Data for 1966

Arable Land per Person, 1966

Name: Arable Land per Person, 1966
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1966, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Arable Land per Person, 1966 covers 172 countries. Niger is highest, at 2.76026; Faroe Islands is lowest, at 0.00174. The middle country reads 0.23643. Against 1965, 172 values changed (22 up, 150 down), the same countries are covered.

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Arable Land per Person · Data for 1966

HighestNiger

2.76026

LowestFaroe Islands

0.00174

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

172countries
1measure
1966the year it describes
172distinct values17 decimals, as published
Sep 6, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Arable Land per Person, 1966, 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, 1966: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Niger`NER`Western Africa	2.76026
2	Canada`CAN`Northern America	1.90692
3	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	1.61234
4	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	1.04706
5	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.96233
6	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.96077
7	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.95181
8	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.93020
9	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.90194
10	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.89939
11	United States`USA`Northern America	0.89390
12	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.84193
13	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.79996
14	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.79005
15	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.76317
16	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.76047
17	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.72338
18	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.69727
19	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.69220
20	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.69119
21	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.68353
22	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.62006
23	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.61359
24	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.60098
25	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.59670
26	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.58190
27	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.57275
28	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.56570
29	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.55989
30	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.54113
31	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.51333
32	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.51332
33	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.50985
34	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.50746
35	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.50729
36	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.50448
37	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.50167
38	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.49412
39	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.48723
40	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.48648
41	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.48040
42	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.47693
43	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.46765
44	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	0.45715
45	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.42618
46	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.41689
47	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.41687
48	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.41453
49	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.41391
50	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.40822
51	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.40791
52	Chile`CHL`South America	0.40733
53	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.40022
54	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.39819
55	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.37365
56	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.37151
57	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.37062
58	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.36697
59	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.36599
60	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.36383
61	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.36016
62	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.35529
63	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.35467
64	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.35216
65	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.34770
66	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.33670
67	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.33477
68	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.32712
69	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.32483
70	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.31671
71	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.31389
72	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.30502
73	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.29726
74	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.29058
75	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.28159
76	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.27938
77	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.27847
78	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.27306
79	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.27221
80	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.26893
81	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.26737
82	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.25250
83	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.24810
84	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.24745
85	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	0.23773
86	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.23694
87	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.23592
88	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.23400
89	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.22723
90	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.22542
91	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.22070
92	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.21054
93	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.20917
94	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.20625
95	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	0.20398
96	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.20041
97	Peru`PER`South America	0.19973
98	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.19634
99	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.19230
100	Colombia`COL`South America	0.19088
101	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.18930
102	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.17762
103	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0.17687
104	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.17398
105	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.16973
106	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.16650
107	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.15868
108	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.15845
109	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.15830
110	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.15112
111	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.15021
112	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.14770
113	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.14688
114	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.14596
115	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.14482
116	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.14282
117	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.14278
118	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.14266
119	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.14201
120	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.13761
121	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.13574
122	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.13402
123	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	0.12987
124	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.12248
125	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.11809
126	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.11576
127	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.10852
128	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.09852
129	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.09589
130	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.09362
131	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.08543
132	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.08392
133	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.08373
134	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.08370
135	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.07430
136	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	0.07305
137	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.07280
138	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	0.07124
139	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.07082
140	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.06837
141	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.06531
142	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.06518
143	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.06269
144	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.06235
145	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.06045
146	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	0.05707
147	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.05516
148	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.05178
149	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.05096
150	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.05078
151	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.04520
152	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.04124
153	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.03675
154	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.03500
155	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.03449
156	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	0.03408
157	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.03340
158	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.02652
159	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	0.02474
160	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0.02092
161	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.02053
162	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	0.02014
163	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.01843
164	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.01385
165	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.01378
166	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.00964
167	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.00868
168	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	0.00824
169	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.00331
170	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.00207
171	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.00175
172	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	0.00174

02In 1966

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Niger2.76026
2Canada1.90692
3Australia1.61234
4Syria1.04706
5Argentina0.96233

Lowest

172Faroe Islands0.00174
171Kuwait0.00175
170Singapore0.00207
169Hong Kong0.00331
168Bermuda0.00824

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.23643. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031965 → 1966

Since 1965

What changed between 1965 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
172values changed, of 172 in both
22 · 150rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

British Virgin Islands0.12111 → 0.23773+0.11662
Australia1.52157 → 1.61234+0.09077
Argentina0.92531 → 0.96233+0.03702
Brunei0.03609 → 0.05178+0.01569
Gabon0.23796 → 0.25250+0.01454

Fell most

Syria1.16682 → 1.04706−0.11977
Niger2.83923 → 2.76026−0.07896
Isle of Man0.48712 → 0.45715−0.02997
Uruguay0.82912 → 0.79996−0.02916
Namibia0.97645 → 0.95181−0.02464

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 1966.
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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) (1966). Arable Land per Person, 1966 [data set], describing 1966. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/arable-land-per-person/1966

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