Data for 2010

Arable Land per Person, 2010

Name: Arable Land per Person, 2010
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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2010, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Arable Land per Person, 2010 covers 204 countries. Kazakhstan is highest, at 1.70364; Singapore is lowest, at 0.00013. The middle country reads 0.12890. Against 2009, 204 values changed (62 up, 142 down), the same countries are covered.

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Arable Land per Person · Data for 2010

HighestKazakhstan

1.70364

LowestSingapore

0.00013

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

204countries
1measure
2010the year it describes
204distinct 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, 2010, 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, 2010: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	1.70364
2	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	1.16158
3	Canada`CAN`Northern America	1.10825
4	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.92042
5	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.91245
6	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.85159
7	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.69909
8	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.68686
9	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.65554
10	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.63339
11	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.61261
12	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.58362
13	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.55922
14	United States`USA`Northern America	0.50962
15	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.48443
16	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.45172
17	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.45130
18	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.43920
19	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.43702
20	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.43640
21	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.43080
22	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.42041
23	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.40819
24	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.39548
25	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.39266
26	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.38888
27	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.38674
28	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.37918
29	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.36403
30	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.35044
31	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.34111
32	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.32264
33	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.31523
34	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	0.30260
35	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.29954
36	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.29948
37	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.29236
38	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.28650
39	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.28465
40	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.28144
41	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.27922
42	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.27768
43	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.27553
44	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.27103
45	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.26897
46	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.26538
47	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.26409
48	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.26342
49	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.26253
50	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.26221
51	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.26115
52	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.25847
53	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.25819
54	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.25517
55	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.25397
56	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.24566
57	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.24346
58	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.24325
59	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.23944
60	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.23807
61	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.23606
62	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.23428
63	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.23420
64	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.23357
65	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.23343
66	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.23082
67	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.22102
68	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.22052
69	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.21567
70	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.21490
71	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.21271
72	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.21055
73	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.20847
74	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.20839
75	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.20809
76	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.20730
77	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.20183
78	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.19878
79	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.19153
80	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.18897
81	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.18030
82	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.16886
83	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.16594
84	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.16307
85	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.16130
86	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.16087
87	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.15922
88	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.15829
89	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.15678
90	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.14751
91	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.14730
92	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.14698
93	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.14655
94	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.14486
95	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.14338
96	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.13524
97	Peru`PER`South America	0.13499
98	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.13350
99	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.13293
100	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.13271
101	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.12946
102	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.12896
103	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.12884
104	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.12739
105	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.12627
106	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.12220
107	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.12168
108	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.12037
109	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.11826
110	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.11772
111	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.11476
112	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.11469
113	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.11429
114	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.10854
115	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.10800
116	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.10694
117	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.10431
118	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.10346
119	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.10132
120	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.10001
121	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.09926
122	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.09808
123	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.09761
124	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.09623
125	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.09606
126	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.09605
127	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.09511
128	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.09024
129	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.09011
130	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.08980
131	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.08971
132	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.08713
133	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.08395
134	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.08164
135	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.07973
136	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.07869
137	Chile`CHL`South America	0.07853
138	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.07654
139	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.07361
140	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.07324
141	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.07260
142	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.06942
143	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	0.06468
144	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.06398
145	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.06217
146	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.06155
147	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.05747
148	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.05502
149	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.05240
150	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.05160
151	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.04939
152	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.04825
153	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.04688
154	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.04541
155	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.04366
156	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.04360
157	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.03930
158	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.03851
159	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.03753
160	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	0.03613
161	Colombia`COL`South America	0.03437
162	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0.03363
163	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.03343
164	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.03300
165	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.03221
166	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.03041
167	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	0.03006
168	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.02981
169	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.02689
170	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	0.02600
171	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.02434
172	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.02261
173	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.02191
174	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	0.01964
175	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.01905
176	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.01897
177	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0.01860
178	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.01840
179	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.01819
180	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0.01631
181	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.01562
182	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.01557
183	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	0.01321
184	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.01244
185	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.01154
186	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.01081
187	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.01020
188	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.01003
189	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	0.00961
190	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.00954
191	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.00948
192	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	0.00924
193	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	0.00923
194	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.00737
195	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	0.00601
196	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	0.00471
197	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	0.00462
198	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0.00370
199	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.00340
200	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.00172
201	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.00168
202	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	0.00132
203	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.00050
204	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.00013

02In 2010

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Kazakhstan1.70364
2Australia1.16158
3Canada1.10825
4Argentina0.92042
5Niger0.91245

Lowest

204Singapore0.00013
203Hong Kong0.00050
202Faroe Islands0.00132
201Bahrain0.00168
200Djibouti0.00172

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.12890. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032009 → 2010

Since 2009

What changed between 2009 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
204values changed, of 204 in both
62 · 142rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Argentina0.84423 → 0.92042+0.07620
Guinea0.29163 → 0.35044+0.05881
Lithuania0.64931 → 0.68686+0.03755
Estonia0.44690 → 0.48443+0.03752
Samoa0.04125 → 0.06217+0.02092

Fell most

Australia1.25125 → 1.16158−0.08966
Uruguay0.66312 → 0.61261−0.05051
Poland0.31626 → 0.28465−0.03161
Botswana0.15874 → 0.12739−0.03135
Canada1.13250 → 1.10825−0.02425

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 2010.
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Every one of the 204 countries has every column.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2010). Arable Land per Person, 2010 [data set], describing 2010. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/arable-land-per-person/2010

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