Data for 1976

Arable Land per Person, 1976

Name: Arable Land per Person, 1976
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1976, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Arable Land per Person, 1976 covers 172 countries. Niger is highest, at 1.7885; Kuwait is lowest, at 0.0008. The middle country reads 0.1989. Against 1975, 172 values changed (34 up, 138 down), the same countries are covered.

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Arable Land per Person · Data for 1976

HighestNiger

1.7885

LowestKuwait

0.0008

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

172countries
1measure
1976the 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, 1976, 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, 1976: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Niger`NER`Western Africa	1.7885
2	Canada`CAN`Northern America	1.6706
3	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	1.0313
4	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.9458
5	United States`USA`Northern America	0.8552
6	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.7792
7	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.7370
8	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.7280
9	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.7214
10	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.7133
11	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.6729
12	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.6394
13	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.6265
14	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.6201
15	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.6057
16	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.5934
17	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.5803
18	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.5796
19	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.5769
20	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.5644
21	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.5409
22	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.5287
23	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.5238
24	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.5210
25	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.4819
26	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.4777
27	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.4660
28	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.4529
29	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.4498
30	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.4400
31	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.4365
32	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.4333
33	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.4322
34	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.4297
35	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.4276
36	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.4253
37	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.4205
38	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.4183
39	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.4162
40	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.4099
41	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.3967
42	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.3964
43	Chile`CHL`South America	0.3873
44	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.3807
45	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.3674
46	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.3673
47	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.3650
48	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.3647
49	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.3619
50	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.3494
51	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	0.3490
52	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.3438
53	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.3383
54	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.3318
55	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.3185
56	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.3170
57	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.3163
58	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.3159
59	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.3156
60	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.3143
61	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.3097
62	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.3094
63	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.3076
64	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.2925
65	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.2909
66	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.2898
67	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.2879
68	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.2870
69	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.2833
70	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.2790
71	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.2723
72	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.2611
73	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.2607
74	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.2605
75	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.2589
76	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.2480
77	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.2437
78	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.2408
79	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.2339
80	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.2295
81	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.2210
82	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.2185
83	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.2140
84	Peru`PER`South America	0.2135
85	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.2132
86	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.2009
87	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.1970
88	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.1916
89	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	0.1868
90	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.1853
91	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.1840
92	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.1722
93	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.1699
94	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.1681
95	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.1678
96	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	0.1663
97	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.1626
98	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.1559
99	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.1548
100	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.1543
101	Colombia`COL`South America	0.1530
102	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0.1502
103	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.1496
104	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.1483
105	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.1481
106	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.1475
107	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.1464
108	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.1448
109	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.1420
110	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.1366
111	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.1318
112	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.1284
113	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.1276
114	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.1267
115	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.1245
116	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.1237
117	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.1228
118	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.1226
119	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.1157
120	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.1144
121	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.1128
122	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.1103
123	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.1040
124	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.0972
125	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.0955
126	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.0920
127	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.0901
128	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.0890
129	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.0884
130	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.0847
131	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.0784
132	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.0709
133	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.0671
134	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.0652
135	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.0636
136	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.0610
137	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.0591
138	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.0586
139	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.0575
140	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	0.0523
141	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	0.0520
142	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.0494
143	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	0.0493
144	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.0483
145	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.0480
146	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.0445
147	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.0436
148	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.0410
149	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.0392
150	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	0.0343
151	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.0340
152	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.0330
153	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.0326
154	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	0.0309
155	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.0282
156	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.0244
157	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.0214
158	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.0203
159	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	0.0198
160	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.0179
161	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.0165
162	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	0.0145
163	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0.0138
164	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.0112
165	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.0096
166	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.0067
167	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	0.0056
168	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.0043
169	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.0020
170	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	0.0016
171	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.0009
172	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.0008

02In 1976

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Niger1.7885
2Canada1.6706
3Australia1.0313
4Argentina0.9458
5United States0.8552

Lowest

172Kuwait0.0008
171Singapore0.0009
170Faroe Islands0.0016
169Hong Kong0.0020
168Djibouti0.0043

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.1989. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031975 → 1976

Since 1975

What changed between 1975 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
172values changed, of 172 in both
34 · 138rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Mongolia0.5557 → 0.6201+0.0645
Australia0.9770 → 1.0313+0.0543
Paraguay0.3864 → 0.4205+0.0341
Gabon0.3503 → 0.3807+0.0304
Cambodia0.2811 → 0.3097+0.0286

Fell most

Niger1.8386 → 1.7885−0.0501
Libya0.6766 → 0.6394−0.0372
Iran0.4689 → 0.4400−0.0288
Botswana0.5567 → 0.5287−0.0280
Guinea-Bissau0.3917 → 0.3673−0.0244

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 1976.
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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) (1976). Arable Land per Person, 1976 [data set], describing 1976. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/arable-land-per-person/1976

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