List of countries by arable land density
This is a list of countries ordered by physiological density. "Arable land" is defined by the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization, the source of "Arable land (hectares per person)" 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.
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Data are for the year 2021, and are from the UN FAO unless otherwise specified.[1][2] Locations with no arable land are omitted.
Location | Arable m² / person | Persons / arable km2 | % arable | Arable land (km2) | Population |
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World | 1,800 | 570 | 11% | 14,000,000 | 7,900,000,000 |
Kazakhstan | 15,456 | 65 | 11% | 296,697 | 19,196,465 |
Australia | 12,062 | 83 | 4% | 312,650 | 25,921,089 |
Canada | 10,027 | 100 | 4% | 382,590 | 38,155,012 |
Argentina | 9,322 | 107 | 15% | 422,088 | 45,276,780 |
Russia | 8,384 | 119 | 7% | 1,216,490 | 145,102,755 |
Lithuania | 8,178 | 122 | 36% | 22,790 | 2,786,651 |
Ukraine | 7,563 | 132 | 57% | 329,240 | 43,531,422 |
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | 7,402 | 135 | 10% | 40 | 5,404 |
Latvia | 7,268 | 138 | 22% | 13,620 | 1,873,919 |
Paraguay | 7,062 | 142 | 12% | 47,340 | 6,703,799 |
Niger | 7,009 | 143 | 14% | 177,000 | 25,252,722 |
Uruguay | 5,927 | 169 | 12% | 20,306 | 3,426,260 |
Belarus | 5,872 | 170 | 28% | 56,240 | 9,578,167 |
Moldova | 5,589 | 179 | 52% | 17,110 | 3,061,506 |
Estonia | 5,268 | 190 | 16% | 7,000 | 1,328,701 |
Guyana | 5,220 | 192 | 2% | 4,200 | 804,567 |
Niue | 5,163 | 194 | 4% | 10 | 1,937 |
Bulgaria | 5,084 | 197 | 32% | 35,005 | 6,885,868 |
United States | 4,681 | 214 | 17% | 1,577,368 | 336,997,624 |
Sudan | 4,598 | 217 | 11% | 209,948 | 45,657,202 |
Montserrat | 4,528 | 221 | 20% | 20 | 4,417 |
Romania | 4,443 | 225 | 37% | 85,880 | 19,328,560 |
Hungary | 4,263 | 235 | 45% | 41,397 | 9,709,786 |
Finland | 4,052 | 247 | 7% | 22,430 | 5,535,992 |
Bolivia | 4,030 | 248 | 4% | 48,684 | 12,079,472 |
Denmark | 4,026 | 248 | 59% | 23,570 | 5,854,240 |
Mongolia | 3,981 | 251 | 0.9% | 13,328 | 3,347,782 |
Mali | 3,808 | 263 | 7% | 83,410 | 21,904,983 |
Serbia | 3,584 | 279 | 31% | 26,150 | 7,296,769 |
Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 3,400 | 294 | 9% | 20 | 5,883 |
Central African Republic | 3,298 | 303 | 3% | 18,000 | 5,457,154 |
Iceland | 3,267 | 306 | 1% | 1,210 | 370,335 |
Namibia | 3,162 | 316 | 1% | 8,000 | 2,530,151 |
Chad | 3,085 | 324 | 4% | 53,000 | 17,179,740 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3,082 | 324 | 20% | 10,080 | 3,270,943 |
Togo | 3,065 | 326 | 49% | 26,500 | 8,644,829 |
Turkmenistan | 3,059 | 327 | 4% | 19,400 | 6,341,855 |
Poland | 2,892 | 346 | 36% | 110,788 | 38,307,726 |
France | 2,783 | 359 | 33% | 179,566 | 64,531,444 |
Burkina Faso | 2,760 | 362 | 22% | 61,000 | 22,100,683 |
Isle of Man | 2,753 | 363 | 41% | 232 | 84,263 |
Brazil | 2,718 | 368 | 7% | 582,528 | 214,326,223 |
Cuba | 2,584 | 387 | 28% | 29,086 | 11,256,372 |
