List of countries by arable land density

This is a list of countries ordered by physiological density. "Arable land" is defined by the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization, the source of "Arable land (hectares per person)" as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.

Arable density (m² per capita) by country

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Data are for the year 2021, and are from the UN FAO unless otherwise specified. Locations with no arable land are omitted.

Location	Arable m² / person	Persons / arable km2	% arable	Arable land (km2)	Population
World	1,800	570	11%	14,000,000	7,900,000,000
Kazakhstan	15,456	65	11%	296,697	19,196,465
Australia	12,062	83	4%	312,650	25,921,089
Canada	10,027	100	4%	382,590	38,155,012
Argentina	9,322	107	15%	422,088	45,276,780
Russia	8,384	119	7%	1,216,490	145,102,755
Lithuania	8,178	122	36%	22,790	2,786,651
Ukraine	7,563	132	57%	329,240	43,531,422
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha	7,402	135	10%	40	5,404
Latvia	7,268	138	22%	13,620	1,873,919
Paraguay	7,062	142	12%	47,340	6,703,799
Niger	7,009	143	14%	177,000	25,252,722
Uruguay	5,927	169	12%	20,306	3,426,260
Belarus	5,872	170	28%	56,240	9,578,167
Moldova	5,589	179	52%	17,110	3,061,506
Estonia	5,268	190	16%	7,000	1,328,701
Guyana	5,220	192	2%	4,200	804,567
Niue	5,163	194	4%	10	1,937
Bulgaria	5,084	197	32%	35,005	6,885,868
United States	4,681	214	17%	1,577,368	336,997,624
Sudan	4,598	217	11%	209,948	45,657,202
Montserrat	4,528	221	20%	20	4,417
Romania	4,443	225	37%	85,880	19,328,560
Hungary	4,263	235	45%	41,397	9,709,786
Finland	4,052	247	7%	22,430	5,535,992
Bolivia	4,030	248	4%	48,684	12,079,472
Denmark	4,026	248	59%	23,570	5,854,240
Mongolia	3,981	251	0.9%	13,328	3,347,782
Mali	3,808	263	7%	83,410	21,904,983
Serbia	3,584	279	31%	26,150	7,296,769
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	3,400	294	9%	20	5,883
Central African Republic	3,298	303	3%	18,000	5,457,154
Iceland	3,267	306	1%	1,210	370,335
Namibia	3,162	316	1%	8,000	2,530,151
Chad	3,085	324	4%	53,000	17,179,740
Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,082	324	20%	10,080	3,270,943
Togo	3,065	326	49%	26,500	8,644,829
Turkmenistan	3,059	327	4%	19,400	6,341,855
Poland	2,892	346	36%	110,788	38,307,726
France	2,783	359	33%	179,566	64,531,444
Burkina Faso	2,760	362	22%	61,000	22,100,683
Isle of Man	2,753	363	41%	232	84,263
Brazil	2,718	368	7%	582,528	214,326,223
Cuba	2,584	387	28%	29,086	11,256,372
Libya	2,554	392	1%	17,200	6,735,277
Zimbabwe	2,501	400	10%	40,000	15,993,524
Belize	2,500	400	4%	1,000	400,031
Cambodia	2,484	403	23%	41,201	16,589,023
Slovakia	2,434	411	28%	13,260	5,447,622
Spain	2,432	411	23%	115,501	47,486,935
Sweden	2,422	413	6%	25,352	10,467,097
Thailand	2,395	417	34%	171,500	71,601,103
Czech Republic	2,355	425	32%	24,753	10,510,751
Turkey	2,345	426	26%	198,810	84,775,404
Tunisia	2,309	433	18%	28,313	12,262,946
Guinea	2,291	437	13%	31,000	13,531,906
Cameroon	2,280	439	13%	62,000	27,198,628
Senegal	2,269	441	20%	38,300	16,876,720
South Sudan	2,228	449	4%	23,947	10,748,272
Nicaragua	2,194	456	12%	15,030	6,850,540
