Data for 1998

Arable Land per Person, 1998

Name: Arable Land per Person, 1998
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1998, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Arable Land per Person, 1998 covers 200 countries. Kazakhstan is highest, at 2.054911; Singapore is lowest, at 0.000255. The middle country reads 0.154822. Against 1997, 200 values changed (43 up, 157 down), the same countries are covered.

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Arable Land per Person · Data for 1998

HighestKazakhstan

2.054911

LowestSingapore

0.000255

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

200countries
1measure
1998the year it describes
200distinct 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, 1998, 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, 1998: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	2.054911
2	Canada`CAN`Northern America	1.360131
3	Niger`NER`Western Africa	1.301877
4	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	1.147382
5	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.854143
6	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.814238
7	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.753996
8	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.652207
9	United States`USA`Northern America	0.640861
10	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.639899
11	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.614279
12	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.612559
13	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.581630
14	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.579308
15	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.515318
16	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.489934
17	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.474371
18	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.470929
19	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.469388
20	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.453467
21	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.446060
22	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.439416
23	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.434801
24	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.428254
25	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.421354
26	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.420530
27	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.415833
28	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.414851
29	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.414309
30	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.404854
31	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.383451
32	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.368576
33	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.363573
34	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.357736
35	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.353064
36	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.340199
37	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.339025
38	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.334836
39	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.331395
40	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.327026
41	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.323887
42	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.316775
43	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.314203
44	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.306846
45	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.304333
46	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.301729
47	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.299924
48	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.297653
49	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.296384
50	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.292400
51	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.286986
52	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.285895
53	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.285174
54	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.284226
55	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.283697
56	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.282544
57	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.279146
58	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.269120
59	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.268687
60	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.268210
61	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.261847
62	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.260958
63	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.259689
64	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.254907
65	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	0.250470
66	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.243807
67	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.242963
68	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.240900
69	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.240284
70	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.238880
71	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.232310
72	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.230674
73	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.228700
74	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.228396
75	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.225619
76	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.218952
77	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.215917
78	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.212391
79	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.202642
80	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.197897
81	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.195219
82	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.192271
83	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.187225
84	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.186634
85	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.185540
86	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.184432
87	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.181844
88	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.179687
89	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.177014
90	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.176011
91	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.174569
92	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.174028
93	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.166324
94	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.164245
95	Peru`PER`South America	0.163843
96	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.162659
97	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.161935
98	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.158451
99	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.156138
100	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.156099
101	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.153545
102	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.152507
103	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.147947
104	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.146362
105	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.144783
106	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.143133
107	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.142315
108	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.141815
109	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.141656
110	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.136982
111	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.136370
112	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.132622
113	Chile`CHL`South America	0.130819
114	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.130763
115	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.127890
116	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.126935
117	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	0.126310
118	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.125823
119	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.124774
120	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.124616
121	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.120101
122	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.112669
123	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.112470
124	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.112162
125	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.109867
126	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.109632
127	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.109453
128	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.106912
129	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.104937
130	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	0.103961
131	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.102027
132	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.101464
133	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.100049
134	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.099116
135	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.098663
136	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.095850
137	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.095022
138	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.086797
139	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.085504
140	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.084788
141	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.078420
142	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.076534
143	Colombia`COL`South America	0.068903
144	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.067752
145	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.065220
146	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.060967
147	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.059202
148	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0.058099
149	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.058052
150	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.056426
151	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.056105
152	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.055514
153	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.055239
154	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.047333
155	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.044723
156	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.043400
157	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.039941
158	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.039928
159	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.038518
160	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	0.038278
161	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.036901
162	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.036791
163	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.035878
164	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.035524
165	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	0.032703
166	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.031178
167	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.031021
168	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.028127
169	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	0.027640
170	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.026713
171	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.023349
172	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	0.022611
173	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0.022446
174	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.022393
175	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.020764
176	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.019438
177	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.019025
178	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	0.016303
179	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0.016195
180	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.015295
181	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.013948
182	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	0.013620
183	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.013193
184	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.012930
185	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.012805
186	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	0.012801
187	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.012683
188	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.011840
189	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.011000
190	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	0.010735
191	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	0.010057
192	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.009433
193	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	0.006596
194	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0.005417
195	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.003307
196	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.003253
197	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	0.001433
198	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.001430
199	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.000764
200	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.000255

02In 1998

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Kazakhstan2.054911
2Canada1.360131
3Niger1.301877
4Australia1.147382
5Russia0.854143

Lowest

200Singapore0.000255
199Hong Kong0.000764
198Djibouti0.001430
197Faroe Islands0.001433
196Kuwait0.003253

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.154822. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031997 → 1998

Since 1997

What changed between 1997 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
200values changed, of 200 in both
43 · 157rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Eritrea0.181680 → 0.228396+0.046716
Mongolia0.535626 → 0.579308+0.043682
Paraguay0.542298 → 0.581630+0.039332
Kazakhstan2.029003 → 2.054911+0.025908
Croatia0.216762 → 0.240284+0.023522

Fell most

Bulgaria0.517080 → 0.428254−0.088826
Botswana0.190877 → 0.143133−0.047744
Libya0.400423 → 0.353064−0.047359
Niger1.346788 → 1.301877−0.044910
Senegal0.316476 → 0.282544−0.033932

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.

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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 1998.
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Every one of the 200 countries has every column.

05The files

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (1998). Arable Land per Person, 1998 [data set], describing 1998. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/arable-land-per-person/1998

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