Land under cereal production (hectares), per capita by country
Land under cereal production (hectares) 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
181
Highest
0.7799 hectares per person
Kazakhstan
Lowest
0 hectares per person
Malta
Median
0.0577 hectares per person
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
13,401
What the numbers show
Land under cereal production (hectares), per capita is currently reported for 181 countries. The highest value is 0.7799 hectares per person in Kazakhstan; the lowest is 0 hectares per person in Malta.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0577 hectares per person, and the mean is 0.0916 hectares per person.
Over the past decade 46 countries rose and 134 fell. The largest increase was in United Arab Emirates (up 3,202.1%), and the largest decrease in Barbados (down 100.0%).
Land under cereal production (hectares), per capita: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kazakhstan | 0.7799 hectares per person | 2024 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 2 | Australia | 0.7157 hectares per person | 2024 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 3 | Lithuania | 0.4682 hectares per person | 2023 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 4 | Latvia | 0.4053 hectares per person | 2023 | up 41.2% | rising |
| 5 | Canada | 0.4004 hectares per person | 2023 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 6 | Argentina | 0.3865 hectares per person | 2024 | up 38.2% | falling |
| 7 | Niger | 0.3822 hectares per person | 2024 | down 33.2% | falling |
| 8 | Moldova | 0.3764 hectares per person | 2023 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 9 | Bulgaria | 0.3072 hectares per person | 2023 | up 9.6% | flat |
| 10 | Russia | 0.3002 hectares per person | 2023 | up 7.0% | falling |
| 11 | Ukraine | 0.2856 hectares per person | 2024 | down 8.9% | rising |
| 12 | Romania | 0.2712 hectares per person | 2023 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 13 | Guinea | 0.2701 hectares per person | 2024 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 14 | Serbia | 0.2679 hectares per person | 2023 | up 8.5% | flat |
| 15 | Mali | 0.2645 hectares per person | 2023 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 16 | Estonia | 0.257 hectares per person | 2023 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 17 | Belarus | 0.2494 hectares per person | 2024 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 18 | Uruguay | 0.2404 hectares per person | 2024 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 19 | Hungary | 0.2357 hectares per person | 2024 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 20 | Sudan | 0.2298 hectares per person | 2024 | down 24.5% | flat |
| 21 | Paraguay | 0.224 hectares per person | 2023 | down 21.3% | rising |
| 22 | Cambodia | 0.2217 hectares per person | 2023 | up 5.6% | falling |
| 23 | Denmark | 0.2057 hectares per person | 2024 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 24 | Guyana | 0.2006 hectares per person | 2023 | down 10.3% | rising |
| 25 | Poland | 0.1959 hectares per person | 2023 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 26 | Burkina Faso | 0.1847 hectares per person | 2024 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 27 | Thailand | 0.1749 hectares per person | 2023 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 28 | Finland | 0.1627 hectares per person | 2023 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 29 | Chad | 0.1614 hectares per person | 2024 | down 28.7% | falling |
| 30 | United States | 0.1591 hectares per person | 2024 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 31 | Togo | 0.157 hectares per person | 2023 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 32 | Benin | 0.1482 hectares per person | 2024 | up 39.2% | falling |
| 33 | Myanmar | 0.1463 hectares per person | 2024 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 34 | Croatia | 0.1398 hectares per person | 2023 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 35 | Bolivia | 0.1363 hectares per person | 2024 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 36 | Eritrea | 0.1353 hectares per person | 2024 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 37 | Turkey | 0.1331 hectares per person | 2024 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 38 | Brazil | 0.131 hectares per person | 2024 | up 20.0% | falling |
| 39 | Laos | 0.1308 hectares per person | 2024 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 40 | France | 0.1244 hectares per person | 2024 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 41 | Sierra Leone | 0.1236 hectares per person | 2023 | up 7.3% | falling |
| 42 | Slovakia | 0.1223 hectares per person | 2024 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 43 | Czechia | 0.1212 hectares per person | 2023 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 44 | Namibia | 0.1144 hectares per person | 2023 | up 36.5% | falling |
