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Countries Ranked by Rural land area (sq. km)

Showing every country with available data for 2015 • World Bank: AG.LND.TOTL.RU.K2

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 rural land area (sq. km) data for 2015, 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 215 countries reporting, the median value is 87,565.25, 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

China

8.724M

Europe & Central Asia

Russian Federation

16.224M

Latin America & Caribbean

Brazil

8.385M

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan

Algeria

2.305M

North America

Canada

9.197M

South Asia

India

2.956M

Sub-Saharan Africa

Congo, Dem. Rep.

2.296M

Rank Country Rural land area (sq. km)
1 Russian Federation 16.224M
2 Canada 9.197M
3 United States 8.903M
4 China 8.724M
5 Brazil 8.385M
6 Australia 7.650M
7 India 2.956M
8 Argentina 2.735M
9 Kazakhstan 2.637M
10 Algeria 2.305M
11 Congo, Dem. Rep. 2.296M
12 Mexico 1.921M
13 Saudi Arabia 1.909M
14 Sudan 1.860M
15 Indonesia 1.821M
16 Libya 1.619M
17 Iran, Islamic Rep. 1.601M
18 Mongolia 1.549M
19 Peru 1.281M
20 Chad 1.273M
21 Mali 1.252M
22 Angola 1.251M
23 South Africa 1.204M
24 Niger 1.188M
25 Colombia 1.127M
26 Ethiopia 1.125M
27 Bolivia 1.060M
28 Mauritania 1.046M
29 Egypt, Arab Rep. 971,206.20
30 Venezuela, RB 899,029.26
31 Nigeria 882,024.66
32 Tanzania 880,726.40
33 Namibia 827,174.29
34 Pakistan 821,721.36
35 Mozambique 775,002.47
36 Turkiye 754,924.70
37 Zambia 740,140.22
38 Chile 723,594.53
39 Myanmar 660,979.55
40 Afghanistan 636,173.23
41 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 635,102.22
42 South Sudan 623,624.99
43 Central African Republic 622,165.08
44 Madagascar 588,612.86
45 Kenya 579,896.16
46 Botswana 572,887.23
47 Ukraine 569,709.51
48 France 522,936.10
49 Thailand 491,891.91
50 Spain 488,925.71
51 Cameroon 463,837.32
52 Turkmenistan 463,257.52
53 Papua New Guinea 462,122.30
54 Yemen, Rep. 452,881.31
55 Iraq 434,269.61
56 Uzbekistan 412,602.14
57 Sweden 411,134.31
58 Morocco 409,515.81
59 Paraguay 396,430.59
60 Zimbabwe 386,236.17
61 Congo, Rep. 340,340.84
62 Malaysia 318,197.57
63 Cote d'Ivoire 318,023.63
64 Japan 316,736.20
65 Germany 316,383.48
66 Greenland 315,961.35
67 Oman 309,151.55
68 Norway 306,188.46
69 Finland 302,765.50
70 Viet Nam 297,626.66
71 Poland 293,194.00
72 Philippines 282,119.58
73 Italy 277,070.58
74 Burkina Faso 273,918.35
75 New Zealand 270,548.63
76 Gabon 263,337.71
77 Ecuador 253,213.92
78 Guinea 244,205.75
79 Romania 229,905.77
80 Lao PDR 228,354.38
81 Ghana 227,830.30
82 United Kingdom 218,902.76
83 Guyana 209,904.14
84 Uganda 201,994.67
85 Belarus 201,456.00
86 Senegal 194,448.57
87 Kyrgyz Republic 186,901.27
88 Syrian Arab Republic 180,422.92
89 Cambodia 176,180.68
90 Uruguay 173,706.57
91 Tunisia 151,132.52
92 Suriname 145,003.15
93 Nepal 140,132.78
94 Tajikistan 134,045.21
95 Greece 128,795.91
96 Eritrea 120,001.00
97 Korea, Dem. People's Rep. 119,025.22
98 Nicaragua 118,297.55
99 Benin 113,691.06
100 Honduras 110,411.16
101 Bulgaria 108,913.94
