Cropland per person over the long-term by country
Total cropland area for per person each separate country over time.
Countries reporting
194
Highest
1.64 hectares per person
Kazakhstan
Lowest
0 hectares per person
Netherlands Antilles
Median
0.1582 hectares per person
Years covered
1026
1000–2025
Data points
21,784
What the numbers show
Cropland per person over the long-term is currently reported for 194 countries. The highest value is 1.64 hectares per person in Kazakhstan; the lowest is 0 hectares per person in Netherlands Antilles.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.1582 hectares per person, and the mean is 0.2236 hectares per person.
Over the past decade 36 countries rose and 156 fell. The largest increase was in Lesotho (up 80.2%), and the largest decrease in Aruba (down 100.0%).
Cropland per person over the long-term: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kazakhstan | 1.64 hectares per person | 2025 | down 7.4% | volatile |
| 2 | Australia | 1.13 hectares per person | 2025 | down 10.5% | volatile |
| 3 | Argentina | 1.03 hectares per person | 2025 | up 5.9% | volatile |
| 4 | Canada | 0.962 hectares per person | 2025 | down 10.0% | volatile |
| 5 | Russia | 0.8767 hectares per person | 2025 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 6 | Ukraine | 0.8044 hectares per person | 2025 | up 5.6% | falling |
| 7 | Lithuania | 0.7938 hectares per person | 2025 | up 17.1% | falling |
| 8 | Niger | 0.69 hectares per person | 2025 | down 23.9% | falling |
| 9 | Latvia | 0.6544 hectares per person | 2025 | up 13.8% | falling |
| 10 | Moldova | 0.6506 hectares per person | 2025 | up 11.3% | falling |
| 11 | Belarus | 0.6143 hectares per person | 2025 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 12 | Paraguay | 0.6065 hectares per person | 2025 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 13 | Uruguay | 0.5981 hectares per person | 2025 | down 17.6% | rising |
| 14 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.5872 hectares per person | 2025 | up 11.8% | falling |
| 15 | Namibia | 0.582 hectares per person | 2025 | down 11.6% | volatile |
| 16 | Guyana | 0.5811 hectares per person | 2025 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 17 | Central African Republic | 0.5673 hectares per person | 2025 | up 38.5% | rising |
| 18 | Estonia | 0.5538 hectares per person | 2025 | up 9.0% | falling |
| 19 | Guinea | 0.552 hectares per person | 2025 | up 8.4% | falling |
| 20 | Bulgaria | 0.5407 hectares per person | 2025 | up 6.5% | falling |
| 21 | Bolivia | 0.5205 hectares per person | 2025 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 22 | United States | 0.4605 hectares per person | 2025 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 23 | Sudan | 0.4586 hectares per person | 2025 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 24 | Vanuatu | 0.4534 hectares per person | 2025 | down 16.6% | volatile |
| 25 | Hungary | 0.4226 hectares per person | 2025 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 26 | Tunisia | 0.4181 hectares per person | 2025 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 27 | Romania | 0.4071 hectares per person | 2025 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 28 | Mali | 0.4003 hectares per person | 2025 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 29 | Denmark | 0.3961 hectares per person | 2025 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 30 | Finland | 0.3916 hectares per person | 2025 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 31 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 0.3887 hectares per person | 2025 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 32 | Belize | 0.3834 hectares per person | 2025 | up 9.7% | falling |
| 33 | Burkina Faso | 0.3788 hectares per person | 2025 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 34 | Montserrat | 0.3748 hectares per person | 2025 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 35 | Togo | 0.3582 hectares per person | 2025 | down 15.5% | volatile |
| 36 | Benin | 0.3448 hectares per person | 2025 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 37 | Spain | 0.3363 hectares per person | 2025 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 38 | Tonga | 0.3294 hectares per person | 2025 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 39 | Cuba | 0.3271 hectares per person | 2025 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 40 | Turkmenistan | 0.3184 hectares per person | 2025 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 41 | Thailand | 0.3155 hectares per person | 2025 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 42 | Iceland | 0.3095 hectares per person | 2025 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 43 | Poland | 0.306 hectares per person | 2025 | up 4.0% | falling |
