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Agricultural land per capita by country

Agricultural land is the sum of cropland and land used as pasture for grazing livestock.

Countries reporting
226
Highest
324.24 hectares per capita
Falkland Islands
Lowest
0.0001 hectares per capita
Singapore
Median
0.3491 hectares per capita
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
13,086

What the numbers show

Agricultural land per capita is currently reported for 226 countries. The highest value is 324.24 hectares per capita in Falkland Islands; the lowest is 0.0001 hectares per capita in Singapore.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.3491 hectares per capita, and the mean is 2.47 hectares per capita.

Over the past decade 35 countries rose and 191 fell. The largest increase was in San Marino (up 129.2%), and the largest decrease in Northern Mariana Islands (down 62.9%).

Agricultural land per capita: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Falkland Islands 324.24 hectares per capita 2023 down 4.7% falling
2 Mongolia 31.31 hectares per capita 2023 down 21.7% falling
3 Australia 13.73 hectares per capita 2023 down 14.2% falling
4 Namibia 13.1 hectares per capita 2023 down 24.0% falling
5 Kazakhstan 10.54 hectares per capita 2023 down 14.7% falling
6 Botswana 10.43 hectares per capita 2023 down 13.8% volatile
7 Western Sahara 8.63 hectares per capita 2023 down 21.1% volatile
8 Mauritania 7.91 hectares per capita 2023 down 25.6% volatile
9 Turkmenistan 5.37 hectares per capita 2023 down 9.6% falling
10 Saudi Arabia 5.22 hectares per capita 2023 down 15.8% volatile
11 Greenland 4.35 hectares per capita 2023 up 1.1% falling
12 Iceland 4.23 hectares per capita 2023 down 26.9% falling
13 Uruguay 4.2 hectares per capita 2023 down 2.0% falling
14 Bolivia 3.17 hectares per capita 2023 down 11.1% falling
15 Paraguay 3.13 hectares per capita 2023 down 4.0% falling
16 Niue 2.61 hectares per capita 2023 down 3.0% rising
17 Chad 2.61 hectares per capita 2023 down 28.7% falling
18 Argentina 2.55 hectares per capita 2023 down 11.7% falling
19 South Sudan 2.47 hectares per capita 2023 down 3.2% flat
20 Somalia 2.4 hectares per capita 2023 down 29.9% volatile
21 Saint Helena 2.26 hectares per capita 2023 up 2.7% rising
22 Sudan 2.25 hectares per capita 2023 down 23.7% falling
23 Eritrea 2.19 hectares per capita 2023 down 11.4% falling
24 Libya 2.1 hectares per capita 2023 down 13.7% falling
25 USSR 1.9 hectares per capita 1991 down 8.2% falling
26 New Zealand 1.88 hectares per capita 2023 down 24.7% falling
27 Mali 1.82 hectares per capita 2023 down 23.6% falling
28 Niger 1.78 hectares per capita 2023 down 27.8% falling
29 Faroe Islands 1.76 hectares per capita 2023 down 12.1% falling
30 Congo 1.72 hectares per capita 2023 down 21.3% falling
31 South Africa 1.52 hectares per capita 2023 down 13.5% falling
32 Russia 1.48 hectares per capita 2023 down 0.5% flat
33 Djibouti 1.48 hectares per capita 2023 down 14.5% volatile
34 Kyrgyzstan 1.46 hectares per capita 2023 down 19.6% falling
35 Canada 1.45 hectares per capita 2023 down 11.7% falling
36 Madagascar 1.31 hectares per capita 2023 down 22.7% falling
37 Angola 1.25 hectares per capita 2023 down 27.9% volatile
38 Guinea 1.25 hectares per capita 2023 down 10.7% falling
39 Mozambique 1.23 hectares per capita 2023 down 23.3% falling
40 United States 1.23 hectares per capita 2023 down 7.3% falling
41 Zambia 1.15 hectares per capita 2023 down 25.4% falling
42 Brazil 1.12 hectares per capita 2023 down 4.9% falling
43 Central African Republic 1.1 hectares per capita 2023 up 4.3% falling
44 Ukraine 1.09 hectares per capita 2023 up 21.6% rising
45 Latvia 1.05 hectares per capita 2023 up 12.3% rising
46 Lesotho 1.02 hectares per capita 2023 down 6.7% falling
47 Lithuania 1.01 hectares per capita 2023 up 3.0% rising
48 Zimbabwe 0.9894 hectares per capita 2023 down 14.3% falling
49 Eswatini 0.9711 hectares per capita 2023 down 10.0% volatile
