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Land under cereal production (hectares), per square kilometre by country

Land under cereal production (hectares) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Countries reporting
181
Highest
95.88 hectares per square kilometre
Bangladesh
Lowest
0 hectares per square kilometre
Malta
Median
4.06 hectares per square kilometre
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
13,192

What the numbers show

Land under cereal production (hectares), per square kilometre is currently reported for 181 countries. The highest value is 95.88 hectares per square kilometre in Bangladesh; the lowest is 0 hectares per square kilometre in Malta.

The median across all reporting countries is 4.06 hectares per square kilometre, and the mean is 7.4 hectares per square kilometre.

Over the past decade 79 countries rose and 101 fell. The largest increase was in United Arab Emirates (up 4,400.0%), and the largest decrease in Saint Lucia (down 100.0%).

Land under cereal production (hectares), per square kilometre: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Bangladesh 95.88 hectares per square kilometre 2023 up 3.8% rising
2 India 34.88 hectares per square kilometre 2023 up 5.7% flat
3 Denmark 30.86 hectares per square kilometre 2023 down 14.5% falling
4 Moldova 28.1 hectares per square kilometre 2023 down 0.7% flat
5 Hungary 26.36 hectares per square kilometre 2023 down 15.3% falling
6 Burundi 26.31 hectares per square kilometre 2023 up 213.3% volatile
7 Vietnam 25.51 hectares per square kilometre 2023 down 12.0% rising
8 Philippines 24.67 hectares per square kilometre 2023 up 0.6% rising
9 Thailand 24.55 hectares per square kilometre 2023 down 4.1% rising
10 Togo 23.74 hectares per square kilometre 2023 up 7.7% rising
11 Poland 23.47 hectares per square kilometre 2023 down 3.9% falling
12 Nepal 23.26 hectares per square kilometre 2023 down 2.1% rising
13 Romania 22.47 hectares per square kilometre 2023 down 4.5% falling
14 Cambodia 21.89 hectares per square kilometre 2023 up 21.3% rising
15 Malawi 21.68 hectares per square kilometre 2023 up 8.6% rising
16 Benin 21.55 hectares per square kilometre 2023 up 100.6% rising
17 Lithuania 21.48 hectares per square kilometre 2023 up 10.9% rising
18 Rwanda 21.38 hectares per square kilometre 2023 up 20.4% rising
19 Serbia 21.1 hectares per square kilometre 2023 up 4.3% falling
20 Sri Lanka 20.16 hectares per square kilometre 2023 up 0.2% rising
21 Nigeria 19.89 hectares per square kilometre 2023 up 14.0% rising
22 Pakistan 18.99 hectares per square kilometre 2023 up 9.5% rising
23 Ukraine 18.35 hectares per square kilometre 2023 down 31.6% rising
24 Bulgaria 18.24 hectares per square kilometre 2023 down 1.3% falling
25 Germany 17.34 hectares per square kilometre 2023 down 7.3% falling
26 Czechia 17.07 hectares per square kilometre 2023 down 6.9% falling
27 France 16.39 hectares per square kilometre 2023 down 7.4% flat
28 Gambia 15.92 hectares per square kilometre 2023 down 31.4% volatile
29 Guinea 15.73 hectares per square kilometre 2023 up 34.0% volatile
30 Burkina Faso 15.41 hectares per square kilometre 2023 up 0.1% rising
31 El Salvador 15.31 hectares per square kilometre 2023 down 17.5% rising
32 Turkey 14.98 hectares per square kilometre 2023 up 0.2% falling
33 Syria 14.64 hectares per square kilometre 2023 up 0.8% rising
34 Uganda 14.57 hectares per square kilometre 2023 up 66.3% rising
35 Sierra Leone 14.49 hectares per square kilometre 2023 up 35.3% rising
36 Slovakia 14.44 hectares per square kilometre 2023 down 8.6% falling
37 United Kingdom 12.77 hectares per square kilometre 2023 up 2.0% falling
38 Latvia 12.27 hectares per square kilometre 2023 up 32.2% rising
