Cereals, primary — Area harvested, per square kilometre by country
Cereals, primary — Area harvested 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
159
Highest
95.88 ha per square kilometre
Bangladesh
Lowest
0 ha per square kilometre
Malta
Median
3.76 ha per square kilometre
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
8,999
What the numbers show
Cereals, primary — Area harvested, per square kilometre is currently reported for 159 countries. The highest value is 95.88 ha per square kilometre in Bangladesh; the lowest is 0 ha per square kilometre in Malta.
The median across all reporting countries is 3.76 ha per square kilometre, and the mean is 7.36 ha per square kilometre.
Over the past decade 67 countries rose and 92 fell. The largest increase was in United Arab Emirates (up 4,371.4%), and the largest decrease in Saint Lucia (down 100.0%).
Cereals, primary — Area harvested, per square kilometre: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bangladesh | 95.88 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 2 | India | 34.88 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.7% | flat |
| 3 | Denmark | 30.86 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 4 | Hungary | 26.36 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 5 | Burundi | 26.31 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 213.3% | volatile |
| 6 | Thailand | 24.71 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 7 | Philippines | 24.67 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 8 | Togo | 23.51 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 9 | Poland | 23.47 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 10 | Nepal | 23.26 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 11 | Romania | 22.47 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 12 | Cambodia | 22.17 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.9% | rising |
| 13 | Malawi | 21.88 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 14 | Benin | 21.55 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 100.6% | rising |
| 15 | Lithuania | 21.48 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 16 | Rwanda | 21.38 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 17 | Serbia | 21.1 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.3% | falling |
| 18 | Sri Lanka | 20.16 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 19 | Nigeria | 19.89 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 20 | Pakistan | 18.99 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 21 | Ukraine | 18.35 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 31.6% | rising |
| 22 | Bulgaria | 18.24 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 23 | Germany | 17.34 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 24 | Czechia | 17.07 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 25 | France | 16.39 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.4% | flat |
| 26 | Guinea | 15.73 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 34.0% | volatile |
| 27 | Burkina Faso | 15.41 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 28 | El Salvador | 15.31 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 17.5% | rising |
| 29 | Uganda | 14.57 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 66.3% | rising |
| 30 | Slovakia | 14.44 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 31 | Sierra Leone | 13.81 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 28.9% | rising |
| 32 | Latvia | 12.27 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 32.2% | rising |
| 33 | Myanmar | 11.42 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 34 | Azerbaijan | 11.33 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.7% | rising |
| 35 | Haiti | 11.29 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 46.2% | flat |
| 36 | Gambia | 11.23 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 51.6% | volatile |
| 37 | Guatemala | 11.23 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 33.5% | rising |
| 38 | Spain | 10.9 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 39 | China | 10.65 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.9% | flat |
| 40 | Belgium | 10.65 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.0% | flat |
| 41 | Ethiopia | 10.51 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 42 | Luxembourg | 10.38 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 43 | Italy | 10.33 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 44 | Senegal | 10.21 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 73.9% | rising |
| 45 | Ghana | 9.74 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 36.3% | rising |
| 46 | Belarus | 9.66 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 47 | Croatia | 9.64 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 48 | Austria | 9 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 49 | Morocco | 8.51 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 29.7% | rising |
| 50 | Estonia | 8.24 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 51 | Niger | 8.18 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 52 | Guinea-Bissau | 7.78 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 53 | Lebanon | 6.88 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.5% | falling |
| 54 | Indonesia | 6.71 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 18.5% | rising |
| 55 | Greece | 6.38 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 56 | Comoros | 6.13 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 53.0% | falling |
| 57 | North Macedonia | 6.08 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 58 | Kazakhstan | 6.03 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.4% | falling |
| 59 | Argentina | 5.99 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 49.3% | rising |
| 60 | Lesotho | 5.86 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 27.3% | falling |
| 61 | Slovenia | 5.27 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.1% | flat |
| 62 | Mali | 5.15 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 35.9% | volatile |
| 63 | Japan | 5.05 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 64 | Kenya | 5.04 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 65 | Albania | 4.95 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 66 | Sudan | 4.9 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.8% | rising |
| 67 | Uruguay | 4.9 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.0% | flat |
| 68 | Dominican Republic | 4.78 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 69 | Cameroon | 4.59 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 70 | Iraq | 4.51 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 35.4% | rising |
| 71 | Mexico | 4.47 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.4% | rising |
| 72 | Armenia | 4.31 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 30.7% | falling |
| 73 | Mozambique | 4.24 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 31.6% | rising |
| 74 | Eswatini | 4.17 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 75 | Zimbabwe | 4.06 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.0% | rising |
| 76 | Eritrea | 3.95 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 77 | Ireland | 3.91 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 78 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3.87 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 34.7% | falling |
| 79 | Paraguay | 3.83 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.6% | volatile |
| 80 | Madagascar | 3.76 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 75.1% | rising |
