Agriculture

Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops

Name: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops by country, 2023
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142 countries · 2023

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Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops league table
#	Country		Region	Income
1	Cuba	4.6	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
2	St. Kitts and Nevis	4.6	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
3	Gambia, The	3.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
4	Sao Tome and Principe	3.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
5	Tonga	2.6	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
6	St. Lucia	2.3	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
7	Barbados	2.2	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
8	Maldives	1.9	South Asia	Upper middle income
9	Trinidad and Tobago	1.7	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
10	French Polynesia	1.6	East Asia & Pacific	High income
11	Norway	1.6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
12	Samoa	1.4	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
13	Switzerland	1.3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
14	Faroe Islands	1.2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
15	New Caledonia	1.2	East Asia & Pacific	High income
16	Papua New Guinea	1.2	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
17	Mauritius	1.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
18	Antigua and Barbuda	1.1	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
19	Puerto Rico (US)	1.1	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
20	Equatorial Guinea	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
21	Japan	0.99	East Asia & Pacific	High income
22	Cabo Verde	0.97	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
23	El Salvador	0.92	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
24	Sierra Leone	0.87	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
25	Solomon Islands	0.86	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
26	Zimbabwe	0.83	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
27	Burundi	0.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
28	Gabon	0.76	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
29	Lesotho	0.76	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
30	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	0.75	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
31	Panama	0.74	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
32	Taiwan	0.73	East Asia & Pacific	High income
33	Haiti	0.72	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
34	Jamaica	0.72	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
35	Bahrain	0.7	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
36	Suriname	0.7	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
37	Fiji	0.67	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
38	Grenada	0.65	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
39	Singapore	0.63	East Asia & Pacific	High income
40	Mozambique	0.62	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
41	Qatar	0.61	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
42	Iceland	0.6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
43	Timor-Leste	0.6	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
44	Uganda	0.59	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
45	Vanuatu	0.58	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
46	Congo, Dem. Rep.	0.55	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
47	Rwanda	0.55	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
48	Dominica	0.55	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
49	Argentina	0.54	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
50	Bolivia	0.53	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
51	Paraguay	0.52	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
52	Sri Lanka	0.52	South Asia	Upper middle income
53	United Kingdom	0.52	Europe & Central Asia	High income
54	Belize	0.51	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
55	Bhutan	0.5	South Asia	Lower middle income
56	Brunei Darussalam	0.5	East Asia & Pacific	High income
57	Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	0.5	East Asia & Pacific	Low income
58	Madagascar	0.49	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
59	Guinea-Bissau	0.49	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
60	Liberia	0.48	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
61	Hong Kong SAR, China	0.45	East Asia & Pacific	High income
62	Chad	0.43	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
63	Seychelles	0.43	Sub-Saharan Africa	High income
64	Iraq	0.42	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
65	Benin	0.41	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
66	Guyana	0.4	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
67	Mali	0.39	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
68	Ghana	0.38	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
69	Kiribati	0.38	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
70	Korea, Rep.	0.35	East Asia & Pacific	High income
71	Botswana	0.35	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
72	Tanzania	0.34	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
73	Congo, Rep.	0.33	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
74	Afghanistan	0.33	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
75	Australia	0.33	East Asia & Pacific	High income
76	Senegal	0.33	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
77	Togo	0.33	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
78	Nicaragua	0.31	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
79	Dominican Republic	0.31	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
80	United States	0.31	North America	High income
81	Cote d'Ivoire	0.31	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
82	Comoros	0.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
83	Brazil	0.3	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
84	Angola	0.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
85	Peru	0.3	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
86	Jordan	0.29	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
87	Israel	0.29	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
88	Philippines	0.29	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
89	Mauritania	0.29	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
90	Bahamas, The	0.28	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
91	Eswatini	0.27	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
92	Namibia	0.27	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
93	Algeria	0.27	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
94	South Africa	0.27	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
95	Lebanon	0.27	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
96	Albania	0.27	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
97	Thailand	0.26	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
98	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	0.26	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
99	Mongolia	0.26	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
100	Guinea	0.26	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
101	Oman	0.25	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
102	Nigeria	0.25	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
103	Saudi Arabia	0.24	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
104	Uruguay	0.22	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
105	Cambodia	0.22	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
106	Ecuador	0.22	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
107	Malawi	0.21	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
108	New Zealand	0.21	East Asia & Pacific	High income
109	Myanmar	0.21	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
110	Yemen, Rep.	0.2	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
111	Turkiye	0.2	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
112	Mexico	0.2	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
113	Bangladesh	0.2	South Asia	Lower middle income
114	Egypt, Arab Rep.	0.2	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
115	Colombia	0.19	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
116	Indonesia	0.19	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
117	India	0.19	South Asia	Lower middle income
118	Burkina Faso	0.19	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
119	Morocco	0.19	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
120	Kenya	0.18	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
121	Central African Republic	0.18	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
122	Honduras	0.18	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
123	Canada	0.18	North America	High income
124	Malaysia	0.18	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
125	Syrian Arab Republic	0.18	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
126	Tunisia	0.17	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
127	Zambia	0.17	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
128	Cameroon	0.17	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
129	Nepal	0.17	South Asia	Lower middle income
130	Guatemala	0.17	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
131	United Arab Emirates	0.16	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
132	Viet Nam	0.16	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
133	Iran, Islamic Rep.	0.15	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
134	Pakistan	0.14	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
135	Libya	0.14	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
136	Niger	0.14	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
137	China	0.13	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
138	Lao PDR	0.11	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
139	Chile	0.09	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
140	Costa Rica	0.08	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
141	Kuwait	0.07	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
142	Djibouti	0.05	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income

Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops