Data for 1969

Arable Land per Person, 1969

Name: Arable Land per Person, 1969
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1969, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Arable Land per Person, 1969 covers 172 countries. Niger is highest, at 2.68973; Kuwait is lowest, at 0.00133. The middle country reads 0.22623. Against 1968, 172 values changed (21 up, 151 down), the same countries are covered.

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Arable Land per Person · Data for 1969

HighestNiger

2.68973

LowestKuwait

0.00133

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

172countries
1measure
1969the 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, 1969, 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, 1969: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Niger`NER`Western Africa	2.68973
2	Canada`CAN`Northern America	1.82775
3	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	1.60124
4	Argentina`ARG`South America	1.01992
5	United States`USA`Northern America	0.93372
6	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.91091
7	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.88088
8	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.88029
9	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.85940
10	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.85790
11	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.85638
12	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.79346
13	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.73518
14	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.71342
15	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.70502
16	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.70152
17	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.68135
18	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.65265
19	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.65140
20	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.63660
21	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.59099
22	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.59006
23	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.56610
24	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.56480
25	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.54744
26	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.54415
27	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.53478
28	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.52240
29	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.51577
30	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.50492
31	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.50315
32	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.49732
33	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.49299
34	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.48972
35	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.48833
36	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.48091
37	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.47508
38	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.46405
39	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.46253
40	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.46024
41	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.45495
42	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.44286
43	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.42124
44	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	0.41795
45	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.41637
46	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.40918
47	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.39357
48	Chile`CHL`South America	0.39255
49	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.38629
50	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.38290
51	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.38269
52	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.38125
53	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.37744
54	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.37427
55	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.37124
56	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.34661
57	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.34475
58	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.34391
59	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.34311
60	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.34083
61	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.34022
62	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.33533
63	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.33470
64	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.33040
65	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.32805
66	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.32741
67	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.31994
68	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.31613
69	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.29965
70	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.29943
71	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.29370
72	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.29146
73	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.28785
74	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.28715
75	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.28261
76	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.27426
77	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.27000
78	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.26485
79	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.26060
80	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.25969
81	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.25741
82	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.25570
83	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.25518
84	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.25317
85	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.24499
86	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.22827
87	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.22419
88	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.21441
89	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.21301
90	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	0.20980
91	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.20924
92	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.20510
93	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.19783
94	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.19562
95	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.19299
96	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.19143
97	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.19055
98	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	0.18972
99	Peru`PER`South America	0.18691
100	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0.17693
101	Colombia`COL`South America	0.17603
102	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.17571
103	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.17494
104	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.15928
105	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.15521
106	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.15404
107	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.14950
108	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.14842
109	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.14559
110	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.14023
111	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.13804
112	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.13799
113	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.13674
114	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.13632
115	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.13608
116	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.13435
117	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.13092
118	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.12920
119	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.12865
120	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.12820
121	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.12722
122	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.12532
123	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.12309
124	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.11157
125	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.10304
126	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.09922
127	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.09879
128	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.09402
129	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.08735
130	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.08681
131	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.08355
132	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	0.08292
133	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.08176
134	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.08059
135	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.06835
136	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.06692
137	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	0.06676
138	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.06624
139	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.06414
140	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.06312
141	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	0.06184
142	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.05867
143	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.05812
144	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.05798
145	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	0.05548
146	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.05389
147	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.05091
148	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.05050
149	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.04908
150	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.04565
151	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.04272
152	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.03933
153	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.03719
154	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.03549
155	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.03410
156	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	0.03387
157	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.02504
158	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.02427
159	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	0.02315
160	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0.01968
161	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.01910
162	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	0.01816
163	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.01673
164	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.01314
165	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.00971
166	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.00899
167	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.00735
168	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	0.00585
169	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.00311
170	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	0.00169
171	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.00147
172	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.00133

02In 1969

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Niger2.68973
2Canada1.82775
3Australia1.60124
4Argentina1.01992
5United States0.93372

Lowest

172Kuwait0.00133
171Singapore0.00147
170Faroe Islands0.00169
169Hong Kong0.00311
168Bermuda0.00585

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.22623. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031968 → 1969

Since 1968

What changed between 1968 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

Burundi0.23666 → 0.28715+0.05049
United States0.90182 → 0.93372+0.03191
Tonga0.18438 → 0.20510+0.02072
Benin0.37488 → 0.39357+0.01868
Türkiye0.68989 → 0.70502+0.01513

Fell most

Australia1.78295 → 1.60124−0.18171
Niger2.76476 → 2.68973−0.07503
Senegal0.80830 → 0.73518−0.07312
Pakistan0.56345 → 0.52240−0.04105
Mongolia0.63174 → 0.59099−0.04075

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 1969.
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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) (1969). Arable Land per Person, 1969 [data set], describing 1969. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/arable-land-per-person/1969

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