Data for 1991

Arable Land per Person, 1991

Name: Arable Land per Person, 1991
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1991, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Arable Land per Person, 1991 covers 177 countries. Canada is highest, at 1.47365; Singapore is lowest, at 0.00032. The middle country reads 0.15680. Against 1990, 173 values changed (35 up, 138 down), 4 countries joined.

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Arable Land per Person · Data for 1991

HighestCanada

1.47365

LowestSingapore

0.00032

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

177countries
1measure
1991the year it describes
177distinct 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, 1991, 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, 1991: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Canada`CAN`Northern America	1.47365
2	Niger`NER`Western Africa	1.41478
3	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.99560
4	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.80288
5	United States`USA`Northern America	0.73366
6	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.64630
7	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.63200
8	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.63108
9	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.54674
10	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.53532
11	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.52755
12	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.51878
13	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.50998
14	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.49434
15	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.48740
16	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.48134
17	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.46621
18	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.45868
19	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.44762
20	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.43266
21	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.42648
22	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.40968
23	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.40913
24	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.40162
25	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.39829
26	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.39157
27	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.37546
28	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.37429
29	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.37008
30	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.35151
31	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.34517
32	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.34204
33	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.33618
34	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.32342
35	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.32068
36	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.32050
37	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.31472
38	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.30965
39	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.30944
40	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.30519
41	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.30467
42	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.30453
43	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.30393
44	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.29742
45	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.29358
46	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.29119
47	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.29081
48	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.28982
49	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.28871
50	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	0.28507
51	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.27936
52	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.27808
53	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.27781
54	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.27649
55	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.26558
56	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.26213
57	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.25135
58	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.24829
59	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.24535
60	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.23872
61	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.23652
62	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.23182
63	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.22508
64	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.22359
65	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.22139
66	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.22034
67	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.21933
68	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.21555
69	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.20813
70	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.20401
71	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.20150
72	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.19894
73	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.19823
74	Chile`CHL`South America	0.19652
75	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.19639
76	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.19316
77	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.18633
78	Peru`PER`South America	0.18477
79	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.18461
80	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.18015
81	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.17889
82	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.17819
83	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.17736
84	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.17693
85	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.17613
86	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.17315
87	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.16305
88	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.16017
89	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.15680
90	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.15419
91	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.15361
92	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.14999
93	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.14446
94	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.14268
95	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.14020
96	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.14006
97	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.13735
98	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	0.13694
99	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.13293
100	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.13264
101	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.13176
102	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.12740
103	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	0.12356
104	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.11691
105	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.11599
106	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.11445
107	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.11436
108	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.11218
109	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.11150
110	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.11083
111	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.10901
112	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.10851
113	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.10733
114	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.10661
115	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.10589
116	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.10282
117	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.09680
118	Colombia`COL`South America	0.09179
119	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.09063
120	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.08523
121	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.08248
122	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0.08127
123	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.08119
124	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.08025
125	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.07012
126	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.06310
127	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.06169
128	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.05993
129	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.05921
130	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.05772
131	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.05412
132	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.05248
133	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.05124
134	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.05106
135	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	0.04966
136	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.04933
137	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.04774
138	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.04451
139	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	0.04202
140	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.03824
141	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	0.03817
142	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.03816
143	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.03777
144	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.03298
145	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.03251
146	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.03219
147	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.03169
148	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	0.03035
149	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.02647
150	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.02619
151	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.02493
152	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0.02433
153	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	0.02253
154	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.02007
155	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.01984
156	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.01979
157	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0.01921
158	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.01890
159	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.01765
160	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.01744
161	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.01591
162	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	0.01544
163	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.01523
164	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.01420
165	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	0.01418
166	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.01358
167	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.01294
168	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	0.01097
169	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	0.00963
170	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0.00733
171	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	0.00517
172	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.00398
173	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.00296
174	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.00158
175	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	0.00135
176	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.00104
177	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.00032

02In 1991

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Canada1.47365
2Niger1.41478
3Australia0.99560
4Argentina0.80288
5United States0.73366

Lowest

177Singapore0.00032
176Hong Kong0.00104
175Faroe Islands0.00135
174Djibouti0.00158
173Kuwait0.00296

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.15680. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031990 → 1991

Since 1990

What changed between 1990 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+4 / −0countries joined / left
173values changed, of 173 in both
35 · 138rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Niger1.33188 → 1.41478+0.08291
Liberia0.15740 → 0.17889+0.02149
Iraq0.28439 → 0.30393+0.01954
Iran0.26019 → 0.27808+0.01789
Fiji0.20690 → 0.21933+0.01243

Fell most

Botswana0.32167 → 0.22359−0.09808
Senegal0.40049 → 0.37429−0.02620
Zambia0.37130 → 0.34517−0.02613
Mongolia0.65302 → 0.63200−0.02102
Canada1.49387 → 1.47365−0.02022

+ Micronesia

+ Marshall Islands

+ Northern Mariana Islands

+ Palau

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 1991.
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Nothing missing
Every one of the 177 countries has every column.

05The files

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (1991). Arable Land per Person, 1991 [data set], describing 1991. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/arable-land-per-person/1991

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