50 Afghanistan 0.9195 hectares per capita 2023 down 23.3% falling
51 Algeria 0.8956 hectares per capita 2023 down 17.0% falling
52 Cote d'Ivoire 0.8824 hectares per capita 2023 down 6.3% volatile
53 Belarus 0.8813 hectares per capita 2023 down 4.2% flat
54 Guyana 0.8713 hectares per capita 2023 down 9.1% falling
55 Gabon 0.8666 hectares per capita 2023 down 23.0% falling
56 Ireland 0.8061 hectares per capita 2023 down 16.7% falling
57 Moldova 0.7955 hectares per capita 2023 up 10.2% rising
58 Tunisia 0.7951 hectares per capita 2023 down 10.9% falling
59 Morocco 0.7899 hectares per capita 2023 down 12.7% falling
60 Colombia 0.7737 hectares per capita 2023 down 20.3% falling
61 Venezuela 0.7597 hectares per capita 2023 up 5.7% falling
62 Mexico 0.7596 hectares per capita 2023 down 9.6% falling
63 Nicaragua 0.7461 hectares per capita 2023 down 12.0% falling
64 Bulgaria 0.7362 hectares per capita 2023 up 7.1% flat
65 Estonia 0.7226 hectares per capita 2023 down 1.3% flat
66 Peru 0.7205 hectares per capita 2023 down 10.6% falling
67 Uzbekistan 0.7175 hectares per capita 2023 down 14.9% falling
68 North Macedonia 0.6829 hectares per capita 2023 up 9.1% rising
69 Montserrat 0.6757 hectares per capita 2023 up 7.5% rising
70 Bhutan 0.6702 hectares per capita 2023 down 6.5% falling
71 Romania 0.6651 hectares per capita 2023 down 4.0% falling
72 New Caledonia 0.6349 hectares per capita 2023 down 4.3% falling
73 Burkina Faso 0.6345 hectares per capita 2023 down 14.7% falling
74 Georgia 0.623 hectares per capita 2023 down 4.6% flat
75 Yemen 0.5954 hectares per capita 2023 down 25.7% volatile
76 Tanzania 0.5933 hectares per capita 2023 down 23.8% falling
77 Vanuatu 0.5836 hectares per capita 2023 down 20.6% falling
78 Cuba 0.5809 hectares per capita 2023 up 3.5% flat
79 Syria 0.5767 hectares per capita 2023 down 10.2% volatile
80 Armenia 0.5614 hectares per capita 2023 down 2.5% rising
81 Chile 0.5442 hectares per capita 2023 down 29.8% falling
82 Wallis and Futuna 0.5266 hectares per capita 2023 up 9.7% flat
83 Senegal 0.5261 hectares per capita 2023 down 19.6% falling
84 Hungary 0.5248 hectares per capita 2023 down 1.3% falling
85 Greece 0.5245 hectares per capita 2023 down 19.6% falling
86 Kenya 0.5199 hectares per capita 2023 down 17.5% volatile
87 Iran 0.5195 hectares per capita 2023 down 9.1% volatile
88 Spain 0.5171 hectares per capita 2023 down 9.4% falling
89 Serbia 0.5014 hectares per capita 2023 up 4.5% rising
90 Panama 0.4912 hectares per capita 2023 down 16.2% falling
91 Isle of Man 0.4678 hectares per capita 2023 up 1.5% falling
92 Sierra Leone 0.4668 hectares per capita 2023 down 20.6% falling
93 Togo 0.4645 hectares per capita 2023 down 17.3% falling
94 Azerbaijan 0.4632 hectares per capita 2023 down 7.7% falling
95 Belize 0.4427 hectares per capita 2023 down 5.5% falling
96 Turkey 0.4422 hectares per capita 2023 down 12.1% falling
97 Denmark 0.4406 hectares per capita 2023 down 5.8% falling
98 France 0.4259 hectares per capita 2023 down 4.7% falling
99 Montenegro 0.4159 hectares per capita 2023 up 18.0% falling
100 Finland 0.4038 hectares per capita 2023 down 2.7% falling
101 Guinea-Bissau 0.3903 hectares per capita 2023 down 14.3% falling
102 Croatia 0.3814 hectares per capita 2023 up 3.2% falling
103 Portugal 0.3806 hectares per capita 2023 up 7.5% falling
104 Poland 0.3761 hectares per capita 2023 down 0.1% falling
105 Dominica 0.3758 hectares per capita 2023 up 4.8% rising
106 Tajikistan 0.3733 hectares per capita 2023 down 17.2% falling
107 Ghana 0.373 hectares per capita 2023 down 18.0% falling
108 Albania 0.3715 hectares per capita 2023 down 9.0% falling
109 China 0.3658 hectares per capita 2023 down 3.9% falling
110 Cambodia 0.3532 hectares per capita 2023 down 3.5% falling
111 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.3504 hectares per capita 2023 up 5.1% falling
112 Liberia 0.3501 hectares per capita 2023 down 10.9% falling
