Environment

Land area in hectares

Name: Land area in hectares by country, 2023
Creator: Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0); underlying sources incl. V-Dem
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

ha · higher is better · 216 countries

Year

Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0); underlying sources incl. V-DemCC BY 4.0updated 2023

JSON CSV

216 countries · 2023

216 of 216

Land area in hectares league table
#	Country	ha	Region	Income
1	Russian Federation	1.64B	Europe & Central Asia	High income
2	China	938.82M	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
3	United States	914.74M	North America	High income
4	Canada	878.87M	North America	High income
5	Brazil	835.81M	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
6	Australia	769.2M	East Asia & Pacific	High income
7	India	297.32M	South Asia	Lower middle income
8	Argentina	273.67M	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
9	Kazakhstan	269.97M	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
10	Algeria	238.17M	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
11	Congo, Dem. Rep.	226.71M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
12	Saudi Arabia	214.97M	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
13	Mexico	194.4M	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
14	Indonesia	189.26M	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
15	Sudan	186.8M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
16	Libya	175.95M	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
17	Iran, Islamic Rep.	162.25M	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
18	Mongolia	155.85M	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
19	Peru	128M	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
20	Niger	126.67M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
21	Chad	125.92M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
22	Angola	124.67M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
23	Mali	122.02M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
24	South Africa	121.31M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
25	Ethiopia	112.85M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
26	Colombia	110.95M	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
27	Bolivia	108.33M	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
28	Mauritania	103.07M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
29	Egypt, Arab Rep.	99.55M	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
30	Nigeria	91.08M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
31	Tanzania	88.58M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
32	Venezuela, RB	88.21M	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
33	Namibia	82.33M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
34	Mozambique	78.64M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
35	Pakistan	77.09M	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
36	Turkiye	76.96M	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
37	Zambia	74.34M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
38	Chile	74.28M	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
39	Myanmar	65.27M	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
40	Afghanistan	65.22M	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
41	South Sudan	63.19M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
42	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	62.73M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
43	Central African Republic	62.3M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
44	Madagascar	58.18M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
45	Kenya	58.09M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
46	Ukraine	57.94M	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
47	Botswana	56.67M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
48	France	53.9M	Europe & Central Asia	High income
49	Yemen, Rep.	52.8M	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
50	Thailand	51.09M	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
51	Spain	49.97M	Europe & Central Asia	High income
52	Cameroon	47.27M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
53	Turkmenistan	46.99M	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
54	Papua New Guinea	45.29M	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
55	Morocco	44.63M	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
56	Uzbekistan	44.07M	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
57	Iraq	43.41M	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
58	Greenland	41.05M	Europe & Central Asia	High income
59	Sweden	40.73M	Europe & Central Asia	High income
60	Paraguay	39.6M	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
61	Zimbabwe	38.69M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
62	Japan	36.46M	East Asia & Pacific	High income
63	Norway	36.43M	Europe & Central Asia	High income
64	Germany	34.94M	Europe & Central Asia	High income
65	Congo, Rep.	34.15M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
66	Malaysia	32.86M	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
67	Cote d'Ivoire	31.8M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
68	Viet Nam	31.34M	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
69	Oman	30.95M	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
70	Poland	30.63M	Europe & Central Asia	High income
71	Finland	30.4M	Europe & Central Asia	High income
72	Philippines	29.82M	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
73	Italy	29.57M	Europe & Central Asia	High income
74	Burkina Faso	27.36M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
75	New Zealand	26.33M	East Asia & Pacific	High income
76	Gabon	25.77M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
77	Ecuador	24.84M	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
78	Guinea	24.57M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
79	United Kingdom	24.19M	Europe & Central Asia	High income
80	Lao PDR	23.08M	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
81	Romania	23.01M	Europe & Central Asia	High income
82	Ghana	22.75M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
83	Guyana	21.11M	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
84	Belarus	20.3M	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
85	Uganda	20.05M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
86	Senegal	19.25M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
87	Kyrgyz Republic	19.18M	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
88	Syrian Arab Republic	18.36M	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
89	Cambodia	17.65M	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
90	Uruguay	17.5M	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
91	Suriname	16.05M	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
92	Tunisia	15.54M	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
93	Nepal	14.34M	South Asia	Lower middle income
94	Tajikistan	13.88M	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
95	Bangladesh	13M	South Asia	Lower middle income
96	Greece	12.89M	Europe & Central Asia	High income
97	Eritrea	12.12M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
98	Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	12.04M	East Asia & Pacific	Low income
99	Nicaragua	12.03M	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
100	Benin	11.28M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
101	Honduras	11.19M	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
102	Bulgaria	10.86M	Europe & Central Asia	High income
103	Guatemala	10.72M	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
104	Cuba	10.38M	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
