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Rural land area (sq. km)

Rural land area in square kilometers, derived from urban extent grids which distinguish urban and rural areas based on a combination of population counts (persons), settlement points, and the presence of Nighttime Lights. Areas are defined as urban where contiguous lighted cells from the Nighttime Lights or approximated urban extents based on buffered settlement points for which the total population is greater than 5,000 persons.

World Bank code: AG.LND.TOTL.RU.K2 • Data available for 215 countries • Latest year: 2015

In , Russian Federation led Rural land area (sq. km) at 16.22M.

The world median across 215 reporting countries was 87,565.25.

What this measures: Rural land area in square kilometers, derived from urban extent grids which distinguish urban and rural areas based on a combination of population counts (persons), settlement points, and the presence of Nighttime Lights. Areas are defined as urban where contiguous lighted cells from the Nighttime Lights or approximated urban extents based on buffered settlement points for which the total population is greater than 5,000 persons.

How "Agriculture" indicators are measured

Agricultural indicators are compiled by the FAO and national agriculture ministries. Many are reported as percentages (share of land, share of GDP, share of employment) so per-capita normalization is rarely needed. Weather-driven variability means single-year readings can be misleading — a 5-year rolling average is often more meaningful than a single point.

Distribution — 2015

Reporting
215 countries
Median
87,565.25
Mean
593,892.33
25th percentile
10,006.16
75th percentile
434,269.61
Range
0.03 – 16.22M

World at a Glance — 2015

Every reporting country, grouped by region, shaded by value (quintile).

East Asia & PacificAmerican Samoa: 198.25ASAustralia: 7.65MAUBrunei Darussalam: 5,571.88BNCambodia: 176,180.68KHChina: 8.72MCNFiji: 18,883.79FJFrench Polynesia: 3,984.44PFGuam: 466.81GUHong Kong SAR, China: 591.20HKIndonesia: 1.82MIDJapan: 316,736.20JPKiribati: 907.56KIKorea, Dem. People's Rep.: 119,025.22KPKorea, Rep.: 86,793.37KRLao PDR: 228,354.38LAMacao SAR, China: 7.57MOMalaysia: 318,197.57MYMarshall Islands: 271.88MHMicronesia, Fed. Sts.: 757.75FMMongolia: 1.55MMNMyanmar: 660,979.55MMNauru: 15.06NRNew Caledonia: 18,753.57NCNew Zealand: 270,548.63NZNorthern Mariana Islands: 477.18MPPalau: 480.97PWPapua New Guinea: 462,122.30PGPhilippines: 282,119.58PHSamoa: 2,817.36WSSingapore: 210.16SGSolomon Islands: 28,414.50SBThailand: 491,891.91THTimor-Leste: 14,909.69TLTonga: 701.79TOTuvalu: 39.10TVVanuatu: 12,337.57VUViet Nam: 297,626.66VNEurope & Central AsiaAlbania: 27,331.60ALAndorra: 409.50ADArmenia: 27,342.22AMAustria: 80,030.89ATAzerbaijan: 82,218.65AZBelarus: 201,456.00BYBelgium: 22,780.52BEBosnia and Herzegovina: 49,134.66BABulgaria: 108,913.94BGCroatia: 54,777.09HRCyprus: 8,747.63CYCzechia: 73,926.22CZDenmark: 40,365.63DKEstonia: 42,656.57EEFaroe Islands: 1,385.84FOFinland: 302,765.50FIFrance: 522,936.10FRGeorgia: 68,068.73GEGermany: 316,383.48DEGibraltar: 0.05GIGreece: 128,795.91GRGreenland: 315,961.35GLHungary: 87,565.25HUIceland: 88,792.01ISIreland: 67,698.16IEIsle of Man: 538.46IMItaly: 277,070.58ITKazakhstan: 2.64MKZKyrgyz Republic: 186,901.27KGLatvia: 62,761.74LVLiechtenstein: 117.01LILithuania: 62,585.35LTLuxembourg: 2,247.08LUMoldova: 31,803.71MDMonaco: 0.03MCMontenegro: 13,146.80MENetherlands: 26,211.90NLNorth Macedonia: 23,681.04MKNorway: 306,188.46NOPoland: 293,194.00PLPortugal: 87,685.73PTRomania: 229,905.77RORussian Federation: 16.22MRUSan Marino: 36.00SMSerbia: 74,452.58RSSlovak Republic: 46,876.44SKSlovenia: 19,401.47SISpain: 488,925.71ESSweden: 411,134.31SESwitzerland: 34,763.58CHTajikistan: 134,045.21TJTurkiye: 754,924.70TRTurkmenistan: 463,257.52TMUkraine: 569,709.51UAUnited Kingdom: 218,902.76GBUzbekistan: 412,602.14UZLatin America & CaribbeanAntigua and Barbuda: 396.33AGArgentina: 2.74MARAruba: 84.80AWBahamas, The: 12,279.92BSBarbados: 248.53BBBelize: 21,708.45BZBolivia: 1.06MBOBrazil: 8.39MBRBritish Virgin Islands: 147.72VGCayman Islands: 229.43KYChile: 723,594.53CLColombia: 1.13MCOCosta Rica: 49,804.71CRCuba: 106,664.76CUCuracao: 316.32CWDominica: 735.84DMDominican Republic: 45,389.63DOEcuador: 253,213.92ECEl Salvador: 18,676.37SVGrenada: 291.37GDGuatemala: 105,527.12GTGuyana: 209,904.14GYHaiti: 25,688.07HTHonduras: 110,411.16HNJamaica: 10,006.16JMMexico: 1.92MMXNicaragua: 118,297.55NIPanama: 73,613.77PAParaguay: 396,430.59PYPeru: 1.28MPEPuerto Rico (US): 6,516.71PRSint Maarten (Dutch part): 9.18SXSt. Kitts and Nevis: 253.87KNSt. Lucia: 544.62LCSt. Martin (French part): 28.07MFSt. Vincent and the Grenadines: 329.13VCSuriname: 145,003.15SRTrinidad and Tobago: 4,364.44TTTurks and Caicos Islands: 910.93TCUruguay: 173,706.57UYVenezuela, RB: 899,029.26VEVirgin Islands (U.S.): 273.74VIMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & PakistanAfghanistan: 636,173.23AFAlgeria: 2.31MDZBahrain: 335.71BHDjibouti: 21,571.77DJEgypt, Arab Rep.: 971,206.20EGIran, Islamic Rep.: 1.60MIRIraq: 434,269.61IQIsrael: 19,195.23ILJordan: 86,673.40JOKuwait: 16,647.65KWLebanon: 8,546.20LBLibya: 1.62MLYMalta: 150.90MTMorocco: 409,515.81MAOman: 309,151.55OMPakistan: 821,721.36PKQatar: 10,591.24QASaudi Arabia: 1.91MSASyrian Arab Republic: 180,422.92SYTunisia: 151,132.52TNUnited Arab Emirates: 77,233.34AEWest Bank and Gaza: 4,390.87PSYemen, Rep.: 452,881.31YENorth AmericaBermuda: 20.30BMCanada: 9.20MCAUnited States: 8.90MUSSouth AsiaBangladesh: 79,328.86BDBhutan: 39,040.73BTIndia: 2.96MINMaldives: 259.65MVNepal: 140,132.78NPSri Lanka: 61,386.13LKSub-Saharan AfricaAngola: 1.25MAOBenin: 113,691.06BJBotswana: 572,887.23BWBurkina Faso: 273,918.35BFBurundi: 24,150.63BICabo Verde: 4,043.85CVCameroon: 463,837.32CMCentral African Republic: 622,165.08CFChad: 1.27MTDComoros: 1,534.77KMCongo, Dem. Rep.: 2.30MCDCongo, Rep.: 340,340.84CGCote d'Ivoire: 318,023.63CIEquatorial Guinea: 26,898.24GQEritrea: 120,001.00EREswatini: 17,073.22SZEthiopia: 1.12METGabon: 263,337.71GAGambia, The: 10,197.84GMGhana: 227,830.30GHGuinea: 244,205.75GNGuinea-Bissau: 33,293.42GWKenya: 579,896.16KELesotho: 30,172.34LSLiberia: 95,557.59LRMadagascar: 588,612.86MGMalawi: 93,702.76MWMali: 1.25MMLMauritania: 1.05MMRMauritius: 1,523.76MUMozambique: 775,002.47MZNamibia: 827,174.29NANiger: 1.19MNENigeria: 882,024.66NGRwanda: 22,337.27RWSao Tome and Principe: 994.17STSenegal: 194,448.57SNSeychelles: 475.17SCSierra Leone: 71,910.78SLSomalia, Fed. Rep.: 635,102.22SOSouth Africa: 1.20MZASouth Sudan: 623,624.99SSSudan: 1.86MSDTanzania: 880,726.40TZTogo: 56,198.45TGUganda: 201,994.67UGZambia: 740,140.22ZMZimbabwe: 386,236.17ZW