| 44 | Cambodia | 0.3014 hectares per person | 2025 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 45 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.3003 hectares per person | 2025 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 46 | Mongolia | 0.2993 hectares per person | 2025 | down 33.8% | falling |
| 47 | France | 0.2982 hectares per person | 2025 | down 0.8% | volatile |
| 48 | Chad | 0.2965 hectares per person | 2025 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 49 | Turkey | 0.287 hectares per person | 2025 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 50 | Brazil | 0.2864 hectares per person | 2025 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 51 | Cameroon | 0.2814 hectares per person | 2025 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 52 | Nicaragua | 0.2742 hectares per person | 2025 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 53 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.2684 hectares per person | 2025 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 54 | Morocco | 0.2627 hectares per person | 2025 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 55 | Libya | 0.2601 hectares per person | 2025 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 56 | Myanmar | 0.2455 hectares per person | 2025 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 57 | Tanzania | 0.2424 hectares per person | 2025 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 58 | Slovakia | 0.2414 hectares per person | 2025 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 59 | Sweden | 0.2384 hectares per person | 2025 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 60 | Malaysia | 0.2364 hectares per person | 2025 | down 12.5% | flat |
| 61 | Senegal | 0.2353 hectares per person | 2025 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 62 | Croatia | 0.2319 hectares per person | 2025 | up 10.3% | falling |
| 63 | Ghana | 0.2298 hectares per person | 2025 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 64 | Azerbaijan | 0.2288 hectares per person | 2025 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 65 | Zimbabwe | 0.2282 hectares per person | 2025 | down 12.4% | rising |
| 66 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.2271 hectares per person | 2025 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 67 | Czechia | 0.226 hectares per person | 2025 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 68 | Gabon | 0.2184 hectares per person | 2025 | down 16.3% | rising |
| 69 | South Africa | 0.2184 hectares per person | 2025 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 70 | Sierra Leone | 0.2176 hectares per person | 2025 | down 18.0% | volatile |
| 71 | Peru | 0.2158 hectares per person | 2025 | up 11.3% | falling |
| 72 | Greece | 0.2118 hectares per person | 2025 | down 27.6% | falling |
| 73 | North Macedonia | 0.21 hectares per person | 2025 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 74 | Iran | 0.2082 hectares per person | 2025 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 75 | Syria | 0.2058 hectares per person | 2025 | down 19.1% | volatile |
| 76 | Albania | 0.2056 hectares per person | 2025 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 77 | Nigeria | 0.2027 hectares per person | 2025 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 78 | Zambia | 0.2003 hectares per person | 2025 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 79 | Laos | 0.1985 hectares per person | 2025 | down 23.9% | rising |
| 80 | Mozambique | 0.197 hectares per person | 2025 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 81 | Samoa | 0.1918 hectares per person | 2025 | down 41.5% | rising |
| 82 | Indonesia | 0.1894 hectares per person | 2025 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 83 | Malawi | 0.1888 hectares per person | 2025 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 84 | Algeria | 0.1882 hectares per person | 2025 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 85 | Gambia | 0.1868 hectares per person | 2025 | down 20.0% | volatile |
| 86 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.1788 hectares per person | 2025 | down 16.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.1785 hectares per person | 2025 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 88 | Portugal | 0.1775 hectares per person | 2025 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 89 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.1771 hectares per person | 2025 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 90 | Lesotho | 0.177 hectares per person | 2025 | up 80.2% | falling |
