Vegetables Primary — Area harvested, per square kilometre by country
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested 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
169
Highest
16.44 ha per square kilometre
Malta
Lowest
0.0009 ha per square kilometre
Mauritania
Median
0.3134 ha per square kilometre
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
9,744
What the numbers show
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested, per square kilometre is currently reported for 169 countries. The highest value is 16.44 ha per square kilometre in Malta; the lowest is 0.0009 ha per square kilometre in Mauritania.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.3134 ha per square kilometre, and the mean is 0.852 ha per square kilometre.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 18,870.
Over the past decade 101 countries rose and 67 fell. The largest increase was in Luxembourg (up 291.3%), and the largest decrease in Estonia (down 81.2%).
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested, per square kilometre: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malta | 16.44 ha per square kilometre | 2017 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 2 | Tonga | 9.93 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 3 | Maldives | 7.09 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 46.0% | volatile |
| 4 | Bangladesh | 5.48 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 29.3% | volatile |
| 5 | Nigeria | 5.03 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 49.3% | volatile |
| 6 | Rwanda | 4.52 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.4% | volatile |
| 7 | Mauritius | 3.38 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 8 | Israel | 3.14 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 21.7% | volatile |
| 9 | India | 3.11 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 23.8% | rising |
| 10 | Lebanon | 2.82 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 11 | Tuvalu | 2.8 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 12 | Barbados | 2.73 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 13 | Philippines | 2.65 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 14 | China | 2.53 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.7% | volatile |
| 15 | Palestine, State of | 2.52 ha per square kilometre | 2022 | up 4.1% | falling |
| 16 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2.45 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 17 | Nepal | 2.26 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.7% | volatile |
| 18 | Burundi | 2.13 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 19 | Grenada | 2.07 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.3% | volatile |
| 20 | Belgium | 1.91 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.3% | flat |
| 21 | Guinea | 1.77 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 124.8% | rising |
| 22 | Jamaica | 1.75 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 23 | Dominica | 1.62 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 24 | Sri Lanka | 1.61 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.9% | rising |
| 25 | North Macedonia | 1.6 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.8% | flat |
| 26 | Malawi | 1.58 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 47.5% | volatile |
| 27 | Comoros | 1.5 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 34.3% | volatile |
| 28 | Dominican Republic | 1.44 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 40.2% | volatile |
| 29 | Singapore | 1.44 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 30 | Seychelles | 1.44 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.0% | volatile |
| 31 | Cameroon | 1.43 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.6% | volatile |
| 32 | Albania | 1.26 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 33 | Uganda | 1.22 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.5% | volatile |
| 34 | Haiti | 1.22 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.3% | falling |
| 35 | Benin | 1.14 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 37.0% | volatile |
| 36 | Italy | 1.08 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 32.0% | falling |
| 37 | Cuba | 1.01 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 49.7% | volatile |
| 38 | Japan | 0.9927 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 39 | Guatemala | 0.8988 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.8% | volatile |
| 40 | Sierra Leone | 0.8892 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 27.8% | rising |
| 41 | Serbia | 0.7799 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 42 | Azerbaijan | 0.7402 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 21.2% | rising |
| 43 | Tunisia | 0.7319 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 44 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.7296 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.1% | rising |
| 45 | Egypt | 0.7069 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 46 | Thailand | 0.6895 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 47 | Ukraine | 0.6837 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 25.0% | flat |
| 48 | Armenia | 0.6378 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 28.3% | rising |
| 49 | Indonesia | 0.6278 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 50 | Spain | 0.6245 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.6% | falling |
| 51 | Croatia | 0.6237 ha per square kilometre | 2022 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 52 | Cambodia | 0.5853 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 53 | Myanmar | 0.5832 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.2% | volatile |
| 54 | Kiribati | 0.5827 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 55 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.575 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 56 | Burkina Faso | 0.5673 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 57.6% | volatile |
| 57 | Pakistan | 0.5523 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 58 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.5513 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 44.7% | volatile |
| 59 | Togo | 0.5431 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 60 | Uzbekistan | 0.5374 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 61 | Saint Lucia | 0.5344 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.2% | volatile |
| 62 | Ethiopia | 0.5181 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 63 | Portugal | 0.503 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 64 | Fiji | 0.4887 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 187.1% | volatile |
| 65 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.4698 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 150.6% | volatile |
| 66 | Tajikistan | 0.4532 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 23.0% | rising |
| 67 | France | 0.4508 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.4% | falling |
| 68 | Senegal | 0.4443 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 218.6% | volatile |
| 69 | Switzerland | 0.4295 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 70 | Samoa | 0.4119 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.3% | volatile |
| 71 | Bahrain | 0.3937 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 39.6% | rising |
| 72 | Romania | 0.3911 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 61.5% | volatile |
| 73 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.3885 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 21.1% | rising |
| 74 | Poland | 0.3883 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 75 | Jordan | 0.3867 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 18.3% | falling |
| 76 | Mexico | 0.3699 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 77 | Ghana | 0.3699 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 78 | Hungary | 0.3696 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 51.4% | falling |
| 79 | Kenya | 0.3562 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.6% | rising |
| 80 | Bahamas | 0.3399 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 81 | New Caledonia | 0.3236 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 46.1% | volatile |
