Arable land (hectares), per square kilometre by country
Arable land (hectares) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
206
Highest
60.63 hectares per square kilometre
Bangladesh
Lowest
0.0511 hectares per square kilometre
Faroe Islands
Median
9.96 hectares per square kilometre
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
11,871
What the numbers show
Arable land (hectares), per square kilometre is currently reported for 206 countries. The highest value is 60.63 hectares per square kilometre in Bangladesh; the lowest is 0.0511 hectares per square kilometre in Faroe Islands.
The median across all reporting countries is 9.96 hectares per square kilometre, and the mean is 13.93 hectares per square kilometre.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 1,187.
Over the past decade 78 countries rose and 81 fell. The largest increase was in Oman (up 131.1%), and the largest decrease in Northern Mariana Islands (down 68.0%).
Arable land (hectares), per square kilometre: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bangladesh | 60.63 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 2 | Denmark | 59.12 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 3 | Ukraine | 56.82 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 4 | Moldova | 56.82 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 5 | India | 51.75 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 6 | Burundi | 51.45 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 7 | Togo | 48.72 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 8 | Rwanda | 46.98 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 9 | Hungary | 45.41 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 10 | Gambia | 43.48 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 11 | Malawi | 42.43 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 12 | Isle of Man | 41.12 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.0% | flat |
| 13 | Nigeria | 40.48 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 14 | Pakistan | 39.25 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 15 | Mauritius | 37.56 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 16 | Lithuania | 36.79 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 17 | Poland | 36.58 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.8% | falling |
| 18 | Romania | 36.54 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 19 | Haiti | 36.47 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.8% | rising |
| 20 | Comoros | 34.93 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 21 | El Salvador | 34.8 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 22 | Uganda | 34.41 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 23 | Germany | 33.43 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 24 | San Marino | 33.08 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 98.5% | rising |
| 25 | Czechia | 32.71 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 26 | Bulgaria | 32.12 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 27 | Benin | 31.45 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 31.3% | rising |
| 28 | France | 31.36 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.7% | flat |
| 29 | Thailand | 31 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.7% | rising |
| 30 | Serbia | 30.95 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.5% | flat |
| 31 | Netherlands | 29.97 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 32 | Burkina Faso | 28.9 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 33 | Belgium | 28.31 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.2% | flat |
| 34 | Cuba | 28.02 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.5% | rising |
| 35 | Tonga | 27.78 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 36 | Belarus | 27.43 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 37 | Slovakia | 27.18 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 38 | Turkey | 26.35 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 39 | Azerbaijan | 25.31 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 40 | United Kingdom | 24.98 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 41 | Guinea | 24.42 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 41.4% | rising |
| 42 | Syria | 23.96 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 43 | Italy | 23.96 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.8% | falling |
| 44 | Luxembourg | 23.82 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 45 | Cambodia | 23.34 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 46 | Spain | 23.01 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 47 | Malta | 22.81 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 48 | Sri Lanka | 22.18 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 49 | Sierra Leone | 21.95 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.0% | volatile |
| 50 | Latvia | 21.85 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 51 | Albania | 21.56 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 52 | Vietnam | 21.47 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 53 | Ghana | 20.7 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 54 | Dominican Republic | 20.24 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.7% | flat |
| 55 | Senegal | 19.89 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 56 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 19.23 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 57 | North Korea | 19.06 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 58 | Philippines | 18.75 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 59 | Tunisia | 18.22 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 60 | Myanmar | 16.86 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 61 | Estonia | 16.64 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.4% | falling |
| 62 | United States | 16.57 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 63 | North Macedonia | 16.49 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 64 | Barbados | 16.28 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 65 | Austria | 16.02 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 66 | Armenia | 15.66 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 67 | Croatia | 15.51 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 68 | Morocco | 15.4 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 15.4% | rising |
| 69 | Tanzania | 15.24 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 70 | Cote d'Ivoire | 15.1 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 37.2% | rising |
| 71 | South Korea | 14.92 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 72 | Argentina | 14.76 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 73 | Ethiopia | 14.53 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 74 | Guatemala | 14.5 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 75 | Greece | 14.44 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 76 | Guinea-Bissau | 14.07 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 31.8% | rising |
| 77 | Niger | 13.97 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 78 | Maldives | 13.42 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 79 | Lebanon | 13.12 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.7% | falling |
| 80 | Cameroon | 13.12 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 81 | Nepal | 12.58 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.0% | flat |
| 82 | Uruguay | 12.57 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 83 | Israel | 12.54 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 84 | Nicaragua | 12.49 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 85 | Cape Verde | 12.41 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 86 | Afghanistan | 12.03 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 87 | Lesotho | 11.75 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 43.8% | falling |
| 88 | China | 11.55 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.8% | rising |
| 89 | Paraguay | 11.52 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.3% | volatile |
| 90 | Iraq | 11.45 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.9% | falling |
| 91 | Kenya | 11.42 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 92 | Sudan | 11.24 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 93 | Aruba | 11.11 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 94 | Japan | 11.09 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 95 | Jamaica | 11.08 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 96 | Kazakhstan | 10.99 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 97 | Liechtenstein | 10.81 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 98 | Cyprus | 10.59 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.8% | volatile |
| 99 | Zimbabwe | 10.39 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 100 | Mexico | 10.3 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.0% | rising |
