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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
221
Highest
324.24 hectares per capita
Falkland Islands
Lowest
0.0001 hectares per capita
Singapore
Median
0.3494 hectares per capita
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
13,086

What the numbers show

Agricultural land per capita is currently reported for 221 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 0.3494 hectares per capita, and the mean is 2.51 hectares per capita.

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

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

  • USSR 1.9 hectares per capita

About this data

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
Last refreshed

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