Libya | 2,554 | 392 | 1% | 17,200 | 6,735,277 |
Zimbabwe | 2,501 | 400 | 10% | 40,000 | 15,993,524 |
Belize | 2,500 | 400 | 4% | 1,000 | 400,031 |
Cambodia | 2,484 | 403 | 23% | 41,201 | 16,589,023 |
Slovakia | 2,434 | 411 | 28% | 13,260 | 5,447,622 |
Spain | 2,432 | 411 | 23% | 115,501 | 47,486,935 |
Sweden | 2,422 | 413 | 6% | 25,352 | 10,467,097 |
Thailand | 2,395 | 417 | 34% | 171,500 | 71,601,103 |
Czech Republic | 2,355 | 425 | 32% | 24,753 | 10,510,751 |
Turkey | 2,345 | 426 | 26% | 198,810 | 84,775,404 |
Tunisia | 2,309 | 433 | 18% | 28,313 | 12,262,946 |
Guinea | 2,291 | 437 | 13% | 31,000 | 13,531,906 |
Cameroon | 2,280 | 439 | 13% | 62,000 | 27,198,628 |
Senegal | 2,269 | 441 | 20% | 38,300 | 16,876,720 |
South Sudan | 2,228 | 449 | 4% | 23,947 | 10,748,272 |
Nicaragua | 2,194 | 456 | 12% | 15,030 | 6,850,540 |
Syria | 2,186 | 458 | 25% | 46,606 | 21,324,367 |
Benin | 2,154 | 464 | 25% | 28,000 | 12,996,895 |
Tanzania | 2,123 | 471 | 15% | 135,025 | 63,588,334 |
Croatia | 2,111 | 474 | 15% | 8,570 | 4,060,135 |
Albania | 2,101 | 476 | 22% | 5,999 | 2,854,710 |
Myanmar | 2,043 | 490 | 17% | 109,900 | 53,798,084 |
Greece | 2,041 | 490 | 17% | 21,319 | 10,445,365 |
Morocco | 2,026 | 494 | 17% | 75,120 | 37,076,584 |
Azerbaijan | 2,026 | 494 | 25% | 20,890 | 10,312,992 |
South Africa | 2,020 | 495 | 10% | 120,000 | 59,392,255 |
Malawi | 2,011 | 497 | 42% | 40,000 | 19,889,742 |
North Macedonia | 1,983 | 504 | 17% | 4,170 | 2,103,330 |
Kyrgyzstan | 1,972 | 507 | 7% | 12,874 | 6,527,743 |
Afghanistan | 1,952 | 512 | 12% | 78,290 | 40,099,462 |
Zambia | 1,951 | 512 | 5% | 38,000 | 19,473,125 |
Eritrea | 1,906 | 525 | 6% | 6,900 | 3,620,312 |
Tonga | 1,886 | 530 | 28% | 200 | 106,017 |
Sierra Leone | 1,881 | 532 | 22% | 15,840 | 8,420,641 |
Lesotho | 1,880 | 532 | 14% | 4,290 | 2,281,454 |
Iran | 1,786 | 560 | 10% | 156,990 | 87,923,432 |
Mozambique | 1,761 | 568 | 7% | 56,500 | 32,077,072 |
Nigeria | 1,728 | 579 | 40% | 368,720 | 213,401,323 |
Algeria | 1,705 | 587 | 3% | 75,306 | 44,177,969 |
Gambia | 1,667 | 600 | 43% | 4,400 | 2,639,916 |
Laos | 1,648 | 607 | 5% | 12,240 | 7,425,057 |
Armenia | 1,589 | 629 | 16% | 4,434 | 2,790,974 |
Mexico | 1,585 | 631 | 10% | 200,840 | 126,705,138 |
Angola | 1,557 | 642 | 4% | 53,730 | 34,503,774 |
Uganda | 1,505 | 665 | 34% | 69,000 | 45,853,778 |
Norway | 1,488 | 672 | 2% | 8,040 | 5,403,021 |
Eswatini | 1,485 | 674 | 10% | 1,770 | 1,192,271 |
Austria | 1,479 | 676 | 16% | 13,198 | 8,922,082 |
Guinea-Bissau | 1,456 | 687 | 11% | 3,000 | 2,060,721 |
Ghana | 1,434 | 697 | 21% | 47,089 | 32,833,031 |
DR Congo | 1,427 | 701 | 6% | 136,800 | 95,894,118 |
Germany | 1,398 | 715 | 33% | 116,580 | 83,408,554 |
Gabon | 1,388 | 720 | 1% | 3,250 | 2,341,179 |
Ethiopia | 1,356 | 737 | 14% | 163,140 | 120,283,026 |
Pakistan | 1,318 | 758 | 40% | 305,100 | 231,402,117 |
Panama | 1,298 | 770 | 8% | 5,650 | 4,351,267 |
Ivory Coast | 1,274 | 785 | 11% | 35,000 | 27,478,249 |
Peru | 1,273 | 786 | 3% | 42,903 | 33,715,471 |
Italy | 1,214 | 824 | 24% | 71,928 | 59,240,329 |
