Data for 1993
Arable Land per Person, 1993
1993, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten
Arable Land per Person, 1993 covers 200 countries. Kazakhstan is highest, at 2.028425; Singapore is lowest, at 0.000302. The middle country reads 0.169662. Against 1992, 196 values changed (48 up, 148 down), 4 countries joined.
Arable Land per Person · Data for 1993
HighestKazakhstan
2.028425LowestSingapore
0.000302Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end.
01Position · derived
The table
Every country and every column of Arable Land per Person, 1993, as published. FAO ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.
Showing 25 of 200 countries · select a heading to sort
| derived | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | KAZCentral Asia | 2.028425 |
| 2 | CANNorthern America | 1.436791 |
| 3 | NERWestern Africa | 1.426909 |
| 4 | AUSAustralia and New Zealand | 0.970297 |
| 5 | RUSEastern Europe | 0.872552 |
| 6 | ARGSouth America | 0.787346 |
| 7 | LTUNorthern Europe | 0.767933 |
| 8 | ESTNorthern Europe | 0.713460 |
| 9 | USANorthern America | 0.702842 |
| 10 | LVANorthern Europe | 0.658139 |
| 11 | UKREastern Europe | 0.636751 |
| 12 | MNGEastern Asia | 0.624789 |
| 13 | BLREastern Europe | 0.596149 |
| 14 | CAFMiddle Africa | 0.592177 |
| 15 | MDAEastern Europe | 0.586028 |
| 16 | TGOWestern Africa | 0.547843 |
| 17 | PRYSouth America | 0.527197 |
| 18 | AFGSouthern Asia | 0.523584 |
| 19 | ISLNorthern Europe | 0.511897 |
| 20 | TCDMiddle Africa | 0.508361 |
| 21 | DNKNorthern Europe | 0.488183 |
| 22 | CMRMiddle Africa | 0.482469 |
| 23 | BGREastern Europe | 0.479562 |
| 24 | NAMSouthern Africa | 0.462651 |
| 25 | HUNEastern Europe | 0.458411 |
| 26 | FINNorthern Europe | 0.449151 |
| 27 | BFAWestern Africa | 0.431364 |
| 28 | KHMSouth-eastern Asia | 0.431272 |
| 29 | TURWestern Asia | 0.414938 |
| 30 | ROUEastern Europe | 0.410354 |
| 31 | URYSouth America | 0.405532 |
| 32 | GINWestern Africa | 0.384390 |
| 33 | LBYNorthern Africa | 0.383474 |
| 34 | ESPSouthern Europe | 0.380628 |
| 35 | POLEastern Europe | 0.371931 |
| 36 | SENWestern Africa | 0.367067 |
| 37 | MARNorthern Africa | 0.351323 |
| 38 | SYRWestern Asia | 0.345833 |
| 39 | TUNNorthern Africa | 0.337213 |
| 40 | CUBCaribbean | 0.334839 |
| 41 | ZMBEastern Africa | 0.331983 |
| 42 | CZEEastern Europe | 0.322560 |
| 43 | SWENorthern Europe | 0.318516 |
| 44 | TZAEastern Africa | 0.314125 |
| 45 | MLIWestern Africa | 0.313692 |
| 46 | HNDCentral America | 0.310331 |
| 47 | ZAFSouthern Africa | 0.310090 |
| 48 | BLZCentral America | 0.307847 |
| 49 | FRAWestern Europe | 0.305124 |
| 50 | MKDSouthern Europe | 0.303460 |
| 51 | NICCentral America | 0.303117 |
| 52 | SAUWestern Asia | 0.300593 |
| 53 | KGZCentral Asia | 0.299328 |
| 54 | THASouth-eastern Asia | 0.297606 |
| 55 | GABMiddle Africa | 0.297260 |
| 56 | SVKEastern Europe | 0.293317 |
| 57 | IRQWestern Asia | 0.291649 |
| 58 | BOLSouth America | 0.290268 |
| 59 | TKMCentral Asia | 0.289872 |
| 60 | NGAWestern Africa | 0.286334 |
| 61 | IRNSouthern Asia | 0.282264 |
| 62 | BENWestern Africa | 0.280961 |
| 63 | BRASouth America | 0.280616 |
| 64 | DZANorthern Africa | 0.276166 |
| 65 | IMNNorthern Europe | 0.275533 |
| 66 | GRCSouthern Europe | 0.271404 |
| 67 | ERIEastern Africa | 0.268318 |
| 68 | ZWEEastern Africa | 0.266963 |
| 69 | UGAEastern Africa | 0.259190 |
| 70 | MEXCentral America | 0.257045 |
| 71 | GNBWestern Africa | 0.255019 |
| 72 | MOZEastern Africa | 0.250513 |
| 73 | BWASouthern Africa | 0.246459 |
| 74 | BTNSouthern Asia | 0.245190 |
