Data for 1977

Arable Land per Person, 1977

Name: Arable Land per Person, 1977
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1977, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Arable Land per Person, 1977 covers 172 countries. Niger is highest, at 1.73923; Kuwait is lowest, at 0.00079. The middle country reads 0.19970. Against 1976, 172 values changed (38 up, 134 down), the same countries are covered.

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Arable Land per Person · Data for 1977

HighestNiger

1.73923

LowestKuwait

0.00079

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

172countries
1measure
1977the 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, 1977, 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, 1977: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Niger`NER`Western Africa	1.73923
2	Canada`CAN`Northern America	1.66300
3	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	1.04587
4	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.93570
5	United States`USA`Northern America	0.84704
6	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.77541
7	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.72674
8	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.71451
9	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.70239
10	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.69786
11	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.69660
12	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.62827
13	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.60558
14	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.59292
15	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.58595
16	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.58161
17	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.57431
18	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.57294
19	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.57070
20	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.54333
21	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.52381
22	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.51824
23	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.51037
24	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.50152
25	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.47624
26	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.46665
27	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.45385
28	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.44958
29	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.44910
30	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.44717
31	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.44223
32	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.42808
33	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.42489
34	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.41658
35	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.41460
36	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.41359
37	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.41355
38	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.40574
39	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.40339
40	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.39629
41	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.39468
42	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.39338
43	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.38721
44	Chile`CHL`South America	0.37209
45	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.36815
46	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.36236
47	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.35619
48	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.35421
49	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.34827
50	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	0.34759
51	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.34376
52	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.34299
53	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.34231
54	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.33518
55	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.32549
56	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.31687
57	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.31644
58	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.31414
59	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.30921
60	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.30811
61	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.30640
62	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.30457
63	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.29712
64	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.29434
65	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.28539
66	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.28416
67	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.28069
68	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.27575
69	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.27281
70	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.26336
71	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.26325
72	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.25783
73	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.25676
74	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.25290
75	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.24688
76	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.23826
77	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.23647
78	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.23075
79	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.22326
80	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.21922
81	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.21610
82	Peru`PER`South America	0.21162
83	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.21161
84	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.21133
85	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.21008
86	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.20202
87	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.19737
88	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.19527
89	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.18625
90	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	0.18519
91	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.18451
92	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.16789
93	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.16726
94	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.16542
95	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.16496
96	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	0.16365
97	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.15945
98	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.15760
99	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.15444
100	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.15346
101	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.15319
102	Colombia`COL`South America	0.15029
103	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.14627
104	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0.14569
105	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.14562
106	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.14556
107	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.14530
108	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.14478
109	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.14219
110	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.14099
111	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.12858
112	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.12834
113	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.12577
114	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.12559
115	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.12316
116	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.12253
117	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.12215
118	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.12147
119	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.11495
120	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.11153
121	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.11043
122	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.10853
123	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.10241
124	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.09668
125	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.09389
126	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.09349
127	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.08995
128	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.08871
129	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.08671
130	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.08254
131	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.07829
132	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.07003
133	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.06857
134	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.06359
135	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.06133
136	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.06022
137	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.06021
138	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.05889
139	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.05677
140	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	0.05365
141	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.05130
142	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	0.04996
143	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.04902
144	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.04897
145	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	0.04841
146	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.04381
147	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.04313
148	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.04235
149	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.04123
150	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	0.03414
151	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.03319
152	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.03216
153	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.03194
154	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	0.03108
155	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.02689
156	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.02363
157	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.02097
158	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.01975
159	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	0.01936
160	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.01690
161	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.01618
162	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	0.01405
163	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0.01324
164	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.01095
165	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.00888
166	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.00639
167	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	0.00563
168	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.00393
169	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.00175
170	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	0.00154
171	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.00086
172	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.00079

02In 1977

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Niger1.73923
2Canada1.66300
3Australia1.04587
4Argentina0.93570
5United States0.84704

Lowest

172Kuwait0.00079
171Singapore0.00086
170Faroe Islands0.00154
169Hong Kong0.00175
168Djibouti0.00393

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.19970. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031976 → 1977

Since 1976

What changed between 1976 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
172values changed, of 172 in both
38 · 134rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Mongolia0.62013 → 0.69786+0.07773
Paraguay0.42047 → 0.44910+0.02863
Cambodia0.30970 → 0.33518+0.02548
Brazil0.33178 → 0.34827+0.01649
Australia1.03128 → 1.04587+0.01459

Fell most

Lesotho0.28327 → 0.22326−0.06001
Senegal0.62653 → 0.57431−0.05222
Niger1.78848 → 1.73923−0.04925
Syria0.67286 → 0.62827−0.04460
Libya0.63942 → 0.60558−0.03383

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 1977.
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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) (1977). Arable Land per Person, 1977 [data set], describing 1977. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/arable-land-per-person/1977

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