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Surface area (ha) by country

Surface area is a country's total area, including areas under inland bodies of water and some coastal waterways.

Countries reporting
53
Highest
250.58 million ha
Sudan
Lowest
46,000 ha
Seychelles
Median
32.25 million ha
Years covered
51
1961–2011
Data points
2,977

What the numbers show

Surface area (ha) is currently reported for 53 countries. The highest value is 250.58 million ha in Sudan; the lowest is 46,000 ha in Seychelles.

The median across all reporting countries is 32.25 million ha, and the mean is 56.70 million ha.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 5,447.

Surface area: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Sudan 250.58 million ha 2011 unchanged flat
2 Algeria 238.17 million ha 2011 unchanged flat
3 Democratic Republic of Congo 234.49 million ha 2011 unchanged flat
4 Libya 175.95 million ha 2011 unchanged flat
5 Chad 128.40 million ha 2011 unchanged flat
6 Niger 126.70 million ha 2011 unchanged flat
7 Angola 124.67 million ha 2011 unchanged flat
8 Mali 124.02 million ha 2011 unchanged flat
9 South Africa 121.91 million ha 2011 unchanged flat
10 Ethiopia 110.43 million ha 2011 unchanged falling
11 Mauritania 103.07 million ha 2011 unchanged flat
12 Egypt 100.14 million ha 2011 unchanged flat
13 Tanzania 94.73 million ha 2011 unchanged flat
14 Nigeria 92.38 million ha 2011 unchanged flat
15 Namibia 82.43 million ha 2011 unchanged flat
16 Mozambique 79.94 million ha 2011 unchanged flat
17 Zambia 75.26 million ha 2011 unchanged flat
18 Somalia 63.77 million ha 2011 unchanged flat
19 Central African Republic 62.30 million ha 2011 unchanged flat
20 Madagascar 58.70 million ha 2011 unchanged flat
21 Botswana 58.17 million ha 2011 unchanged flat
22 Kenya 58.04 million ha 2011 unchanged flat
23 Cameroon 47.54 million ha 2011 unchanged flat
24 Morocco 44.66 million ha 2011 unchanged flat
25 Zimbabwe 39.08 million ha 2011 unchanged flat
26 Congo 34.20 million ha 2011 unchanged flat
27 Cote d'Ivoire 32.25 million ha 2011 unchanged flat
28 Burkina Faso 27.42 million ha 2011 unchanged flat
29 Gabon 26.77 million ha 2011 unchanged flat
30 Guinea 24.59 million ha 2011 unchanged flat
31 Uganda 24.16 million ha 2011 unchanged flat
32 Ghana 23.85 million ha 2011 unchanged flat
33 Senegal 19.67 million ha 2011 unchanged flat
34 Tunisia 16.36 million ha 2011 unchanged flat
35 Malawi 11.85 million ha 2011 unchanged flat
36 Eritrea 11.76 million ha 2011 unchanged flat
37 Benin 11.48 million ha 2011 unchanged flat
38 Liberia 11.14 million ha 2011 unchanged flat
39 Sierra Leone 7.17 million ha 2011 unchanged flat
40 Togo 5.68 million ha 2011 unchanged flat
41 Guinea-Bissau 3.61 million ha 2011 unchanged flat
42 Lesotho 3.04 million ha 2011 unchanged flat
43 Equatorial Guinea 2.81 million ha 2011 unchanged flat
44 Burundi 2.78 million ha 2011 unchanged flat
45 Rwanda 2.63 million ha 2011 unchanged flat
46 Djibouti 2.32 million ha 2011 unchanged flat
47 Eswatini 1.74 million ha 2011 unchanged flat
48 Gambia 1.13 million ha 2011 unchanged flat
49 Cape Verde 403,000 ha 2011 unchanged flat
50 Mauritius 204,000 ha 2011 unchanged flat
51 Comoros 186,100 ha 2011 unchanged flat
52 Sao Tome and Principe 96,000 ha 2011 unchanged flat
53 Seychelles 46,000 ha 2011 unchanged flat

Regions and income groups

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

About this data

Indicator
Surface area (ha)
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
59 places, 2,977 data points, 1961–2011
Last refreshed

Surface area is a country's total area, including areas under inland bodies of water and some coastal waterways.