| 75 | PAKSouthern Asia | 0.237994 |
| 76 | AGOMiddle Africa | 0.233879 |
| 77 | HRVSouthern Europe | 0.230846 |
| 78 | MMRSouth-eastern Asia | 0.230806 |
| 79 | AZEWestern Asia | 0.228932 |
| 80 | PRTSouthern Europe | 0.224794 |
| 81 | MWIEastern Africa | 0.223648 |
| 82 | MDGEastern Africa | 0.219741 |
| 83 | BIHSouthern Europe | 0.217699 |
| 84 | CIVWestern Africa | 0.211270 |
| 85 | NORNorthern Europe | 0.205242 |
| 86 | UZBCentral Asia | 0.203339 |
| 87 | FJIMelanesia | 0.201678 |
| 88 | KENEastern Africa | 0.201456 |
| 89 | MRTWestern Africa | 0.198222 |
| 90 | KNACaribbean | 0.193977 |
| 91 | PANCentral America | 0.191197 |
| 92 | COGMiddle Africa | 0.186889 |
| 93 | ETHEastern Africa | 0.186189 |
| 94 | SWZSouthern Africa | 0.183256 |
| 95 | PERSouth America | 0.181973 |
| 96 | AUTWestern Europe | 0.179492 |
| 97 | ALBSouthern Europe | 0.178788 |
| 98 | INDSouthern Asia | 0.176318 |
| 99 | LSOSouthern Africa | 0.173520 |
| 100 | LAOSouth-eastern Asia | 0.170542 |
| 101 | GHAWestern Africa | 0.168781 |
| 102 | CODMiddle Africa | 0.164796 |
| 103 | BDIEastern Africa | 0.163823 |
| 104 | CHLSouth America | 0.163378 |
| 105 | LBRWestern Africa | 0.162403 |
| 106 | GEOWestern Asia | 0.161878 |
| 107 | TONPolynesia | 0.159835 |
| 108 | SOMEastern Africa | 0.153261 |
| 109 | TLSSouth-eastern Asia | 0.152172 |
| 110 | TJKCentral Asia | 0.151791 |
| 111 | ITASouthern Europe | 0.150444 |
| 112 | DEUWestern Europe | 0.143870 |
| 113 | ECUSouth America | 0.140664 |
| 114 | COMEastern Africa | 0.137223 |
| 115 | SURSouth America | 0.135924 |
| 116 | GMBWestern Africa | 0.135480 |
| 117 | GTMCentral America | 0.135382 |
| 118 | LIEWestern Europe | 0.132939 |
| 119 | CYPWestern Asia | 0.131593 |
| 120 | GUYSouth America | 0.126534 |
| 121 | VUTMelanesia | 0.125421 |
| 122 | ARMWestern Asia | 0.125386 |
| 123 | DOMCaribbean | 0.125342 |
| 124 | VENSouth America | 0.122280 |
| 125 | VGBCaribbean | 0.117723 |
| 126 | SLEWestern Africa | 0.116908 |
| 127 | IRLNorthern Europe | 0.112939 |
| 128 | NPLSouthern Asia | 0.110037 |
| 129 | NZLAustralia and New Zealand | 0.109396 |
| 130 | HTICaribbean | 0.107170 |
| 131 | RWAEastern Africa | 0.106501 |
| 132 | GBRNorthern Europe | 0.105529 |
| 133 | YEMWestern Asia | 0.104215 |
| 134 | PRKEastern Asia | 0.104198 |
| 135 | SLVCentral America | 0.103534 |
| 136 | CHNEastern Asia | 0.102933 |
| 137 | CPVWestern Africa | 0.101999 |
| 138 | SVNSouthern Europe | 0.100414 |
| 139 | WSMPolynesia | 0.098967 |
| 140 | IDNSouth-eastern Asia | 0.093784 |
| 141 | MUSEastern Africa | 0.085659 |
| 142 | COLSouth America | 0.084869 |
| 143 | PHLSouth-eastern Asia | 0.079742 |
| 144 | VNMSouth-eastern Asia | 0.079268 |
| 145 | TCACaribbean | 0.073271 |
| 146 | BGDSouthern Asia | 0.072004 |
| 147 | JAMCaribbean | 0.071023 |
| 148 | CRICentral America | 0.068301 |
| 149 | ISRWestern Asia | 0.065957 |
| 150 | BRBCaribbean | 0.061296 |
| 151 | ATGCaribbean | 0.060988 |
| 152 | CHEWestern Europe | 0.059072 |
| 153 | NLDWestern Europe | 0.059011 |
| 154 | DMACaribbean | 0.057609 |
| 155 | JORWestern Asia | 0.052668 |
| 156 | LKASouthern Asia | 0.051404 |
| 157 | MYSSouth-eastern Asia | 0.047374 |
| 158 | LBNWestern Asia | 0.047112 |
| 159 | PSEWestern Asia | 0.045963 |
| 160 | PNGMelanesia | 0.044667 |
| 161 | KOREastern Asia | 0.042426 |
| 162 | NCLMelanesia | 0.041916 |
| 163 | EGYNorthern Africa | 0.041582 |
| 164 | SMRSouthern Europe | 0.040863 |
| 165 | JPNEastern Asia | 0.037531 |
| 166 | VIRCaribbean | 0.037531 |
| 167 | MLTSouthern Europe | 0.032318 |
| 168 | GNQMiddle Africa | 0.032074 |