| 45 | Spain | 0.1128 hectares per person | 2024 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 46 | Nepal | 0.1123 hectares per person | 2023 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 47 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.1102 hectares per person | 2024 | up 61.0% | falling |
| 48 | Syria | 0.1092 hectares per person | 2024 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 49 | Turkmenistan | 0.1087 hectares per person | 2023 | down 33.0% | falling |
| 50 | Senegal | 0.1073 hectares per person | 2023 | up 30.2% | falling |
| 51 | Mongolia | 0.1043 hectares per person | 2023 | up 3.1% | volatile |
| 52 | Belize | 0.101 hectares per person | 2023 | up 11.5% | falling |
| 53 | Mozambique | 0.0988 hectares per person | 2024 | up 4.2% | falling |
| 54 | Tanzania | 0.0979 hectares per person | 2023 | down 23.6% | falling |
| 55 | Malawi | 0.0968 hectares per person | 2023 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 56 | South Sudan | 0.0962 hectares per person | 2023 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 57 | Zimbabwe | 0.0961 hectares per person | 2023 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 58 | Iran | 0.0956 hectares per person | 2023 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 59 | Azerbaijan | 0.0945 hectares per person | 2024 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 60 | Sweden | 0.0922 hectares per person | 2023 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 61 | Ethiopia | 0.0914 hectares per person | 2024 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 62 | Angola | 0.0855 hectares per person | 2023 | up 8.8% | falling |
| 63 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0841 hectares per person | 2023 | down 18.3% | falling |
| 64 | North Macedonia | 0.0818 hectares per person | 2024 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 65 | Vietnam | 0.0797 hectares per person | 2023 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 66 | Suriname | 0.0792 hectares per person | 2023 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 67 | Austria | 0.0791 hectares per person | 2024 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 68 | Nigeria | 0.0785 hectares per person | 2024 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 69 | Lesotho | 0.077 hectares per person | 2023 | up 13.3% | volatile |
| 70 | Zambia | 0.0753 hectares per person | 2023 | up 3.8% | volatile |
| 71 | Cameroon | 0.0746 hectares per person | 2024 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 72 | India | 0.0742 hectares per person | 2024 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 73 | Germany | 0.0728 hectares per person | 2023 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 74 | Mauritania | 0.0718 hectares per person | 2024 | up 24.2% | volatile |
| 75 | Madagascar | 0.0712 hectares per person | 2023 | up 37.6% | falling |
| 76 | China | 0.0709 hectares per person | 2023 | up 2.6% | falling |
| 77 | Bangladesh | 0.0707 hectares per person | 2024 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 78 | Greece | 0.0682 hectares per person | 2024 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 79 | Morocco | 0.0679 hectares per person | 2024 | down 51.3% | falling |
| 80 | Mexico | 0.0669 hectares per person | 2023 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 81 | Central African Republic | 0.0669 hectares per person | 2023 | up 122.6% | falling |
| 82 | Guatemala | 0.0662 hectares per person | 2023 | up 13.0% | falling |
| 83 | Tunisia | 0.0648 hectares per person | 2024 | down 43.9% | falling |
| 84 | Philippines | 0.064 hectares per person | 2023 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 85 | Ghana | 0.0635 hectares per person | 2023 | up 6.9% | falling |
| 86 | Afghanistan | 0.0618 hectares per person | 2024 | down 39.4% | falling |
| 87 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0603 hectares per person | 2023 | down 28.2% | rising |
| 88 | Gambia | 0.0597 hectares per person | 2023 | down 46.5% | falling |
| 89 | Pakistan | 0.0591 hectares per person | 2023 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 90 | Uganda | 0.059 hectares per person | 2024 | up 22.1% | falling |
| 91 | Eswatini | 0.0577 hectares per person | 2023 | down 26.6% | volatile |
| 92 | Algeria | 0.0572 hectares per person | 2024 | down 10.5% | volatile |
| 93 | East Timor | 0.057 hectares per person | 2023 | down 6.8% | rising |
| 94 | Sri Lanka | 0.0566 hectares per person | 2023 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 95 | Albania | 0.0562 hectares per person | 2023 | up 11.6% | falling |
| 96 | Kenya | 0.0529 hectares per person | 2023 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 97 | South Africa | 0.0524 hectares per person | 2024 | down 14.0% | volatile |
| 98 | Italy | 0.0518 hectares per person | 2023 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 99 | Nicaragua | 0.0514 hectares per person | 2023 | down 43.9% | falling |
| 100 | North Korea | 0.0511 hectares per person | 2024 | up 3.3% | falling |
