Data for 1982

Arable Land per Person, 1982

Name: Arable Land per Person, 1982
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1982, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Arable Land per Person, 1982 covers 172 countries. Canada is highest, at 1.62353; Singapore is lowest, at 0.00076. The middle country reads 0.18112. Against 1981, 172 values changed (29 up, 143 down), the same countries are covered.

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Arable Land per Person · Data for 1982

HighestCanada

1.62353

LowestSingapore

0.00076

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

172countries
1measure
1982the 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, 1982, 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, 1982: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Canada`CAN`Northern America	1.62353
2	Niger`NER`Western Africa	1.51273
3	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	1.28047
4	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.88559
5	United States`USA`Northern America	0.81051
6	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.74580
7	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.71965
8	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.70070
9	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.66097
10	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.65842
11	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.65458
12	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.64832
13	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.57299
14	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.55242
15	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.55173
16	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.52214
17	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.51389
18	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.51137
19	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.50642
20	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.48161
21	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.47386
22	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.46882
23	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.46043
24	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.45740
25	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.43914
26	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.42815
27	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.40976
28	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.40871
29	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.40128
30	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.39977
31	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.39556
32	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.39218
33	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.39079
34	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.39031
35	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.37850
36	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.37376
37	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.37341
38	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.37290
39	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.37285
40	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.37199
41	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.36443
42	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.36213
43	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.35386
44	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.34626
45	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.34156
46	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	0.33701
47	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.33532
48	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.33442
49	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.33137
50	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.31941
51	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.31629
52	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.31546
53	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.30979
54	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.30769
55	Chile`CHL`South America	0.30210
56	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.30154
57	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.30129
58	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.29910
59	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.29190
60	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.29160
61	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.28798
62	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.27898
63	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.27010
64	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.26889
65	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.26379
66	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.25610
67	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.25371
68	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.25265
69	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	0.25166
70	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.24345
71	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.23431
72	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.22753
73	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.22663
74	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.22340
75	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.22085
76	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.21927
77	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.21154
78	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.20858
79	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.20366
80	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.20266
81	Peru`PER`South America	0.20142
82	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.19866
83	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.19319
84	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.18809
85	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.18337
86	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.18200
87	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.18023
88	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.17955
89	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.17895
90	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.17436
91	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.16727
92	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.16609
93	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.16556
94	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.16511
95	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.16330
96	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.16014
97	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.15698
98	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.15287
99	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	0.15235
100	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.14944
101	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.14850
102	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.14837
103	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.14061
104	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.13878
105	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.13832
106	Colombia`COL`South America	0.13691
107	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.13497
108	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.13365
109	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.13358
110	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.12276
111	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.12267
112	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.12216
113	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.12201
114	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.12170
115	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0.12053
116	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.11421
117	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.11356
118	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.11209
119	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.10689
120	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.10362
121	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.10336
122	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.10083
123	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.10075
124	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.09809
125	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.09611
126	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.08254
127	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.08063
128	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.07718
129	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.07192
130	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.06809
131	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.06322
132	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.06086
133	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.05955
134	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.05672
135	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.05584
136	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.05361
137	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.05210
138	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.05094
139	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	0.04997
140	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.04966
141	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.04916
142	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	0.04575
143	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	0.04534
144	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.04095
145	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.03920
146	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.03775
147	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.03682
148	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	0.03264
149	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.03250
150	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.03179
151	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.03168
152	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.02909
153	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.02580
154	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.02058
155	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	0.02044
156	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.02019
157	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.01926
158	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.01833
159	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	0.01728
160	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.01721
161	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.01552
162	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.01543
163	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	0.01200
164	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0.01067
165	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.00976
166	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	0.00552
167	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.00517
168	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.00280
169	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	0.00145
170	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.00133
171	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.00120
172	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.00076

02In 1982

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Canada1.62353
2Niger1.51273
3Australia1.28047
4Argentina0.88559
5United States0.81051

Lowest

172Singapore0.00076
171Kuwait0.00120
170Hong Kong0.00133
169Faroe Islands0.00145
168Djibouti0.00280

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.18112. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031981 → 1982

Since 1981

What changed between 1981 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
172values changed, of 172 in both
29 · 143rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

British Virgin Islands0.17423 → 0.25166+0.07743
Australia1.22131 → 1.28047+0.05916
Afghanistan0.66261 → 0.71965+0.05704
Gambia0.24488 → 0.26379+0.01891
Ghana0.15470 → 0.16609+0.01139

Fell most

Türkiye0.55014 → 0.51137−0.03877
Niger1.54571 → 1.51273−0.03298
Chad0.69344 → 0.66097−0.03247
Togo0.67722 → 0.65842−0.01880
Chile0.31964 → 0.30210−0.01754

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 1982.
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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) (1982). Arable Land per Person, 1982 [data set], describing 1982. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/arable-land-per-person/1982

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