Data for 1980

Arable Land per Person, 1980

Name: Arable Land per Person, 1980
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1980, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Arable Land per Person, 1980 covers 172 countries. Niger is highest, at 1.66428; Kuwait is lowest, at 0.00066. The middle country reads 0.18780. Against 1979, 172 values changed (24 up, 148 down), the same countries are covered.

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Arable Land per Person · Data for 1980

HighestNiger

1.66428

LowestKuwait

0.00066

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

172countries
1measure
1980the 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, 1980, 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, 1980: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Niger`NER`Western Africa	1.66428
2	Canada`CAN`Northern America	1.64368
3	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	1.21059
4	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.90545
5	United States`USA`Northern America	0.83070
6	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.76310
7	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.69857
8	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.69475
9	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.69473
10	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.69430
11	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.66739
12	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.60064
13	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.58386
14	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.58298
15	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.55835
16	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.54285
17	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.53390
18	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.53058
19	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.51513
20	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.51192
21	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.49565
22	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.48303
23	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.47528
24	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.46933
25	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.44283
26	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.43187
27	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.43179
28	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.42987
29	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.41787
30	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.41689
31	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.41498
32	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.41100
33	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.40187
34	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.39816
35	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.39227
36	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.39020
37	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.38884
38	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.38695
39	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.38626
40	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.38462
41	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.38214
42	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.36948
43	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.36177
44	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.35893
45	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.35798
46	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.35653
47	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	0.34646
48	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.33739
49	Chile`CHL`South America	0.33332
50	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.32899
51	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.32581
52	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.31610
53	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.31250
54	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.31021
55	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.30749
56	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.30733
57	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.30672
58	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.30393
59	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.30325
60	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.30106
61	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.29995
62	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.28954
63	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.28811
64	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.28203
65	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.26691
66	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.26681
67	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.26241
68	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.25317
69	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.24810
70	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.24784
71	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.23781
72	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.23723
73	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.23693
74	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.23690
75	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.22272
76	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.22222
77	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.21894
78	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.21215
79	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.20760
80	Peru`PER`South America	0.20556
81	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.20346
82	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.19948
83	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.19380
84	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.19247
85	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.19230
86	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.18883
87	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.18677
88	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.18670
89	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.18405
90	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	0.17969
91	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.16804
92	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.16576
93	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.16365
94	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.16218
95	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.15911
96	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.15694
97	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	0.15679
98	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.15563
99	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.15388
100	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.15366
101	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.14595
102	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.14314
103	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.14247
104	Colombia`COL`South America	0.14220
105	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.14197
106	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.14019
107	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.13893
108	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.13753
109	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.13383
110	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0.13221
111	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.12850
112	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.12530
113	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.12304
114	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.12290
115	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.12285
116	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.11838
117	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.11754
118	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.11697
119	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.11316
120	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.10882
121	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.10656
122	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.10363
123	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.10352
124	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.09801
125	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.09737
126	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.09578
127	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.08381
128	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.08149
129	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.07750
130	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.07131
131	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.06583
132	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.06361
133	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.06292
134	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.06023
135	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.05975
136	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.05740
137	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.05403
138	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.05349
139	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.05333
140	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.05201
141	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.05039
142	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	0.05018
143	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.04798
144	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	0.04672
145	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	0.04633
146	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.04173
147	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.03790
148	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.03772
149	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	0.03338
150	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.03271
151	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.03173
152	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.03010
153	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.02795
154	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	0.02308
155	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.02297
156	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.02149
157	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.01975
158	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.01820
159	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	0.01816
160	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.01581
161	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.01575
162	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.01450
163	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	0.01278
164	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0.01171
165	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.01015
166	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	0.00559
167	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.00557
168	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.00307
169	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.00158
170	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	0.00149
171	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.00083
172	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.00066

02In 1980

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Niger1.66428
2Canada1.64368
3Australia1.21059
4Argentina0.90545
5United States0.83070

Lowest

172Kuwait0.00066
171Singapore0.00083
170Faroe Islands0.00149
169Hong Kong0.00158
168Djibouti0.00307

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.18780. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031979 → 1980

Since 1979

What changed between 1979 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

Paraguay0.50438 → 0.53058+0.02621
Afghanistan0.57925 → 0.60064+0.02139
Australia1.18989 → 1.21059+0.02071
Brazil0.37844 → 0.39227+0.01383
Ireland0.15360 → 0.16218+0.00859

Fell most

Iran0.39542 → 0.32581−0.06961
Tunisia0.52754 → 0.48303−0.04451
Malawi0.34004 → 0.30325−0.03679
Libya0.54115 → 0.51192−0.02923
Cameroon0.71581 → 0.69430−0.02151

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

One year of the 2026 release
Every year in this series comes from FAO’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1980.
The position is ours
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) (1980). Arable Land per Person, 1980 [data set], describing 1980. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/arable-land-per-person/1980

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