Agricultural land use per person by country
Total agricultural land per person for each separate country over time.
Countries reporting
197
Highest
352.79 hectares per person
Falkland Islands
Lowest
0 hectares per person
Netherlands Antilles
Median
0.3835 hectares per person
Years covered
1026
1000–2025
Data points
21,784
What the numbers show
Agricultural land use per person is currently reported for 197 countries. The highest value is 352.79 hectares per person in Falkland Islands; the lowest is 0 hectares per person in Netherlands Antilles.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.3835 hectares per person, and the mean is 2.9 hectares per person.
Over the past decade 22 countries rose and 172 fell. The largest increase was in Lesotho (up 24.1%), and the largest decrease in Taiwan (down 100.0%).
Agricultural land use per person: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Falkland Islands | 352.79 hectares per person | 2025 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 2 | Mongolia | 33.85 hectares per person | 2025 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 3 | Namibia | 14.18 hectares per person | 2025 | down 12.0% | volatile |
| 4 | Australia | 12.43 hectares per person | 2025 | down 8.6% | volatile |
| 5 | Kazakhstan | 11.74 hectares per person | 2025 | down 9.2% | volatile |
| 6 | Botswana | 10.39 hectares per person | 2025 | down 11.4% | volatile |
| 7 | Mauritania | 8.54 hectares per person | 2025 | down 16.9% | volatile |
| 8 | Turkmenistan | 6.73 hectares per person | 2025 | up 6.5% | falling |
| 9 | Western Sahara | 6.57 hectares per person | 2025 | down 18.0% | volatile |
| 10 | Iceland | 4.79 hectares per person | 2025 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 11 | Uruguay | 4.09 hectares per person | 2025 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 12 | Somalia | 3.61 hectares per person | 2025 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 13 | Saudi Arabia | 3.6 hectares per person | 2025 | down 18.9% | volatile |
| 14 | Bolivia | 3.28 hectares per person | 2025 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 15 | Chad | 2.8 hectares per person | 2025 | down 22.0% | volatile |
| 16 | Argentina | 2.7 hectares per person | 2025 | down 5.3% | volatile |
| 17 | Sudan | 2.68 hectares per person | 2025 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 18 | Paraguay | 2.11 hectares per person | 2025 | down 10.4% | rising |
| 19 | Libya | 1.95 hectares per person | 2025 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 20 | Mali | 1.9 hectares per person | 2025 | down 19.0% | volatile |
| 21 | New Zealand | 1.85 hectares per person | 2025 | down 20.6% | volatile |
| 22 | Niger | 1.8 hectares per person | 2025 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 23 | Congo | 1.73 hectares per person | 2025 | down 18.4% | volatile |
| 24 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.73 hectares per person | 2025 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 25 | South Africa | 1.69 hectares per person | 2025 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 26 | Djibouti | 1.59 hectares per person | 2025 | down 13.4% | volatile |
| 27 | Russia | 1.53 hectares per person | 2025 | up 2.4% | falling |
| 28 | Canada | 1.42 hectares per person | 2025 | down 11.9% | volatile |
| 29 | Madagascar | 1.42 hectares per person | 2025 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 30 | Guinea | 1.4 hectares per person | 2025 | down 6.0% | volatile |
| 31 | Guyana | 1.35 hectares per person | 2025 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 32 | Mozambique | 1.29 hectares per person | 2025 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 33 | Angola | 1.29 hectares per person | 2025 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 34 | Eritrea | 1.27 hectares per person | 2025 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 35 | Brazil | 1.26 hectares per person | 2025 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 36 | Zambia | 1.24 hectares per person | 2025 | down 21.3% | volatile |
| 37 | United States | 1.2 hectares per person | 2025 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 38 | Zimbabwe | 1.14 hectares per person | 2025 | down 4.9% | volatile |
| 39 | Central African Republic | 1.13 hectares per person | 2025 | up 7.6% | falling |
| 40 | Cote d'Ivoire | 1.12 hectares per person | 2025 | down 1.6% | volatile |
| 41 | Ukraine | 0.9829 hectares per person | 2025 | up 4.6% | falling |
| 42 | Gabon | 0.9502 hectares per person | 2025 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 43 | Lithuania | 0.9258 hectares per person | 2025 | up 0.3% | volatile |