| 101 | Norway | 0.0502 hectares per person | 2024 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 102 | El Salvador | 0.0501 hectares per person | 2024 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 103 | Burundi | 0.0483 hectares per person | 2024 | up 193.5% | falling |
| 104 | Slovenia | 0.048 hectares per person | 2024 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 105 | Ireland | 0.048 hectares per person | 2024 | down 27.2% | falling |
| 106 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.0461 hectares per person | 2024 | down 10.3% | flat |
| 107 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.0454 hectares per person | 2023 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 108 | Indonesia | 0.0451 hectares per person | 2023 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 109 | United Kingdom | 0.0451 hectares per person | 2023 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 110 | Liberia | 0.0437 hectares per person | 2023 | down 9.6% | volatile |
| 111 | Iraq | 0.0422 hectares per person | 2023 | down 50.9% | volatile |
| 112 | Georgia | 0.0419 hectares per person | 2023 | down 30.2% | falling |
| 113 | Uzbekistan | 0.0415 hectares per person | 2023 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 114 | Luxembourg | 0.0401 hectares per person | 2023 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 115 | Honduras | 0.0385 hectares per person | 2023 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 116 | Ecuador | 0.0384 hectares per person | 2024 | down 29.7% | falling |
| 117 | Rwanda | 0.0383 hectares per person | 2024 | up 5.4% | falling |
| 118 | Armenia | 0.0362 hectares per person | 2024 | down 39.7% | falling |
| 119 | Peru | 0.0357 hectares per person | 2024 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 120 | Tajikistan | 0.0355 hectares per person | 2024 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 121 | Libya | 0.0338 hectares per person | 2024 | down 52.3% | volatile |
| 122 | Egypt | 0.0276 hectares per person | 2023 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 123 | Belgium | 0.0276 hectares per person | 2023 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 124 | Haiti | 0.0267 hectares per person | 2023 | down 52.9% | falling |
| 125 | Bhutan | 0.0261 hectares per person | 2024 | down 63.4% | volatile |
| 126 | Panama | 0.0242 hectares per person | 2024 | down 30.0% | volatile |
| 127 | Botswana | 0.024 hectares per person | 2024 | down 68.3% | volatile |
| 128 | New Zealand | 0.0229 hectares per person | 2024 | down 24.3% | falling |
| 129 | Dominican Republic | 0.0206 hectares per person | 2024 | up 12.8% | falling |
| 130 | Chile | 0.0196 hectares per person | 2024 | down 38.4% | volatile |
| 131 | Somalia | 0.0193 hectares per person | 2023 | down 37.6% | volatile |
| 132 | Colombia | 0.0186 hectares per person | 2024 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 133 | Venezuela | 0.0182 hectares per person | 2023 | down 40.9% | falling |
| 134 | Portugal | 0.0179 hectares per person | 2024 | down 38.3% | volatile |
| 135 | Malaysia | 0.0175 hectares per person | 2023 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 136 | Switzerland | 0.016 hectares per person | 2023 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 137 | South Korea | 0.015 hectares per person | 2023 | down 15.6% | volatile |
| 138 | Japan | 0.0148 hectares per person | 2023 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 139 | Cyprus | 0.0148 hectares per person | 2024 | down 29.8% | volatile |
| 140 | Yemen | 0.0138 hectares per person | 2023 | down 52.8% | volatile |
| 141 | Comoros | 0.0134 hectares per person | 2023 | up 24.8% | volatile |
| 142 | Cuba | 0.0129 hectares per person | 2023 | down 61.6% | falling |
| 143 | Gabon | 0.0118 hectares per person | 2024 | down 16.7% | rising |
| 144 | Lebanon | 0.0096 hectares per person | 2023 | down 8.3% | volatile |
| 145 | Israel | 0.0092 hectares per person | 2023 | down 7.5% | volatile |
| 146 | Netherlands | 0.0085 hectares per person | 2024 | down 23.2% | volatile |
| 147 | Iceland | 0.0082 hectares per person | 2023 | up 86.3% | rising |
| 148 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0069 hectares per person | 2023 | up 16.1% | volatile |
| 149 | Congo | 0.0056 hectares per person | 2023 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 150 | Vanuatu | 0.0047 hectares per person | 2024 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 151 | Jordan | 0.0045 hectares per person | 2024 | down 35.8% | volatile |
| 152 | Palestine | 0.004 hectares per person | 2023 | down 39.6% | falling |
| 153 | Costa Rica | 0.0037 hectares per person | 2024 | down 66.2% | volatile |
| 154 | Montenegro | 0.0033 hectares per person | 2023 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 155 | Brunei | 0.0033 hectares per person | 2023 | up 3.4% | volatile |
| 156 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0024 hectares per person | 2023 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 157 | Fiji | 0.0024 hectares per person | 2023 | down 13.7% | volatile |
