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Land area (thousands of hectares)

Name: Land area (thousands of hectares) by country, 2025
Creator: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database
License: https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/

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213 countries · 2025

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Land area (thousands of hectares) league table
#	Country		Region	Income
1	Russian Federation	1.64M	Europe & Central Asia	High income
2	China	942,470.3	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
3	United States	914,742	North America	High income
4	Canada	878,870	North America	High income
5	Brazil	835,814	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
6	Australia	769,202	East Asia & Pacific	High income
7	India	297,319	South Asia	Lower middle income
8	Argentina	273,669	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
9	Kazakhstan	269,970	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
10	Algeria	238,174	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
11	Congo, Dem. Rep.	226,705	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
12	Saudi Arabia	214,969	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
13	Mexico	194,395	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
14	Indonesia	189,255.6	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
15	Sudan	186,800	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
16	Libya	175,954	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
17	Iran, Islamic Rep.	162,250	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
18	Mongolia	155,850	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
19	Peru	128,000	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
20	Niger	126,670	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
21	Chad	125,920	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
22	Angola	124,670	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
23	Mali	122,019	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
24	South Africa	121,309	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
25	Ethiopia	112,849.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
26	Colombia	110,950	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
27	Bolivia	108,330	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
28	Mauritania	103,070	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
29	Egypt, Arab Rep.	99,545	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
30	Nigeria	91,077	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
31	Tanzania	88,580	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
32	Venezuela, RB	88,205	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
33	Namibia	82,329	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
34	Mozambique	78,638	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
35	Pakistan	77,088	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
36	Turkiye	76,963	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
37	Zambia	74,339	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
38	Chile	74,283.2	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
39	Myanmar	65,267	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
40	Afghanistan	65,223	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
41	South Sudan	63,193	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
42	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	62,734	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
43	Central African Republic	62,298	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
44	Madagascar	58,180	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
45	Kenya	58,087.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
46	Ukraine	57,940	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
47	Botswana	56,673	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
48	France	53,895	Europe & Central Asia	High income
49	Yemen, Rep.	52,797	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
50	Thailand	51,089	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
51	Spain	49,969.7	Europe & Central Asia	High income
52	Cameroon	47,271	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
53	Turkmenistan	46,993	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
54	Papua New Guinea	45,286	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
55	Morocco	44,630	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
56	Uzbekistan	44,065	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
57	Iraq	43,413	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
58	Greenland	41,045	Europe & Central Asia	High income
59	Sweden	40,727	Europe & Central Asia	High income
60	Paraguay	39,601.2	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
61	Zimbabwe	38,685	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
62	Japan	36,456.9	East Asia & Pacific	High income
63	Germany	34,943	Europe & Central Asia	High income
64	Congo, Rep.	34,150	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
65	Malaysia	32,855	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
66	Cote d'Ivoire	31,800	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
67	Viet Nam	31,342.9	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
68	Oman	30,950	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
69	Poland	30,627	Europe & Central Asia	High income
70	Norway	30,405.8	Europe & Central Asia	High income
71	Finland	30,396	Europe & Central Asia	High income
72	Philippines	29,817	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
73	Italy	29,572	Europe & Central Asia	High income
74	Burkina Faso	27,360	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
75	New Zealand	26,331	East Asia & Pacific	High income
76	Gabon	25,767	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
77	Ecuador	24,836	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
78	Guinea	24,572	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
79	United Kingdom	24,193	Europe & Central Asia	High income
80	Lao PDR	23,080	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
81	Romania	23,008	Europe & Central Asia	High income
82	Ghana	22,753.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
83	Belarus	20,298.3	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
84	Uganda	20,052	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
85	Guyana	19,685	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
86	Senegal	19,253	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
87	Kyrgyz Republic	19,180	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
88	Syrian Arab Republic	18,363	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
89	Cambodia	17,652	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
90	Uruguay	17,502	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
91	Suriname	16,050.8	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
92	Tunisia	15,536	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
93	Nepal	14,335	South Asia	Lower middle income
94	Tajikistan	13,879	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
95	Bangladesh	12,998	South Asia	Lower middle income
96	Greece	12,890	Europe & Central Asia	High income
97	Eritrea	12,117.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
98	Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	12,041	East Asia & Pacific	Low income
99	Nicaragua	12,034	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
100	Benin	11,276	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
101	Honduras	11,189	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
102	Bulgaria	10,856	Europe & Central Asia	High income
