 1000 ha 2024 unchanged flat
220 Isle of Man 14.49 1000 ha 2024 up 21.0% rising
221 United States Virgin Islands 11.41 1000 ha 2024 down 3.8% rising
222 Channel Islands 11.23 1000 ha 2024 up 9.2% falling
223 Guam 9.83 1000 ha 2024 up 14.6% falling
224 Saint Kitts and Nevis 9.1 1000 ha 2024 up 1.1% rising
225 Andorra 9 1000 ha 2024 down 9.5% rising
226 Grenada 8.7 1000 ha 2024 up 4.8% rising
227 Cayman Islands 8.58 1000 ha 2024 unchanged rising
228 Mayotte 7.59 1000 ha 2024 up 17.1% volatile
229 Comoros 6.16 1000 ha 2024 down 58.1% falling
230 Liechtenstein 4.94 1000 ha 2024 down 5.2% rising
231 Montserrat 4.78 1000 ha 2024 up 4.4% rising
232 Cook Islands 4.6 1000 ha 2024 down 0.4% rising
233 Bermuda 4.32 1000 ha 2024 unchanged flat
234 Saint Martin (French Part) 4.06 1000 ha 2024 up 8.0% rising
235 Anguilla 3.57 1000 ha 2024 up 2.0% flat
236 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 3.34 1000 ha 2024 down 3.2% rising
237 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 3.1 1000 ha 2024 unchanged flat
238 San Marino 2.53 1000 ha 2024 down 4.5% rising
239 Niue 2.23 1000 ha 2024 down 6.7% flat
240 Norfolk Island 2.11 1000 ha 2024 down 15.9% falling
241 Saint Barthélemy 2.1 1000 ha 2024 up 5.0% flat
242 Nauru 1.76 1000 ha 2024 up 10.0% flat
242 Naoero 1.76 1000 ha 2024 up 10.0% flat
244 American Samoa 1.35 1000 ha 2024 up 1,828.6% volatile
245 Marshall Islands 1.13 1000 ha 2024 up 135.4% volatile
246 Pitcairn 1.01 1000 ha 2024 unchanged flat
247 Gibraltar 1 1000 ha 2024 unchanged flat
248 Tokelau 0.6 1000 ha 2024 up 50.0% rising
249 Monaco 0.21 1000 ha 2024 up 5.0% flat
250 Micronesia (Federated States of) 0.16 1000 ha 2024 down 42.9% falling
251 Holy See 0.04 1000 ha 2024 unchanged flat
252 Palau 0 1000 ha 2024 down 100.0% volatile
252 Rwanda 0 1000 ha 2024 — volatile
252 Sao Tome and Principe 0 1000 ha 2024 down 100.0% volatile
252 Tuvalu 0 1000 ha 2024 down 100.0% volatile
252 British Virgin Islands 0 1000 ha 2024 — volatile
252 Wallis and Futuna Islands 0 1000 ha 2024 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Other land — Area
Unit
1000 ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
292 places, 9,862 data points, 1990–2024
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The FAOSTAT Land Use domain contains data on twenty-one land use categories and twenty-three categories of irrigation and agricultural practices. Data are available yearly and by country, regional and global levels. The domain includes Land Use Indicators providing information on the percentage share of agricultural and forest land, and their sub-components, including irrigated areas and areas under organic agriculture, within a country land use matrix. Data are available at country, regional and global level, for the following elements: (in percentage) i) Share in Land area; ii) Share in Agricultural land, iii) Share in Cropland; and iv) Share in Forest land; (in ha/pc) v) Area per capita.