Agricultural land use, per capita by country
Agricultural land use 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
209
Highest
30.87 hectares per person
Mongolia
Lowest
0.0001 hectares per person
Singapore
Median
0.3494 hectares per person
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
12,031
What the numbers show
Agricultural land use, per capita is currently reported for 209 countries. The highest value is 30.87 hectares per person in Mongolia; the lowest is 0.0001 hectares per person in Singapore.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.3494 hectares per person, and the mean is 1.03 hectares per person.
Over the past decade 32 countries rose and 177 fell. The largest increase was in San Marino (up 124.4%), and the largest decrease in Northern Mariana Islands (down 62.9%).
Agricultural land use, per capita: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mongolia | 30.87 hectares per person | 2023 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 2 | Australia | 13.63 hectares per person | 2023 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 3 | Namibia | 13.1 hectares per person | 2023 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 4 | Kazakhstan | 10.54 hectares per person | 2023 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 5 | Botswana | 10.43 hectares per person | 2023 | down 13.8% | volatile |
| 6 | Mauritania | 7.91 hectares per person | 2023 | down 25.6% | volatile |
| 7 | Turkmenistan | 5.37 hectares per person | 2023 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 8 | Saudi Arabia | 5.15 hectares per person | 2023 | down 18.1% | volatile |
| 9 | Greenland | 4.28 hectares per person | 2023 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 10 | Iceland | 4.25 hectares per person | 2023 | down 26.6% | falling |
| 11 | Uruguay | 4.2 hectares per person | 2023 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 12 | Bolivia | 3.17 hectares per person | 2023 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 13 | Paraguay | 3.13 hectares per person | 2023 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 14 | Chad | 2.61 hectares per person | 2023 | down 28.7% | falling |
| 15 | Argentina | 2.55 hectares per person | 2023 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 16 | South Sudan | 2.47 hectares per person | 2023 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 17 | Somalia | 2.4 hectares per person | 2023 | down 29.9% | volatile |
| 18 | Sudan | 2.25 hectares per person | 2023 | down 23.7% | falling |
| 19 | Eritrea | 2.19 hectares per person | 2023 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 20 | Libya | 2.1 hectares per person | 2023 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 21 | New Zealand | 1.87 hectares per person | 2023 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 22 | Mali | 1.82 hectares per person | 2023 | down 23.6% | falling |
| 23 | Niger | 1.78 hectares per person | 2023 | down 27.8% | falling |
| 24 | Faroe Islands | 1.77 hectares per person | 2023 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 25 | Congo | 1.72 hectares per person | 2023 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 26 | South Africa | 1.52 hectares per person | 2023 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 27 | Russia | 1.5 hectares per person | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 28 | Djibouti | 1.48 hectares per person | 2023 | down 14.5% | volatile |
| 29 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.46 hectares per person | 2023 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 30 | Canada | 1.42 hectares per person | 2023 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 31 | Madagascar | 1.31 hectares per person | 2023 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 32 | Angola | 1.25 hectares per person | 2023 | down 27.9% | volatile |
| 33 | United States | 1.25 hectares per person | 2023 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 34 | Guinea | 1.25 hectares per person | 2023 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 35 | Mozambique | 1.23 hectares per person | 2023 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 36 | Zambia | 1.15 hectares per person | 2023 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 37 | Brazil | 1.12 hectares per person | 2023 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 38 | Central African Republic | 1.1 hectares per person | 2023 | up 4.3% | falling |
| 39 | Ukraine | 1.09 hectares per person | 2023 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 40 | Latvia | 1.05 hectares per person | 2023 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 41 | Lesotho | 1.02 hectares per person | 2023 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 42 | Lithuania | 1 hectares per person | 2023 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 43 | Moldova | 0.9928 hectares per person | 2023 | up 15.4% | flat |
| 44 | Zimbabwe | 0.9894 hectares per person | 2023 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 45 | Eswatini | 0.9711 hectares per person | 2023 | down 10.0% | volatile |
| 46 | Afghanistan | 0.9195 hectares per person | 2023 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 47 | Algeria | 0.8956 hectares per person | 2023 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 48 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.8824 hectares per person | 2023 | down 6.3% | volatile |
