Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita by country
Cropland extent over the long-term 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
186
Highest
1.43 hectares per person
Kazakhstan
Lowest
0 hectares per person
Singapore
Median
0.1564 hectares per person
Years covered
66
1960–2025
Data points
12,474
What the numbers show
Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita is currently reported for 186 countries. The highest value is 1.43 hectares per person in Kazakhstan; the lowest is 0 hectares per person in Singapore.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.1564 hectares per person, and the mean is 0.2232 hectares per person.
Over the past decade 39 countries rose and 146 fell. The largest increase was in Lesotho (up 72.8%), and the largest decrease in Aruba (down 100.0%).
Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kazakhstan | 1.43 hectares per person | 2025 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 2 | Australia | 1.16 hectares per person | 2025 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 3 | Argentina | 1.01 hectares per person | 2025 | up 6.2% | falling |
| 4 | Canada | 0.914 hectares per person | 2025 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 5 | Ukraine | 0.867 hectares per person | 2025 | up 17.9% | flat |
| 6 | Russia | 0.8601 hectares per person | 2025 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 7 | Lithuania | 0.8573 hectares per person | 2025 | up 13.1% | falling |
| 8 | Moldova | 0.8329 hectares per person | 2025 | up 19.7% | falling |
| 9 | Latvia | 0.7728 hectares per person | 2025 | up 23.6% | falling |
| 10 | Paraguay | 0.6888 hectares per person | 2025 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 11 | Niger | 0.6381 hectares per person | 2025 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 12 | Belarus | 0.6148 hectares per person | 2025 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 13 | Uruguay | 0.6075 hectares per person | 2025 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 14 | Bulgaria | 0.5626 hectares per person | 2025 | up 7.9% | flat |
| 15 | Central African Republic | 0.5488 hectares per person | 2025 | up 32.5% | falling |
| 16 | Guyana | 0.5382 hectares per person | 2025 | down 8.9% | rising |
| 17 | Estonia | 0.5317 hectares per person | 2025 | up 3.2% | falling |
| 18 | Namibia | 0.5257 hectares per person | 2025 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 19 | Bolivia | 0.4952 hectares per person | 2025 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 20 | United States | 0.4694 hectares per person | 2025 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 21 | Guinea | 0.4594 hectares per person | 2025 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 22 | Sudan | 0.4586 hectares per person | 2025 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 23 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.4428 hectares per person | 2025 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 24 | Romania | 0.4354 hectares per person | 2025 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 25 | Vanuatu | 0.4326 hectares per person | 2025 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 26 | Hungary | 0.4268 hectares per person | 2025 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 27 | Tunisia | 0.4009 hectares per person | 2025 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 28 | Finland | 0.3975 hectares per person | 2025 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 29 | Denmark | 0.392 hectares per person | 2025 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 30 | Burkina Faso | 0.3731 hectares per person | 2025 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 31 | Mali | 0.3663 hectares per person | 2025 | down 6.9% | rising |
| 32 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.352 hectares per person | 2025 | up 9.9% | falling |
| 33 | Spain | 0.3372 hectares per person | 2025 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 34 | Belize | 0.3358 hectares per person | 2025 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 35 | Togo | 0.3282 hectares per person | 2025 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 36 | Thailand | 0.3257 hectares per person | 2025 | up 4.2% | falling |
| 37 | Cuba | 0.3256 hectares per person | 2025 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 38 | Poland | 0.3204 hectares per person | 2025 | up 7.9% | falling |
| 39 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.3104 hectares per person | 2025 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 40 | Iceland | 0.3084 hectares per person | 2025 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 41 | Eritrea | 0.3071 hectares per person | 2025 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 42 | Benin | 0.2998 hectares per person | 2025 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 43 | France | 0.2973 hectares per person | 2025 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 44 | Tonga | 0.2935 hectares per person | 2025 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 45 | Brazil | 0.2918 hectares per person | 2025 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 46 | Albania | 0.2881 hectares per person | 2025 | up 13.0% | falling |
| 47 | Turkey | 0.2821 hectares per person | 2025 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 48 | Libya | 0.2749 hectares per person | 2025 | down 12.4% | volatile |
| 49 | Mongolia | 0.2748 hectares per person | 2025 | down 37.6% | falling |
| 50 | Cambodia | 0.2724 hectares per person | 2025 | up 2.6% | falling |
| 51 | Cameroon | 0.2594 hectares per person | 2025 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 52 | Croatia | 0.2573 hectares per person | 2025 | up 16.2% | falling |
| 53 | Nicaragua | 0.2567 hectares per person | 2025 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 54 | Chad | 0.2541 hectares per person | 2025 | down 28.9% | falling |
| 55 | Slovakia | 0.2514 hectares per person | 2025 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 56 | North Macedonia | 0.2493 hectares per person | 2025 | up 5.3% | falling |
| 57 | Morocco | 0.2425 hectares per person | 2025 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 58 | Turkmenistan | 0.2424 hectares per person | 2025 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 59 | Sweden | 0.2381 hectares per person | 2025 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 60 | Greece | 0.232 hectares per person | 2025 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 61 | Azerbaijan | 0.2318 hectares per person | 2025 | up 2.8% | falling |
