Wheat — Area harvested, per square kilometre by country
Wheat — 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
110
Highest
15.02 ha per square kilometre
Lithuania
Lowest
0 ha per square kilometre
Malta
Median
0.9634 ha per square kilometre
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
6,070
What the numbers show
Wheat — Area harvested, per square kilometre is currently reported for 110 countries. The highest value is 15.02 ha per square kilometre in Lithuania; the lowest is 0 ha per square kilometre in Malta.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.9634 ha per square kilometre, and the mean is 2.53 ha per square kilometre.
Over the past decade 42 countries rose and 67 fell. The largest increase was in Oman (up 907.7%), and the largest decrease in Malta (down 100.0%).
Wheat — Area harvested, per square kilometre: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lithuania | 15.02 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 41.1% | rising |
| 2 | Denmark | 12.22 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 13.9% | volatile |
| 3 | Pakistan | 11.72 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 4 | Hungary | 11.54 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 5 | Bulgaria | 11.25 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 6 | Czechia | 10.6 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 7 | India | 10.56 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 8 | Romania | 10.07 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.5% | falling |
| 9 | France | 9.27 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.0% | rising |
| 10 | Slovakia | 8.46 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.6% | flat |
| 11 | Latvia | 8.44 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 42.2% | volatile |
| 12 | Germany | 8.29 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.5% | rising |
| 13 | Serbia | 8.11 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 14 | Ukraine | 8.04 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 29.1% | rising |
| 15 | Poland | 8 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 16 | Belgium | 6.97 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.8% | flat |
| 17 | Azerbaijan | 6.57 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 21.2% | rising |
| 18 | Italy | 6.32 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 19 | Morocco | 5.45 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 24.0% | rising |
| 20 | Lebanon | 5.41 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 28.8% | falling |
| 21 | Nepal | 4.87 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.5% | rising |
| 22 | Kazakhstan | 4.86 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 23 | Luxembourg | 4.84 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.8% | rising |
| 24 | Estonia | 4.06 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 42.2% | rising |
| 25 | Spain | 3.92 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 26 | Iraq | 3.84 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.9% | rising |
| 27 | Greece | 3.48 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 32.0% | falling |
| 28 | Austria | 3.42 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.1% | flat |
| 29 | Belarus | 3.19 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 30 | Afghanistan | 3.1 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.8% | flat |
| 31 | Croatia | 3.09 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 32 | Uzbekistan | 2.79 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 15.8% | rising |
| 33 | North Macedonia | 2.76 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 34 | China | 2.52 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 35 | Armenia | 2.5 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 28.7% | falling |
| 36 | Israel | 2.44 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 37 | Bangladesh | 2.44 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 23.8% | volatile |
| 38 | Switzerland | 2.2 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 39 | Palestine | 2.12 ha per square kilometre | 2022 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 40 | Tunisia | 2.12 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 50.7% | falling |
| 41 | Albania | 2.1 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 42 | Argentina | 2.04 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 61.5% | rising |
| 43 | Tajikistan | 1.98 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 13.0% | rising |
| 44 | Ethiopia | 1.92 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 34.9% | rising |
| 45 | Cyprus | 1.53 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 104.2% | volatile |
| 46 | Uruguay | 1.52 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 40.7% | falling |
| 47 | Slovenia | 1.43 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 48 | Turkmenistan | 1.41 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 23.8% | rising |
| 49 | Australia | 1.37 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 16.8% | rising |
| 50 | Egypt | 1.34 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.7% | rising |
| 51 | Sweden | 1.25 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 57.0% | rising |
| 52 | Canada | 1.22 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.6% | falling |
| 53 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.2 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 33.5% | falling |
| 54 | Paraguay | 1.13 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 18.3% | volatile |
| 55 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.12 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 56 | Ireland | 0.8097 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 57 | Georgia | 0.8016 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 26.3% | falling |
| 58 | Algeria | 0.7558 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.2% | falling |
| 59 | Finland | 0.7539 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 60 | Japan | 0.6355 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.2% | falling |
| 61 | Rwanda | 0.5377 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 35.3% | volatile |
| 62 | Burundi | 0.477 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 38.8% | rising |
| 63 | South Africa | 0.4435 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.4% | falling |
| 64 | Brazil | 0.3985 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 59.5% | rising |
| 65 | Lesotho | 0.3504 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.5% | volatile |
| 66 | Chile | 0.2918 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 67 | Mexico | 0.2883 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 68 | Portugal | 0.2701 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 52.6% | volatile |
| 69 | Zimbabwe | 0.26 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 362.4% | volatile |
| 70 | Mongolia | 0.2155 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.8% | falling |
| 71 | Eritrea | 0.2063 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 72 | Kenya | 0.1798 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 37.2% | rising |
| 73 | Norway | 0.177 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.8% | volatile |
| 74 | New Zealand | 0.1538 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 75 | Jordan | 0.1364 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 43.4% | volatile |
| 76 | Yemen | 0.1227 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 52.8% | rising |
| 77 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0977 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 104.8% | volatile |
| 78 | Libya | 0.0971 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 32.9% | flat |
| 79 | Myanmar | 0.0889 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 42.6% | flat |
| 80 | Peru | 0.087 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 27.6% | flat |
| 81 | Sudan | 0.0864 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 82 | Uganda | 0.0748 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.1% | volatile |
| 83 | Montenegro | 0.0563 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 84 | Zambia | 0.0492 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.6% | volatile |
| 85 | Nigeria | 0.0338 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 61.5% | volatile |
| 86 | Eswatini | 0.0226 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.8% | volatile |
| 87 | Honduras | 0.0214 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 88 | Mozambique | 0.0203 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.5% | volatile |
| 89 | Bhutan | 0.0192 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 67.8% | volatile |
| 90 | Ecuador | 0.0162 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 50.5% | volatile |
| 91 | Angola | 0.0144 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 425.8% | volatile |
| 92 | Malawi | 0.0106 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 21.2% | volatile |
| 93 | Oman | 0.0097 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 907.7% | volatile |
| 94 | Mali | 0.0056 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.0% | volatile |
| 95 | Namibia | 0.0052 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 76.3% | volatile |
| 96 | Somalia | 0.0042 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 97 | Colombia | 0.0026 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 40.9% | volatile |
| 98 | Thailand | 0.0025 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.7% | volatile |
| 99 | Guatemala | 0.0024 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 66.6% | volatile |
| 100 | Niger | 0.0016 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.2% | volatile |
| 101 | Botswana | 0.0014 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 102 | New Caledonia | 0.001 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.5% | volatile |
| 103 | Cameroon | 0.001 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 28.8% | volatile |
| 104 | Mauritania | 0.0009 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 71.0% | volatile |
| 105 | Madagascar | 0.0007 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 80.0% | volatile |
| 106 | Kuwait | 0.0006 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.2% | volatile |
| 107 | Chad | 0.0006 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.0% | volatile |
| 108 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0001 ha per square kilometre | 2008 | down 80.0% | volatile |
| 109 | Qatar | 0.0001 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 97.3% | volatile |
| 110 | Malta | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 1.69 ha per square kilometre
How this figure is calculated
Wheat — 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.
Wheat — Area harvested ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Wheat — 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
Wheat — 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.