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Rural land area where elevation is below 5 meters (sq. km)

Rural land area below 5m is the total rural land area in square kilometers where the elevation is 5 meters or less.

World Bank code: AG.LND.EL5M.RU.K2 • Data available for 215 countries • Latest year: 2015

In , Indonesia led Rural land area where elevation is below 5 meters (sq. km) at 140,582.42.

The world median across 215 reporting countries was 627.78.

What this measures: Rural land area below 5m is the total rural land area in square kilometers where the elevation is 5 meters or less.

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
627.78
Mean
6,052.53
25th percentile
9.09
75th percentile
3,734.46
Range
0.00 – 140,582.42

World at a Glance — 2015

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

East Asia & PacificAmerican Samoa: 38.54ASAustralia: 55,230.12AUBrunei Darussalam: 283.46BNCambodia: 3,055.82KHChina: 42,639.94CNFiji: 1,554.82FJFrench Polynesia: 1,211.80PFGuam: 25.31GUHong Kong SAR, China: 74.95HKIndonesia: 140,582.42IDJapan: 5,490.82JPKiribati: 613.18KIKorea, Dem. People's Rep.: 1,864.03KPKorea, Rep.: 2,520.98KRLao PDR: 0.00LAMacao SAR, China: 3.57MOMalaysia: 20,980.60MYMarshall Islands: 222.63MHMicronesia, Fed. Sts.: 152.79FMMongolia: 0.00MNMyanmar: 29,735.43MMNauru: 1.68NRNew Caledonia: 1,006.81NCNew Zealand: 12,489.11NZNorthern Mariana Islands: 63.31MPPalau: 76.08PWPapua New Guinea: 17,722.60PGPhilippines: 12,170.14PHSamoa: 57.03WSSingapore: 43.82SGSolomon Islands: 2,066.62SBThailand: 17,671.42THTimor-Leste: 227.12TLTonga: 122.07TOTuvalu: 26.59TVVanuatu: 516.70VUViet Nam: 39,976.24VNEurope & Central AsiaAlbania: 991.34ALAndorra: 0.00ADArmenia: 0.00AMAustria: 0.00ATAzerbaijan: 0.00AZBelarus: 0.00BYBelgium: 1,125.60BEBosnia and Herzegovina: 2.90BABulgaria: 116.50BGCroatia: 842.71HRCyprus: 166.75CYCzechia: 0.00CZDenmark: 5,354.35DKEstonia: 1,463.56EEFaroe Islands: 38.25FOFinland: 3,584.61FIFrance: 7,410.75FRGeorgia: 909.93GEGermany: 10,850.45DEGibraltar: 0.05GIGreece: 4,282.51GRGreenland: 16,116.14GLHungary: 0.00HUIceland: 1,642.97ISIreland: 1,358.49IEIsle of Man: 19.79IMItaly: 8,698.03ITKazakhstan: 0.00KZKyrgyz Republic: 0.00KGLatvia: 1,103.49LVLiechtenstein: 0.00LILithuania: 426.84LTLuxembourg: 0.00LUMoldova: 0.00MDMonaco: 0.03MCMontenegro: 79.57MENetherlands: 13,703.95NLNorth Macedonia: 0.00MKNorway: 4,796.07NOPoland: 3,041.92PLPortugal: 1,425.93PTRomania: 3,229.32RORussian Federation: 109,221.91RUSan Marino: 0.00SMSerbia: 0.00RSSlovak Republic: 0.00SKSlovenia: 9.09SISpain: 3,273.43ESSweden: 3,860.99SESwitzerland: 0.00CHTajikistan: 0.00TJTurkiye: 3,767.67TRTurkmenistan: 0.00TMUkraine: 4,586.95UAUnited Kingdom: 8,983.56GBUzbekistan: 0.00UZLatin America & CaribbeanAntigua and Barbuda: 70.46AGArgentina: 16,819.90ARAruba: 11.39AWBahamas, The: 8,681.29BSBarbados: 7.92BBBelize: 2,676.59BZBolivia: 0.00BOBrazil: 70,563.65BRBritish Virgin Islands: 65.81VGCayman Islands: 135.03KYChile: 11,073.48CLColombia: 12,720.86COCosta Rica: 1,473.33CRCuba: 16,283.28CUCuracao: 27.87CWDominica: 19.62DMDominican Republic: 1,094.60DOEcuador: 3,135.50ECEl Salvador: 720.00SVGrenada: 20.88GDGuatemala: 780.74GTGuyana: 10,814.87GYHaiti: 568.75HTHonduras: 4,992.85HNJamaica: 413.03JMMexico: 51,917.16MXNicaragua: 7,015.67NIPanama: 3,301.66PAParaguay: 0.00PYPeru: 3,737.37PEPuerto Rico (US): 426.61PRSint Maarten (Dutch part): 2.74SXSt. Kitts and Nevis: 19.85KNSt. Lucia: 21.70LCSt. Martin (French part): 7.04MFSt. Vincent and the Grenadines: 27.60VCSuriname: 9,026.35SRTrinidad and Tobago: 326.26TTTurks and Caicos Islands: 588.09TCUruguay: 1,020.93UYVenezuela, RB: 13,855.07VEVirgin Islands (U.S.): 44.96VIMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & PakistanAfghanistan: 0.00AFAlgeria: 423.32DZBahrain: 117.10BHDjibouti: 153.47DJEgypt, Arab Rep.: 10,095.77EGIran, Islamic Rep.: 12,358.53IRIraq: 12,446.18IQIsrael: 37.02ILJordan: 2.61JOKuwait: 1,417.38KWLebanon: 23.92LBLibya: 7,545.96LYMalta: 16.47MTMorocco: 738.70MAOman: 2,324.65OMPakistan: 11,172.27PKQatar: 1,200.19QASaudi Arabia: 6,915.44SASyrian Arab Republic: 31.04SYTunisia: 1,935.88TNUnited Arab Emirates: 2,725.86AEWest Bank and Gaza: 1.44PSYemen, Rep.: 1,696.42YENorth AmericaBermuda: 11.22BMCanada: 59,244.93CAUnited States: 127,287.53USSouth AsiaBangladesh: 14,600.86BDBhutan: 0.00BTIndia: 32,106.84INMaldives: 209.82MVNepal: 0.00NPSri Lanka: 1,983.34LKSub-Saharan AfricaAngola: 1,923.22AOBenin: 1,070.04BJBotswana: 0.00BWBurkina Faso: 0.00BFBurundi: 0.00BICabo Verde: 217.90CVCameroon: 2,110.16CMCentral African Republic: 0.00CFChad: 0.00TDComoros: 56.58KMCongo, Dem. Rep.: 627.78CDCongo, Rep.: 791.09CGCote d'Ivoire: 1,533.44CIEquatorial Guinea: 203.95GQEritrea: 1,530.76EREswatini: 0.00SZEthiopia: 0.00ETGabon: 3,734.46GAGambia, The: 1,969.00GMGhana: 1,412.20GHGuinea: 3,296.83GNGuinea-Bissau: 5,347.64GWKenya: 1,573.69KELesotho: 0.00LSLiberia: 937.45LRMadagascar: 7,327.82MGMalawi: 0.00MWMali: 0.00MLMauritania: 11,205.91MRMauritius: 53.01MUMozambique: 15,922.19MZNamibia: 1,661.37NANiger: 0.00NENigeria: 18,125.36NGRwanda: 0.00RWSao Tome and Principe: 33.03STSenegal: 8,358.35SNSeychelles: 122.47SCSierra Leone: 3,778.89SLSomalia, Fed. Rep.: 1,502.22SOSouth Africa: 1,292.93ZASouth Sudan: 0.00SSSudan: 1,536.25SDTanzania: 1,498.47TZTogo: 198.76TGUganda: 0.00UGZambia: 0.00ZMZimbabwe: 0.00ZW

