Data for 1964

Arable Land per Person, 1964

Name: Arable Land per Person, 1964
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1964, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Arable Land per Person, 1964 covers 172 countries. Niger is highest, at 2.921632; Faroe Islands is lowest, at 0.001785. The middle country reads 0.242063. Against 1963, 172 values changed (21 up, 151 down), the same countries are covered.

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Arable Land per Person · Data for 1964

HighestNiger

2.921632

LowestFaroe Islands

0.001785

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

172countries
1measure
1964the 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, 1964, 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, 1964: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Niger`NER`Western Africa	2.921632
2	Canada`CAN`Northern America	1.944890
3	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	1.459305
4	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	1.216530
5	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	1.000729
6	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	1.000328
7	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.977937
8	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.929558
9	United States`USA`Northern America	0.927442
10	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.923227
11	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.918719
12	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.875894
13	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.859723
14	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.810847
15	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.794757
16	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.772563
17	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.755285
18	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.727142
19	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.717330
20	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.708261
21	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.704616
22	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.656354
23	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.634978
24	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.618641
25	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.614173
26	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.599024
27	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.595707
28	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.591595
29	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.577289
30	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.568434
31	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.539189
32	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.527329
33	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.519425
34	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.519421
35	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.515127
36	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.513240
37	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.512393
38	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.504216
39	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.503619
40	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.503456
41	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.503277
42	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.492083
43	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.487708
44	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	0.487657
45	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.459159
46	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.440920
47	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.440815
48	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.428001
49	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.425235
50	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.424860
51	Chile`CHL`South America	0.418433
52	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.418329
53	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.399291
54	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.395277
55	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.393079
56	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.390036
57	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.386183
58	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.376283
59	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.375253
60	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.367080
61	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.364162
62	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.363851
63	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.362426
64	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.352626
65	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.348601
66	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.347451
67	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.344864
68	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.339074
69	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.333334
70	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.332044
71	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.329137
72	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.309990
73	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.309442
74	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.307120
75	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.296327
76	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.289459
77	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.288475
78	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.283764
79	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.279476
80	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.276137
81	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.275526
82	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.265536
83	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.258132
84	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.244194
85	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.243791
86	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.243483
87	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.240642
88	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.230082
89	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.229381
90	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.224001
91	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.222776
92	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.220901
93	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.217064
94	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.214120
95	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	0.213276
96	Peru`PER`South America	0.211673
97	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.204287
98	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.202782
99	Colombia`COL`South America	0.201277
100	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.191110
101	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.189499
102	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.187640
103	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.185794
104	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0.176772
105	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.166799
106	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.164986
107	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.161461
108	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.160333
109	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.154890
110	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.153308
111	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.153234
112	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.152956
113	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.152616
114	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.152085
115	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.149933
116	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.148509
117	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	0.147059
118	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.146979
119	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.145914
120	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.140376
121	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.138468
122	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.136185
123	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.133588
124	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.130101
125	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.127822
126	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.123577
127	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	0.122429
128	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.118604
129	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.103546
130	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.095098
131	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.093571
132	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.091865
133	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.088075
134	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.081115
135	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.078345
136	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.077265
137	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	0.077261
138	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	0.074783
139	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.074721
140	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.074155
141	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.066853
142	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.066678
143	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.066296
144	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.065323
145	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.062434
146	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	0.058903
147	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.057067
148	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.051811
149	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.051146
150	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.049460
151	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.043580
152	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.038397
153	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.037764
154	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.034930
155	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	0.034711
156	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.034273
157	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.031310
158	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.028227
159	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	0.025971
160	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0.021820
161	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.021588
162	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	0.021546
163	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.019868
164	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.017585
165	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.014111
166	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.010319
167	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.009690
168	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	0.008619
169	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.003424
170	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.002172
171	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.002114
172	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	0.001785

02In 1964

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Niger2.921632
2Canada1.944890
3Australia1.459305
4Syria1.216530
5Namibia1.000729

Lowest

172Faroe Islands0.001785
171Kuwait0.002114
170Singapore0.002172
169Hong Kong0.003424
168Bermuda0.008619

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.242063. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031963 → 1964

Since 1963

What changed between 1963 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
172values changed, of 172 in both
21 · 151rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Mongolia0.680442 → 0.772563+0.092121
Australia1.404882 → 1.459305+0.054423
Uganda0.392264 → 0.440815+0.048551
Cuba0.206709 → 0.224001+0.017293
Gabon0.206980 → 0.222776+0.015796

Fell most

Niger3.007161 → 2.921632−0.085529
Libya1.011561 → 0.977937−0.033623
Uruguay0.891086 → 0.859723−0.031363
Tanzania0.564840 → 0.539189−0.025651
Senegal0.834187 → 0.810847−0.023340

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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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 1964.
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.

05The files

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (1964). Arable Land per Person, 1964 [data set], describing 1964. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/arable-land-per-person/1964

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