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

Showing every country with available data for 2015 • World Bank: AG.LND.EL5M.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 where elevation is below 5 meters (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 627.78, 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

Indonesia

140,582.42

Europe & Central Asia

Russian Federation

109,221.91

Latin America & Caribbean

Brazil

70,563.65

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan

Iraq

12,446.18

North America

United States

127,287.53

South Asia

India

32,106.84

Sub-Saharan Africa

Nigeria

18,125.36

Rank Country Rural land area where elevation is below 5 meters (sq. km)
1 Indonesia 140,582.42
2 United States 127,287.53
3 Russian Federation 109,221.91
4 Brazil 70,563.65
5 Canada 59,244.93
6 Australia 55,230.12
7 Mexico 51,917.16
8 China 42,639.94
9 Viet Nam 39,976.24
10 India 32,106.84
11 Myanmar 29,735.43
12 Malaysia 20,980.60
13 Nigeria 18,125.36
14 Papua New Guinea 17,722.60
15 Thailand 17,671.42
16 Argentina 16,819.90
17 Cuba 16,283.28
18 Greenland 16,116.14
19 Mozambique 15,922.19
20 Bangladesh 14,600.86
21 Venezuela, RB 13,855.07
22 Netherlands 13,703.95
23 Colombia 12,720.86
24 New Zealand 12,489.11
25 Iraq 12,446.18
26 Iran, Islamic Rep. 12,358.53
27 Philippines 12,170.14
28 Mauritania 11,205.91
29 Pakistan 11,172.27
30 Chile 11,073.48
31 Germany 10,850.45
32 Guyana 10,814.87
33 Egypt, Arab Rep. 10,095.77
34 Suriname 9,026.35
35 United Kingdom 8,983.56
36 Italy 8,698.03
37 Bahamas, The 8,681.29
38 Senegal 8,358.35
39 Libya 7,545.96
40 France 7,410.75
41 Madagascar 7,327.82
42 Nicaragua 7,015.67
43 Saudi Arabia 6,915.44
44 Japan 5,490.82
45 Denmark 5,354.35
46 Guinea-Bissau 5,347.64
47 Honduras 4,992.85
48 Norway 4,796.07
49 Ukraine 4,586.95
50 Greece 4,282.51
51 Sweden 3,860.99
52 Sierra Leone 3,778.89
53 Turkiye 3,767.67
54 Peru 3,737.37
55 Gabon 3,734.46
56 Finland 3,584.61
57 Panama 3,301.66
58 Guinea 3,296.83
59 Spain 3,273.43
60 Romania 3,229.32
61 Ecuador 3,135.50
62 Cambodia 3,055.82
63 Poland 3,041.92
64 United Arab Emirates 2,725.86
65 Belize 2,676.59
66 Korea, Rep. 2,520.98
67 Oman 2,324.65
68 Cameroon 2,110.16
69 Solomon Islands 2,066.62
70 Sri Lanka 1,983.34
71 Gambia, The 1,969.00
72 Tunisia 1,935.88
73 Angola 1,923.22
74 Korea, Dem. People's Rep. 1,864.03
75 Yemen, Rep. 1,696.42
76 Namibia 1,661.37
77 Iceland 1,642.97
78 Kenya 1,573.69
79 Fiji 1,554.82
80 Sudan 1,536.25
81 Cote d'Ivoire 1,533.44
82 Eritrea 1,530.76
83 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 1,502.22
84 Tanzania 1,498.47
85 Costa Rica 1,473.33
86 Estonia 1,463.56
87 Portugal 1,425.93
88 Kuwait 1,417.38
89 Ghana 1,412.20
90 Ireland 1,358.49
91 South Africa 1,292.93
92 French Polynesia 1,211.80
93 Qatar 1,200.19
94 Belgium 1,125.60
95 Latvia 1,103.49
96 Dominican Republic 1,094.60
97 Benin 1,070.04
98 Uruguay 1,020.93
99 New Caledonia 1,006.81
100 Albania 991.34
101 Liberia 937.45
102 Georgia 909.93
103 Croatia 842.71
104 Congo, Rep. 791.09
105 Guatemala 780.74
106 Morocco 738.70
107 El Salvador 720.00
108 Congo, Dem. Rep. 627.78
109 Kiribati 613.18
110 Turks and Caicos Islands 588.09
111 Haiti 568.75
112 Vanuatu 516.70
113 Lithuania 426.84
114 Puerto Rico (US) 426.61
115 Algeria 423.32
116 Jamaica 413.03
117 Trinidad and Tobago 326.26
118 Brunei Darussalam 283.46
119 Timor-Leste 227.12
120 Marshall Islands 222.63
121 Cabo Verde 217.90
122 Maldives 209.82
123 Equatorial Guinea 203.95
124 Togo 198.76
125 Cyprus 166.75
126 Djibouti 153.47
127 Micronesia, Fed. Sts. 152.79
128 Cayman Islands 135.03
129 Seychelles 122.47
130 Tonga 122.07
131 Bahrain 117.10
132 Bulgaria 116.50
133 Montenegro 79.57
134 Palau 76.08
135 Hong Kong SAR, China 74.95
136 Antigua and Barbuda 70.46
137 British Virgin Islands 65.81
138 Northern Mariana Islands 63.31
139 Samoa 57.03
140 Comoros 56.58
141 Mauritius 53.01
142 Virgin Islands (U.S.) 44.96
143 Singapore 43.82
144 American Samoa 38.54
145 Faroe Islands 38.25
146 Israel 37.02
147 Sao Tome and Principe 33.03
148 Syrian Arab Republic 31.04
149 Curacao 27.87
150 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 27.60
151 Tuvalu 26.59
152 Guam 25.31
153 Lebanon 23.92
154 St. Lucia 21.70
155 Grenada 20.88
156 St. Kitts and Nevis 19.85
157 Isle of Man 19.79
158 Dominica 19.62
159 Malta 16.47
160 Aruba 11.39
161 Bermuda 11.22
162 Slovenia 9.09
163 Barbados 7.92
164 St. Martin (French part) 7.04
165 Macao SAR, China 3.57
166 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2.90
167 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 2.74
168 Jordan 2.61
169 Nauru 1.68
170 West Bank and Gaza 1.44
171 Gibraltar 0.05
172 Monaco 0.03
173 Niger 0.00
174 Nepal 0.00
175 South Sudan 0.00
176 Bhutan 0.00
177 Mongolia 0.00
178 Moldova 0.00
179 Bolivia 0.00
180 Mali 0.00
181 Switzerland 0.00
182 Botswana 0.00
183 Tajikistan 0.00
184 Malawi 0.00
185 Luxembourg 0.00
186 Liechtenstein 0.00
187 Lesotho 0.00
188 Lao PDR 0.00
189 Kyrgyz Republic 0.00
190 Kazakhstan 0.00
191 Turkmenistan 0.00
192 Burkina Faso 0.00
193 Uganda 0.00
194 Burundi 0.00
195 Hungary 0.00
196 Andorra 0.00
197 Afghanistan 0.00
198 Central African Republic 0.00
199 Uzbekistan 0.00
200 Chad 0.00
201 Ethiopia 0.00
202 Eswatini 0.00
203 Czechia 0.00
204 Zambia 0.00
205 San Marino 0.00
206 Zimbabwe 0.00
207 Rwanda 0.00
208 Austria 0.00
209 Armenia 0.00
210 Serbia 0.00
211 Azerbaijan 0.00
212 Paraguay 0.00
213 Slovak Republic 0.00
214 North Macedonia 0.00
215 Belarus 0.00

Source: World Bank Open Data (AG.LND.EL5M.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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