Data for 1961

Arable Land per Person, 1961

Name: Arable Land per Person, 1961
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1961, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Arable Land per Person, 1961 covers 172 countries. Niger is highest, at 3.18694; Singapore is lowest, at 0.00176. The middle country reads 0.24386.

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Arable Land per Person · Data for 1961

HighestNiger

3.18694

LowestSingapore

0.00176

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end.

172countries
1measure
1961the year it describes
172distinct values17 decimals, as published
Sep 6, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Arable Land per Person, 1961, as published. FAO ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Arable Land per Person, 1961: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Niger`NER`Western Africa	3.18694
2	Canada`CAN`Northern America	2.00372
3	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	1.37161
4	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	1.27630
5	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	1.09276
6	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	1.06290
7	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	1.05713
8	United States`USA`Northern America	0.98334
9	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.96853
10	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.95783
11	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.95433
12	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.93093
13	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.89727
14	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.85352
15	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.83025
16	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.79030
17	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.78332
18	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.75700
19	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.75576
20	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.71821
21	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.70972
22	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.67704
23	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.67028
24	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.65173
25	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.63937
26	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.61878
27	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.61826
28	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.61049
29	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.60867
30	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.59733
31	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.56086
32	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.55655
33	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.55246
34	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.55234
35	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.53531
36	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.53211
37	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.53101
38	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.52851
39	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.51795
40	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	0.51599
41	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.51483
42	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.51482
43	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.51041
44	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.50941
45	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.50362
46	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.47953
47	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.47194
48	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.47178
49	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.45124
50	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.44573
51	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.44093
52	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.43817
53	Chile`CHL`South America	0.43725
54	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.43365
55	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.40926
56	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.40862
57	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.40341
58	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.40065
59	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.38448
60	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.37763
61	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.37613
62	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.36694
63	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.36318
64	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.36105
65	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.35948
66	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.35757
67	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.35101
68	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.34988
69	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.34890
70	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.34296
71	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.34244
72	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.33270
73	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.32371
74	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.32306
75	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.31671
76	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.31554
77	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.30182
78	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.30081
79	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.29878
80	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.29589
81	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.29496
82	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.28076
83	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.26277
84	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.26027
85	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.25451
86	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.24937
87	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.23835
88	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.23809
89	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.23734
90	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.23713
91	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	0.23701
92	Peru`PER`South America	0.23093
93	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.23070
94	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.22906
95	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.22316
96	Colombia`COL`South America	0.21944
97	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.21345
98	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.21322
99	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.20683
100	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.19629
101	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.18072
102	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.17931
103	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0.17787
104	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.17667
105	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.17637
106	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.17503
107	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.17366
108	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.17022
109	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.17003
110	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.16654
111	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.16612
112	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.16354
113	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.16141
114	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.16062
115	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.16006
116	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.15746
117	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.15611
118	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.15538
119	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.15406
120	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.15091
121	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.14728
122	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.14554
123	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.14149
124	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.13589
125	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.13221
126	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	0.12447
127	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	0.11662
128	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.11626
129	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.10264
130	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.09921
131	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.09725
132	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	0.09334
133	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.09297
134	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.09244
135	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.09054
136	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.08658
137	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.08523
138	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	0.08483
139	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.07890
140	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.07289
141	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.06997
142	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.06987
143	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.06863
144	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.06604
145	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	0.06330
146	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.06018
147	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.06010
148	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.05728
149	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.05348
150	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.05245
151	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.05227
152	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.04324
153	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.04139
154	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.03705
155	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.03665
156	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.03623
157	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	0.03599
158	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.03097
159	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	0.02805
160	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.02520
161	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	0.02341
162	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.02332
163	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0.02325
164	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.02140
165	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.01455
166	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.01160
167	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.01119
168	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	0.00928
169	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.00410
170	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.00289
171	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	0.00185
172	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.00176

02In 1961

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Niger3.18694
2Canada2.00372
3Australia1.37161
4Syria1.27630
5Libya1.09276

Lowest

172Singapore0.00176
171Faroe Islands0.00185
170Kuwait0.00289
169Hong Kong0.00410
168Bermuda0.00928

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.24386. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

03Caveats

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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

One year of the 2026 release
Every year in this series comes from FAO’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1961.
The position is ours
FAO publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 172 countries has every column.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (1961). Arable Land per Person, 1961 [data set], describing 1961. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/arable-land-per-person/1961

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