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Countries Ranked by Arable land (hectares per person)

Showing every country with available data for 2023 • World Bank: AG.LND.ARBL.HA.PC

The indicator page shows only the leaders and the laggards — useful for headlines, but it leaves out the middle of the distribution, which is where most countries actually sit. This page lists every country with reported arable land (hectares per person) data for 2023, ranked from highest to lowest, so you can find any country's exact position rather than guessing whether it falls inside the top or bottom ten.

Of the 206 countries reporting, the median value is 0.11, meaning half the world sits above this line and half below. Use the search box below to jump straight to a country, or scroll the full table. Each country name links through to its detailed country × indicator page with the 20-year trend.

Top Country in Each Region

East Asia & Pacific

Australia

1.16

Europe & Central Asia

Kazakhstan

1.46

Latin America & Caribbean

Argentina

0.89

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan

Libya

0.24

North America

Canada

0.95

South Asia

Bhutan

0.13

Sub-Saharan Africa

Niger

0.68

Rank Country Arable land (hectares per person)
1 Kazakhstan 1.46
2 Australia 1.16
3 Canada 0.95
4 Argentina 0.89
5 Ukraine 0.87
6 Russian Federation 0.85
7 Lithuania 0.80
8 Moldova 0.76
9 Latvia 0.72
10 Niger 0.68
11 Paraguay 0.67
12 Uruguay 0.65
13 Belarus 0.61
14 Bulgaria 0.54
15 Estonia 0.52
16 Bolivia 0.45
17 United States 0.45
18 Romania 0.44
19 Hungary 0.43
20 Sudan 0.42
21 Guinea 0.42
22 Finland 0.40
23 Denmark 0.40
24 Serbia 0.39
25 Mali 0.35
26 Central African Republic 0.35
27 Burkina Faso 0.34
28 Mongolia 0.33
29 Iceland 0.31
30 Poland 0.31
31 Togo 0.28
32 Isle of Man 0.28
33 Chad 0.27
34 Namibia 0.27
35 Cuba 0.26
36 Brazil 0.26
37 Benin 0.25
38 France 0.25
39 Zimbabwe 0.25
40 Albania 0.24
41 Belize 0.24
42 Slovak Republic 0.24
43 Sweden 0.24
44 Spain 0.24
45 Turkiye 0.24
46 Cambodia 0.24
47 Libya 0.24
48 Czechia 0.23
49 Tunisia 0.23
50 North Macedonia 0.23
51 Croatia 0.22
52 Thailand 0.22
53 Nicaragua 0.22
54 Cameroon 0.22
55 South Sudan 0.22
56 Turkmenistan 0.22
57 Senegal 0.21
58 Azerbaijan 0.21
59 Myanmar 0.20
60 Tanzania 0.20
61 Eritrea 0.20
62 Tonga 0.19
63 South Africa 0.19
64 Malawi 0.19
65 Afghanistan 0.19
66 Sierra Leone 0.19
67 Syrian Arab Republic 0.19
68 Guinea-Bissau 0.18
69 Zambia 0.18
70 Morocco 0.18
71 Kyrgyz Republic 0.18
72 Greece 0.18
73 Iran, Islamic Rep. 0.17
74 Mozambique 0.17
75 Algeria 0.16
76 Gambia, The 0.16
77 Nigeria 0.16
78 Lao PDR 0.16
79 Lesotho 0.15
80 Mexico 0.15
81 Cote d'Ivoire 0.15
82 Armenia 0.15
83 Angola 0.15
84 Norway 0.15
85 Austria 0.14
86 Eswatini 0.14
87 Uganda 0.14
88 Congo, Dem. Rep. 0.14
89 Germany 0.14
90 Ghana 0.14
91 Gabon 0.13
92 Ethiopia 0.13
93 Bhutan 0.13
94 Panama 0.13
95 Pakistan 0.12
96 Italy 0.12
97 Kenya 0.12
98 Guyana 0.12
99 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.12
100 Peru 0.12
101 El Salvador 0.11
102 Uzbekistan 0.11
103 Iraq 0.11
104 India 0.11
105 St. Kitts and Nevis 0.11
106 Botswana 0.10
107 Saudi Arabia 0.10
108 New Zealand 0.10
109 Burundi 0.10
110 Madagascar 0.10
111 Cabo Verde 0.10
112 Honduras 0.10
113 Luxembourg 0.09
114 Venezuela, RB 0.09
115 Liberia 0.09
116 Dominica 0.09
117 Mauritania 0.09
118 Congo, Rep. 0.09
119 United Kingdom 0.09
120 Portugal 0.09
121 Korea, Dem. People's Rep. 0.09
122 Haiti 0.09
123 Dominican Republic 0.09
124 Guatemala 0.09
125 Slovenia 0.08
126 Suriname 0.08
127 Fiji 0.08
128 Rwanda 0.08
129 Ireland 0.08
130 Georgia 0.08
131 Tajikistan 0.08
132 Timor-Leste 0.08
133 China 0.08
134 Comoros 0.08
135 Belgium 0.07
136 Cyprus 0.07
137 Chile 0.07
138 Viet Nam 0.07
139 Indonesia 0.06
140 Vanuatu 0.06
141 Sri Lanka 0.06
142 Nepal 0.06
143 Mauritius 0.06
144 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 0.06
145 San Marino 0.06
146 Ecuador 0.06
147 Netherlands 0.06
148 Samoa 0.05
149 Colombia 0.05
150 Philippines 0.05
151 Bangladesh 0.05
152 Switzerland 0.04
153 Liechtenstein 0.04
154 Antigua and Barbuda 0.04
155 Jamaica 0.04
156 Costa Rica 0.03
157 Japan 0.03
158 Papua New Guinea 0.03
159 Yemen, Rep. 0.03
160 Solomon Islands 0.03
161 Equatorial Guinea 0.03
162 Korea, Rep. 0.03
163 Israel 0.03
164 Egypt, Arab Rep. 0.03
165 British Virgin Islands 0.03
166 Grenada 0.03
167 Barbados 0.02
168 Lebanon 0.02
169 Malaysia 0.02
170 American Samoa 0.02
171 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.02
172 New Caledonia 0.02
173 Bahamas, The 0.02
174 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 0.02
175 Aruba 0.02
176 Trinidad and Tobago 0.02
177 Jordan 0.02
178 Micronesia, Fed. Sts. 0.02
179 Sao Tome and Principe 0.02
180 Oman 0.02
181 Palau 0.02
182 Puerto Rico (US) 0.02
183 Kiribati 0.02
184 St. Lucia 0.01
185 Montenegro 0.01
186 Malta 0.01
187 Marshall Islands 0.01
188 Andorra 0.01
189 French Polynesia 0.01
190 Brunei Darussalam 0.01
191 Virgin Islands (U.S.) 0.01
192 West Bank and Gaza 0.01
193 Qatar 0.01
194 Maldives 0.01
195 Guam 0.01
196 United Arab Emirates 0.00
197 Bermuda 0.00
198 Cayman Islands 0.00
199 Djibouti 0.00
200 Northern Mariana Islands 0.00
201 Kuwait 0.00
202 Bahrain 0.00
203 Faroe Islands 0.00
204 Seychelles 0.00
205 Hong Kong SAR, China 0.00
206 Singapore 0.00

Source: World Bank Open Data (AG.LND.ARBL.HA.PC), CC BY 4.0. Rankings include only countries with reported values for 2023; countries with suppressed or unavailable data are omitted.

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