Data for 1973

Arable Land per Person, 1973

Name: Arable Land per Person, 1973
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1973, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Arable Land per Person, 1973 covers 172 countries. Niger is highest, at 2.14575; Kuwait is lowest, at 0.00102. The middle country reads 0.20938. Against 1972, 172 values changed (24 up, 148 down), the same countries are covered.

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Arable Land per Person · Data for 1973

HighestNiger

2.14575

LowestKuwait

0.00102

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

172countries
1measure
1973the 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, 1973, 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, 1973: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Niger`NER`Western Africa	2.14575
2	Canada`CAN`Northern America	1.72561
3	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	1.11540
4	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.97744
5	United States`USA`Northern America	0.88269
6	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.80862
7	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.78656
8	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.78608
9	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.77894
10	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.76775
11	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.74972
12	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.72932
13	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.67121
14	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.65060
15	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.64946
16	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.61922
17	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.61465
18	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.60803
19	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.59416
20	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.59356
21	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.58403
22	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.56137
23	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.53081
24	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.52829
25	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.52144
26	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.50745
27	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.50514
28	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.49616
29	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.47790
30	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.47677
31	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.46635
32	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.46353
33	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.46314
34	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.46100
35	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.45883
36	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.45759
37	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.45394
38	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.44368
39	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.44086
40	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.44070
41	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.42349
42	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.42172
43	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.40968
44	Chile`CHL`South America	0.39670
45	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.39633
46	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.39592
47	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.37044
48	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.36529
49	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	0.35704
50	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.35689
51	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.35070
52	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.34996
53	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.34174
54	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.34166
55	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.33123
56	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.33116
57	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.32677
58	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.32425
59	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.32192
60	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.32020
61	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.31830
62	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.31828
63	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.31393
64	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.31341
65	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.30774
66	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.30080
67	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.29870
68	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.28814
69	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.28472
70	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.28294
71	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.28133
72	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.27701
73	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.27601
74	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.26707
75	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.26282
76	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.26042
77	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.25885
78	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.25748
79	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.25082
80	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.25000
81	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.24180
82	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.23860
83	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.23507
84	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.23268
85	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.23112
86	Peru`PER`South America	0.21918
87	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.19958
88	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.19896
89	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.19720
90	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	0.19292
91	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.19143
92	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.18773
93	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.18232
94	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.18088
95	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.17595
96	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	0.17555
97	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.17499
98	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.16964
99	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0.16420
100	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.16309
101	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.16197
102	Colombia`COL`South America	0.16143
103	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.15896
104	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.15652
105	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.15626
106	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.15189
107	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.14583
108	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.14475
109	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.14233
110	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.14039
111	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.13455
112	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.13071
113	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.13049
114	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.12790
115	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.12672
116	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.12590
117	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.12550
118	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.12517
119	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.12392
120	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.12386
121	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.11788
122	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.11563
123	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.11103
124	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.10189
125	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.09925
126	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.09917
127	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.09328
128	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.09290
129	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.08873
130	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.08843
131	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.07771
132	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.07393
133	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.07339
134	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.06713
135	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.06392
136	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.06340
137	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.06143
138	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.05978
139	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	0.05944
140	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.05752
141	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	0.05574
142	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.05269
143	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	0.05265
144	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.05066
145	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.04651
146	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.04613
147	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.04460
148	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.04302
149	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.04078
150	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.04052
151	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.03486
152	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	0.03431
153	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	0.03300
154	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.03288
155	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.03189
156	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.02714
157	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.02251
158	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.02223
159	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	0.02110
160	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.01833
161	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.01758
162	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0.01608
163	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	0.01589
164	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.01208
165	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.00783
166	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.00618
167	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	0.00567
168	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.00560
169	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.00259
170	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	0.00161
171	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.00137
172	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.00102

02In 1973

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Niger2.14575
2Canada1.72561
3Australia1.11540
4Argentina0.97744
5United States0.88269

Lowest

172Kuwait0.00102
171Singapore0.00137
170Faroe Islands0.00161
169Hong Kong0.00259
168Djibouti0.00560

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.20938. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031972 → 1973

Since 1972

What changed between 1972 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

Cuba0.28606 → 0.30080+0.01474
Thailand0.34666 → 0.35689+0.01023
Burundi0.24771 → 0.25748+0.00977
Gabon0.32208 → 0.33123+0.00915
Trinidad and Tobago0.05912 → 0.06713+0.00801

Fell most

Australia1.29369 → 1.11540−0.17830
Niger2.27795 → 2.14575−0.13220
Syria0.83665 → 0.78608−0.05057
Botswana0.64427 → 0.61465−0.02963
Libya0.77715 → 0.74972−0.02743

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 1973.
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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) (1973). Arable Land per Person, 1973 [data set], describing 1973. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/arable-land-per-person/1973

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