| 44 | Latvia | 0.9159 hectares per person | 2025 | up 4.5% | falling |
| 45 | Algeria | 0.9139 hectares per person | 2025 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 46 | Eswatini | 0.8645 hectares per person | 2025 | down 10.4% | volatile |
| 47 | Belarus | 0.859 hectares per person | 2025 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 48 | Morocco | 0.8545 hectares per person | 2025 | down 5.4% | volatile |
| 49 | Afghanistan | 0.8375 hectares per person | 2025 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 50 | Uzbekistan | 0.8246 hectares per person | 2025 | down 6.7% | volatile |
| 51 | Tunisia | 0.8193 hectares per person | 2025 | down 8.5% | volatile |
| 52 | Ireland | 0.7937 hectares per person | 2025 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 53 | Nicaragua | 0.7772 hectares per person | 2025 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 54 | Moldova | 0.7603 hectares per person | 2025 | up 10.6% | volatile |
| 55 | Bulgaria | 0.7519 hectares per person | 2025 | up 7.7% | volatile |
| 56 | Estonia | 0.7518 hectares per person | 2025 | up 1.0% | volatile |
| 57 | Colombia | 0.7407 hectares per person | 2025 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 58 | Mexico | 0.7348 hectares per person | 2025 | down 9.3% | volatile |
| 59 | Peru | 0.7117 hectares per person | 2025 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 60 | Yemen | 0.65 hectares per person | 2025 | down 22.3% | volatile |
| 61 | Burkina Faso | 0.6318 hectares per person | 2025 | down 14.6% | volatile |
| 62 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.6288 hectares per person | 2025 | up 8.2% | volatile |
| 63 | Venezuela | 0.6137 hectares per person | 2025 | down 11.2% | volatile |
| 64 | Tanzania | 0.6077 hectares per person | 2025 | down 18.5% | volatile |
| 65 | New Caledonia | 0.5965 hectares per person | 2025 | down 12.3% | volatile |
| 66 | Cuba | 0.5953 hectares per person | 2025 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 67 | Romania | 0.5949 hectares per person | 2025 | down 9.3% | volatile |
| 68 | North Macedonia | 0.5792 hectares per person | 2025 | down 3.9% | volatile |
| 69 | Montserrat | 0.5622 hectares per person | 2025 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 70 | Armenia | 0.5613 hectares per person | 2025 | up 8.1% | volatile |
| 71 | Senegal | 0.5605 hectares per person | 2025 | down 15.6% | volatile |
| 72 | Iran | 0.5544 hectares per person | 2025 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 73 | Spain | 0.5411 hectares per person | 2025 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 74 | Syria | 0.5235 hectares per person | 2025 | down 15.3% | volatile |
| 75 | Belize | 0.5185 hectares per person | 2025 | up 4.7% | falling |
| 76 | Panama | 0.5107 hectares per person | 2025 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 77 | Kenya | 0.5056 hectares per person | 2025 | down 18.6% | volatile |
| 78 | Chile | 0.502 hectares per person | 2025 | down 31.5% | falling |
| 79 | Bhutan | 0.4982 hectares per person | 2025 | down 24.5% | volatile |
| 80 | Hungary | 0.498 hectares per person | 2025 | down 9.8% | volatile |
| 81 | Tajikistan | 0.4969 hectares per person | 2025 | down 4.6% | volatile |
| 82 | Sierra Leone | 0.4912 hectares per person | 2025 | down 18.0% | volatile |
| 83 | Vanuatu | 0.4893 hectares per person | 2025 | down 13.6% | volatile |
| 84 | Togo | 0.4852 hectares per person | 2025 | down 15.5% | volatile |
| 85 | Greece | 0.4791 hectares per person | 2025 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 86 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 0.4607 hectares per person | 2025 | up 4.2% | volatile |
| 87 | Azerbaijan | 0.4606 hectares per person | 2025 | down 6.7% | volatile |
| 88 | Turkey | 0.4602 hectares per person | 2025 | down 8.2% | volatile |
| 89 | Georgia | 0.4503 hectares per person | 2025 | down 21.0% | volatile |
| 90 | Denmark | 0.4391 hectares per person | 2025 | down 5.3% | volatile |
| 91 | France | 0.411 hectares per person | 2025 | down 7.4% | volatile |
| 92 | Oman | 0.3981 hectares per person | 2025 | down 14.4% | volatile |
| 93 | Finland | 0.3945 hectares per person | 2025 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 94 | Cambodia | 0.3944 hectares per person | 2025 | up 3.8% | flat |
| 95 | Ghana | 0.3919 hectares per person | 2025 | down 13.9% | volatile |
| 96 | Portugal | 0.3914 hectares per person | 2025 | up 11.7% | falling |
