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Cropland and pasture per person by country

Pasture – land used for livestock grazing – and cropland are measured in hectares per person. The sum of pasture and cropland is the total land used for agriculture.

Countries reporting
177
Highest
2.18
Australia
Lowest
0
Falkland Islands
Median
0.1523
Years covered
211
1800–2010
Data points
3,796

What the numbers show

Cropland and pasture per person is currently reported for 177 countries. The highest value is 2.18 in Australia; the lowest is 0 in Falkland Islands.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.1523, and the mean is 0.2038.

Over the past decade 23 countries rose and 138 fell. The largest increase was in Latvia (up 17.9%), and the largest decrease in New Caledonia (down 70.6%).

Cropland and pasture per person: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Australia 2.18 2010 down 9.3% volatile
2 Kazakhstan 1.46 2010 down 6.3% volatile
3 Canada 1.38 2010 down 9.0% volatile
4 Russia 0.7434 2010 down 0.1% falling
5 Argentina 0.7405 2010 down 2.5% rising
6 Ukraine 0.715 2010 up 5.3% falling
7 Paraguay 0.638 2010 up 12.7% rising
8 Niger 0.6288 2010 down 28.9% falling
9 New Zealand 0.5905 2010 down 6.9% volatile
10 United States 0.551 2010 down 9.8% falling
11 Belarus 0.5446 2010 down 8.4% falling
12 South Sudan 0.5261 2010 down 21.1% rising
13 Turkmenistan 0.4853 2010 down 0.9% falling
14 Guyana 0.4762 2010 up 1.0% falling
15 Moldova 0.4718 2010 up 0.8% falling
16 Central African Republic 0.4617 2010 down 15.2% rising
17 Hungary 0.43 2010 up 1.5% falling
18 Mongolia 0.4101 2010 down 7.1% rising
19 Romania 0.3704 2010 up 0.9% falling
20 Chad 0.3673 2010 down 18.5% falling
21 Sudan 0.3661 2010 down 4.3% rising
22 Turkey 0.3594 2010 down 12.7% falling
23 Lithuania 0.3585 2010 down 33.3% falling
24 Burkina Faso 0.351 2010 down 8.1% falling
25 Latvia 0.3467 2010 up 17.9% falling
26 Tunisia 0.3466 2010 down 10.5% flat
27 Cambodia 0.3344 2010 down 3.5% rising
28 Cameroon 0.3324 2010 down 23.9% falling
29 Bulgaria 0.3303 2010 down 3.8% falling
30 Montenegro 0.3257 2010 up 12.1% volatile
31 Uruguay 0.3128 2010 down 7.1% falling
32 Serbia 0.3053 2010 up 3.8% falling
33 Libya 0.299 2010 down 14.0% falling
34 Spain 0.2925 2010 down 13.0% falling
35 North Macedonia 0.2895 2010 down 2.1% falling
36 Senegal 0.2856 2010 down 11.6% flat
37 Brazil 0.2849 2010 down 5.3% volatile
38 Cote d'Ivoire 0.2816 2010 down 9.0% rising
39 Togo 0.2801 2010 down 19.8% falling
40 Zambia 0.2759 2010 down 21.9% falling
41 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.2645 2010 down 3.9% falling
42 Georgia 0.2625 2010 up 6.0% falling
43 Afghanistan 0.2611 2010 down 28.5% rising
44 Czechia 0.2572 2010 down 4.9% rising
45 Thailand 0.2568 2010 down 7.6% rising
46 Croatia 0.2509 2010 down 27.5% falling
47 Iran 0.2496 2010 up 0.6% falling
48 Syria 0.247 2010 down 20.4% falling