39 Myanmar 11.42 hectares per square kilometre 2023 down 6.4% rising
40 Azerbaijan 11.33 hectares per square kilometre 2023 down 11.7% rising
41 Haiti 11.27 hectares per square kilometre 2023 down 46.3% flat
42 North Korea 11.23 hectares per square kilometre 2023 up 3.5% falling
43 Guatemala 11.19 hectares per square kilometre 2023 up 33.1% rising
44 Spain 10.9 hectares per square kilometre 2023 down 13.0% falling
45 China 10.65 hectares per square kilometre 2023 up 6.2% flat
46 Belgium 10.65 hectares per square kilometre 2023 down 4.0% flat
47 Ethiopia 10.51 hectares per square kilometre 2023 up 10.0% rising
48 Luxembourg 10.38 hectares per square kilometre 2023 down 8.0% falling
49 Italy 10.33 hectares per square kilometre 2023 down 11.7% falling
50 Senegal 10.08 hectares per square kilometre 2023 up 71.6% rising
51 Belarus 9.66 hectares per square kilometre 2023 down 18.5% falling
52 Croatia 9.64 hectares per square kilometre 2023 down 8.0% falling
53 Ghana 9.43 hectares per square kilometre 2023 up 31.9% rising
54 Austria 9 hectares per square kilometre 2023 down 5.6% falling
55 Morocco 8.51 hectares per square kilometre 2023 down 29.7% rising
56 Estonia 8.24 hectares per square kilometre 2023 up 15.2% rising
57 Niger 8.18 hectares per square kilometre 2023 down 3.2% rising
58 South Korea 7.95 hectares per square kilometre 2023 down 13.6% falling
59 Guinea-Bissau 7.78 hectares per square kilometre 2023 up 15.9% rising
60 Tanzania 7.36 hectares per square kilometre 2023 up 4.3% rising
61 Indonesia 6.71 hectares per square kilometre 2023 down 18.5% rising
62 Greece 6.38 hectares per square kilometre 2023 down 25.9% falling
63 Comoros 6.1 hectares per square kilometre 2023 up 52.4% falling
64 North Macedonia 6.08 hectares per square kilometre 2023 down 7.7% falling
65 United States 6.07 hectares per square kilometre 2023 down 6.6% falling
66 Kazakhstan 6.03 hectares per square kilometre 2023 up 4.4% falling
67 Argentina 5.99 hectares per square kilometre 2023 up 49.3% rising
68 Lesotho 5.86 hectares per square kilometre 2023 up 27.3% falling
69 Netherlands 5.53 hectares per square kilometre 2023 down 8.5% falling
70 Lebanon 5.4 hectares per square kilometre 2023 down 7.8% falling
71 Iran 5.34 hectares per square kilometre 2023 down 2.2% rising
72 East Timor 5.31 hectares per square kilometre 2023 up 11.4% rising
73 Slovenia 5.27 hectares per square kilometre 2023 up 6.1% flat
74 Mali 5.15 hectares per square kilometre 2023 up 35.9% volatile
75 Japan 5.05 hectares per square kilometre 2023 down 5.7% falling
76 Kenya 5.04 hectares per square kilometre 2023 up 5.1% rising
77 Cape Verde 5.01 hectares per square kilometre 2023 down 36.4% rising
78 Albania 4.95 hectares per square kilometre 2023 down 4.5% falling
79 Sudan 4.9 hectares per square kilometre 2023 down 8.8% rising
80 Uruguay 4.9 hectares per square kilometre 2023 down 8.0% flat
81 Dominican Republic 4.78 hectares per square kilometre 2023 up 20.4% rising
82 Laos 4.6 hectares per square kilometre 2023 down 3.7% rising
83 Cameroon 4.59 hectares per square kilometre 2023 up 13.8% rising
84 Mexico 4.47 hectares per square kilometre 2023 down 11.4% rising
85 Cote d'Ivoire 4.45 hectares per square kilometre 2023 up 13.5% rising
86 Iraq 4.38 hectares per square kilometre 2023 down 37.3% rising
87 Armenia 4.31 hectares per square kilometre 2023 down 30.7% falling
88 Mozambique 4.24 hectares per square kilometre 2023 up 31.6% rising
89 Israel 4.21 hectares per square kilometre 2023 up 13.0% falling
90 Eswatini 4.13 hectares per square kilometre 2023 down 20.0% falling
91 Zimbabwe 4.06 hectares per square kilometre 2023 down 8.9% rising