103	Guatemala	10,716	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
104	Cuba	10,380	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
105	Iceland	10,083	Europe & Central Asia	High income
106	Korea, Rep.	9,760	East Asia & Pacific	High income
107	Liberia	9,632	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
108	Malawi	9,428	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
109	Portugal	9,160.6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
110	Hungary	9,126	Europe & Central Asia	High income
111	Jordan	8,879.4	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
112	Serbia	8,409	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
113	Azerbaijan	8,265	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
114	Austria	8,252	Europe & Central Asia	High income
115	Czechia	7,716.7	Europe & Central Asia	High income
116	Panama	7,418	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
117	Sierra Leone	7,218	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
118	United Arab Emirates	7,102	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
119	Georgia	6,949	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
120	Ireland	6,889	Europe & Central Asia	High income
121	Lithuania	6,260	Europe & Central Asia	High income
122	Latvia	6,223	Europe & Central Asia	High income
123	Sri Lanka	6,186	South Asia	Upper middle income
124	Croatia	5,596	Europe & Central Asia	High income
125	Togo	5,439	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
126	Bosnia and Herzegovina	5,120	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
127	Costa Rica	5,106	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
128	Dominican Republic	4,819.8	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
129	Slovak Republic	4,808	Europe & Central Asia	High income
130	Estonia	4,273	Europe & Central Asia	High income
131	Denmark	4,000	Europe & Central Asia	High income
132	Switzerland	3,951	Europe & Central Asia	High income
133	Bhutan	3,814	South Asia	Lower middle income
134	Netherlands	3,367	Europe & Central Asia	High income
135	Moldova	3,293	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
136	Belgium	3,049.4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
137	Lesotho	3,036	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
138	Armenia	2,819.9	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
139	Guinea-Bissau	2,812	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
140	Equatorial Guinea	2,805	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
141	Solomon Islands	2,799	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
142	Haiti	2,756	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
143	Albania	2,740	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
144	Burundi	2,568	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
145	North Macedonia	2,522	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
146	Rwanda	2,467	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
147	Djibouti	2,318	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
148	Belize	2,281	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
149	Israel	2,164	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
150	El Salvador	2,072	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
151	Slovenia	2,013.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
152	New Caledonia	1,828	East Asia & Pacific	High income
153	Fiji	1,827	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
154	Kuwait	1,782	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
155	Eswatini	1,720	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
156	Timor-Leste	1,487	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
157	Montenegro	1,345	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
158	Vanuatu	1,219	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
159	Qatar	1,149	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
160	Jamaica	1,083	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
161	Lebanon	1,023	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
162	Gambia, The	1,012	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
163	Bahamas, The	1,001	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
164	Cyprus	924	Europe & Central Asia	High income
165	Puerto Rico (US)	887	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
166	West Bank and Gaza	602.5	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
167	Brunei Darussalam	527	East Asia & Pacific	High income
168	Trinidad and Tobago	513	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
169	Cabo Verde	403	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
170	French Polynesia	347.1	East Asia & Pacific	High income
171	Samoa	278	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
172	Luxembourg	257.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
173	Mauritius	199.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
174	Comoros	186.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
175	Faroe Islands	137	Europe & Central Asia	High income
176	Sao Tome and Principe	96	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
177	Turks and Caicos Islands	95	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
178	Kiribati	81	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
179	Bahrain	80	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
180	Dominica	75	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
181	Tonga	72	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
182	Singapore	71.8	East Asia & Pacific	High income
183	Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	70	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
184	St. Lucia	61	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
185	Isle of Man	57	Europe & Central Asia	High income
186	Guam	54	East Asia & Pacific	High income
187	Andorra	47	Europe & Central Asia	High income
188	Seychelles	46	Sub-Saharan Africa	High income
189	Palau	46	East Asia & Pacific	High income
190	Northern Mariana Islands	46	East Asia & Pacific	High income
191	Curacao	44.4	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
192	Antigua and Barbuda	44	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
193	Barbados	43	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
194	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	39	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
195	Virgin Islands (U.S.)	35	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
196	Grenada	34	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
197	Malta	32	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
198	Maldives	29.8	South Asia	Upper middle income
199	St. Kitts and Nevis	26	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
200	Cayman Islands	24	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
201	American Samoa	20	East Asia & Pacific	High income
202	Aruba	18	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
203	Marshall Islands	18	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
204	Liechtenstein	16	Europe & Central Asia	High income
205	British Virgin Islands	15	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
206	San Marino	6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
207	Bermuda	5.4	North America	High income
208	St. Martin (French part)	5	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
209	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	3.4	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
210	Tuvalu	3	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
211	Naoero	2	East Asia & Pacific	High income
212	Gibraltar	1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
213	Monaco	0.21	Europe & Central Asia	High income

Land area (thousands of hectares)