| 91 | Eritrea | 0.1763 hectares per person | 2025 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 92 | Afghanistan | 0.1754 hectares per person | 2025 | down 19.1% | volatile |
| 93 | Honduras | 0.1735 hectares per person | 2025 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 94 | Uganda | 0.1726 hectares per person | 2025 | down 25.2% | falling |
| 95 | Armenia | 0.1687 hectares per person | 2025 | up 8.1% | volatile |
| 96 | Mexico | 0.1687 hectares per person | 2025 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 97 | Angola | 0.1596 hectares per person | 2025 | down 17.9% | rising |
| 98 | Austria | 0.1567 hectares per person | 2025 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 99 | Italy | 0.1563 hectares per person | 2025 | up 4.6% | volatile |
| 100 | Panama | 0.1556 hectares per person | 2025 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 101 | Solomon Islands | 0.1551 hectares per person | 2025 | down 13.7% | volatile |
| 102 | Ethiopia | 0.1523 hectares per person | 2025 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 103 | Fiji | 0.1502 hectares per person | 2025 | down 6.6% | rising |
| 104 | Guatemala | 0.1461 hectares per person | 2025 | down 11.5% | volatile |
| 105 | Germany | 0.1446 hectares per person | 2025 | down 1.7% | volatile |
| 106 | Uzbekistan | 0.1419 hectares per person | 2025 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 107 | Eswatini | 0.1417 hectares per person | 2025 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 108 | Norway | 0.1414 hectares per person | 2025 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 109 | Ecuador | 0.1402 hectares per person | 2025 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 110 | El Salvador | 0.138 hectares per person | 2025 | down 1.4% | volatile |
| 111 | Papua New Guinea | 0.1367 hectares per person | 2025 | down 8.9% | volatile |
| 112 | Pakistan | 0.1353 hectares per person | 2025 | down 17.4% | volatile |
| 113 | Burundi | 0.1334 hectares per person | 2025 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 114 | Tajikistan | 0.1333 hectares per person | 2025 | down 0.8% | volatile |
| 115 | New Zealand | 0.1327 hectares per person | 2025 | up 12.2% | volatile |
| 116 | East Timor | 0.1261 hectares per person | 2025 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 117 | Comoros | 0.1254 hectares per person | 2025 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 118 | Madagascar | 0.125 hectares per person | 2025 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 119 | Kenya | 0.1226 hectares per person | 2025 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 120 | Iraq | 0.1218 hectares per person | 2025 | down 16.3% | volatile |
| 121 | Vietnam | 0.1193 hectares per person | 2025 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 122 | Congo | 0.1172 hectares per person | 2025 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 123 | India | 0.1143 hectares per person | 2025 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 124 | Slovenia | 0.1126 hectares per person | 2025 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 125 | Rwanda | 0.1112 hectares per person | 2025 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 126 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.1078 hectares per person | 2025 | down 9.0% | rising |
| 127 | Dominican Republic | 0.1063 hectares per person | 2025 | down 9.1% | rising |
| 128 | Dominica | 0.1057 hectares per person | 2025 | down 4.6% | volatile |
| 129 | Botswana | 0.1053 hectares per person | 2025 | down 11.2% | volatile |
| 130 | Liberia | 0.105 hectares per person | 2025 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 131 | Sri Lanka | 0.1034 hectares per person | 2025 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 132 | Luxembourg | 0.1005 hectares per person | 2025 | down 14.0% | volatile |
| 133 | Haiti | 0.0997 hectares per person | 2025 | down 33.4% | volatile |
| 134 | North Korea | 0.0991 hectares per person | 2025 | down 4.5% | volatile |
| 135 | Mauritania | 0.099 hectares per person | 2025 | down 16.9% | volatile |
| 136 | China | 0.0974 hectares per person | 2025 | down 1.2% | volatile |
| 137 | Chile | 0.0974 hectares per person | 2025 | down 13.5% | volatile |
| 138 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0958 hectares per person | 2025 | down 17.6% | volatile |
| 139 | Philippines | 0.0955 hectares per person | 2025 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 140 | Colombia | 0.0953 hectares per person | 2025 | up 27.5% | volatile |
| 141 | Venezuela | 0.0942 hectares per person | 2025 | down 11.2% | volatile |
