Data for 2016

Arable Land per Person, 2016

Name: Arable Land per Person, 2016
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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2016, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Arable Land per Person, 2016 covers 206 countries. Kazakhstan is highest, at 1.61418; Singapore is lowest, at 0.00010. The middle country reads 0.11624. Against 2015, 206 values changed (53 up, 153 down), the same countries are covered.

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Arable Land per Person · Data for 2016

HighestKazakhstan

1.61418

LowestSingapore

0.00010

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

206countries
1measure
2016the year it describes
206distinct values19 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, 2016, 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, 2016: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	1.61418
2	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	1.24249
3	Canada`CAN`Northern America	1.06699
4	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.91192
5	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.84599
6	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.83887
7	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.74472
8	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.71851
9	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.66425
10	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.65881
11	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.65730
12	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.62001
13	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.60023
14	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.52896
15	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.50710
16	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.49406
17	United States`USA`Northern America	0.48378
18	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.44294
19	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.43558
20	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.43256
21	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.42839
22	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.41384
23	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.40871
24	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.40397
25	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.38538
26	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.38187
27	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.36992
28	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.36808
29	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.36801
30	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.36072
31	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.35065
32	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.32797
33	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.29542
34	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.28472
35	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.28459
36	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.27681
37	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	0.27556
38	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.27510
39	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.27133
40	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.26555
41	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.26534
42	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.26435
43	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.25934
44	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.25855
45	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.25710
46	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.25052
47	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.24803
48	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.24303
49	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.24129
50	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.24115
51	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.24011
52	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.23936
53	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.23806
54	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.23738
55	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.23575
56	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.23473
57	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.23107
58	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.23064
59	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.22273
60	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.22237
61	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.22082
62	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.21984
63	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.21875
64	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.21871
65	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.21822
66	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.21281
67	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.21260
68	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.21142
69	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.20957
70	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.20854
71	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.20668
72	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.20486
73	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.19859
74	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.19704
75	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.18953
76	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.18486
77	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.18322
78	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.18125
79	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.17790
80	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.17784
81	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.17524
82	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.17187
83	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.16523
84	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.15474
85	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.15398
86	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.15389
87	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.15386
88	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.15381
89	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.15082
90	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.14918
91	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.14848
92	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.14547
93	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.14284
94	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.14077
95	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.14023
96	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.13484
97	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.13371
98	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.12917
99	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.12899
100	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.12704
101	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.12659
102	Peru`PER`South America	0.12250
103	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.11631
104	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.11616
105	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.11494
106	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.11476
107	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.11373
108	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.11172
109	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.11140
110	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.11059
111	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.11058
112	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.11011
113	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.10816
114	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.10806
115	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.10629
116	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.10621
117	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.10531
118	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.10514
119	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.10098
120	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.09755
121	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.09679
122	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.09655
123	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.09513
124	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.09248
125	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.09229
126	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.09185
127	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.09140
128	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.08989
129	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.08923
130	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.08763
131	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.08620
132	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.08451
133	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.08175
134	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.08057
135	Chile`CHL`South America	0.08050
136	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.07790
137	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.07666
138	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.07496
139	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.07445
140	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.07351
141	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.07153
142	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.06739
143	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.06596
144	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.06177
145	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.06036
146	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	0.05997
147	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.05935
148	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.05913
149	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.05237
150	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.04847
151	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.04761
152	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	0.04719
153	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.04446
154	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.04323
155	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.04271
156	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.03638
157	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.03580
158	Colombia`COL`South America	0.03545
159	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.03472
160	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.03452
161	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.03413
162	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.03293
163	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	0.02952
164	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.02774
165	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.02742
166	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0.02610
167	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.02606
168	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.02596
169	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.02504
170	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.02371
171	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.02167
172	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	0.02106
173	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.02062
174	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.01996
175	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.01964
176	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.01881
177	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.01847
178	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	0.01839
179	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0.01834
180	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.01761
181	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.01688
182	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0.01686
183	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.01520
184	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	0.01480
185	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.01439
186	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.01338
187	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.01278
188	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.01136
189	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	0.01048
190	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.00936
191	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	0.00930
192	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	0.00895
193	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.00880
194	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.00739
195	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	0.00609
196	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.00498
197	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	0.00492
198	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	0.00473
199	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0.00317
200	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.00200
201	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.00193
202	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.00158
203	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.00147
204	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	0.00133
205	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.00041
206	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.00010

02In 2016

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Kazakhstan1.61418
2Australia1.24249
3Canada1.06699
4Argentina0.91192
5Niger0.84599

Lowest

206Singapore0.00010
205Hong Kong0.00041
204Faroe Islands0.00133
203Bahrain0.00147
202Seychelles0.00158

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.11624. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032015 → 2016

Since 2015

What changed between 2015 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
206values changed, of 206 in both
53 · 153rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Lesotho0.10406 → 0.16523+0.06117
Latvia0.62189 → 0.65730+0.03541
Morocco0.21664 → 0.23473+0.01809
Estonia0.51315 → 0.52896+0.01581
New Zealand0.10370 → 0.11476+0.01106

Fell most

Australia1.30545 → 1.24249−0.06296
Uruguay0.72108 → 0.65881−0.06227
Samoa0.16087 → 0.12659−0.03428
Kazakhstan1.63685 → 1.61418−0.02267
Bolivia0.45176 → 0.43256−0.01920

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 2016.
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Every one of the 206 countries has every column.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2016). Arable Land per Person, 2016 [data set], describing 2016. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/arable-land-per-person/2016

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