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Highest Values — 2015

# Country Rural land area where elevation is below 5 meters (sq. km)
1 Indonesia East Asia & Pacific 140,582.42
2 United States North America 127,287.53
3 Russian Federation Europe & Central Asia 109,221.91
4 Brazil Latin America & Caribbean 70,563.65
5 Canada North America 59,244.93
6 Australia East Asia & Pacific 55,230.12
7 Mexico Latin America & Caribbean 51,917.16
8 China East Asia & Pacific 42,639.94
9 Viet Nam East Asia & Pacific 39,976.24
10 India South Asia 32,106.84

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By Income Group — Average

Income group Countries Mean
High income 85 6,285.04
Upper middle income 53 8,729.45
Lower middle income 50 4,925.58
Low income 25 1,770.81
Not classified 2 6,927.53

By Region — Average

Region Countries Mean
East Asia & Pacific 37 11,095.10
Europe & Central Asia 56 4,044.40
Latin America & Caribbean 42 6,059.78
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 23 3,190.42
North America 3 62,181.23
South Asia 6 8,150.14
Sub-Saharan Africa 48 2,103.19

Lowest Values — 2015

# Country Rural land area where elevation is below 5 meters (sq. km)
1 Niger 0.00
2 Nepal 0.00
3 South Sudan 0.00
4 Bhutan 0.00
5 Mongolia 0.00
6 Moldova 0.00
7 Bolivia 0.00
8 Mali 0.00
9 Switzerland 0.00
10 Botswana 0.00
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Source: World Bank Open Data (AG.LND.EL5M.RU.K2), CC BY 4.0. Rankings show countries with available data for 2015.