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Highest Values — 2015

# Country Rural land area (sq. km)
1 Russian Federation Europe & Central Asia 16.224M
2 Canada North America 9.197M
3 United States North America 8.903M
4 China East Asia & Pacific 8.724M
5 Brazil Latin America & Caribbean 8.385M
6 Australia East Asia & Pacific 7.650M
7 India South Asia 2.956M
8 Argentina Latin America & Caribbean 2.735M
9 Kazakhstan Europe & Central Asia 2.637M
10 Algeria Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 2.305M

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By Income Group — Average

Income group Countries Mean
High income 85 601,324.16
Upper middle income 53 802,602.23
Lower middle income 50 370,163.65
Low income 25 540,182.06
Not classified 2 1.01M

By Region — Average

Region Countries Mean
East Asia & Pacific 37 636,912.93
Europe & Central Asia 56 478,826.76
Latin America & Caribbean 42 476,772.01
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 23 523,752.96
North America 3 6.03M
South Asia 6 546,103.24
Sub-Saharan Africa 48 497,065.75

Lowest Values — 2015

# Country Rural land area (sq. km)
1 Monaco 0.03
2 Gibraltar 0.05
3 Macao SAR, China 7.57
4 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 9.18
5 Nauru 15.06
6 Bermuda 20.30
7 St. Martin (French part) 28.07
8 San Marino 36.00
9 Tuvalu 39.10
10 Aruba 84.80
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Source: World Bank Open Data (AG.LND.TOTL.RU.K2), CC BY 4.0. Rankings show countries with available data for 2015.