Cropland per person over the long term by country
Countries reporting
202
Highest
1.64
Kazakhstan
Lowest
0
Svalbard and Jan Mayen
Median
0.1537
Years covered
1026
1000–2025
Data points
21,784
What the numbers show
Cropland per person over the long term is currently reported for 202 countries. The highest value is 1.64 in Kazakhstan; the lowest is 0 in Svalbard and Jan Mayen.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.1537, and the mean is 0.2147.
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 | 2025 | down 7.4% | volatile |
| 2 | Australia | 1.13 | 2025 | down 10.5% | volatile |
| 3 | Argentina | 1.03 | 2025 | up 5.9% | volatile |
| 4 | Canada | 0.962 | 2025 | down 10.0% | volatile |
| 5 | Russia | 0.8767 | 2025 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 6 | Ukraine | 0.8044 | 2025 | up 5.6% | falling |
| 7 | Lithuania | 0.7938 | 2025 | up 17.1% | falling |
| 8 | Niger | 0.69 | 2025 | down 23.9% | falling |
| 9 | Latvia | 0.6544 | 2025 | up 13.8% | falling |
| 10 | Moldova | 0.6506 | 2025 | up 11.3% | falling |
| 11 | Belarus | 0.6143 | 2025 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 12 | Paraguay | 0.6065 | 2025 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 13 | Uruguay | 0.5981 | 2025 | down 17.6% | rising |
| 14 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.5872 | 2025 | up 11.8% | falling |
| 15 | Namibia | 0.582 | 2025 | down 11.6% | volatile |
| 16 | Guyana | 0.5811 | 2025 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 17 | Central African Republic | 0.5673 | 2025 | up 38.5% | rising |
| 18 | Estonia | 0.5538 | 2025 | up 9.0% | falling |
| 19 | Guinea | 0.552 | 2025 | up 8.4% | falling |
| 20 | Bulgaria | 0.5407 | 2025 | up 6.5% | falling |
| 21 | Bolivia | 0.5205 | 2025 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 22 | United States | 0.4605 | 2025 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 23 | Sudan | 0.4586 | 2025 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 24 | Vanuatu | 0.4534 | 2025 | down 16.6% | volatile |
| 25 | Hungary | 0.4226 | 2025 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 26 | Tunisia | 0.4181 | 2025 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 27 | Romania | 0.4071 | 2025 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 28 | Mali | 0.4003 | 2025 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 29 | Denmark | 0.3961 | 2025 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 30 | Finland | 0.3916 | 2025 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 31 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 0.3887 | 2025 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 32 | Belize | 0.3834 | 2025 | up 9.7% | falling |
| 33 | Burkina Faso | 0.3788 | 2025 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 34 | Montserrat | 0.3748 | 2025 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 35 | Togo | 0.3582 | 2025 | down 15.5% | volatile |
| 36 | Benin | 0.3448 | 2025 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 37 | Spain | 0.3363 | 2025 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 38 | Tonga | 0.3294 | 2025 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 39 | Cuba | 0.3271 | 2025 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 40 | Turkmenistan | 0.3184 | 2025 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 41 | Thailand | 0.3155 | 2025 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 42 | Iceland | 0.3095 | 2025 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 43 | Poland | 0.306 | 2025 | up 4.0% | falling |
| 44 | Cambodia | 0.3014 | 2025 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 45 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.3003 | 2025 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 46 | Mongolia | 0.2993 | 2025 | down 33.8% | falling |
| 47 | France | 0.2982 | 2025 | down 0.8% | volatile |
| 48 | Chad | 0.2965 | 2025 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 49 | Turkey | 0.287 | 2025 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 50 | Brazil | 0.2864 | 2025 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 51 | Cameroon | 0.2814 | 2025 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 52 | Nicaragua | 0.2742 | 2025 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 53 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.2684 | 2025 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 54 | Morocco | 0.2627 | 2025 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 55 | Libya | 0.2601 | 2025 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 56 | Myanmar | 0.2455 | 2025 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 57 | Tanzania | 0.2424 | 2025 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 58 | Slovakia | 0.2414 | 2025 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 59 | Sweden | 0.2384 | 2025 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 60 | Malaysia | 0.2364 | 2025 | down 12.5% | flat |