Syria	2,186	458	25%	46,606	21,324,367
Benin	2,154	464	25%	28,000	12,996,895
Tanzania	2,123	471	15%	135,025	63,588,334
Croatia	2,111	474	15%	8,570	4,060,135
Albania	2,101	476	22%	5,999	2,854,710
Myanmar	2,043	490	17%	109,900	53,798,084
Greece	2,041	490	17%	21,319	10,445,365
Morocco	2,026	494	17%	75,120	37,076,584
Azerbaijan	2,026	494	25%	20,890	10,312,992
South Africa	2,020	495	10%	120,000	59,392,255
Malawi	2,011	497	42%	40,000	19,889,742
North Macedonia	1,983	504	17%	4,170	2,103,330
Kyrgyzstan	1,972	507	7%	12,874	6,527,743
Afghanistan	1,952	512	12%	78,290	40,099,462
Zambia	1,951	512	5%	38,000	19,473,125
Eritrea	1,906	525	6%	6,900	3,620,312
Tonga	1,886	530	28%	200	106,017
Sierra Leone	1,881	532	22%	15,840	8,420,641
Lesotho	1,880	532	14%	4,290	2,281,454
Iran	1,786	560	10%	156,990	87,923,432
Mozambique	1,761	568	7%	56,500	32,077,072
Nigeria	1,728	579	40%	368,720	213,401,323
Algeria	1,705	587	3%	75,306	44,177,969
Gambia	1,667	600	43%	4,400	2,639,916
Laos	1,648	607	5%	12,240	7,425,057
Armenia	1,589	629	16%	4,434	2,790,974
Mexico	1,585	631	10%	200,840	126,705,138
Angola	1,557	642	4%	53,730	34,503,774
Uganda	1,505	665	34%	69,000	45,853,778
Norway	1,488	672	2%	8,040	5,403,021
Eswatini	1,485	674	10%	1,770	1,192,271
Austria	1,479	676	16%	13,198	8,922,082
Guinea-Bissau	1,456	687	11%	3,000	2,060,721
Ghana	1,434	697	21%	47,089	32,833,031
DR Congo	1,427	701	6%	136,800	95,894,118
Germany	1,398	715	33%	116,580	83,408,554
Gabon	1,388	720	1%	3,250	2,341,179
Ethiopia	1,356	737	14%	163,140	120,283,026
Pakistan	1,318	758	40%	305,100	231,402,117
Panama	1,298	770	8%	5,650	4,351,267
Ivory Coast	1,274	785	11%	35,000	27,478,249
Peru	1,273	786	3%	42,903	33,715,471
Italy	1,214	824	24%	71,928	59,240,329
Bhutan	1,209	827	2%	940	777,486
New Zealand	1,201	833	2%	6,160	5,129,727
Uzbekistan	1,178	849	9%	40,161	34,081,449
El Salvador	1,142	876	35%	7,210	6,314,167
Iraq	1,141	876	11%	49,690	43,533,592
India	1,097	911	52%	1,544,479	1,407,563,842
Kenya	1,094	914	10%	58,000	53,005,614
Saint Kitts and Nevis	1,050	952	19%	50	47,606
Madagascar	1,038	964	5%	30,000	28,915,653
Burundi	1,012	988	49%	12,700	12,551,213
Botswana	1,004	996	0.5%	2,600	2,588,423
Honduras	990	1,010	9%	10,180	10,278,345
Luxembourg	977	1,023	24%	625	639,321
Mauritania	975	1,026	0.4%	4,500	4,614,974
Liberia	963	1,039	5%	5,000	5,193,416
Indonesia	961	1,041	14%	263,000	273,753,191
Saudi Arabia	954	1,048	2%	34,300	35,950,396
Suriname	946	1,057	0.4%	580	612,985
Congo	942	1,061	2%	5,500	5,835,806
Rwanda	942	1,061	51%	12,684	13,461,888
Portugal	938	1,066	11%	9,652	10,290,103
Venezuela	922	1,085	3%	26,000	28,199,867
United Kingdom	893	1,120	25%	60,098	67,281,039
North Korea	884	1,132	19%	22,950	25,971,909
Guatemala	883	1,133	15%	15,540	17,608,483
Haiti	878	1,139	36%	10,050	11,447,569
Ireland	874	1,144	6%	4,360	4,986,526
Wallis and Futuna	860	1,163	7%	10	11,627
Tajikistan	859	1,163	6%	8,380	9,750,064
Slovenia	854	1,171	9%	1,810	2,119,410
Cabo Verde	850	1,176	12%	500	587,925
Timor-Leste	844	1,185	7%	1,115	1,320,942
Fiji	831	1,204	4%	768	924,610
Georgia	830	1,204	4%	3,120	3,757,980
Dominica	829	1,207	8%	60	72,412
Comoros	791	1,264	35%	650	821,625