| 62 | Czechia | 0.2316 hectares per person | 2025 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 63 | Malaysia | 0.2303 hectares per person | 2025 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 64 | Myanmar | 0.2266 hectares per person | 2025 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 65 | Tanzania | 0.2257 hectares per person | 2025 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 66 | Ghana | 0.2165 hectares per person | 2025 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 67 | Senegal | 0.214 hectares per person | 2025 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 68 | Syria | 0.2063 hectares per person | 2025 | down 30.1% | volatile |
| 69 | Peru | 0.2012 hectares per person | 2025 | up 3.9% | falling |
| 70 | Sierra Leone | 0.1983 hectares per person | 2025 | down 20.2% | rising |
| 71 | Malawi | 0.1965 hectares per person | 2025 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 72 | Nigeria | 0.1938 hectares per person | 2025 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 73 | Iran | 0.1918 hectares per person | 2025 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 74 | South Africa | 0.1917 hectares per person | 2025 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 75 | Gabon | 0.1909 hectares per person | 2025 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 76 | Laos | 0.1874 hectares per person | 2025 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 77 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.1856 hectares per person | 2025 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 78 | Afghanistan | 0.1847 hectares per person | 2025 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 79 | Lesotho | 0.1831 hectares per person | 2025 | up 72.8% | falling |
| 80 | Samoa | 0.1802 hectares per person | 2025 | down 42.8% | falling |
| 81 | Algeria | 0.1792 hectares per person | 2025 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 82 | Indonesia | 0.1786 hectares per person | 2025 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 83 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.1786 hectares per person | 2025 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 84 | Zimbabwe | 0.1777 hectares per person | 2025 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 85 | Uganda | 0.1771 hectares per person | 2025 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 86 | Zambia | 0.1752 hectares per person | 2025 | down 23.2% | falling |
| 87 | Portugal | 0.1718 hectares per person | 2025 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 88 | Mexico | 0.168 hectares per person | 2025 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 89 | Mozambique | 0.167 hectares per person | 2025 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 90 | Italy | 0.1641 hectares per person | 2025 | up 9.2% | falling |
| 91 | Armenia | 0.1629 hectares per person | 2025 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 92 | Gambia | 0.1584 hectares per person | 2025 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 93 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.1575 hectares per person | 2025 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 94 | Eswatini | 0.1552 hectares per person | 2025 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 95 | Austria | 0.1503 hectares per person | 2025 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 96 | Honduras | 0.149 hectares per person | 2025 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 97 | Guatemala | 0.1481 hectares per person | 2025 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 98 | Fiji | 0.1465 hectares per person | 2025 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 99 | Angola | 0.1461 hectares per person | 2025 | down 24.2% | falling |
| 100 | Panama | 0.1446 hectares per person | 2025 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 101 | Norway | 0.1441 hectares per person | 2025 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 102 | Ethiopia | 0.1418 hectares per person | 2025 | down 14.4% | volatile |
| 103 | Germany | 0.1412 hectares per person | 2025 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 104 | El Salvador | 0.1384 hectares per person | 2025 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 105 | East Timor | 0.1345 hectares per person | 2025 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 106 | Comoros | 0.1337 hectares per person | 2025 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 107 | Solomon Islands | 0.1335 hectares per person | 2025 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 108 | Ecuador | 0.1315 hectares per person | 2025 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 109 | New Zealand | 0.1262 hectares per person | 2025 | up 6.7% | falling |
| 110 | Dominica | 0.123 hectares per person | 2025 | up 6.8% | falling |
| 111 | Liberia | 0.1221 hectares per person | 2025 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 112 | Burundi | 0.1198 hectares per person | 2025 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 113 | Uzbekistan | 0.1192 hectares per person | 2025 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 114 | Kenya | 0.1186 hectares per person | 2025 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 115 | Pakistan | 0.1185 hectares per person | 2025 | down 17.5% | volatile |
| 116 | Iraq | 0.1178 hectares per person | 2025 | down 16.1% | volatile |
| 117 | Rwanda | 0.1167 hectares per person | 2025 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 118 | Vietnam | 0.1164 hectares per person | 2025 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 119 | Venezuela | 0.1157 hectares per person | 2025 | up 7.2% | falling |
| 120 | Georgia | 0.1146 hectares per person | 2025 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 121 | India | 0.1139 hectares per person | 2025 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 122 | Papua New Guinea | 0.1129 hectares per person | 2025 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 123 | Congo | 0.1122 hectares per person | 2025 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 124 | Slovenia | 0.1117 hectares per person | 2025 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 125 | Madagascar | 0.11 hectares per person | 2025 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 126 | Sri Lanka | 0.109 hectares per person | 2025 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 127 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.1087 hectares per person | 2025 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 128 | Dominican Republic | 0.1069 hectares per person | 2025 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 129 | Cape Verde | 0.1024 hectares per person | 2025 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 130 | Botswana | 0.1024 hectares per person | 2025 | down 13.8% | volatile |
