Data for 1990

Arable Land per Person, 1990

Name: Arable Land per Person, 1990
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1990, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Arable Land per Person, 1990 covers 173 countries. Canada is highest, at 1.49387; Singapore is lowest, at 0.00033. The middle country reads 0.16048. Against 1989, 172 values changed (34 up, 138 down), 1 country joined.

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Arable Land per Person · Data for 1990

HighestCanada

1.49387

LowestSingapore

0.00033

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

173countries
1measure
1990the year it describes
173distinct 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, 1990, 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, 1990: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Canada`CAN`Northern America	1.49387
2	Niger`NER`Western Africa	1.33188
3	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.99361
4	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.81130
5	United States`USA`Northern America	0.74372
6	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.65667
7	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.65302
8	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.65113
9	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.55735
10	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.54707
11	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.53370
12	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.52419
13	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.52283
14	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.50103
15	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.49816
16	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.48718
17	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.48200
18	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.45501
19	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.44229
20	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.44000
21	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.42584
22	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.42370
23	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.40730
24	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.40605
25	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.40049
26	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.39975
27	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.39455
28	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.38834
29	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.37753
30	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.37130
31	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.35720
32	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.34945
33	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.34469
34	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.33194
35	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.32167
36	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.31959
37	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.31895
38	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.31859
39	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.31741
40	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.31614
41	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.31414
42	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.31231
43	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.30579
44	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.30526
45	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.29567
46	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.29452
47	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.29355
48	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	0.29166
49	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.28906
50	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.28458
51	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.28439
52	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.28431
53	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.28404
54	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.27905
55	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.26347
56	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.26212
57	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.26019
58	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.25676
59	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.25612
60	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.24943
61	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.24027
62	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.23570
63	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.23479
64	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.22909
65	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.22562
66	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.22367
67	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.21797
68	Chile`CHL`South America	0.20853
69	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.20690
70	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.20632
71	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.20493
72	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.20321
73	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.20276
74	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.20121
75	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.19935
76	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.19786
77	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.18898
78	Peru`PER`South America	0.18628
79	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.18573
80	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.18530
81	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.18182
82	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.17730
83	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.17617
84	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.17539
85	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.17517
86	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.16646
87	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.16048
88	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.15889
89	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.15740
90	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.15315
91	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.15071
92	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.14620
93	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.14467
94	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.14429
95	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.14405
96	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.14284
97	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	0.13917
98	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.13818
99	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.13654
100	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.13508
101	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.13395
102	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	0.12736
103	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.12705
104	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.11932
105	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.11885
106	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.11580
107	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.11564
108	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.11412
109	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.11379
110	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.11240
111	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.11229
112	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.11037
113	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.10966
114	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.10921
115	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.10906
116	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.10837
117	Colombia`COL`South America	0.10188
118	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.10186
119	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.09256
120	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.08719
121	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0.08556
122	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.08471
123	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.08329
124	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.08151
125	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.07361
126	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.07181
127	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.06343
128	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.06188
129	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.06183
130	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.06002
131	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.05510
132	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.05438
133	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.05218
134	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	0.05100
135	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.05090
136	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.05000
137	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.04948
138	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.04928
139	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.04556
140	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	0.04260
141	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.03911
142	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.03861
143	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	0.03848
144	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.03388
145	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.03374
146	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.03319
147	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	0.03187
148	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.02875
149	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.02755
150	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.02672
151	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.02537
152	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.02272
153	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.02104
154	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.02001
155	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.01984
156	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.01901
157	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.01844
158	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	0.01838
159	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.01626
160	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.01567
161	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	0.01443
162	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.01439
163	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.01372
164	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.01335
165	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	0.00981
166	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0.00769
167	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	0.00521
168	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.00389
169	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.00237
170	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.00173
171	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	0.00134
172	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.00105
173	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.00033

02In 1990

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Canada1.49387
2Niger1.33188
3Australia0.99361
4Argentina0.81130
5United States0.74372

Lowest

173Singapore0.00033
172Hong Kong0.00105
171Faroe Islands0.00134
170Djibouti0.00173
169Kuwait0.00237

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.16048. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031989 → 1990

Since 1989

What changed between 1989 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −0countries joined / left
172values changed, of 172 in both
34 · 138rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Niger1.19406 → 1.33188+0.13782
Fiji0.19574 → 0.20690+0.01116
Timor-Leste0.13425 → 0.14467+0.01042
Bulgaria0.43348 → 0.44229+0.00881
Mexico0.25424 → 0.26212+0.00789

Fell most

British Virgin Islands0.19763 → 0.12736−0.07027
Australia1.04238 → 0.99361−0.04877
Jordan0.08741 → 0.04948−0.03794
Namibia0.51205 → 0.48200−0.03005
Canada1.51851 → 1.49387−0.02464

+ Palestine

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 1990.
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FAO publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 173 countries has every column.

05The files

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (1990). Arable Land per Person, 1990 [data set], describing 1990. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/arable-land-per-person/1990

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