| 169 | TTOCaribbean | 0.031239 |
| 170 | SLBMelanesia | 0.030316 |
| 171 | ABWCaribbean | 0.027143 |
| 172 | QATWestern Asia | 0.026829 |
| 173 | KIRMicronesia | 0.025368 |
| 174 | VCTCaribbean | 0.024393 |
| 175 | BHSCaribbean | 0.024027 |
| 176 | FSMMicronesia | 0.023350 |
| 177 | MNPMicronesia | 0.021762 |
| 178 | GRDCaribbean | 0.019535 |
| 179 | LCACaribbean | 0.018786 |
| 180 | PLWMicronesia | 0.018324 |
| 181 | AREWestern Asia | 0.018001 |
| 182 | ANDSouthern Europe | 0.015805 |
| 183 | STPMiddle Africa | 0.015330 |
| 184 | BRNSouth-eastern Asia | 0.014442 |
| 185 | OMNWestern Asia | 0.014345 |
| 186 | SYCEastern Africa | 0.013840 |
| 187 | GUMMicronesia | 0.013731 |
| 188 | ASMPolynesia | 0.013557 |
| 189 | MDVSouthern Asia | 0.012251 |
| 190 | MHLMicronesia | 0.010617 |
| 191 | PYFPolynesia | 0.009293 |
| 192 | PRICaribbean | 0.008851 |
| 193 | CYMCaribbean | 0.006672 |
| 194 | BMUNorthern America | 0.005101 |
| 195 | BHRWestern Asia | 0.003772 |
| 196 | KWTWestern Asia | 0.002990 |
| 197 | DJIEastern Africa | 0.001628 |
| 198 | FRONorthern Europe | 0.001377 |
| 199 | HKGEastern Asia | 0.001017 |
| 200 | SGPSouth-eastern Asia | 0.000302 |
02In 1993
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline.
Highest
- 1
Kazakhstan2.028425
- 2
Canada1.436791
- 3
Niger1.426909
- 4
Australia0.970297
- 5
Russia0.872552
Lowest
- 200
Singapore0.000302
- 199
Hong Kong0.001017
- 198
Faroe Islands0.001377
- 197
Djibouti0.001628
- 196
Kuwait0.002990
Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.169662. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
031992 → 1993
Since 1992
What changed between 1992 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.
- +4 / −0countries joined / left
- 196values changed, of 196 in both
- 48 · 148rose · fell
- 0unchanged
Rose most
Mali0.226408 → 0.313692+0.087284
Botswana0.181155 → 0.246459+0.065304
Australia0.928333 → 0.970297+0.041964
Honduras0.287398 → 0.310331+0.022932
Bosnia and Herzegovina0.200727 → 0.217699+0.016972
Fell most
Afghanistan0.595679 → 0.523584−0.072095
Niger1.472844 → 1.426909−0.045935
Croatia0.264871 → 0.230846−0.034024
Cambodia0.456054 → 0.431272−0.024782
Central African Republic0.611345 → 0.592177−0.019168
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
Read before you use
What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.
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 1993.
The position is ours
FAO publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 200 countries has every column.
05The files
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (1993). Arable Land per Person, 1993 [data set], describing 1993. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/arable-land-per-person/1993
0663 held
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Arable Land per Person, 1992196 countries
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Arable Land per Person: every year63 held, with the data dictionary, coverage and licence.
How it has moved, charted by country
07Questions
Arable Land per Person, 1993: questions and answers
Which country has the highest arable land per person in Arable Land per Person, 1993?
Kazakhstan, at 2.028425, of the 200 countries in the file.
What year does Arable Land per Person, 1993 describe?
1993.
How many countries does Arable Land per Person, 1993 cover?
200.
Where can I download Arable Land per Person, 1993?
On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.
Is Arable Land per Person, 1993 the newest?
No. The newest held here is Arable Land per Person, 2023.