| 61 | Senegal | 0.2353 | 2025 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 62 | Croatia | 0.2319 | 2025 | up 10.3% | falling |
| 63 | Ghana | 0.2298 | 2025 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 64 | Azerbaijan | 0.2288 | 2025 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 65 | Zimbabwe | 0.2282 | 2025 | down 12.4% | rising |
| 66 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.2271 | 2025 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 67 | Czechia | 0.226 | 2025 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 68 | Gabon | 0.2184 | 2025 | down 16.3% | rising |
| 69 | South Africa | 0.2184 | 2025 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 70 | Sierra Leone | 0.2176 | 2025 | down 18.0% | volatile |
| 71 | Peru | 0.2158 | 2025 | up 11.3% | falling |
| 72 | Greece | 0.2118 | 2025 | down 27.6% | falling |
| 73 | North Macedonia | 0.21 | 2025 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 74 | Iran | 0.2082 | 2025 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 75 | Syria | 0.2058 | 2025 | down 19.1% | volatile |
| 76 | Albania | 0.2056 | 2025 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 77 | Nigeria | 0.2027 | 2025 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 78 | Zambia | 0.2003 | 2025 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 79 | Laos | 0.1985 | 2025 | down 23.9% | rising |
| 80 | Mozambique | 0.197 | 2025 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 81 | Samoa | 0.1918 | 2025 | down 41.5% | rising |
| 82 | Indonesia | 0.1894 | 2025 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 83 | Malawi | 0.1888 | 2025 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 84 | Algeria | 0.1882 | 2025 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 85 | Gambia | 0.1868 | 2025 | down 20.0% | volatile |
| 86 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.1788 | 2025 | down 16.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.1785 | 2025 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 88 | Portugal | 0.1775 | 2025 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 89 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.1771 | 2025 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 90 | Lesotho | 0.177 | 2025 | up 80.2% | falling |
| 91 | Eritrea | 0.1763 | 2025 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 92 | Afghanistan | 0.1754 | 2025 | down 19.1% | volatile |
| 93 | Honduras | 0.1735 | 2025 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 94 | Uganda | 0.1726 | 2025 | down 25.2% | falling |
| 95 | Armenia | 0.1687 | 2025 | up 8.1% | volatile |
| 96 | Mexico | 0.1687 | 2025 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 97 | Angola | 0.1596 | 2025 | down 17.9% | rising |
| 98 | Austria | 0.1567 | 2025 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 99 | Italy | 0.1563 | 2025 | up 4.6% | volatile |
| 100 | Panama | 0.1556 | 2025 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 101 | Solomon Islands | 0.1551 | 2025 | down 13.7% | volatile |
| 102 | Ethiopia | 0.1523 | 2025 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 103 | Fiji | 0.1502 | 2025 | down 6.6% | rising |
| 104 | Guatemala | 0.1461 | 2025 | down 11.5% | volatile |
| 105 | Germany | 0.1446 | 2025 | down 1.7% | volatile |
| 106 | Uzbekistan | 0.1419 | 2025 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 107 | Eswatini | 0.1417 | 2025 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 108 | Norway | 0.1414 | 2025 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 109 | Ecuador | 0.1402 | 2025 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 110 | El Salvador | 0.138 | 2025 | down 1.4% | volatile |
| 111 | Papua New Guinea | 0.1367 | 2025 | down 8.9% | volatile |
| 112 | Pakistan | 0.1353 | 2025 | down 17.4% | volatile |
| 113 | Burundi | 0.1334 | 2025 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 114 | Tajikistan | 0.1333 | 2025 | down 0.8% | volatile |
| 115 | New Zealand | 0.1327 | 2025 | up 12.2% | volatile |
| 116 | East Timor | 0.1261 | 2025 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 117 | Comoros | 0.1254 | 2025 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 118 | Madagascar | 0.125 | 2025 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 119 | Kenya | 0.1226 | 2025 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 120 | Iraq | 0.1218 | 2025 | down 16.3% | volatile |
| 121 | Vietnam | 0.1193 | 2025 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 122 | Congo | 0.1172 | 2025 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 123 | India | 0.1143 | 2025 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 124 | Slovenia | 0.1126 | 2025 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 125 | Rwanda | 0.1112 | 2025 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 126 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.1078 | 2025 | down 9.0% | rising |