| 158 | Solomon Islands | 0.0018 hectares per person | 2023 | down 20.4% | volatile |
| 159 | Dominica | 0.0017 hectares per person | 2023 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 160 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0017 hectares per person | 2023 | down 11.1% | volatile |
| 161 | Oman | 0.0015 hectares per person | 2023 | up 4.3% | volatile |
| 162 | Grenada | 0.0015 hectares per person | 2024 | down 58.0% | falling |
| 163 | Micronesia (country) | 0.0015 hectares per person | 2024 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 164 | New Caledonia | 0.001 hectares per person | 2023 | down 73.9% | volatile |
| 165 | Jamaica | 0.0007 hectares per person | 2023 | down 21.1% | volatile |
| 166 | Kuwait | 0.0004 hectares per person | 2023 | down 19.1% | volatile |
| 167 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0004 hectares per person | 2023 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 168 | Puerto Rico | 0.0003 hectares per person | 2023 | up 2,852.4% | volatile |
| 169 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0003 hectares per person | 2024 | down 2.3% | volatile |
| 170 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0003 hectares per person | 2024 | down 46.5% | rising |
| 171 | Cape Verde | 0.0002 hectares per person | 2024 | down 99.6% | volatile |
| 172 | Bahamas | 0.0002 hectares per person | 2024 | down 18.3% | volatile |
| 173 | Maldives | 0.0002 hectares per person | 2024 | down 21.6% | volatile |
| 174 | Mauritius | 0.0001 hectares per person | 2023 | down 67.2% | volatile |
| 175 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0001 hectares per person | 2023 | up 3,202.1% | volatile |
| 176 | Qatar | 0 hectares per person | 2023 | down 77.9% | volatile |
| 177 | Djibouti | 0 hectares per person | 2024 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 178 | Barbados | 0 hectares per person | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 178 | Hong Kong | 0 hectares per person | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 178 | Saint Lucia | 0 hectares per person | 1980 | down 100.0% | rising |
| 178 | Malta | 0 hectares per person | 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.
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 0.1683 hectares per person
- North America 0.1418 hectares per person
- Post-demographic dividend 0.0943 hectares per person
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 0.0916 hectares per person
- Africa Western and Central 0.0868 hectares per person
- Low income 0.0825 hectares per person
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 0.0813 hectares per person
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 0.0802 hectares per person
- Latin America & Caribbean 0.0784 hectares per person
- OECD members 0.0766 hectares per person
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 0.0723 hectares per person
- Least developed countries 0.0719 hectares per person
- South Asia 0.0715 hectares per person
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 0.0715 hectares per person
- IDA only 0.0697 hectares per person
- Europe & Central Asia 0.0676 hectares per person
- High income 0.0674 hectares per person
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 0.0662 hectares per person
- Sub-Saharan Africa 0.0662 hectares per person
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 0.0662 hectares per person
- Pre-demographic dividend 0.0651 hectares per person
- IDA total 0.056 hectares per person
- Lower middle income 0.0555 hectares per person
- Africa Eastern and Southern 0.0522 hectares per person
- Early-demographic dividend 0.0519 hectares per person
- World 0.0511 hectares per person
- Low & middle income 0.0476 hectares per person
- Euro area 0.0472 hectares per person
- IDA & IBRD total 0.0462 hectares per person
- European Union 0.0452 hectares per person
- Middle income 0.0432 hectares per person
- Arab World 0.0427 hectares per person
- IBRD only 0.0424 hectares per person
- Upper middle income 0.0316 hectares per person
- IDA blend 0.0302 hectares per person
- Central Europe and the Baltics 0.0302 hectares per person
- Late-demographic dividend 0.0227 hectares per person
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 0.0159 hectares per person
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 0.0158 hectares per person
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 0.0144 hectares per person
How this figure is calculated
Land under cereal production (hectares) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Land under cereal production (hectares) ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Land under cereal production FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
- 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
Land under cereal production (hectares) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.