Data for 2000

Arable Land per Person, 2000

Name: Arable Land per Person, 2000
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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2000, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Arable Land per Person, 2000 covers 202 countries. Kazakhstan is highest, at 1.945623; Singapore is lowest, at 0.000248. The middle country reads 0.153411. Against 1999, 200 values changed (46 up, 154 down), 2 countries joined.

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Arable Land per Person · Data for 2000

HighestKazakhstan

1.945623

LowestSingapore

0.000248

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

202countries
1measure
2000the year it describes
202distinct 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, 2000, 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, 2000: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	1.945623
2	Canada`CAN`Northern America	1.335181
3	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	1.233551
4	Niger`NER`Western Africa	1.214201
5	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.848408
6	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.822395
7	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.742732
8	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.657106
9	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.624686
10	United States`USA`Northern America	0.621901
11	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.614553
12	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.603442
13	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.592056
14	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.491948
15	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.487816
16	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.474526
17	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.458740
18	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.450692
19	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.448685
20	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.431570
21	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.430934
22	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.427184
23	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.422928
24	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.422722
25	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.420365
26	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.417993
27	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.409706
28	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.399661
29	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.391893
30	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.381672
31	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.381663
32	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.365748
33	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.365313
34	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.364167
35	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.349132
36	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.342129
37	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.333258
38	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.330311
39	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.329566
40	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.325075
41	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.316234
42	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.315417
43	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.311220
44	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.308443
45	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.301294
46	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.296895
47	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.293294
48	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.292974
49	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.292877
50	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.283899
51	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.283555
52	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.280521
53	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.276937
54	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.276827
55	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.273891
56	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.272991
57	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.265782
58	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.261168
59	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.258016
60	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.254788
61	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.253660
62	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.251021
63	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.249218
64	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.247930
65	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.243020
66	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.242966
67	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.240398
68	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	0.239231
69	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.232242
70	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.226822
71	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.224696
72	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.222958
73	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.220832
74	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.218786
75	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.215117
76	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.208658
77	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.200414
78	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.195726
79	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.194500
80	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.190699
81	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.188438
82	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.187114
83	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.185244
84	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.182037
85	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.180740
86	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.176056
87	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.175584
88	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.174623
89	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.172187
90	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.170921
91	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.170096
92	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.169391
93	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.164678
94	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.162365
95	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.161055
96	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.160815
97	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.159613
98	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.158201
99	Peru`PER`South America	0.156723
100	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.155489
101	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.154703
102	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.152119
103	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.148906
104	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.148373
105	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.146444
106	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.146089
107	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.144536
108	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.143581
109	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.142104
110	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.139704
111	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.137708
112	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.136607
113	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.132654
114	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.128273
115	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.127352
116	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.124747
117	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.124571
118	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	0.122530
119	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.121744
120	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.121251
121	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.119586
122	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.118004
123	Chile`CHL`South America	0.112877
124	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.110769
125	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.108393
126	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.107365
127	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.105803
128	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.105513
129	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.104694
130	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.104232
131	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.103834
132	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.099775
133	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.097186
134	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.097062
135	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.095900
136	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.094278
137	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.086982
138	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.084087
139	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.083030
140	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.080359
141	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.078730
142	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.077056
143	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.075830
144	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.072981
145	Colombia`COL`South America	0.072090
146	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.064218
147	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.063221
148	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.062061
149	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.057238
150	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.056796
151	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.053745
152	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.053685
153	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.053396
154	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0.053390
155	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.053330
156	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	0.049405
157	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.046670
158	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.041661
159	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.038326
160	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.037822
161	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	0.037315
162	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.037023
163	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.036547
164	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.035272
165	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.035270
166	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.031784
167	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	0.031376
168	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.031282
169	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.029797
170	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.026520
171	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.024370
172	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.022570
173	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0.022313
174	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	0.022078
175	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.021616
176	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.020508
177	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.020155
178	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	0.018409
179	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.017614
180	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.017174
181	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	0.015667
182	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0.015643
183	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.015224
184	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	0.014629
185	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.013584
186	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.013367
187	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.012609
188	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	0.012495
189	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.012326
190	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.012254
191	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.010638
192	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	0.010402
193	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	0.009861
194	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.009307
195	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	0.006499
196	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.005116
197	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0.005041
198	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.003153
199	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	0.001399
200	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.001338
201	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.000750
202	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.000248

02In 2000

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Kazakhstan1.945623
2Canada1.335181
3Australia1.233551
4Niger1.214201
5Russia0.848408

Lowest

202Singapore0.000248
201Hong Kong0.000750
200Djibouti0.001338
199Faroe Islands0.001399
198Bahrain0.003153

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.153411. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031999 → 2000

Since 1999

What changed between 1999 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+2 / −0countries joined / left
200values changed, of 200 in both
46 · 154rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Botswana0.146163 → 0.208658+0.062495
Eritrea0.225056 → 0.249218+0.024161
Zimbabwe0.293170 → 0.311220+0.018050
Timor-Leste0.143765 → 0.161055+0.017290
Rwanda0.106285 → 0.121744+0.015459

Fell most

Kazakhstan2.074053 → 1.945623−0.128430
Honduras0.229358 → 0.162365−0.066993
Croatia0.236671 → 0.188438−0.048232
Niger1.257847 → 1.214201−0.043646
Iran0.249628 → 0.224696−0.024932

+ Belgium

+ Luxembourg

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 2000.
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Nothing missing
Every one of the 202 countries has every column.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2000). Arable Land per Person, 2000 [data set], describing 2000. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/arable-land-per-person/2000

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