| 127 | Dominican Republic | 0.1063 | 2025 | down 9.1% | rising |
| 128 | Dominica | 0.1057 | 2025 | down 4.6% | volatile |
| 129 | Botswana | 0.1053 | 2025 | down 11.2% | volatile |
| 130 | Liberia | 0.105 | 2025 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 131 | Sri Lanka | 0.1034 | 2025 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 132 | Luxembourg | 0.1005 | 2025 | down 14.0% | volatile |
| 133 | Haiti | 0.0997 | 2025 | down 33.4% | volatile |
| 134 | North Korea | 0.0991 | 2025 | down 4.5% | volatile |
| 135 | Mauritania | 0.099 | 2025 | down 16.9% | volatile |
| 136 | China | 0.0974 | 2025 | down 1.2% | volatile |
| 137 | Chile | 0.0974 | 2025 | down 13.5% | volatile |
| 138 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0958 | 2025 | down 17.6% | volatile |
| 139 | Philippines | 0.0955 | 2025 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 140 | Colombia | 0.0953 | 2025 | up 27.5% | volatile |
| 141 | Venezuela | 0.0942 | 2025 | down 11.2% | volatile |
| 142 | Cape Verde | 0.0936 | 2025 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 143 | Somalia | 0.0927 | 2025 | down 15.3% | volatile |
| 144 | Costa Rica | 0.0914 | 2025 | down 18.0% | volatile |
| 145 | Cyprus | 0.0896 | 2025 | down 16.6% | volatile |
| 146 | United Kingdom | 0.0879 | 2025 | down 7.0% | volatile |
| 147 | Georgia | 0.0849 | 2025 | down 24.5% | volatile |
| 148 | Ireland | 0.0827 | 2025 | down 11.9% | volatile |
| 149 | Belgium | 0.0782 | 2025 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 150 | Suriname | 0.0768 | 2025 | down 40.6% | volatile |
| 151 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0683 | 2025 | down 21.2% | volatile |
| 152 | Grenada | 0.067 | 2025 | down 11.2% | rising |
| 153 | Jamaica | 0.0658 | 2025 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 154 | Lebanon | 0.0615 | 2025 | up 1.8% | volatile |
| 155 | Netherlands | 0.0583 | 2025 | down 8.5% | volatile |
| 156 | Bhutan | 0.0578 | 2025 | down 59.1% | flat |
| 157 | American Samoa | 0.0571 | 2025 | up 16.6% | volatile |
| 158 | Saint Lucia | 0.0519 | 2025 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 159 | Bangladesh | 0.0518 | 2025 | down 4.7% | volatile |
| 160 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0513 | 2025 | down 4.4% | volatile |
| 161 | Switzerland | 0.0505 | 2025 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 162 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0493 | 2025 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 163 | Nepal | 0.0481 | 2025 | down 28.5% | falling |
| 164 | Guadeloupe | 0.0436 | 2025 | down 28.3% | volatile |
| 165 | Liechtenstein | 0.0432 | 2025 | down 10.7% | volatile |
| 166 | Martinique | 0.0407 | 2025 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 167 | French Guiana | 0.0404 | 2025 | down 44.5% | volatile |
| 168 | Yemen | 0.0402 | 2025 | down 21.3% | volatile |
| 169 | Egypt | 0.0388 | 2025 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 170 | Japan | 0.0347 | 2025 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 171 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0344 | 2025 | down 1.2% | volatile |
| 172 | Jordan | 0.0339 | 2025 | down 23.5% | volatile |
| 173 | Oman | 0.0318 | 2025 | up 18.2% | volatile |
| 174 | New Caledonia | 0.0314 | 2025 | down 12.3% | volatile |
| 175 | South Korea | 0.0299 | 2025 | down 13.3% | volatile |
| 176 | Israel | 0.0291 | 2025 | down 3.9% | volatile |
| 177 | Barbados | 0.0285 | 2025 | down 9.9% | rising |
| 178 | Bahamas | 0.0271 | 2025 | down 8.0% | volatile |
| 179 | Reunion | 0.0219 | 2025 | down 49.0% | falling |
| 180 | Brunei | 0.0203 | 2025 | down 13.3% | volatile |
| 181 | United States Virgin Islands | 0.0196 | 2025 | down 48.1% | volatile |
| 182 | Puerto Rico | 0.0186 | 2025 | down 9.2% | volatile |
| 183 | Mauritius | 0.0162 | 2025 | down 45.3% | volatile |
| 184 | Malta | 0.016 | 2025 | down 33.5% | volatile |
| 185 | Andorra | 0.0088 | 2025 | down 15.2% | volatile |
| 186 | Qatar | 0.0086 | 2025 | down 11.9% | volatile |
| 187 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0081 | 2025 | down 8.7% | volatile |
| 188 | Djibouti | 0.0047 | 2025 | up 56.9% | volatile |
| 189 | Kuwait | 0.0035 | 2025 | down 17.1% | volatile |
| 190 | Bahrain | 0.0019 | 2025 | down 29.5% | volatile |
| 191 | Aruba | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 191 | Faroe Islands | 0 | 2025 | — | flat |
| 191 | Greenland | 0 | 2025 | — | flat |
| 191 | Hong Kong | 0 | 2025 | — | flat |
| 191 | Singapore | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 191 | Mayotte | 0 | 2025 | — | flat |
| 191 | Taiwan | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 191 | Western Sahara | 0 | 2025 | — | flat |
| 191 | Anguilla | 0 | 2025 | — | flat |
| 191 | Falkland Islands | 0 | 2025 | — | flat |
| 191 | Netherlands Antilles | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 191 | Svalbard and Jan Mayen | 0 | 2025 | — | flat |