| 97 | Benin | 0.3875 hectares per person | 2025 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 98 | Honduras | 0.3855 hectares per person | 2025 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 99 | China | 0.3835 hectares per person | 2025 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 100 | Poland | 0.3707 hectares per person | 2025 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 101 | Myanmar | 0.364 hectares per person | 2025 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 102 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.3612 hectares per person | 2025 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 103 | Cameroon | 0.354 hectares per person | 2025 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 104 | Lesotho | 0.3406 hectares per person | 2025 | up 24.1% | falling |
| 105 | Fiji | 0.3403 hectares per person | 2025 | down 4.4% | volatile |
| 106 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.3358 hectares per person | 2025 | down 29.3% | falling |
| 107 | Albania | 0.334 hectares per person | 2025 | down 7.8% | volatile |
| 108 | Croatia | 0.3333 hectares per person | 2025 | down 5.2% | volatile |
| 109 | Tonga | 0.3306 hectares per person | 2025 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 110 | Slovakia | 0.3298 hectares per person | 2025 | down 2.4% | volatile |
| 111 | Ecuador | 0.3289 hectares per person | 2025 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 112 | Thailand | 0.3264 hectares per person | 2025 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 113 | Czechia | 0.3171 hectares per person | 2025 | down 3.3% | volatile |
| 114 | Costa Rica | 0.3132 hectares per person | 2025 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 115 | Nigeria | 0.313 hectares per person | 2025 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 116 | Ethiopia | 0.3108 hectares per person | 2025 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 117 | Slovenia | 0.2917 hectares per person | 2025 | down 2.5% | volatile |
| 118 | Liberia | 0.2903 hectares per person | 2025 | down 22.1% | volatile |
| 119 | Laos | 0.2895 hectares per person | 2025 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 120 | Austria | 0.2876 hectares per person | 2025 | down 9.5% | volatile |
| 121 | Sweden | 0.283 hectares per person | 2025 | down 8.6% | volatile |
| 122 | Uganda | 0.2735 hectares per person | 2025 | down 25.2% | volatile |
| 123 | Malawi | 0.2688 hectares per person | 2025 | down 17.8% | volatile |
| 124 | Gambia | 0.2649 hectares per person | 2025 | down 19.5% | volatile |
| 125 | Guatemala | 0.2463 hectares per person | 2025 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 126 | Malaysia | 0.2445 hectares per person | 2025 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 127 | United Kingdom | 0.2431 hectares per person | 2025 | down 9.0% | volatile |
| 128 | Andorra | 0.2402 hectares per person | 2025 | down 0.4% | volatile |
| 129 | Indonesia | 0.2284 hectares per person | 2025 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 130 | East Timor | 0.2252 hectares per person | 2025 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 131 | Samoa | 0.2175 hectares per person | 2025 | down 44.3% | volatile |
| 132 | Dominican Republic | 0.2097 hectares per person | 2025 | down 9.1% | flat |
| 133 | Iraq | 0.2091 hectares per person | 2025 | down 18.3% | volatile |
| 134 | Italy | 0.209 hectares per person | 2025 | down 2.3% | volatile |
| 135 | Germany | 0.2028 hectares per person | 2025 | down 0.6% | volatile |
| 136 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.1853 hectares per person | 2025 | down 4.6% | volatile |
| 137 | Switzerland | 0.1789 hectares per person | 2025 | down 7.1% | volatile |
| 138 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.1788 hectares per person | 2025 | down 16.0% | volatile |
| 139 | Norway | 0.1719 hectares per person | 2025 | down 10.1% | volatile |
| 140 | Burundi | 0.1708 hectares per person | 2025 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 141 | Solomon Islands | 0.1588 hectares per person | 2025 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 142 | American Samoa | 0.1582 hectares per person | 2025 | down 12.5% | volatile |
| 143 | Papua New Guinea | 0.158 hectares per person | 2025 | down 9.8% | volatile |
| 144 | Pakistan | 0.1576 hectares per person | 2025 | down 17.1% | volatile |
| 145 | El Salvador | 0.1479 hectares per person | 2025 | down 1.1% | volatile |
| 146 | Lebanon | 0.1471 hectares per person | 2025 | down 2.9% | volatile |