49 Benin 0.243 2010 down 15.8% falling
50 Kyrgyzstan 0.2322 2010 down 13.0% falling
51 Bhutan 0.2302 2010 down 7.6% falling
52 Cuba 0.2288 2010 up 4.4% volatile
53 Azerbaijan 0.2277 2010 down 8.9% falling
54 France 0.2276 2010 down 5.8% falling
55 Malaysia 0.225 2010 down 5.8% falling
56 Morocco 0.2238 2010 down 14.8% falling
57 South Africa 0.2218 2010 down 11.0% volatile
58 Nigeria 0.2198 2010 down 15.7% falling
59 Guinea-Bissau 0.2161 2010 down 9.6% rising
60 Botswana 0.214 2010 down 14.7% falling
61 Bolivia 0.2123 2010 down 10.0% falling
62 Zimbabwe 0.2101 2010 down 1.6% flat
63 Iraq 0.2091 2010 down 18.2% falling
64 Myanmar 0.2058 2010 down 4.3% falling
65 Gabon 0.2053 2010 down 24.8% falling
66 Uganda 0.2049 2010 down 20.2% falling
67 Denmark 0.2006 2010 down 5.9% falling
68 Namibia 0.1966 2010 down 18.7% falling
69 Armenia 0.1956 2010 up 3.2% falling
70 Algeria 0.1953 2010 down 12.7% falling
71 Mexico 0.1953 2010 down 11.8% falling
72 Nicaragua 0.1941 2010 down 6.1% falling
73 Albania 0.1915 2010 up 3.3% falling
74 Mauritania 0.1905 2010 down 14.9% falling
75 Uzbekistan 0.1793 2010 down 10.9% falling
76 Poland 0.1762 2010 down 14.4% falling
77 Malawi 0.1723 2010 down 6.3% falling
78 Ghana 0.1715 2010 down 13.8% falling
79 Honduras 0.1692 2010 down 20.0% falling
80 Mali 0.1682 2010 down 20.8% falling
81 Tanzania 0.1668 2010 down 18.7% falling
82 Mozambique 0.1608 2010 down 13.0% falling
83 Greece 0.1585 2010 down 3.6% falling
84 Lesotho 0.1572 2010 up 5.8% rising
85 Tajikistan 0.1568 2010 down 17.4% falling
86 Gambia 0.1548 2010 down 9.1% falling
87 Angola 0.1536 2010 down 24.6% rising
88 Rwanda 0.1531 2010 down 14.6% flat
89 Portugal 0.1523 2010 down 18.6% falling
90 Eswatini 0.1487 2010 down 4.5% rising
91 Belize 0.1472 2010 down 11.6% falling
92 Ethiopia 0.146 2010 down 11.3% falling
93 Slovakia 0.1458 2010 down 13.0% falling
94 Guinea 0.1447 2010 down 2.2% falling
95 Burundi 0.143 2010 down 24.9% flat
96 Ecuador 0.1427 2010 down 23.8% falling
97 Kenya 0.1348 2010 down 14.4% falling
98 Laos 0.1333 2010 down 2.0% falling
99 India 0.1314 2010 down 14.1% falling
100 Somalia 0.1305 2010 down 11.2% rising
101 Madagascar 0.1291 2010 down 22.5% falling
102 Suriname 0.1275 2010 up 1.7% falling
103 Liberia 0.1267 2010 down 23.0% falling
104 Equatorial Guinea 0.1231 2010 down 38.8% falling
105 Eritrea 0.1161 2010 down 26.1% falling
106 Brunei 0.1155 2010 up 5.3% volatile
107 Peru 0.1147 2010 down 5.4% falling
108 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.1146 2010 down 26.8% falling
109 Italy 0.1138 2010 down 14.9% falling
110 China 0.1137 2010 up 3.5% falling
111 Austria 0.1137 2010 down 9.8% falling
112 Pakistan 0.1136 2010 down 19.2% falling
113 Congo 0.1125 2010 down 30.2% falling
114 Indonesia 0.1119 2010 up 1.9% rising
115 El Salvador 0.11 2010 down 4.8% falling
116 Ireland 0.1081 2010 down 3.4% falling
117 Chile 0.1061 2010 down 27.5% falling