92 Eritrea 3.95 hectares per square kilometre 2023 up 7.4% rising
93 Ireland 3.91 hectares per square kilometre 2023 down 12.5% falling
94 Paraguay 3.87 hectares per square kilometre 2023 down 9.7% volatile
95 Madagascar 3.82 hectares per square kilometre 2023 up 78.0% rising
96 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3.75 hectares per square kilometre 2023 down 36.7% falling
97 Honduras 3.66 hectares per square kilometre 2023 down 3.2% rising
98 Afghanistan 3.6 hectares per square kilometre 2023 down 26.3% falling
99 Switzerland 3.59 hectares per square kilometre 2023 down 2.7% falling
100 Brazil 3.49 hectares per square kilometre 2023 up 39.7% rising
101 Palestine 3.44 hectares per square kilometre 2023 down 23.6% falling
102 Uzbekistan 3.36 hectares per square kilometre 2023 down 9.8% flat
103 Egypt 3.17 hectares per square kilometre 2023 down 4.6% rising
104 Kyrgyzstan 3.11 hectares per square kilometre 2023 up 0.4% falling
105 Tunisia 3.03 hectares per square kilometre 2023 down 59.7% falling
106 Finland 2.99 hectares per square kilometre 2023 down 17.6% falling
107 Nicaragua 2.91 hectares per square kilometre 2023 down 36.0% rising
108 Ecuador 2.76 hectares per square kilometre 2023 down 27.2% rising
109 South Africa 2.75 hectares per square kilometre 2023 down 4.8% falling
110 Tajikistan 2.69 hectares per square kilometre 2023 down 10.4% rising
111 Cyprus 2.66 hectares per square kilometre 2023 down 20.1% volatile
112 Russia 2.64 hectares per square kilometre 2023 up 7.1% falling
113 Chad 2.56 hectares per square kilometre 2023 up 1.2% volatile
114 Angola 2.52 hectares per square kilometre 2023 up 52.8% volatile
115 Liberia 2.49 hectares per square kilometre 2023 up 11.1% rising
116 Sweden 2.38 hectares per square kilometre 2023 down 0.2% falling
117 Georgia 2.24 hectares per square kilometre 2023 down 30.2% falling
118 Democratic Republic of Congo 2.15 hectares per square kilometre 2023 up 31.6% volatile
119 Zambia 2.1 hectares per square kilometre 2023 up 39.7% rising
120 Australia 2.08 hectares per square kilometre 2023 down 11.9% rising
121 Portugal 2.06 hectares per square kilometre 2023 down 39.9% volatile
122 Malaysia 1.87 hectares per square kilometre 2023 down 8.4% flat
123 Canada 1.82 hectares per square kilometre 2023 up 2.3% falling
124 Belize 1.82 hectares per square kilometre 2023 up 34.1% rising
125 South Sudan 1.75 hectares per square kilometre 2023 down 5.9% falling
126 Turkmenistan 1.7 hectares per square kilometre 2023 down 16.9% rising
127 Panama 1.49 hectares per square kilometre 2023 down 26.4% falling
128 Bolivia 1.44 hectares per square kilometre 2023 up 7.0% rising
129 Cuba 1.37 hectares per square kilometre 2023 down 62.4% rising
130 Grenada 1.15 hectares per square kilometre 2023 down 2.5% falling
131 Algeria 1.07 hectares per square kilometre 2023 down 6.1% falling
132 Yemen 1.03 hectares per square kilometre 2023 down 36.6% falling
133 Colombia 0.9986 hectares per square kilometre 2023 down 6.0% falling
134 Peru 0.902 hectares per square kilometre 2023 down 9.8% rising
135 Guyana 0.7849 hectares per square kilometre 2023 down 7.9% rising
136 Norway 0.7786 hectares per square kilometre 2023 down 0.6% rising
137 Trinidad and Tobago 0.6487 hectares per square kilometre 2023 down 14.8% falling
138 Venezuela 0.5839 hectares per square kilometre 2023 down 44.1% rising
139 Somalia 0.5637 hectares per square kilometre 2023 down 11.0% falling
140 Central African Republic 0.5532 hectares per square kilometre 2023 up 147.0% rising
141 Bhutan 0.53 hectares per square kilometre 2023 down 61.9% falling
142 Chile 0.5267 hectares per square kilometre 2023 down 32.4% falling
143 Jordan 0.5156 hectares per square kilometre 2023 down 24.7% volatile