| 131 | Costa Rica | 0.0996 hectares per person | 2025 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 132 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0992 hectares per person | 2025 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 133 | Colombia | 0.0976 hectares per person | 2025 | up 25.1% | falling |
| 134 | Philippines | 0.0963 hectares per person | 2025 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 135 | Haiti | 0.0962 hectares per person | 2025 | down 35.8% | falling |
| 136 | North Korea | 0.0957 hectares per person | 2025 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 137 | Tajikistan | 0.0957 hectares per person | 2025 | down 14.6% | volatile |
| 138 | China | 0.0951 hectares per person | 2025 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 139 | Chile | 0.0938 hectares per person | 2025 | down 15.5% | volatile |
| 140 | Luxembourg | 0.0928 hectares per person | 2025 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 141 | Mauritania | 0.0865 hectares per person | 2025 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 142 | United Kingdom | 0.0861 hectares per person | 2025 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 143 | Cyprus | 0.0816 hectares per person | 2025 | down 20.3% | volatile |
| 144 | Ireland | 0.0796 hectares per person | 2025 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 145 | Belgium | 0.0755 hectares per person | 2025 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 146 | Suriname | 0.0711 hectares per person | 2025 | down 41.7% | falling |
| 147 | Bhutan | 0.068 hectares per person | 2025 | down 55.3% | falling |
| 148 | Jamaica | 0.0663 hectares per person | 2025 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 149 | American Samoa | 0.0648 hectares per person | 2025 | up 26.0% | falling |
| 150 | Nepal | 0.0626 hectares per person | 2025 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 151 | Grenada | 0.0597 hectares per person | 2025 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 152 | Somalia | 0.0576 hectares per person | 2025 | down 29.4% | falling |
| 153 | Netherlands | 0.0567 hectares per person | 2025 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 154 | Saint Lucia | 0.0531 hectares per person | 2025 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 155 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0531 hectares per person | 2025 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 156 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0516 hectares per person | 2025 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 157 | Bangladesh | 0.0512 hectares per person | 2025 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 158 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.05 hectares per person | 2025 | up 7.0% | falling |
| 159 | Lebanon | 0.0491 hectares per person | 2025 | up 20.0% | falling |
| 160 | Israel | 0.0465 hectares per person | 2025 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 161 | Switzerland | 0.0462 hectares per person | 2025 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 162 | Liechtenstein | 0.042 hectares per person | 2025 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 163 | Egypt | 0.0355 hectares per person | 2025 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 164 | Yemen | 0.0348 hectares per person | 2025 | down 24.4% | volatile |
| 165 | Japan | 0.0345 hectares per person | 2025 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 166 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0344 hectares per person | 2025 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 167 | New Caledonia | 0.0328 hectares per person | 2025 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 168 | South Korea | 0.0286 hectares per person | 2025 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 169 | Barbados | 0.0283 hectares per person | 2025 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 170 | Bahamas | 0.0273 hectares per person | 2025 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 171 | Jordan | 0.0263 hectares per person | 2025 | down 20.2% | volatile |
| 172 | Brunei | 0.0214 hectares per person | 2025 | down 9.5% | volatile |
| 173 | Oman | 0.0214 hectares per person | 2025 | up 7.7% | falling |
| 174 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.0213 hectares per person | 2025 | down 21.9% | volatile |
| 175 | Puerto Rico | 0.0208 hectares per person | 2025 | down 2.5% | volatile |
| 176 | Mauritius | 0.0163 hectares per person | 2025 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 177 | Malta | 0.0121 hectares per person | 2025 | down 47.3% | falling |
| 178 | United States Virgin Islands | 0.0106 hectares per person | 2025 | down 42.9% | volatile |
| 179 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0086 hectares per person | 2025 | down 11.3% | volatile |
| 180 | Andorra | 0.0083 hectares per person | 2025 | down 26.4% | volatile |
| 181 | Qatar | 0.0081 hectares per person | 2025 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 182 | Djibouti | 0.0043 hectares per person | 2025 | up 56.3% | volatile |
| 183 | Kuwait | 0.0029 hectares per person | 2025 | down 17.7% | volatile |
| 184 | Bahrain | 0.0026 hectares per person | 2025 | down 18.7% | volatile |
| 185 | Aruba | 0 hectares per person | 2025 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 185 | Singapore | 0 hectares per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
How this figure is calculated
Cropland extent over the long-term divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Cropland extent over the long-term ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Cropland extent over the long-term HYDE (2025) – with minor 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
Cropland extent over the long-term divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.