118 Panama 0.1052 2010 down 9.1% rising
119 Sierra Leone 0.1043 2010 down 14.0% falling
120 Guatemala 0.1025 2010 down 16.4% falling
121 Nepal 0.0956 2010 down 10.1% falling
122 Germany 0.0934 2010 down 0.8% falling
123 Venezuela 0.0858 2010 down 14.7% volatile
124 North Korea 0.0759 2010 up 1.7% falling
125 Belgium 0.0752 2010 up 3.4% falling
126 Haiti 0.0715 2010 down 14.4% falling
127 Vietnam 0.0693 2010 down 1.5% falling
128 Dominican Republic 0.0625 2010 down 16.0% falling
129 Yemen 0.0619 2010 down 22.0% falling
130 Luxembourg 0.0612 2010 down 21.7% falling
131 Sweden 0.0603 2010 down 5.2% falling
132 United Kingdom 0.0591 2010 down 12.3% falling
133 Bangladesh 0.0585 2010 down 13.2% falling
134 Slovenia 0.0582 2010 down 10.4% falling
135 Papua New Guinea 0.0577 2010 down 6.1% rising
136 Colombia 0.0573 2010 down 31.6% volatile
137 Sri Lanka 0.0572 2010 down 10.8% rising
138 Israel 0.0542 2010 down 18.9% volatile
139 Costa Rica 0.0539 2010 down 6.7% falling
140 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0522 2010 down 3.7% rising
141 Philippines 0.0443 2010 down 14.5% rising
142 Switzerland 0.0408 2010 down 9.1% falling
143 Lebanon 0.0376 2010 down 23.3% falling
144 Oman 0.0372 2010 down 0.1% falling
145 Egypt 0.0367 2010 down 8.2% falling
146 Netherlands 0.0362 2010 down 1.4% falling
147 South Korea 0.0226 2010 down 11.7% falling
148 Taiwan 0.0218 2010 down 0.9% rising
149 Jordan 0.0214 2010 down 44.6% falling
150 Palestine 0.0189 2010 down 26.9% falling
151 Japan 0.0179 2010 down 14.2% falling
152 United Arab Emirates 0.008 2010 down 52.7% falling
153 Cyprus 0.0077 2010 down 41.1% falling
154 Fiji 0.0051 2010 down 5.7% falling
155 Qatar 0.0047 2010 down 61.0% falling
156 Western Sahara 0.0042 2010 down 32.7% volatile
157 Solomon Islands 0.0027 2010 down 21.8% falling
158 Kuwait 0.0023 2010 up 8.8% falling
159 Saudi Arabia 0.0017 2010 down 13.9% volatile
160 Puerto Rico 0.0009 2010 up 2.5% falling
161 New Caledonia 0.0007 2010 down 70.6% volatile
163 Bahamas 0 2010 — flat
163 Comoros 0 2010 — flat
163 Cape Verde 0 2010 — flat
163 Cayman Islands 0 2010 — flat
163 Hong Kong 0 2010 — flat
163 Jamaica 0 2010 — flat
163 Kiribati 0 2010 — flat
163 Mauritius 0 2010 — flat
163 French Polynesia 0 2010 — flat
163 Sao Tome and Principe 0 2010 — flat
163 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 2010 — flat
163 United States Virgin Islands 0 2010 — flat
163 Vanuatu 0 2010 — flat
163 Samoa 0 2010 — flat
163 Cook Islands 0 2010 — flat
163 Falkland Islands 0 2010 — flat

About this data

Indicator
Cropland and pasture per person
Source
Taylor and Rising, and United Nations (2021) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
178 places, 3,796 data points, 1800–2010
Last refreshed

Pasture – land used for livestock grazing – and cropland are measured in hectares per person. The sum of pasture and cropland is the total land used for agriculture.