Data for 1965

Arable Land per Person, 1965

Name: Arable Land per Person, 1965
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1965, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Arable Land per Person, 1965 covers 172 countries. Niger is highest, at 2.83923; Faroe Islands is lowest, at 0.00176. The middle country reads 0.23914. Against 1964, 172 values changed (24 up, 148 down), the same countries are covered.

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Arable Land per Person · Data for 1965

HighestNiger

2.83923

LowestFaroe Islands

0.00176

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

172countries
1measure
1965the 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, 1965, 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, 1965: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Niger`NER`Western Africa	2.83923
2	Canada`CAN`Northern America	1.92652
3	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	1.52157
4	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	1.16682
5	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.98061
6	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.97645
7	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.95066
8	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.92531
9	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.91594
10	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.91153
11	United States`USA`Northern America	0.91095
12	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.85857
13	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.82912
14	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.81355
15	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.77720
16	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.76646
17	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.73708
18	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.70529
19	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.70424
20	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.69716
21	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.69606
22	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.63910
23	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.62407
24	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.61445
25	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.59991
26	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.59611
27	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.58521
28	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.58220
29	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.56587
30	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.55444
31	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.52307
32	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.52126
33	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.51567
34	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.51528
35	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.51363
36	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.50791
37	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.50163
38	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.50162
39	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.49965
40	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.49694
41	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.49092
42	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	0.48712
43	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.48446
44	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.47758
45	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.44239
46	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.42885
47	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.42580
48	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.41656
49	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.41565
50	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.41502
51	Chile`CHL`South America	0.41274
52	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.40899
53	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.40872
54	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.40869
55	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.38285
56	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.37818
57	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.37684
58	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.37481
59	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.36891
60	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.36493
61	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.36259
62	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.36051
63	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.35956
64	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.35348
65	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.34981
66	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.34112
67	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.33465
68	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.33457
69	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.33349
70	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.32334
71	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.32280
72	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.30716
73	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.30237
74	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.30017
75	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.28889
76	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.28510
77	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.28017
78	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.27792
79	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.27682
80	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.27415
81	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.26934
82	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.25988
83	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.25104
84	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.24668
85	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.24066
86	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.24033
87	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.23796
88	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.23380
89	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.22831
90	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.22776
91	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.21566
92	Peru`PER`South America	0.21350
93	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.21308
94	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.21063
95	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	0.20839
96	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.20172
97	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.19953
98	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.19757
99	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.19716
100	Colombia`COL`South America	0.19594
101	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.19555
102	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.17967
103	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0.17674
104	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.17483
105	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.17140
106	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.16264
107	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.16163
108	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.15998
109	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.15519
110	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.15190
111	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.15001
112	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.14976
113	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.14948
114	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.14877
115	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.14774
116	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.14752
117	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.14652
118	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.14457
119	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.14213
120	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.13806
121	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	0.13793
122	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.13504
123	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.12742
124	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.12597
125	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.12218
126	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.12173
127	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	0.12111
128	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.10005
129	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.10000
130	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.09862
131	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.08595
132	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.08539
133	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.08478
134	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.08430
135	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	0.08288
136	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.07548
137	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.07535
138	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	0.07514
139	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.07335
140	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.07264
141	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.06600
142	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.06599
143	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.06449
144	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.06382
145	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.06139
146	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	0.05779
147	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.05593
148	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.05129
149	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.05099
150	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.04731
151	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.04078
152	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.03743
153	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.03609
154	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	0.03437
155	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.03417
156	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.03354
157	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.02992
158	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.02734
159	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	0.02534
160	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0.02137
161	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.02105
162	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	0.02083
163	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.01921
164	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.01561
165	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.01395
166	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.00996
167	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.00917
168	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	0.00843
169	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.00334
170	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.00212
171	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.00192
172	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	0.00176

02In 1965

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Niger2.83923
2Canada1.92652
3Australia1.52157
4Syria1.16682
5Togo0.98061

Lowest

172Faroe Islands0.00176
171Kuwait0.00192
170Singapore0.00212
169Hong Kong0.00334
168Bermuda0.00843

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.23914. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031964 → 1965

Since 1964

What changed between 1964 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
172values changed, of 172 in both
24 · 148rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Australia1.45930 → 1.52157+0.06227
Malawi0.37525 → 0.41502+0.03977
Vanuatu0.13847 → 0.17483+0.03636
Gabon0.22278 → 0.23796+0.01518
Eswatini0.34860 → 0.36051+0.01191

Fell most

Niger2.92163 → 2.83923−0.08241
Syria1.21653 → 1.16682−0.04971
Uruguay0.85972 → 0.82912−0.03061
Libya0.97794 → 0.95066−0.02728
Namibia1.00073 → 0.97645−0.02428

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

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Every year in this series comes from FAO’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1965.
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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) (1965). Arable Land per Person, 1965 [data set], describing 1965. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/arable-land-per-person/1965

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