113 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.3494 hectares per capita 2023 down 41.6% rising
114 Cameroon 0.3488 hectares per capita 2023 down 23.4% falling
115 Fiji 0.3372 hectares per capita 2023 down 2.5% falling
116 Honduras 0.3359 hectares per capita 2023 down 11.4% falling
117 Tonga 0.3346 hectares per capita 2023 up 8.6% falling
118 Benin 0.3343 hectares per capita 2023 down 10.1% falling
119 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.3317 hectares per capita 2023 down 20.0% falling
120 Costa Rica 0.3315 hectares per capita 2023 down 13.2% falling
121 Slovakia 0.3307 hectares per capita 2023 down 5.5% falling
122 Czechia 0.327 hectares per capita 2023 down 2.4% falling
123 Thailand 0.3121 hectares per capita 2023 down 4.6% falling
124 Nigeria 0.3045 hectares per capita 2023 down 17.7% falling
125 Ethiopia 0.2988 hectares per capita 2023 down 20.0% falling
126 Laos 0.2984 hectares per capita 2023 down 15.8% falling
127 Ecuador 0.2976 hectares per capita 2023 down 37.4% falling
128 Uganda 0.2963 hectares per capita 2023 down 27.4% falling
129 Oman 0.2915 hectares per capita 2023 down 21.3% volatile
130 Slovenia 0.2885 hectares per capita 2023 down 2.8% rising
131 Malawi 0.2867 hectares per capita 2023 down 16.4% falling
132 Austria 0.2845 hectares per capita 2023 down 11.2% falling
133 Sweden 0.2826 hectares per capita 2023 down 10.6% falling
134 Kiribati 0.2565 hectares per capita 2023 down 14.1% falling
135 Guatemala 0.2545 hectares per capita 2023 down 7.3% falling
136 United Kingdom 0.2477 hectares per capita 2023 down 7.6% falling
137 Tokelau 0.2475 hectares per capita 2023 down 27.8% rising
138 East Timor 0.2466 hectares per capita 2023 down 15.9% falling
139 Malaysia 0.244 hectares per capita 2023 down 8.6% falling
140 Palau 0.2422 hectares per capita 2023 down 0.5% flat
141 Myanmar 0.2401 hectares per capita 2023 down 4.1% falling
142 Dominican Republic 0.2354 hectares per capita 2023 down 0.8% falling
143 Gambia 0.235 hectares per capita 2023 down 23.2% volatile
144 Andorra 0.2317 hectares per capita 2023 down 7.3% volatile
145 Samoa 0.2254 hectares per capita 2023 down 26.7% falling
146 Italy 0.22 hectares per capita 2023 down 2.1% falling
147 Iraq 0.2103 hectares per capita 2023 down 16.5% volatile
148 Luxembourg 0.2 hectares per capita 2023 down 17.0% falling
149 Germany 0.1962 hectares per capita 2023 down 4.8% falling
150 Indonesia 0.196 hectares per capita 2023 down 2.3% falling
151 El Salvador 0.1895 hectares per capita 2023 down 4.5% falling
152 Sao Tome and Principe 0.1862 hectares per capita 2023 up 2.8% falling
153 Tuvalu 0.183 hectares per capita 2023 up 12.1% falling
154 Marshall Islands 0.1802 hectares per capita 2023 up 30.5% falling
155 British Virgin Islands 0.1794 hectares per capita 2023 down 18.7% falling
156 Norway 0.1779 hectares per capita 2023 down 8.4% falling
157 Switzerland 0.1683 hectares per capita 2023 down 10.7% falling
158 Burundi 0.1574 hectares per capita 2023 down 12.9% falling
159 Comoros 0.1564 hectares per capita 2023 down 18.1% falling
160 Haiti 0.1542 hectares per capita 2023 down 23.8% falling
161 Cape Verde 0.1512 hectares per capita 2023 down 1.9% falling
162 Jamaica 0.1468 hectares per capita 2023 down 2.4% falling
163 Pakistan 0.1454 hectares per capita 2023 down 15.4% volatile
164 French Guiana 0.1384 hectares per capita 2023 up 22.2% falling
165 Solomon Islands 0.1365 hectares per capita 2023 down 17.4% falling
166 Papua New Guinea 0.1352 hectares per capita 2023 down 12.7% falling
167 Rwanda 0.1349 hectares per capita 2023 down 24.4% falling
168 Cook Islands 0.1334 hectares per capita 2023 up 23.8% falling
169 Sri Lanka 0.1309 hectares per capita 2023 up 2.0% falling
170 Liechtenstein 0.1305 hectares per capita 2023 down 9.8% falling
171 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.1283 hectares per capita 2023 up 0.7% falling
172 Nepal 0.1261 hectares per capita 2023 down 14.2% falling
173 India 0.1242 hectares per capita 2023 down 10.5% falling