| 49 | Belarus | 0.8753 hectares per person | 2023 | down 5.1% | flat |
| 50 | Guyana | 0.8713 hectares per person | 2023 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 51 | Gabon | 0.8666 hectares per person | 2023 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 52 | Tunisia | 0.7951 hectares per person | 2023 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 53 | Morocco | 0.7899 hectares per person | 2023 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 54 | Ireland | 0.7887 hectares per person | 2023 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 55 | Bulgaria | 0.7761 hectares per person | 2023 | up 11.2% | flat |
| 56 | Colombia | 0.7737 hectares per person | 2023 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 57 | Venezuela | 0.7597 hectares per person | 2023 | up 5.7% | falling |
| 58 | Mexico | 0.7596 hectares per person | 2023 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 59 | Nicaragua | 0.7461 hectares per person | 2023 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 60 | Estonia | 0.721 hectares per person | 2023 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 61 | Peru | 0.7205 hectares per person | 2023 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 62 | Uzbekistan | 0.7175 hectares per person | 2023 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 63 | North Macedonia | 0.6844 hectares per person | 2023 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 64 | Bhutan | 0.6702 hectares per person | 2023 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 65 | Romania | 0.6671 hectares per person | 2023 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 66 | Georgia | 0.6384 hectares per person | 2023 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 67 | New Caledonia | 0.6349 hectares per person | 2023 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 68 | Burkina Faso | 0.6345 hectares per person | 2023 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 69 | Yemen | 0.5954 hectares per person | 2023 | down 25.7% | volatile |
| 70 | Tanzania | 0.5933 hectares per person | 2023 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 71 | Vanuatu | 0.5836 hectares per person | 2023 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 72 | Cuba | 0.5809 hectares per person | 2023 | up 3.5% | flat |
| 73 | Syria | 0.5767 hectares per person | 2023 | down 10.2% | volatile |
| 74 | Armenia | 0.5574 hectares per person | 2023 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 75 | Chile | 0.5442 hectares per person | 2023 | down 29.8% | falling |
| 76 | Hungary | 0.5299 hectares per person | 2023 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 77 | Senegal | 0.5261 hectares per person | 2023 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 78 | Kenya | 0.5199 hectares per person | 2023 | down 17.5% | volatile |
| 79 | Iran | 0.5195 hectares per person | 2023 | down 9.1% | volatile |
| 80 | Greece | 0.5162 hectares per person | 2023 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 81 | Serbia | 0.5127 hectares per person | 2023 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 82 | Spain | 0.5123 hectares per person | 2023 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 83 | Panama | 0.4912 hectares per person | 2023 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 84 | Azerbaijan | 0.4707 hectares per person | 2023 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 85 | Isle of Man | 0.4679 hectares per person | 2023 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 86 | Sierra Leone | 0.4668 hectares per person | 2023 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 87 | Togo | 0.4645 hectares per person | 2023 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 88 | Turkey | 0.4522 hectares per person | 2023 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 89 | Belize | 0.4427 hectares per person | 2023 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 90 | Denmark | 0.4407 hectares per person | 2023 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 91 | Albania | 0.4331 hectares per person | 2023 | up 2.8% | falling |
| 92 | Montenegro | 0.4226 hectares per person | 2023 | up 17.9% | falling |
| 93 | France | 0.4139 hectares per person | 2023 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 94 | Finland | 0.4051 hectares per person | 2023 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 95 | Poland | 0.3974 hectares per person | 2023 | up 4.9% | falling |
| 96 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.3903 hectares per person | 2023 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 97 | Croatia | 0.385 hectares per person | 2023 | up 4.0% | falling |
| 98 | Dominica | 0.3759 hectares per person | 2023 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 99 | Portugal | 0.3753 hectares per person | 2023 | up 6.0% | falling |
| 100 | Tajikistan | 0.3733 hectares per person | 2023 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 101 | Ghana | 0.373 hectares per person | 2023 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 102 | China | 0.3689 hectares per person | 2023 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 103 | Cambodia | 0.3532 hectares per person | 2023 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 104 | Liberia | 0.3501 hectares per person | 2023 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 105 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.3494 hectares per person | 2023 | down 41.6% | rising |
