Data for 1989

Arable Land per Person, 1989

Name: Arable Land per Person, 1989
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1989, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Arable Land per Person, 1989 covers 172 countries. Canada is highest, at 1.51851; Singapore is lowest, at 0.00034. The middle country reads 0.16975. Against 1988, 172 values changed (30 up, 142 down), the same countries are covered.

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Arable Land per Person · Data for 1989

HighestCanada

1.51851

LowestSingapore

0.00034

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

172countries
1measure
1989the year it describes
172distinct values18 decimals, as published
Sep 6, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Arable Land per Person, 1989, 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, 1989: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Canada`CAN`Northern America	1.51851
2	Niger`NER`Western Africa	1.19406
3	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	1.04238
4	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.82024
5	United States`USA`Northern America	0.75236
6	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.67170
7	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.66616
8	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.64684
9	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.56835
10	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.55382
11	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.53987
12	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.53391
13	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.52701
14	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.52096
15	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.51205
16	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.49585
17	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.48198
18	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.45538
19	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.45256
20	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.44081
21	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.43348
22	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.42091
23	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.41562
24	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.41241
25	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.40835
26	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.40729
27	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.39951
28	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.39395
29	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.38094
30	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.37970
31	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.35698
32	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.35379
33	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.35327
34	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.33545
35	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.33074
36	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.32649
37	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.32591
38	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.32288
39	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.32284
40	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.32048
41	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.31969
42	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.31630
43	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.31594
44	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.30564
45	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	0.29945
46	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.29935
47	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.29865
48	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.29501
49	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.29393
50	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.29221
51	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.29033
52	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.28799
53	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.28794
54	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.28673
55	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.27158
56	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.27070
57	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.26343
58	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.25804
59	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.25424
60	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.25058
61	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.24323
62	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.23975
63	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.23840
64	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.23768
65	Chile`CHL`South America	0.23231
66	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.23187
67	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.23153
68	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.22917
69	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.22811
70	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.21698
71	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.20772
72	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.20649
73	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.20384
74	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.19968
75	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	0.19763
76	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.19628
77	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.19574
78	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.19323
79	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.19148
80	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.18969
81	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.18880
82	Peru`PER`South America	0.18798
83	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.18030
84	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.17897
85	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.17325
86	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.16997
87	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.16954
88	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.16096
89	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.15887
90	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.15869
91	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.15456
92	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.15173
93	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.15008
94	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.14814
95	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.14704
96	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.14350
97	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	0.14126
98	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.14061
99	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.13957
100	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.13851
101	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.13429
102	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.13425
103	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.12622
104	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.12157
105	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.12047
106	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.11831
107	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.11803
108	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.11742
109	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.11616
110	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.11576
111	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.11472
112	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.10983
113	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.10962
114	Colombia`COL`South America	0.10926
115	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.10924
116	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.10875
117	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.10311
118	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.10191
119	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.09417
120	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0.08934
121	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.08912
122	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.08741
123	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.08729
124	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.08542
125	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.08418
126	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.07481
127	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.07127
128	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.06317
129	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.06199
130	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.06147
131	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.06105
132	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.05421
133	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.05242
134	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	0.05232
135	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.05219
136	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.05081
137	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.05005
138	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.04660
139	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	0.04319
140	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.04049
141	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	0.03959
142	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.03894
143	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.03424
144	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.03422
145	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	0.03309
146	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.03284
147	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.02899
148	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.02867
149	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.02734
150	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.02581
151	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.02198
152	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.02114
153	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.02088
154	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.02018
155	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	0.01997
156	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.01976
157	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.01667
158	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.01620
159	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.01612
160	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	0.01473
161	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.01446
162	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.01416
163	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.01378
164	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	0.01002
165	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0.00804
166	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	0.00525
167	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.00402
168	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.00191
169	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.00180
170	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	0.00133
171	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.00106
172	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.00034

02In 1989

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Canada1.51851
2Niger1.19406
3Australia1.04238
4Argentina0.82024
5United States0.75236

Lowest

172Singapore0.00034
171Hong Kong0.00106
170Faroe Islands0.00133
169Kuwait0.00180
168Djibouti0.00191

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.16975. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031988 → 1989

Since 1988

What changed between 1988 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
172values changed, of 172 in both
30 · 142rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Zimbabwe0.27618 → 0.29221+0.01603
Cambodia0.50646 → 0.52096+0.01450
Fiji0.18453 → 0.19574+0.01121
Kenya0.22860 → 0.23840+0.00980
Eswatini0.22131 → 0.22917+0.00787

Fell most

Australia1.09701 → 1.04238−0.05463
Namibia0.54559 → 0.51205−0.03355
Romania0.43834 → 0.40835−0.02999
Canada1.54798 → 1.51851−0.02947
Gambia0.20512 → 0.17897−0.02615

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 1989.
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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) (1989). Arable Land per Person, 1989 [data set], describing 1989. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/arable-land-per-person/1989

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