| 82 | Puerto Rico | 0.3232 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.6% | falling |
| 83 | Morocco | 0.3197 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.2% | rising |
| 84 | Greece | 0.3196 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 61.5% | falling |
| 85 | El Salvador | 0.3134 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.0% | rising |
| 86 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.3016 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.5% | rising |
| 87 | Belarus | 0.2953 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 88 | Germany | 0.2903 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 89 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.253 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 90 | Liberia | 0.2525 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 91 | Ecuador | 0.2513 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 19.0% | rising |
| 92 | Qatar | 0.2413 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 60.5% | rising |
| 93 | Djibouti | 0.2384 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.1% | volatile |
| 94 | Niger | 0.2271 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 169.1% | volatile |
| 95 | Denmark | 0.2218 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 96 | Zimbabwe | 0.2084 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 85.1% | volatile |
| 97 | Slovenia | 0.2077 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.8% | rising |
| 98 | Kuwait | 0.207 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 37.7% | volatile |
| 99 | Malaysia | 0.2067 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.2% | volatile |
| 100 | Gambia | 0.2048 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 101 | Austria | 0.2013 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.4% | falling |
| 102 | Georgia | 0.1877 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 34.5% | falling |
| 103 | Peru | 0.1793 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 104 | Afghanistan | 0.1782 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 47.5% | rising |
| 105 | Mali | 0.177 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 87.6% | volatile |
| 106 | Cyprus | 0.1764 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 26.4% | falling |
| 107 | Vanuatu | 0.171 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 167.5% | volatile |
| 108 | Slovakia | 0.1643 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.7% | volatile |
| 109 | Costa Rica | 0.1641 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 110 | Mozambique | 0.161 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 86.8% | volatile |
| 111 | Iraq | 0.1461 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 75.4% | rising |
| 112 | Bhutan | 0.146 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 55.3% | volatile |
| 113 | Central African Republic | 0.1428 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 71.4% | volatile |
| 114 | Sudan | 0.1392 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 43.0% | rising |
| 115 | Bulgaria | 0.1391 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 27.9% | falling |
| 116 | Lithuania | 0.1327 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 26.2% | falling |
| 117 | Algeria | 0.1327 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.0% | volatile |
| 118 | Montenegro | 0.1274 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 26.6% | falling |
| 119 | South Africa | 0.1225 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 120 | New Zealand | 0.1193 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 27.7% | rising |
| 121 | Czechia | 0.1181 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.5% | volatile |
| 122 | Lesotho | 0.1175 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 123 | Honduras | 0.1172 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 28.9% | rising |
| 124 | Eritrea | 0.1154 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 125 | Chile | 0.1128 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 126 | Angola | 0.1094 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 29.9% | volatile |
| 127 | Luxembourg | 0.1049 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 291.3% | volatile |
| 128 | Colombia | 0.1028 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 30.8% | rising |
| 129 | Papua New Guinea | 0.1021 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 130 | South Sudan | 0.0977 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 131 | Eswatini | 0.0952 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 132 | Oman | 0.0938 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 53.9% | volatile |
| 133 | Belize | 0.0921 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.4% | volatile |
| 134 | Madagascar | 0.0832 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 135 | Yemen | 0.0806 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.0% | rising |
| 136 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0783 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 23.3% | volatile |
| 137 | French Polynesia | 0.0723 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 32.0% | rising |
| 138 | Panama | 0.0723 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 27.3% | rising |
| 139 | Zambia | 0.0695 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 140 | Argentina | 0.063 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 141 | Kazakhstan | 0.0567 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 142 | Nicaragua | 0.055 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 43.0% | flat |
| 143 | Latvia | 0.0509 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 63.9% | falling |
| 144 | Ireland | 0.0505 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 45.3% | volatile |
| 145 | Naoero | 0.05 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 146 | Turkmenistan | 0.0491 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 147 | Uruguay | 0.048 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.9% | falling |
| 148 | Brazil | 0.0421 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 149 | Paraguay | 0.0399 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 150 | Gabon | 0.0391 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 151 | Sweden | 0.0356 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 152 | Finland | 0.0295 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 153 | Congo | 0.0269 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 154 | Somalia | 0.0256 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.2% | volatile |
| 155 | Libya | 0.0251 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 156 | Saudi Arabia | 0.025 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 157 | Norway | 0.0199 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 158 | Guyana | 0.0152 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 66.3% | volatile |
| 159 | Solomon Islands | 0.0139 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 160 | Estonia | 0.0131 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 81.2% | falling |
| 161 | Canada | 0.0104 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.5% | flat |
| 162 | Mongolia | 0.0101 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 171.6% | volatile |
| 163 | Australia | 0.01 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 164 | Namibia | 0.0081 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.3% | volatile |
| 165 | Botswana | 0.008 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.1% | rising |
| 166 | Chad | 0.0079 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 167 | Suriname | 0.0037 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 42.6% | rising |
| 168 | Iceland | 0.0013 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 189.2% | rising |
| 169 | Mauritania | 0.0009 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.4% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 0.4579 ha per square kilometre
How this figure is calculated
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested 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.
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Vegetables Primary — Area harvested Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested 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.