| 106 | Cameroon | 0.3488 hectares per person | 2023 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 107 | Fiji | 0.3372 hectares per person | 2023 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 108 | Slovakia | 0.3363 hectares per person | 2023 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 109 | Honduras | 0.3359 hectares per person | 2023 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 110 | Tonga | 0.3346 hectares per person | 2023 | up 8.6% | falling |
| 111 | Benin | 0.3343 hectares per person | 2023 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 112 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.3317 hectares per person | 2023 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 113 | Costa Rica | 0.3315 hectares per person | 2023 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 114 | Czechia | 0.3253 hectares per person | 2023 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 115 | Thailand | 0.3121 hectares per person | 2023 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 116 | Nigeria | 0.3045 hectares per person | 2023 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 117 | Ethiopia | 0.2988 hectares per person | 2023 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 118 | Laos | 0.2984 hectares per person | 2023 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 119 | Ecuador | 0.2976 hectares per person | 2023 | down 37.4% | falling |
| 120 | Uganda | 0.2963 hectares per person | 2023 | down 27.4% | falling |
| 121 | Oman | 0.2915 hectares per person | 2023 | down 21.3% | volatile |
| 122 | Slovenia | 0.2882 hectares per person | 2023 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 123 | Malawi | 0.2867 hectares per person | 2023 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 124 | Austria | 0.2844 hectares per person | 2023 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 125 | Sweden | 0.283 hectares per person | 2023 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 126 | Kiribati | 0.2565 hectares per person | 2023 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 127 | Guatemala | 0.2545 hectares per person | 2023 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 128 | United Kingdom | 0.2482 hectares per person | 2023 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 129 | East Timor | 0.2466 hectares per person | 2023 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 130 | Malaysia | 0.244 hectares per person | 2023 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 131 | Palau | 0.2426 hectares per person | 2023 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 132 | Myanmar | 0.2401 hectares per person | 2023 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 133 | Dominican Republic | 0.2354 hectares per person | 2023 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 134 | Gambia | 0.235 hectares per person | 2023 | down 23.2% | volatile |
| 135 | Andorra | 0.2318 hectares per person | 2023 | down 7.3% | volatile |
| 136 | Samoa | 0.2254 hectares per person | 2023 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 137 | Italy | 0.2219 hectares per person | 2023 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 138 | Iraq | 0.2103 hectares per person | 2023 | down 16.5% | volatile |
| 139 | Luxembourg | 0.1996 hectares per person | 2023 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 140 | Germany | 0.1991 hectares per person | 2023 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 141 | Indonesia | 0.196 hectares per person | 2023 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 142 | El Salvador | 0.1895 hectares per person | 2023 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 143 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.1863 hectares per person | 2023 | up 2.8% | falling |
| 144 | Tuvalu | 0.1834 hectares per person | 2023 | up 12.1% | falling |
| 145 | Marshall Islands | 0.1803 hectares per person | 2023 | up 30.5% | falling |
| 146 | British Virgin Islands | 0.1796 hectares per person | 2023 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 147 | Norway | 0.1779 hectares per person | 2023 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 148 | Switzerland | 0.168 hectares per person | 2023 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 149 | Burundi | 0.1574 hectares per person | 2023 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 150 | Comoros | 0.1564 hectares per person | 2023 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 151 | Haiti | 0.1542 hectares per person | 2023 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 152 | Cape Verde | 0.1512 hectares per person | 2023 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 153 | Jamaica | 0.1468 hectares per person | 2023 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 154 | Pakistan | 0.1454 hectares per person | 2023 | down 15.4% | volatile |
| 155 | Solomon Islands | 0.1365 hectares per person | 2023 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 156 | Sri Lanka | 0.1364 hectares per person | 2023 | up 2.5% | falling |
