Data for 1999

Arable Land per Person, 1999

Name: Arable Land per Person, 1999
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1999, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Arable Land per Person, 1999 covers 200 countries. Kazakhstan is highest, at 2.07405; Singapore is lowest, at 0.00025. The middle country reads 0.15327. Against 1998, 200 values changed (48 up, 152 down), the same countries are covered.

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Arable Land per Person · Data for 1999

HighestKazakhstan

2.07405

LowestSingapore

0.00025

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

200countries
1measure
1999the 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, 1999, 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, 1999: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	2.07405
2	Canada`CAN`Northern America	1.34840
3	Niger`NER`Western Africa	1.25785
4	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	1.22229
5	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.84893
6	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.83791
7	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.74826
8	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.65371
9	United States`USA`Northern America	0.62903
10	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.61830
11	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.61788
12	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.61655
13	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.58963
14	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.50485
15	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.50141
16	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.48224
17	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.47033
18	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.46506
19	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.45936
20	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.43781
21	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.43578
22	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.43312
23	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.43106
24	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.42147
25	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.41825
26	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.41527
27	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.41289
28	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.41032
29	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.40348
30	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.38481
31	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.37588
32	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.37343
33	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.36399
34	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.36289
35	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.35012
36	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.34783
37	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.34246
38	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.33335
39	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.33151
40	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.32844
41	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.32604
42	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.31661
43	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.31462
44	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.30978
45	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.30335
46	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.30165
47	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.30126
48	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.29446
49	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.29317
50	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.29199
51	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.29150
52	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.28968
53	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.28521
54	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.28444
55	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.28278
56	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.28262
57	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.27461
58	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.26263
59	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.26146
60	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.26142
61	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.26126
62	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.25665
63	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.25179
64	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.24963
65	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	0.24469
66	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.24439
67	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.23667
68	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.23599
69	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.23373
70	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.23137
71	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.23001
72	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.22936
73	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.22861
74	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.22506
75	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.22273
76	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.21929
77	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.21635
78	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.20662
79	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.19767
80	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.19303
81	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.19148
82	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.19003
83	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.18560
84	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.18300
85	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.18192
86	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.18124
87	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.17955
88	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.17705
89	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.17542
90	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.17268
91	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.17139
92	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.16784
93	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.16421
94	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.16321
95	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.16264
96	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.16224
97	Peru`PER`South America	0.16011
98	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.15892
99	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.15695
100	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.15505
101	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.15149
102	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.15114
103	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.15013
104	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.14699
105	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.14618
106	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.14616
107	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.14399
108	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.14376
109	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.14208
110	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.14176
111	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.14079
112	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.13698
113	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.12910
114	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.12628
115	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.12463
116	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.12437
117	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	0.12414
118	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.12360
119	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.12282
120	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.12208
121	Chile`CHL`South America	0.11750
122	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.11209
123	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.11041
124	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.10986
125	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.10857
126	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.10774
127	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.10690
128	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.10670
129	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.10628
130	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.10511
131	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.10083
132	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.09854
133	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.09788
134	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.09743
135	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.09502
136	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.09042
137	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.08623
138	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.08423
139	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.08130
140	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.07865
141	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.07573
142	Colombia`COL`South America	0.06595
143	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.06540
144	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.06396
145	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.06386
146	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.05808
147	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.05737
148	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.05714
149	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.05696
150	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0.05568
151	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.05522
152	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.05437
153	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.05430
154	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	0.05068
155	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.04675
156	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.04212
157	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.04186
158	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.03909
159	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.03795
160	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	0.03779
161	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.03645
162	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.03601
163	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.03556
164	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.03252
165	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	0.03203
166	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.03032
167	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.02998
168	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.02662
169	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.02296
170	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0.02239
171	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	0.02231
172	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.02122
173	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.02064
174	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.01952
175	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.01877
176	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.01844
177	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	0.01842
178	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0.01587
179	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.01522
180	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	0.01517
181	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	0.01437
182	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.01376
183	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.01333
184	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.01317
185	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.01276
186	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	0.01264
187	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.01252
188	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.01244
189	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.01081
190	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	0.01057
191	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	0.00996
192	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.00937
193	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	0.00654
194	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0.00522
195	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.00368
196	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.00322
197	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	0.00142
198	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.00138
199	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.00076
200	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.00025

02In 1999

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Kazakhstan2.07405
2Canada1.34840
3Niger1.25785
4Australia1.22229
5Russia0.84893

Lowest

200Singapore0.00025
199Hong Kong0.00076
198Djibouti0.00138
197Faroe Islands0.00142
196Bahrain0.00322

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.15327. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031998 → 1999

Since 1998

What changed between 1998 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
200values changed, of 200 in both
48 · 152rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Australia1.14738 → 1.22229+0.07491
Senegal0.28254 → 0.35012+0.06758
Lithuania0.81424 → 0.83791+0.02367
Saint Kitts and Nevis0.13637 → 0.15695+0.02058
Kazakhstan2.05491 → 2.07405+0.01914

Fell most

Mongolia0.57931 → 0.50485−0.07445
British Virgin Islands0.10396 → 0.05068−0.05328
Niger1.30188 → 1.25785−0.04403
Latvia0.43942 → 0.41289−0.02653
Estonia0.63990 → 0.61788−0.02202

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 1999.
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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) (1999). Arable Land per Person, 1999 [data set], describing 1999. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/arable-land-per-person/1999

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