| 142 | Cape Verde | 0.0936 hectares per person | 2025 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 143 | Somalia | 0.0927 hectares per person | 2025 | down 15.3% | volatile |
| 144 | Costa Rica | 0.0914 hectares per person | 2025 | down 18.0% | volatile |
| 145 | Cyprus | 0.0896 hectares per person | 2025 | down 16.6% | volatile |
| 146 | United Kingdom | 0.0879 hectares per person | 2025 | down 7.0% | volatile |
| 147 | Georgia | 0.0849 hectares per person | 2025 | down 24.5% | volatile |
| 148 | Ireland | 0.0827 hectares per person | 2025 | down 11.9% | volatile |
| 149 | Belgium | 0.0782 hectares per person | 2025 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 150 | Suriname | 0.0768 hectares per person | 2025 | down 40.6% | volatile |
| 151 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0683 hectares per person | 2025 | down 21.2% | volatile |
| 152 | Grenada | 0.067 hectares per person | 2025 | down 11.2% | rising |
| 153 | Jamaica | 0.0658 hectares per person | 2025 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 154 | Lebanon | 0.0615 hectares per person | 2025 | up 1.8% | volatile |
| 155 | Netherlands | 0.0583 hectares per person | 2025 | down 8.5% | volatile |
| 156 | Bhutan | 0.0578 hectares per person | 2025 | down 59.1% | flat |
| 157 | American Samoa | 0.0571 hectares per person | 2025 | up 16.6% | volatile |
| 158 | Saint Lucia | 0.0519 hectares per person | 2025 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 159 | Bangladesh | 0.0518 hectares per person | 2025 | down 4.7% | volatile |
| 160 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0513 hectares per person | 2025 | down 4.4% | volatile |
| 161 | Switzerland | 0.0505 hectares per person | 2025 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 162 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0493 hectares per person | 2025 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 163 | Nepal | 0.0481 hectares per person | 2025 | down 28.5% | falling |
| 164 | Guadeloupe | 0.0436 hectares per person | 2025 | down 28.3% | volatile |
| 165 | Liechtenstein | 0.0432 hectares per person | 2025 | down 10.7% | volatile |
| 166 | Martinique | 0.0407 hectares per person | 2025 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 167 | French Guiana | 0.0404 hectares per person | 2025 | down 44.5% | volatile |
| 168 | Yemen | 0.0402 hectares per person | 2025 | down 21.3% | volatile |
| 169 | Egypt | 0.0388 hectares per person | 2025 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 170 | Japan | 0.0347 hectares per person | 2025 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 171 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0344 hectares per person | 2025 | down 1.2% | volatile |
| 172 | Jordan | 0.0339 hectares per person | 2025 | down 23.5% | volatile |
| 173 | Oman | 0.0318 hectares per person | 2025 | up 18.2% | volatile |
| 174 | New Caledonia | 0.0314 hectares per person | 2025 | down 12.3% | volatile |
| 175 | South Korea | 0.0299 hectares per person | 2025 | down 13.3% | volatile |
| 176 | Israel | 0.0291 hectares per person | 2025 | down 3.9% | volatile |
| 177 | Barbados | 0.0285 hectares per person | 2025 | down 9.9% | rising |
| 178 | Bahamas | 0.0271 hectares per person | 2025 | down 8.0% | volatile |
| 179 | Reunion | 0.0219 hectares per person | 2025 | down 49.0% | falling |
| 180 | Brunei | 0.0203 hectares per person | 2025 | down 13.3% | volatile |
| 181 | United States Virgin Islands | 0.0196 hectares per person | 2025 | down 48.1% | volatile |
| 182 | Puerto Rico | 0.0186 hectares per person | 2025 | down 9.2% | volatile |
| 183 | Mauritius | 0.0162 hectares per person | 2025 | down 45.3% | volatile |
| 184 | Malta | 0.016 hectares per person | 2025 | down 33.5% | volatile |
| 185 | Andorra | 0.0088 hectares per person | 2025 | down 15.2% | volatile |
| 186 | Qatar | 0.0086 hectares per person | 2025 | down 11.9% | volatile |
| 187 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0081 hectares per person | 2025 | down 8.7% | volatile |
| 188 | Djibouti | 0.0047 hectares per person | 2025 | up 56.9% | volatile |
| 189 | Kuwait | 0.0035 hectares per person | 2025 | down 17.1% | volatile |
| 190 | Bahrain | 0.0019 hectares per person | 2025 | down 29.5% | volatile |
| 191 | Aruba | 0 hectares per person | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 191 | Singapore | 0 hectares per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 191 | Taiwan | 0 hectares per person | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 191 | Netherlands Antilles | 0 hectares per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
About this data
Total cropland area for per person each separate country over time.