Bhutan | 1,209 | 827 | 2% | 940 | 777,486 |
New Zealand | 1,201 | 833 | 2% | 6,160 | 5,129,727 |
Uzbekistan | 1,178 | 849 | 9% | 40,161 | 34,081,449 |
El Salvador | 1,142 | 876 | 35% | 7,210 | 6,314,167 |
Iraq | 1,141 | 876 | 11% | 49,690 | 43,533,592 |
India | 1,097 | 911 | 52% | 1,544,479 | 1,407,563,842 |
Kenya | 1,094 | 914 | 10% | 58,000 | 53,005,614 |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1,050 | 952 | 19% | 50 | 47,606 |
Madagascar | 1,038 | 964 | 5% | 30,000 | 28,915,653 |
Burundi | 1,012 | 988 | 49% | 12,700 | 12,551,213 |
Botswana | 1,004 | 996 | 0.5% | 2,600 | 2,588,423 |
Honduras | 990 | 1,010 | 9% | 10,180 | 10,278,345 |
Luxembourg | 977 | 1,023 | 24% | 625 | 639,321 |
Mauritania | 975 | 1,026 | 0.4% | 4,500 | 4,614,974 |
Liberia | 963 | 1,039 | 5% | 5,000 | 5,193,416 |
Indonesia | 961 | 1,041 | 14% | 263,000 | 273,753,191 |
Saudi Arabia | 954 | 1,048 | 2% | 34,300 | 35,950,396 |
Suriname | 946 | 1,057 | 0.4% | 580 | 612,985 |
Congo | 942 | 1,061 | 2% | 5,500 | 5,835,806 |
Rwanda | 942 | 1,061 | 51% | 12,684 | 13,461,888 |
Portugal | 938 | 1,066 | 11% | 9,652 | 10,290,103 |
Venezuela | 922 | 1,085 | 3% | 26,000 | 28,199,867 |
United Kingdom | 893 | 1,120 | 25% | 60,098 | 67,281,039 |
North Korea | 884 | 1,132 | 19% | 22,950 | 25,971,909 |
Guatemala | 883 | 1,133 | 15% | 15,540 | 17,608,483 |
Haiti | 878 | 1,139 | 36% | 10,050 | 11,447,569 |
Ireland | 874 | 1,144 | 6% | 4,360 | 4,986,526 |
Wallis and Futuna | 860 | 1,163 | 7% | 10 | 11,627 |
Tajikistan | 859 | 1,163 | 6% | 8,380 | 9,750,064 |
Slovenia | 854 | 1,171 | 9% | 1,810 | 2,119,410 |
Cabo Verde | 850 | 1,176 | 12% | 500 | 587,925 |
Timor-Leste | 844 | 1,185 | 7% | 1,115 | 1,320,942 |
Fiji | 831 | 1,204 | 4% | 768 | 924,610 |
Georgia | 830 | 1,204 | 4% | 3,120 | 3,757,980 |
Dominica | 829 | 1,207 | 8% | 60 | 72,412 |
Comoros | 791 | 1,264 | 35% | 650 | 821,625 |
Dominican Republic | 789 | 1,268 | 18% | 8,770 | 11,117,873 |
Cyprus | 765 | 1,308 | 10% | 952 | 1,244,188 |
China | 763 | 1,310 | 12% | 1,088,620 | 1,425,893,465 |
Belgium | 746 | 1,341 | 29% | 8,656 | 11,611,419 |
Nepal | 704 | 1,421 | 15% | 21,137 | 30,034,989 |
Vietnam | 696 | 1,436 | 22% | 67,870 | 97,468,029 |
Chile | 674 | 1,484 | 2% | 13,139 | 19,493,184 |
Somalia | 645 | 1,551 | 2% | 11,000 | 17,065,581 |
Sri Lanka | 630 | 1,587 | 22% | 13,720 | 21,773,441 |
Vanuatu | 627 | 1,596 | 2% | 200 | 319,137 |
San Marino | 588 | 1,700 | 33% | 20 | 33,745 |
Mauritius | 577 | 1,732 | 38% | 750 | 1,298,915 |
Ecuador | 575 | 1,738 | 4% | 10,240 | 17,797,737 |
Netherlands | 573 | 1,745 | 30% | 10,030 | 17,501,696 |
Guadeloupe | 549 | 1,820 | 13% | 218 | 396,051 |
Mayotte | 546 | 1,832 | 46% | 173 | 316,014 |
Samoa | 516 | 1,938 | 4% | 113 | 218,764 |
Philippines | 491 | 2,037 | 19% | 55,900 | 113,880,328 |
Bangladesh | 479 | 2,088 | 62% | 81,100 | 169,356,251 |
Costa Rica | 471 | 2,121 | 5% | 2,430 | 5,153,957 |
Switzerland | 455 | 2,198 | 10% | 3,955 | 8,691,406 |
French Guiana | 446 | 2,240 | 0.2% | 133 | 297,449 |
