Data for 1971

Arable Land per Person, 1971

Name: Arable Land per Person, 1971
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1971, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Arable Land per Person, 1971 covers 172 countries. Niger is highest, at 2.3504; Singapore is lowest, at 0.0009. The middle country reads 0.2112. Against 1970, 172 values changed (22 up, 150 down), the same countries are covered.

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Arable Land per Person · Data for 1971

HighestNiger

2.3504

LowestSingapore

0.0009

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

172countries
1measure
1971the year it describes
172distinct values18 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, 1971, 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, 1971: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Niger`NER`Western Africa	2.3504
2	Canada`CAN`Northern America	1.7561
3	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	1.3030
4	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.9988
5	United States`USA`Northern America	0.9060
6	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.8559
7	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.8353
8	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.8312
9	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.8227
10	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.8109
11	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.8033
12	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.7609
13	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.7017
14	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.6829
15	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.6661
16	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.6657
17	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.6510
18	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.6291
19	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.6285
20	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.6082
21	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.5920
22	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.5827
23	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.5535
24	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.5341
25	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.5333
26	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.5256
27	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.5189
28	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.5010
29	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.5000
30	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.4902
31	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.4841
32	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.4840
33	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.4811
34	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.4774
35	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.4755
36	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.4754
37	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.4703
38	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.4575
39	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.4569
40	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.4525
41	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.4396
42	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.4179
43	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.4160
44	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.4104
45	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.3988
46	Chile`CHL`South America	0.3948
47	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.3763
48	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.3759
49	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	0.3757
50	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.3609
51	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.3585
52	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.3579
53	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.3446
54	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.3408
55	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.3389
56	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.3387
57	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.3375
58	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.3365
59	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.3296
60	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.3293
61	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.3288
62	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.3257
63	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.3249
64	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.3126
65	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.3123
66	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.3014
67	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.3008
68	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.3001
69	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.2969
70	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.2863
71	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.2854
72	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.2776
73	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.2729
74	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.2719
75	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.2715
76	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.2694
77	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.2581
78	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.2568
79	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.2536
80	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.2501
81	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.2466
82	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.2452
83	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.2450
84	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.2433
85	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.2422
86	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.2116
87	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.2108
88	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.2060
89	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.1986
90	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	0.1981
91	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.1979
92	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.1905
93	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.1853
94	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	0.1852
95	Peru`PER`South America	0.1849
96	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.1846
97	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.1826
98	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.1810
99	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.1790
100	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.1759
101	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0.1738
102	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.1732
103	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.1688
104	Colombia`COL`South America	0.1676
105	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.1537
106	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.1528
107	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.1509
108	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.1466
109	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.1386
110	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.1381
111	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.1366
112	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.1353
113	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.1337
114	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.1326
115	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.1318
116	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.1299
117	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.1292
118	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.1276
119	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.1257
120	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.1238
121	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.1206
122	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.1192
123	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.1175
124	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.1062
125	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.1007
126	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.0981
127	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.0928
128	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.0927
129	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.0918
130	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.0912
131	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.0842
132	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.0772
133	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.0762
134	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	0.0705
135	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.0650
136	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.0649
137	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.0642
138	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.0619
139	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.0618
140	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	0.0611
141	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.0598
142	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.0574
143	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.0554
144	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	0.0543
145	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.0507
146	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.0485
147	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.0478
148	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	0.0471
149	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.0466
150	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.0429
151	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.0421
152	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.0367
153	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.0341
154	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	0.0340
155	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.0323
156	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.0290
157	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.0236
158	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.0232
159	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	0.0221
160	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.0209
161	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.0183
162	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0.0180
163	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	0.0170
164	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.0126
165	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.0087
166	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.0076
167	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.0064
168	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	0.0057
169	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.0027
170	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	0.0017
171	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.0012
172	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.0009

02In 1971

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Niger2.3504
2Canada1.7561
3Australia1.3030
4Argentina0.9988
5United States0.9060

Lowest

172Singapore0.0009
171Kuwait0.0012
170Faroe Islands0.0017
169Hong Kong0.0027
168Bermuda0.0057

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.2112. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031970 → 1971

Since 1970

What changed between 1970 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

Malawi0.3884 → 0.4104+0.0220
Spain0.4640 → 0.4774+0.0134
Zambia0.6393 → 0.6510+0.0117
Gabon0.3021 → 0.3123+0.0102
Mongolia0.5744 → 0.5827+0.0083

Fell most

Australia1.4787 → 1.3030−0.1757
Cambodia0.4056 → 0.2719−0.1338
Niger2.4078 → 2.3504−0.0574
Canada1.8056 → 1.7561−0.0494
Italy0.2227 → 0.1759−0.0468

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 1971.
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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) (1971). Arable Land per Person, 1971 [data set], describing 1971. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/arable-land-per-person/1971

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