105	Iceland	10.08M	Europe & Central Asia	High income
106	Korea, Rep.	9.76M	East Asia & Pacific	High income
107	Liberia	9.63M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
108	Malawi	9.43M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
109	Portugal	9.16M	Europe & Central Asia	High income
110	Hungary	9.13M	Europe & Central Asia	High income
111	Jordan	8.88M	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
112	Serbia	8.41M	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
113	Azerbaijan	8.27M	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
114	Austria	8.25M	Europe & Central Asia	High income
115	Czechia	7.72M	Europe & Central Asia	High income
116	Panama	7.42M	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
117	Sierra Leone	7.22M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
118	United Arab Emirates	7.1M	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
119	Georgia	6.95M	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
120	Ireland	6.89M	Europe & Central Asia	High income
121	Lithuania	6.26M	Europe & Central Asia	High income
122	Latvia	6.22M	Europe & Central Asia	High income
123	Sri Lanka	6.19M	South Asia	Upper middle income
124	Croatia	5.6M	Europe & Central Asia	High income
125	Togo	5.44M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
126	Bosnia and Herzegovina	5.12M	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
127	Costa Rica	5.11M	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
128	Dominican Republic	4.82M	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
129	Slovak Republic	4.81M	Europe & Central Asia	High income
130	Estonia	4.27M	Europe & Central Asia	High income
131	Denmark	4M	Europe & Central Asia	High income
132	Switzerland	3.95M	Europe & Central Asia	High income
133	Bhutan	3.81M	South Asia	Lower middle income
134	Taiwan	3.54M	East Asia & Pacific	High income
135	Netherlands	3.37M	Europe & Central Asia	High income
136	Moldova	3.29M	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
137	Belgium	3.05M	Europe & Central Asia	High income
138	Lesotho	3.04M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
139	Armenia	2.82M	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
140	Guinea-Bissau	2.81M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
141	Equatorial Guinea	2.81M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
142	Solomon Islands	2.8M	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
143	Haiti	2.76M	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
144	Albania	2.74M	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
145	Burundi	2.57M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
146	North Macedonia	2.52M	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
147	Rwanda	2.47M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
148	Djibouti	2.32M	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
149	Belize	2.28M	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
150	Israel	2.16M	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
151	El Salvador	2.07M	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
152	Slovenia	2.01M	Europe & Central Asia	High income
153	New Caledonia	1.83M	East Asia & Pacific	High income
154	Fiji	1.83M	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
155	Kuwait	1.78M	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
156	Eswatini	1.72M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
157	Timor-Leste	1.49M	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
158	Montenegro	1.35M	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
159	Vanuatu	1.22M	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
160	Qatar	1.15M	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
161	Jamaica	1.08M	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
162	Lebanon	1.02M	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
163	Gambia, The	1.01M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
164	Bahamas, The	1M	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
165	Cyprus	924,000	Europe & Central Asia	High income
166	Puerto Rico (US)	887,000	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
167	West Bank and Gaza	602,500	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
168	Brunei Darussalam	527,000	East Asia & Pacific	High income
169	Trinidad and Tobago	513,000	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
170	Cabo Verde	403,000	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
171	French Polynesia	347,100	East Asia & Pacific	High income
172	Samoa	278,000	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
173	Luxembourg	257,446	Europe & Central Asia	High income
174	Mauritius	199,700	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
175	Comoros	186,100	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
176	Faroe Islands	137,000	Europe & Central Asia	High income
177	Hong Kong SAR, China	105,000	East Asia & Pacific	High income
178	Sao Tome and Principe	96,000	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
179	Turks and Caicos Islands	95,000	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
180	Kiribati	81,000	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
181	Bahrain	80,000	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
182	Dominica	75,000	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
183	Tonga	72,000	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
184	Singapore	71,800	East Asia & Pacific	High income
185	Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	70,000	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
186	St. Lucia	61,000	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
187	Isle of Man	57,000	Europe & Central Asia	High income
188	Guam	54,000	East Asia & Pacific	High income
189	Andorra	47,000	Europe & Central Asia	High income
190	Seychelles	46,000	Sub-Saharan Africa	High income
191	Palau	46,000	East Asia & Pacific	High income
192	Northern Mariana Islands	46,000	East Asia & Pacific	High income
193	Curacao	44,400	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
194	Antigua and Barbuda	44,000	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
195	Barbados	43,000	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
196	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	39,000	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
197	Virgin Islands (U.S.)	35,000	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
198	Grenada	34,000	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
199	Malta	32,000	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
200	Maldives	29,800	South Asia	Upper middle income
201	St. Kitts and Nevis	26,000	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
202	Cayman Islands	24,000	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
203	American Samoa	20,000	East Asia & Pacific	High income
204	Aruba	18,000	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
205	Marshall Islands	18,000	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
206	Liechtenstein	16,000	Europe & Central Asia	High income
207	British Virgin Islands	15,000	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
208	San Marino	6,000	Europe & Central Asia	High income
209	Bermuda	5,400	North America	High income
210	St. Martin (French part)	5,000	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
211	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	3,400	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
212	Macao SAR, China	3,300	East Asia & Pacific	High income
213	Tuvalu	3,000	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
214	Naoero	2,000	East Asia & Pacific	High income
215	Gibraltar	1,000	Europe & Central Asia	High income
216	Monaco	208.4	Europe & Central Asia	High income

Land area in hectares