Data for 2022

Arable Land per Person, 2022

Name: Arable Land per Person, 2022
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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2022, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Arable Land per Person, 2022 covers 206 countries. Kazakhstan is highest, at 1.480922; Singapore is lowest, at 0.000099. The middle country reads 0.110404. Against 2021, 206 values changed (51 up, 155 down), the same countries are covered.

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Arable Land per Person · Data for 2022

HighestKazakhstan

1.480922

LowestSingapore

0.000099

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

206countries
1measure
2022the 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, 2022, 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, 2022: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	1.480922
2	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	1.201635
3	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.984490
4	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.949152
5	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.843397
6	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.809566
7	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.802070
8	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.737942
9	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.722045
10	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.699274
11	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.674693
12	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.623870
13	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.607494
14	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.536419
15	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.524154
16	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.460586
17	United States`USA`Northern America	0.453760
18	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.432862
19	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.431058
20	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.425143
21	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.403340
22	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.399794
23	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.394865
24	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.390130
25	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.361510
26	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.353077
27	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.351298
28	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.330543
29	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.328433
30	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.316751
31	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.303218
32	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.287180
33	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	0.286455
34	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.276849
35	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.264576
36	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.262988
37	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.257709
38	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.250384
39	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.249182
40	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.248303
41	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.244643
42	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.243960
43	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.243568
44	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.241062
45	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.239519
46	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.238102
47	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.237856
48	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.233618
49	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.232317
50	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.227110
51	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.224371
52	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.223307
53	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.222733
54	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.221234
55	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.220997
56	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.217282
57	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.216984
58	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.208656
59	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.206266
60	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.204439
61	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.202379
62	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.195840
63	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.194470
64	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.192465
65	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.192374
66	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.191378
67	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.190400
68	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.188558
69	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.184422
70	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.184288
71	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.178309
72	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.175360
73	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.173495
74	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.173014
75	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.166890
76	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.165599
77	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.165233
78	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.161926
79	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.159917
80	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.151115
81	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.149108
82	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.148345
83	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.147330
84	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.146053
85	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.145838
86	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.145211
87	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.142082
88	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.141624
89	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.140146
90	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.133704
91	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.130798
92	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.128387
93	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.126134
94	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.124046
95	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.122246
96	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.120048
97	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.118717
98	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.118057
99	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.117636
100	Peru`PER`South America	0.117054
101	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.115301
102	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.114803
103	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.112751
104	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.108057
105	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.107046
106	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.106617
107	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.106562
108	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.104886
109	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.098563
110	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.097287
111	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.097102
112	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.096202
113	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.094919
114	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.093053
115	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.092296
116	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.092156
117	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.091133
118	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.090722
119	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.089785
120	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.089374
121	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.089318
122	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.087364
123	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.087167
124	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.087069
125	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.085558
126	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.085118
127	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.084774
128	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.083984
129	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.083531
130	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.082379
131	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.081429
132	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.080236
133	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.077920
134	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.076875
135	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.073933
136	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.071223
137	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.067746
138	Chile`CHL`South America	0.066327
139	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.063888
140	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.063773
141	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.061855
142	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.061791
143	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.060702
144	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.059405
145	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	0.058806
146	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.056720
147	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.054646
148	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.052448
149	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.049050
150	Colombia`COL`South America	0.047406
151	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.046744
152	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.045186
153	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	0.043805
154	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.043085
155	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.042266
156	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.032889
157	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.032496
158	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.032343
159	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.030296
160	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.029447
161	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.029387
162	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.028093
163	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.027553
164	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	0.026097
165	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.025660
166	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.025545
167	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.024795
168	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.023787
169	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.023759
170	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0.021812
171	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	0.020792
172	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.020124
173	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.020065
174	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.019599
175	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	0.018638
176	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.018304
177	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.018000
178	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0.017839
179	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.017675
180	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.017464
181	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0.016893
182	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	0.015589
183	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.015329
184	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.014934
185	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.014686
186	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.014433
187	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	0.012476
188	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.009380
189	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	0.008917
190	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.008784
191	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	0.008538
192	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.008308
193	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.007903
194	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.007441
195	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	0.006054
196	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.005001
197	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	0.004633
198	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0.002794
199	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.002638
200	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.001743
201	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	0.001736
202	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.001377
203	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	0.001299
204	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.001251
205	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.000272
206	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.000099

02In 2022

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Kazakhstan1.480922
2Australia1.201635
3Canada0.984490
4Argentina0.949152
5Russia0.843397

Lowest

206Singapore0.000099
205Hong Kong0.000272
204Seychelles0.001251
203Faroe Islands0.001299
202Bahrain0.001377

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.110404. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032021 → 2022

Since 2021

What changed between 2021 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
206values changed, of 206 in both
51 · 155rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Ukraine0.743228 → 0.802070+0.058842
Uruguay0.597934 → 0.623870+0.025936
Moldova0.715384 → 0.737942+0.022558
Lesotho0.099667 → 0.118717+0.019050
Argentina0.931955 → 0.949152+0.017197

Fell most

Bosnia and Herzegovina0.310641 → 0.117636−0.193005
Niger0.722386 → 0.699274−0.023112
Kazakhstan1.502750 → 1.480922−0.021828
Morocco0.193042 → 0.173495−0.019547
Romania0.449115 → 0.431058−0.018057

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 2022.
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Nothing missing
Every one of the 206 countries has every column.

05The files

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2022). Arable Land per Person, 2022 [data set], describing 2022. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/arable-land-per-person/2022

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