144 New Zealand 0.4416 hectares per square kilometre 2023 down 14.6% falling
145 Namibia 0.4119 hectares per square kilometre 2023 up 79.6% rising
146 Sao Tome and Principe 0.4094 hectares per square kilometre 2023 up 6.2% volatile
147 Costa Rica 0.3674 hectares per square kilometre 2023 down 74.2% falling
148 Suriname 0.3103 hectares per square kilometre 2023 down 14.5% rising
149 Mauritania 0.3097 hectares per square kilometre 2023 up 22.6% rising
150 Brunei 0.2846 hectares per square kilometre 2023 up 15.4% volatile
151 Maldives 0.2819 hectares per square kilometre 2023 up 9.8% volatile
152 Micronesia (country) 0.2414 hectares per square kilometre 2023 up 5.0% rising
153 Mongolia 0.233 hectares per square kilometre 2023 up 23.7% falling
154 Jamaica 0.1855 hectares per square kilometre 2023 down 19.5% volatile
155 Libya 0.1758 hectares per square kilometre 2023 down 32.9% falling
156 Montenegro 0.1535 hectares per square kilometre 2023 up 2.6% flat
157 Dominica 0.1533 hectares per square kilometre 2023 down 4.2% falling
158 Botswana 0.1512 hectares per square kilometre 2023 down 3.7% flat
159 Vanuatu 0.1276 hectares per square kilometre 2023 up 3.7% rising
160 Puerto Rico 0.1233 hectares per square kilometre 2023 up 2,504.8% volatile
161 Fiji 0.1224 hectares per square kilometre 2023 down 13.0% falling
162 Gabon 0.1169 hectares per square kilometre 2023 up 9.1% volatile
163 Kuwait 0.1162 hectares per square kilometre 2023 up 11.9% volatile
164 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.1154 hectares per square kilometre 2023 up 87.5% volatile
165 Saudi Arabia 0.1084 hectares per square kilometre 2023 up 41.6% volatile
166 Congo 0.1013 hectares per square kilometre 2023 up 2.2% rising
167 Mauritius 0.0646 hectares per square kilometre 2023 down 67.5% volatile
168 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0614 hectares per square kilometre 2023 down 40.0% rising
169 Solomon Islands 0.0517 hectares per square kilometre 2023 up 7.0% volatile
170 Barbados 0.0349 hectares per square kilometre 2023 down 87.5% volatile
171 Iceland 0.0313 hectares per square kilometre 2023 up 115.9% rising
172 Oman 0.025 hectares per square kilometre 2023 up 37.4% rising
173 New Caledonia 0.0163 hectares per square kilometre 2023 down 72.7% rising
174 United Arab Emirates 0.0133 hectares per square kilometre 2023 up 4,400.0% volatile
175 Qatar 0.0105 hectares per square kilometre 2023 down 69.0% volatile
176 Papua New Guinea 0.0086 hectares per square kilometre 2023 up 4.5% rising
177 Bahamas 0.0079 hectares per square kilometre 2023 down 15.1% volatile
178 Djibouti 0.0004 hectares per square kilometre 2023 up 12.5% rising
179 Hong Kong 0 hectares per square kilometre 2023 — volatile
179 Saint Lucia 0 hectares per square kilometre 1980 down 100.0% rising
179 Malta 0 hectares per square kilometre 2023 down 100.0% falling

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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How this figure is calculated

Land under cereal production (hectares) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Land under cereal production (hectares) ÷ Land area (sq. km)

Computed from

  • Land under cereal production FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
  • Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

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Indicator
Land under cereal production (hectares), per square kilometre
Unit
hectares per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
228 places, 13,192 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

Land under cereal production (hectares) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.