| 81 | Honduras | 3.68 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 82 | Afghanistan | 3.6 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 83 | Switzerland | 3.59 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 84 | Brazil | 3.49 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 39.7% | rising |
| 85 | Uzbekistan | 3.36 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.9% | flat |
| 86 | Egypt | 3.25 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 87 | Kyrgyzstan | 3.11 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 88 | Israel | 3.09 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 89 | Palestine, State of | 3.05 ha per square kilometre | 2022 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 90 | Tunisia | 3.03 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 59.7% | falling |
| 91 | Finland | 2.99 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 92 | Liberia | 2.96 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 27.5% | rising |
| 93 | Nicaragua | 2.91 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 36.0% | rising |
| 94 | Ecuador | 2.76 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 27.2% | rising |
| 95 | South Africa | 2.75 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 96 | Tajikistan | 2.69 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.4% | rising |
| 97 | Cyprus | 2.66 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.1% | volatile |
| 98 | Chad | 2.56 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.2% | volatile |
| 99 | Angola | 2.5 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 51.8% | volatile |
| 100 | Sweden | 2.38 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 101 | Georgia | 2.24 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 30.2% | falling |
| 102 | Zambia | 2.1 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 39.7% | rising |
| 103 | Australia | 2.08 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.9% | rising |
| 104 | Portugal | 2.06 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 39.9% | volatile |
| 105 | Malaysia | 1.87 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.5% | flat |
| 106 | Canada | 1.83 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.5% | falling |
| 107 | Belize | 1.82 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 34.1% | rising |
| 108 | Turkmenistan | 1.75 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.4% | rising |
| 109 | South Sudan | 1.75 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 110 | Panama | 1.49 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 26.4% | falling |
| 111 | Cuba | 1.42 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 60.9% | rising |
| 112 | Grenada | 1.15 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 113 | Algeria | 1.07 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 114 | Yemen | 1.03 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 36.4% | falling |
| 115 | Colombia | 0.9986 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 116 | Peru | 0.902 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.8% | rising |
| 117 | Norway | 0.7786 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 118 | Guyana | 0.7679 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.9% | rising |
| 119 | Somalia | 0.5637 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 120 | Central African Republic | 0.5532 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 147.0% | rising |
| 121 | Bhutan | 0.53 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 61.9% | falling |
| 122 | Chile | 0.5267 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 32.4% | falling |
| 123 | Jordan | 0.5156 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 24.7% | volatile |
| 124 | New Zealand | 0.4416 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 125 | Namibia | 0.4169 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 81.8% | rising |
| 126 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.4094 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.2% | volatile |
| 127 | Costa Rica | 0.3674 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 74.2% | falling |
| 128 | Suriname | 0.3235 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.9% | rising |
| 129 | Mauritania | 0.3097 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 130 | Maldives | 0.2819 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.8% | volatile |
| 131 | Mongolia | 0.233 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 23.7% | falling |
| 132 | Jamaica | 0.1855 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 19.5% | volatile |
| 133 | Libya | 0.1758 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 32.9% | falling |
| 134 | Dominica | 0.1533 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 135 | Montenegro | 0.1533 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 136 | Botswana | 0.1512 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.7% | flat |
| 137 | Saudi Arabia | 0.1497 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 95.7% | volatile |
| 138 | Kuwait | 0.1282 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 23.5% | volatile |
| 139 | Vanuatu | 0.1276 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 140 | Puerto Rico | 0.1256 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2,552.4% | volatile |
| 141 | Fiji | 0.1224 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 142 | Gabon | 0.1169 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.1% | volatile |
| 143 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.1154 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 87.5% | volatile |
| 144 | Congo | 0.1009 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 145 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0651 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 86.7% | volatile |
| 146 | Mauritius | 0.0646 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 67.5% | volatile |
| 147 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0614 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 40.0% | rising |
| 148 | Solomon Islands | 0.0531 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.8% | volatile |
| 149 | Barbados | 0.0349 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 87.5% | volatile |
| 150 | Iceland | 0.0313 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 115.9% | rising |
| 151 | Oman | 0.025 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 37.4% | rising |
| 152 | New Caledonia | 0.0177 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 70.4% | rising |
| 153 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0132 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4,371.4% | volatile |
| 154 | Qatar | 0.0105 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 69.0% | volatile |
| 155 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0086 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 156 | Bahamas | 0.0079 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 15.1% | volatile |
| 157 | Djibouti | 0.0004 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 158 | Saint Lucia | 0 ha per square kilometre | 1980 | down 100.0% | rising |
| 158 | Malta | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 5.7 ha per square kilometre
How this figure is calculated
Cereals, primary — Area harvested 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.
Cereals, primary — Area harvested ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Cereals, primary — Area harvested Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- 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
Cereals, primary — Area harvested 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.