| 101 | Eswatini | 10.29 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 102 | Portugal | 10.12 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 103 | Switzerland | 10.03 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 104 | South Africa | 9.89 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 105 | Iran | 9.68 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.3% | flat |
| 106 | Indonesia | 9.4 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 107 | Uzbekistan | 9.14 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 108 | Honduras | 9.1 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 109 | Antigua and Barbuda | 9.09 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 110 | Slovenia | 8.88 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 111 | Grenada | 8.82 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 112 | Dominica | 8 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 113 | Panama | 7.62 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 114 | East Timor | 7.5 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 115 | Russia | 7.43 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 116 | Finland | 7.38 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 117 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 7.23 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 63.3% | falling |
| 118 | Mozambique | 7.18 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 119 | Palestine | 6.95 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 32.0% | falling |
| 120 | Mali | 6.84 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.2% | volatile |
| 121 | Kyrgyzstan | 6.71 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 122 | British Virgin Islands | 6.67 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 123 | Brazil | 6.66 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 124 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 6.57 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 26.4% | rising |
| 125 | Ireland | 6.37 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 126 | Sweden | 6.2 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 127 | Tajikistan | 6.08 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.7% | flat |
| 128 | Eritrea | 5.69 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 129 | Puerto Rico | 5.66 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.4% | volatile |
| 130 | Bermuda | 5.56 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 131 | Laos | 5.3 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 18.3% | rising |
| 132 | Liberia | 5.19 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 133 | Madagascar | 5.16 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 134 | American Samoa | 5.15 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 135 | Bolivia | 5.13 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 136 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 5.13 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 137 | Zambia | 5.11 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 138 | Trinidad and Tobago | 4.87 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 139 | Belize | 4.38 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 28.2% | rising |
| 140 | Saint Lucia | 4.38 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 141 | Georgia | 4.37 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 142 | Canada | 4.34 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.0% | flat |
| 143 | Angola | 4.32 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 144 | Chad | 4.21 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 145 | Fiji | 4.2 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.9% | falling |
| 146 | Sao Tome and Principe | 4.17 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 147 | Ecuador | 4.14 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 148 | Australia | 4.03 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 149 | South Sudan | 3.94 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 150 | Samoa | 3.85 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 54.6% | rising |
| 151 | Turkmenistan | 3.39 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.6% | rising |
| 152 | Costa Rica | 3.27 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 28.0% | falling |
| 153 | Algeria | 3.16 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 154 | Egypt | 3.12 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 155 | Peru | 3.06 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 156 | Venezuela | 2.95 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 157 | Central African Republic | 2.89 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 158 | Micronesia (country) | 2.86 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 159 | Marshall Islands | 2.78 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 160 | Bahrain | 2.62 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 161 | Bhutan | 2.62 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 162 | United States Virgin Islands | 2.57 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.0% | volatile |
| 163 | Kiribati | 2.47 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 164 | Malaysia | 2.39 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 165 | Colombia | 2.3 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 73.4% | falling |
| 166 | Jordan | 2.3 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 167 | Norway | 2.2 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 168 | Yemen | 2.19 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 169 | New Zealand | 1.97 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 170 | Hong Kong | 1.9 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 35.5% | falling |
| 171 | Chile | 1.89 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 172 | Equatorial Guinea | 1.89 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 173 | Guam | 1.85 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 174 | Qatar | 1.83 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.1% | volatile |
| 175 | Somalia | 1.75 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 176 | Vanuatu | 1.64 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 177 | Congo | 1.61 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 178 | Saudi Arabia | 1.6 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 179 | Andorra | 1.56 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 180 | Gabon | 1.26 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 181 | Iceland | 1.2 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 182 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 1.05 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 183 | Libya | 0.9775 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 184 | Namibia | 0.9717 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 185 | Cayman Islands | 0.8333 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 186 | Solomon Islands | 0.8217 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 187 | Bahamas | 0.7992 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 188 | Singapore | 0.7799 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.3% | volatile |
| 189 | Brunei | 0.759 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 190 | Mongolia | 0.7336 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.2% | rising |
| 191 | Papua New Guinea | 0.7287 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 192 | French Polynesia | 0.7203 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 193 | United Arab Emirates | 0.7094 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 34.4% | volatile |
| 194 | Montenegro | 0.6729 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.0% | volatile |
| 195 | Palau | 0.6522 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 196 | Guyana | 0.4594 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.8% | flat |
| 197 | Botswana | 0.4588 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 198 | Kuwait | 0.4489 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 31.0% | volatile |
| 199 | Mauritania | 0.4366 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 200 | Suriname | 0.33 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.7% | rising |
| 201 | New Caledonia | 0.3266 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 202 | Seychelles | 0.3261 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 203 | Oman | 0.2815 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 131.1% | volatile |
| 204 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0.1739 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | down 68.0% | volatile |
| 205 | Djibouti | 0.1294 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 206 | Faroe Islands | 0.0511 hectares per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.5% | flat |
How this figure is calculated
Arable land (hectares) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Arable land (hectares) ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Arable land FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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
Arable land (hectares) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.