| 157 | Papua New Guinea | 0.1352 hectares per person | 2023 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 158 | Rwanda | 0.1349 hectares per person | 2023 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 159 | Liechtenstein | 0.1298 hectares per person | 2023 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 160 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.1283 hectares per person | 2023 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 161 | Nepal | 0.1261 hectares per person | 2023 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 162 | India | 0.1242 hectares per person | 2023 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 163 | Vietnam | 0.1225 hectares per person | 2023 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 164 | Lebanon | 0.1168 hectares per person | 2023 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 165 | Belgium | 0.1149 hectares per person | 2023 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 166 | Suriname | 0.1136 hectares per person | 2023 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 167 | Philippines | 0.1107 hectares per person | 2023 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 168 | French Polynesia | 0.1069 hectares per person | 2023 | down 8.1% | volatile |
| 169 | Netherlands | 0.1009 hectares per person | 2023 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 170 | North Korea | 0.0982 hectares per person | 2023 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 171 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0964 hectares per person | 2023 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 172 | Guam | 0.0961 hectares per person | 2023 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 173 | Cyprus | 0.0959 hectares per person | 2023 | up 4.3% | volatile |
| 174 | Jordan | 0.0895 hectares per person | 2023 | down 32.3% | volatile |
| 175 | Palestine | 0.0757 hectares per person | 2023 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 176 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0691 hectares per person | 2023 | up 6.7% | falling |
| 177 | Mauritius | 0.0688 hectares per person | 2023 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 178 | Grenada | 0.0683 hectares per person | 2023 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 179 | San Marino | 0.0679 hectares per person | 2023 | up 124.4% | falling |
| 180 | American Samoa | 0.0623 hectares per person | 2023 | up 26.5% | falling |
| 181 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0567 hectares per person | 2023 | down 26.6% | volatile |
| 182 | Saint Lucia | 0.0554 hectares per person | 2023 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 183 | Bangladesh | 0.0548 hectares per person | 2023 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 184 | Israel | 0.0545 hectares per person | 2023 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 185 | Puerto Rico | 0.0527 hectares per person | 2023 | down 0.4% | volatile |
| 186 | Micronesia (country) | 0.0444 hectares per person | 2023 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 187 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0395 hectares per person | 2023 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 188 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0374 hectares per person | 2023 | down 24.2% | volatile |
| 189 | Japan | 0.037 hectares per person | 2023 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 190 | Cayman Islands | 0.037 hectares per person | 2023 | down 19.7% | volatile |
| 191 | Egypt | 0.0354 hectares per person | 2023 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 192 | Barbados | 0.0354 hectares per person | 2023 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 193 | Nauru | 0.0337 hectares per person | 2023 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 194 | Bahamas | 0.0325 hectares per person | 2023 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 195 | United States Virgin Islands | 0.0315 hectares per person | 2023 | down 15.0% | volatile |
| 196 | Kuwait | 0.0309 hectares per person | 2023 | down 29.4% | volatile |
| 197 | South Korea | 0.0303 hectares per person | 2023 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 198 | Brunei | 0.0292 hectares per person | 2023 | down 10.4% | volatile |
| 199 | Qatar | 0.0279 hectares per person | 2023 | down 23.9% | volatile |
| 200 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.0216 hectares per person | 2023 | down 27.2% | volatile |
| 201 | Aruba | 0.0186 hectares per person | 2023 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 202 | Malta | 0.015 hectares per person | 2023 | down 37.7% | falling |
| 203 | Seychelles | 0.0129 hectares per person | 2023 | down 24.9% | volatile |
| 204 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0.012 hectares per person | 2023 | down 62.9% | volatile |
| 205 | Maldives | 0.0112 hectares per person | 2023 | down 29.9% | falling |
| 206 | Bahrain | 0.0051 hectares per person | 2023 | down 24.5% | volatile |
| 207 | Bermuda | 0.0046 hectares per person | 2023 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 208 | Hong Kong | 0.0005 hectares per person | 2023 | down 25.3% | volatile |
| 209 | Singapore | 0.0001 hectares per person | 2023 | down 10.1% | volatile |
How this figure is calculated
Agricultural land use divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Agricultural land use ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Agricultural land use Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Agricultural land use divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.