174 Guadeloupe 0.1237 hectares per capita 2023 down 7.8% falling
175 Vietnam 0.1225 hectares per capita 2023 up 2.2% falling
176 Lebanon 0.1168 hectares per capita 2023 up 1.6% falling
177 Belgium 0.1155 hectares per capita 2023 down 3.5% falling
178 Suriname 0.1136 hectares per capita 2023 down 22.3% falling
179 Philippines 0.1107 hectares per capita 2023 down 9.3% falling
180 French Polynesia 0.1069 hectares per capita 2023 down 8.1% volatile
181 Netherlands 0.0997 hectares per capita 2023 down 8.5% falling
182 North Korea 0.0982 hectares per capita 2023 down 5.4% falling
183 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0964 hectares per capita 2023 down 5.6% falling
184 Guam 0.0961 hectares per capita 2023 down 11.4% falling
185 Cyprus 0.0959 hectares per capita 2023 up 4.3% volatile
186 Martinique 0.0902 hectares per capita 2023 down 4.5% falling
187 Jordan 0.0895 hectares per capita 2023 down 32.3% volatile
188 Palestine 0.0723 hectares per capita 2023 down 24.7% volatile
189 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0691 hectares per capita 2023 up 6.7% falling
190 Grenada 0.0683 hectares per capita 2023 down 3.1% falling
191 San Marino 0.0681 hectares per capita 2023 up 129.2% falling
192 Mauritius 0.0675 hectares per capita 2023 up 1.3% falling
193 American Samoa 0.0623 hectares per capita 2023 up 26.4% falling
194 Mayotte 0.0614 hectares per capita 2023 down 30.5% volatile
195 Israel 0.058 hectares per capita 2023 down 13.6% falling
196 Equatorial Guinea 0.0567 hectares per capita 2023 down 26.6% volatile
197 Saint Lucia 0.0554 hectares per capita 2023 down 3.3% falling
198 Bangladesh 0.0548 hectares per capita 2023 down 5.8% falling
199 Puerto Rico 0.0521 hectares per capita 2023 down 2.2% volatile
200 Reunion 0.0476 hectares per capita 2023 down 19.0% falling
201 Micronesia (country) 0.0444 hectares per capita 2023 down 4.0% falling
202 Netherlands Antilles 0.0404 hectares per capita 2010 down 10.0% falling
203 United States Virgin Islands 0.0385 hectares per capita 2023 down 0.7% volatile
204 Japan 0.037 hectares per capita 2023 down 3.3% falling
205 Cayman Islands 0.037 hectares per capita 2023 down 19.7% volatile
206 United Arab Emirates 0.0368 hectares per capita 2023 down 24.0% volatile
207 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0359 hectares per capita 2023 down 6.0% falling
208 Egypt 0.0354 hectares per capita 2023 down 9.5% falling
209 Barbados 0.0354 hectares per capita 2023 down 21.3% falling
210 Nauru 0.0336 hectares per capita 2023 down 11.4% falling
211 Taiwan 0.0334 hectares per capita 2023 down 2.2% falling
212 Bahamas 0.0325 hectares per capita 2023 down 5.1% falling
213 Kuwait 0.031 hectares per capita 2023 down 29.2% volatile
214 South Korea 0.0303 hectares per capita 2023 down 14.2% falling
215 Brunei 0.0292 hectares per capita 2023 down 10.4% volatile
216 Qatar 0.0248 hectares per capita 2023 down 28.1% volatile
217 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.0216 hectares per capita 2023 down 27.1% volatile
218 Aruba 0.0185 hectares per capita 2023 down 5.0% falling
219 Malta 0.0156 hectares per capita 2023 down 34.8% falling
220 Seychelles 0.0121 hectares per capita 2023 down 20.2% volatile
221 Northern Mariana Islands 0.012 hectares per capita 2023 down 62.9% volatile
222 Maldives 0.0112 hectares per capita 2023 down 29.9% falling
223 Bahrain 0.0052 hectares per capita 2023 down 23.9% volatile
224 Bermuda 0.0046 hectares per capita 2023 down 1.7% falling
225 Hong Kong 0.0005 hectares per capita 2023 down 23.4% volatile
226 Singapore 0.0001 hectares per capita 2023 down 8.4% volatile

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Indicator
Agricultural land per capita
Unit
hectares per capita
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
226 places, 13,086 data points, 1961–2023
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Agricultural land is the sum of cropland and land used as pasture for grazing livestock.