| 147 | Jamaica | 0.1459 hectares per person | 2025 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 148 | Jordan | 0.1436 hectares per person | 2025 | up 1.6% | volatile |
| 149 | Haiti | 0.1424 hectares per person | 2025 | down 27.5% | volatile |
| 150 | Cape Verde | 0.137 hectares per person | 2025 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 151 | French Guiana | 0.136 hectares per person | 2025 | up 12.9% | volatile |
| 152 | Rwanda | 0.1354 hectares per person | 2025 | down 17.8% | volatile |
| 153 | Dominica | 0.1318 hectares per person | 2025 | down 4.6% | volatile |
| 154 | Liechtenstein | 0.1296 hectares per person | 2025 | down 7.2% | volatile |
| 155 | Comoros | 0.1289 hectares per person | 2025 | down 15.1% | volatile |
| 156 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.1268 hectares per person | 2025 | down 9.0% | rising |
| 157 | Vietnam | 0.1258 hectares per person | 2025 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 158 | Sri Lanka | 0.1226 hectares per person | 2025 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 159 | India | 0.1215 hectares per person | 2025 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 160 | Philippines | 0.1082 hectares per person | 2025 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 161 | Suriname | 0.1038 hectares per person | 2025 | down 34.5% | volatile |
| 162 | Netherlands | 0.102 hectares per person | 2025 | down 6.4% | volatile |
| 163 | North Korea | 0.1011 hectares per person | 2025 | down 4.4% | volatile |
| 164 | Luxembourg | 0.1005 hectares per person | 2025 | down 63.0% | volatile |
| 165 | Nepal | 0.0948 hectares per person | 2025 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 166 | Guadeloupe | 0.0943 hectares per person | 2025 | down 23.8% | rising |
| 167 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0923 hectares per person | 2025 | down 4.4% | volatile |
| 168 | Cyprus | 0.092 hectares per person | 2025 | down 15.7% | volatile |
| 169 | Belgium | 0.0782 hectares per person | 2025 | down 43.3% | volatile |
| 170 | Grenada | 0.0765 hectares per person | 2025 | down 11.2% | rising |
| 171 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0718 hectares per person | 2025 | down 20.5% | volatile |
| 172 | Martinique | 0.0711 hectares per person | 2025 | down 8.0% | rising |
| 173 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.069 hectares per person | 2025 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 174 | United States Virgin Islands | 0.0589 hectares per person | 2025 | down 22.2% | volatile |
| 175 | Bangladesh | 0.0553 hectares per person | 2025 | down 5.0% | volatile |
| 176 | Saint Lucia | 0.0539 hectares per person | 2025 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 177 | Puerto Rico | 0.0475 hectares per person | 2025 | down 4.6% | volatile |
| 178 | Israel | 0.0396 hectares per person | 2025 | down 3.4% | volatile |
| 179 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0395 hectares per person | 2025 | down 1.2% | volatile |
| 180 | Egypt | 0.0388 hectares per person | 2025 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 181 | Reunion | 0.0385 hectares per person | 2025 | down 30.5% | volatile |
| 182 | Kuwait | 0.0376 hectares per person | 2025 | down 20.4% | volatile |
| 183 | Japan | 0.0371 hectares per person | 2025 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 184 | Barbados | 0.0357 hectares per person | 2025 | down 7.8% | rising |
| 185 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0327 hectares per person | 2025 | down 20.7% | volatile |
| 186 | Bahamas | 0.032 hectares per person | 2025 | down 8.0% | volatile |
| 187 | South Korea | 0.031 hectares per person | 2025 | down 12.9% | volatile |
| 188 | Brunei | 0.0272 hectares per person | 2025 | down 13.3% | volatile |
| 189 | Qatar | 0.0264 hectares per person | 2025 | down 19.7% | volatile |
| 190 | Aruba | 0.0188 hectares per person | 2025 | down 50.9% | volatile |
| 191 | Mauritius | 0.0171 hectares per person | 2025 | down 43.1% | volatile |
| 192 | Malta | 0.016 hectares per person | 2025 | down 33.5% | volatile |
| 193 | Bahrain | 0.0038 hectares per person | 2025 | down 27.7% | volatile |
| 194 | Faroe Islands | 0 hectares per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 194 | Singapore | 0 hectares per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 194 | Taiwan | 0 hectares per person | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 194 | Netherlands Antilles | 0 hectares per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
About this data
Total agricultural land per person for each separate country over time.