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Arable land (hectares per person)

For 2023, Arable land (hectares per person) is led by Kazakhstan at 1.46. This page combines ranking, historical trend, and map-based distribution.

Arable land (hectares per person) includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.

Countries ranked 206
Snapshot year 2023
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0.00.40.71.11.5KazakhstanKazakhstan: 1.461.5AustraliaAustralia: 1.161.2CanadaCanada: 0.951.0ArgentinaArgentina: 0.890.9UkraineUkraine: 0.870.9Russian FederationRussian Federation: 0.850.8LithuaniaLithuania: 0.800.8MoldovaMoldova: 0.760.8LatviaLatvia: 0.720.7NigerNiger: 0.680.7ParaguayParaguay: 0.670.7UruguayUruguay: 0.650.6
Rank Country Value
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
Some World Bank indicators are published with a lag. The site always shows the latest actually available year for each country and indicator.

Analytical takeaways

  • Kazakhstan sits at the top of the Arable land (hectares per person) distribution in 2023 at 1.46, with a lead of 0.30 over the next country.
  • The median country in the current global snapshot is Iraq at 0.11, which helps frame the center of the distribution rather than only the leaders.
  • At the lower end of the current sample sits Singapore (0.00), and the page currently covers 206 countries.

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