102 Cuba 106,664.76
103 Guatemala 105,527.12
104 Liberia 95,557.59
105 Malawi 93,702.76
106 Iceland 88,792.01
107 Portugal 87,685.73
108 Hungary 87,565.25
109 Korea, Rep. 86,793.37
110 Jordan 86,673.40
111 Azerbaijan 82,218.65
112 Austria 80,030.89
113 Bangladesh 79,328.86
114 United Arab Emirates 77,233.34
115 Serbia 74,452.58
116 Czechia 73,926.22
117 Panama 73,613.77
118 Sierra Leone 71,910.78
119 Georgia 68,068.73
120 Ireland 67,698.16
121 Latvia 62,761.74
122 Lithuania 62,585.35
123 Sri Lanka 61,386.13
124 Togo 56,198.45
125 Croatia 54,777.09
126 Costa Rica 49,804.71
127 Bosnia and Herzegovina 49,134.66
128 Slovak Republic 46,876.44
129 Dominican Republic 45,389.63
130 Estonia 42,656.57
131 Denmark 40,365.63
132 Bhutan 39,040.73
133 Switzerland 34,763.58
134 Guinea-Bissau 33,293.42
135 Moldova 31,803.71
136 Lesotho 30,172.34
137 Solomon Islands 28,414.50
138 Armenia 27,342.22
139 Albania 27,331.60
140 Equatorial Guinea 26,898.24
141 Netherlands 26,211.90
142 Haiti 25,688.07
143 Burundi 24,150.63
144 North Macedonia 23,681.04
145 Belgium 22,780.52
146 Rwanda 22,337.27
147 Belize 21,708.45
148 Djibouti 21,571.77
149 Slovenia 19,401.47
150 Israel 19,195.23
151 Fiji 18,883.79
152 New Caledonia 18,753.57
153 El Salvador 18,676.37
154 Eswatini 17,073.22
155 Kuwait 16,647.65
156 Timor-Leste 14,909.69
157 Montenegro 13,146.80
158 Vanuatu 12,337.57
159 Bahamas, The 12,279.92
160 Qatar 10,591.24
161 Gambia, The 10,197.84
162 Jamaica 10,006.16
163 Cyprus 8,747.63
164 Lebanon 8,546.20
165 Puerto Rico (US) 6,516.71
166 Brunei Darussalam 5,571.88
167 West Bank and Gaza 4,390.87
168 Trinidad and Tobago 4,364.44
169 Cabo Verde 4,043.85
170 French Polynesia 3,984.44
171 Samoa 2,817.36
172 Luxembourg 2,247.08
173 Comoros 1,534.77
174 Mauritius 1,523.76
175 Faroe Islands 1,385.84
176 Sao Tome and Principe 994.17
177 Turks and Caicos Islands 910.93
178 Kiribati 907.56
179 Micronesia, Fed. Sts. 757.75
180 Dominica 735.84
181 Tonga 701.79
182 Hong Kong SAR, China 591.20
183 St. Lucia 544.62
184 Isle of Man 538.46
185 Palau 480.97
186 Northern Mariana Islands 477.18
187 Seychelles 475.17
188 Guam 466.81
189 Andorra 409.50
190 Antigua and Barbuda 396.33
191 Bahrain 335.71
192 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 329.13
193 Curacao 316.32
194 Grenada 291.37
195 Virgin Islands (U.S.) 273.74
196 Marshall Islands 271.88
197 Maldives 259.65
198 St. Kitts and Nevis 253.87
199 Barbados 248.53
200 Cayman Islands 229.43
201 Singapore 210.16
202 American Samoa 198.25
203 Malta 150.90
204 British Virgin Islands 147.72
205 Liechtenstein 117.01
206 Aruba 84.80
207 Tuvalu 39.10
208 San Marino 36.00
209 St. Martin (French part) 28.07
210 Bermuda 20.30
211 Nauru 15.06
212 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 9.18
213 Macao SAR, China 7.57
214 Gibraltar 0.05
215 Monaco 0.03

Source: World Bank Open Data (AG.LND.TOTL.RU.K2), CC BY 4.0. Rankings include only countries with reported values for 2015; countries with suppressed or unavailable data are omitted.

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