Dominican Republic	789	1,268	18%	8,770	11,117,873
Cyprus	765	1,308	10%	952	1,244,188
China	763	1,310	12%	1,088,620	1,425,893,465
Belgium	746	1,341	29%	8,656	11,611,419
Nepal	704	1,421	15%	21,137	30,034,989
Vietnam	696	1,436	22%	67,870	97,468,029
Chile	674	1,484	2%	13,139	19,493,184
Somalia	645	1,551	2%	11,000	17,065,581
Sri Lanka	630	1,587	22%	13,720	21,773,441
Vanuatu	627	1,596	2%	200	319,137
San Marino	588	1,700	33%	20	33,745
Mauritius	577	1,732	38%	750	1,298,915
Ecuador	575	1,738	4%	10,240	17,797,737
Netherlands	573	1,745	30%	10,030	17,501,696
Guadeloupe	549	1,820	13%	218	396,051
Mayotte	546	1,832	46%	173	316,014
Samoa	516	1,938	4%	113	218,764
Philippines	491	2,037	19%	55,900	113,880,328
Bangladesh	479	2,088	62%	81,100	169,356,251
Costa Rica	471	2,121	5%	2,430	5,153,957
Switzerland	455	2,198	10%	3,955	8,691,406
French Guiana	446	2,240	0.2%	133	297,449
Liechtenstein	443	2,257	11%	17	39,039
Antigua and Barbuda	429	2,330	9%	40	93,219
Jamaica	424	2,356	11%	1,200	2,827,695
Israel	424	2,361	17%	3,770	8,900,059
Colombia	387	2,585	2%	19,930	51,516,562
Yemen	351	2,848	2%	11,580	32,981,641
Réunion	351	2,852	13%	339	966,129
Papua New Guinea	333	3,006	0.7%	3,310	9,949,437
Japan	328	3,050	11%	40,860	124,612,530
Solomon Islands	325	3,078	0.8%	230	707,851
Equatorial Guinea	324	3,084	2%	530	1,634,466
British Virgin Islands	321	3,112	7%	10	31,122
Martinique	297	3,371	10%	109	368,796
Cook Islands	294	3,401	2%	5	17,003
Egypt	282	3,551	3%	30,770	109,262,178
South Korea	259	3,859	14%	13,430	51,830,139
Taiwan	250	3,997	17%	5,970	23,859,912
Lebanon	249	4,015	14%	1,393	5,592,631
Barbados	249	4,017	16%	70	281,200
Malaysia	246	4,065	3%	8,260	33,573,874
Grenada	241	4,154	9%	30	124,610
Turks and Caicos Islands	222	4,511	1%	10	45,114
American Samoa	215	4,643	5%	10	45,035
New Caledonia	207	4,821	0.3%	60	287,800
Bahamas	196	5,099	0.8%	80	407,906
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	192	5,217	5%	20	104,332
Aruba	188	5,327	11%	20	106,537
Oman	183	5,472	0.3%	826	4,520,471
Sao Tome and Principe	179	5,578	4%	40	223,107
Jordan	179	5,597	2%	1,992	11,148,278
Micronesia	177	5,657	3%	20	113,131
Palau	166	6,008	0.7%	3	18,024
Trinidad and Tobago	164	6,103	5%	250	1,525,663
Kiribati	155	6,444	2%	20	128,874
Puerto Rico	154	6,486	6%	502	3,256,028
Saint Lucia	149	6,729	4%	27	179,651
Malta	148	6,753	24%	78	526,748
Montenegro	142	7,055	0.7%	89	627,859
Marshall Islands	119	8,410	3%	5	42,050
Andorra	95	10,572	2%	7	79,034
US Virgin Islands	90	11,121	3%	9	100,091
Brunei	90	11,134	0.8%	40	445,373
French Polynesia	82	12,161	0.7%	25	304,032
Palestine	82	12,252	7%	419	5,133,392
Qatar	78	12,801	2%	210	2,688,235
Maldives	75	13,371	13%	39	521,457
Western Sahara	71	14,140	0.02%	40	565,581
Guam	59	17,053	2%	10	170,534
United Arab Emirates	54	18,619	0.7%	503	9,365,145
Bermuda	47	21,395	6%	3	64,185
Cayman Islands	29	34,068	0.8%	2	68,136
Djibouti	27	36,852	0.1%	30	1,105,557
Kuwait	19	53,126	0.4%	80	4,250,114
Northern Mariana Islands	16	61,851	0.2%	1	49,481
Bahrain	14	69,679	3%	21	1,463,265
Seychelles	14	70,981	0.3%	2	106,471
Faroe Islands	13	75,556	0.05%	1	52,889
Hong Kong	2.7	374,729	2%	20	7,494,578
Singapore	0.9	1,060,904	0.8%	6	5,941,060