Liechtenstein | 443 | 2,257 | 11% | 17 | 39,039 |
Antigua and Barbuda | 429 | 2,330 | 9% | 40 | 93,219 |
Jamaica | 424 | 2,356 | 11% | 1,200 | 2,827,695 |
Israel | 424 | 2,361 | 17% | 3,770 | 8,900,059 |
Colombia | 387 | 2,585 | 2% | 19,930 | 51,516,562 |
Yemen | 351 | 2,848 | 2% | 11,580 | 32,981,641 |
Réunion | 351 | 2,852 | 13% | 339 | 966,129 |
Papua New Guinea | 333 | 3,006 | 0.7% | 3,310 | 9,949,437 |
Japan | 328 | 3,050 | 11% | 40,860 | 124,612,530 |
Solomon Islands | 325 | 3,078 | 0.8% | 230 | 707,851 |
Equatorial Guinea | 324 | 3,084 | 2% | 530 | 1,634,466 |
British Virgin Islands | 321 | 3,112 | 7% | 10 | 31,122 |
Martinique | 297 | 3,371 | 10% | 109 | 368,796 |
Cook Islands | 294 | 3,401 | 2% | 5 | 17,003 |
Egypt | 282 | 3,551 | 3% | 30,770 | 109,262,178 |
South Korea | 259 | 3,859 | 14% | 13,430 | 51,830,139 |
Taiwan | 250 | 3,997 | 17% | 5,970 | 23,859,912 |
Lebanon | 249 | 4,015 | 14% | 1,393 | 5,592,631 |
Barbados | 249 | 4,017 | 16% | 70 | 281,200 |
Malaysia | 246 | 4,065 | 3% | 8,260 | 33,573,874 |
Grenada | 241 | 4,154 | 9% | 30 | 124,610 |
Turks and Caicos Islands | 222 | 4,511 | 1% | 10 | 45,114 |
American Samoa | 215 | 4,643 | 5% | 10 | 45,035 |
New Caledonia | 207 | 4,821 | 0.3% | 60 | 287,800 |
Bahamas | 196 | 5,099 | 0.8% | 80 | 407,906 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 192 | 5,217 | 5% | 20 | 104,332 |
Aruba | 188 | 5,327 | 11% | 20 | 106,537 |
Oman | 183 | 5,472 | 0.3% | 826 | 4,520,471 |
Sao Tome and Principe | 179 | 5,578 | 4% | 40 | 223,107 |
Jordan | 179 | 5,597 | 2% | 1,992 | 11,148,278 |
Micronesia | 177 | 5,657 | 3% | 20 | 113,131 |
Palau | 166 | 6,008 | 0.7% | 3 | 18,024 |
Trinidad and Tobago | 164 | 6,103 | 5% | 250 | 1,525,663 |
Kiribati | 155 | 6,444 | 2% | 20 | 128,874 |
Puerto Rico | 154 | 6,486 | 6% | 502 | 3,256,028 |
Saint Lucia | 149 | 6,729 | 4% | 27 | 179,651 |
Malta | 148 | 6,753 | 24% | 78 | 526,748 |
Montenegro | 3,025 | 330 | 14% | 1,899 | 627,859 |
Marshall Islands | 119 | 8,410 | 3% | 5 | 42,050 |
Andorra | 95 | 10,572 | 2% | 7 | 79,034 |
US Virgin Islands | 90 | 11,121 | 3% | 9 | 100,091 |
Brunei | 90 | 11,134 | 0.8% | 40 | 445,373 |
French Polynesia | 82 | 12,161 | 0.7% | 25 | 304,032 |
Palestine | 82 | 12,252 | 7% | 419 | 5,133,392 |
Qatar | 78 | 12,801 | 2% | 210 | 2,688,235 |
Maldives | 75 | 13,371 | 13% | 39 | 521,457 |
Western Sahara | 71 | 14,140 | 0.02% | 40 | 565,581 |
Guam | 59 | 17,053 | 2% | 10 | 170,534 |
United Arab Emirates | 54 | 18,619 | 0.7% | 503 | 9,365,145 |
Bermuda | 47 | 21,395 | 6% | 3 | 64,185 |
Cayman Islands | 29 | 34,068 | 0.8% | 2 | 68,136 |
Djibouti | 27 | 36,852 | 0.1% | 30 | 1,105,557 |
Kuwait | 19 | 53,126 | 0.4% | 80 | 4,250,114 |
Northern Mariana Islands | 16 | 61,851 | 0.2% | 1 | 49,481 |
Bahrain | 14 | 69,679 | 3% | 21 | 1,463,265 |
Seychelles | 14 | 70,981 | 0.3% | 2 | 106,471 |
Faroe Islands | 13 | 75,556 | 0.05% | 1 | 52,889 |
Hong Kong | 2.7 | 374,729 | 2% | 20 | 7,494,578 |
Singapore | 0.9 | 1,060,904 | 0.8% | 6 | 5,941,060 |
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