Cropland organic soils — Area, per square kilometre by country
Cropland organic soils — Area divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
92
Highest
6.66 ha per square kilometre
Belarus
Lowest
0 ha per square kilometre
Guinea-Bissau
Median
0.0783 ha per square kilometre
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
6,347
What the numbers show
Cropland organic soils — Area, per square kilometre is currently reported for 92 countries. The highest value is 6.66 ha per square kilometre in Belarus; the lowest is 0 ha per square kilometre in Guinea-Bissau.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0783 ha per square kilometre, and the mean is 0.5123 ha per square kilometre.
Over the past decade 41 countries rose and 50 fell. The largest increase was in Solomon Islands (up 50.0%), and the largest decrease in Mozambique (down 100.0%).
Cropland organic soils — Area, per square kilometre: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belarus | 6.66 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 2 | Lithuania | 4.69 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 3 | Estonia | 3.67 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 4 | Poland | 2.53 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 5 | Bangladesh | 2.49 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 6 | Indonesia | 2.38 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 7 | Latvia | 2.31 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 8 | Hungary | 1.97 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 9 | Malaysia | 1.85 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 10 | Burundi | 1.84 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 11 | Denmark | 1.74 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 12 | Germany | 1.59 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 13 | Finland | 1.41 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 14 | Rwanda | 1.3 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.7% | flat |
| 15 | Ukraine | 1.09 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 16 | Papua New Guinea | 0.9927 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 17 | Sweden | 0.7128 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 18 | Uganda | 0.5451 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 19 | Faroe Islands | 0.4114 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.8% | rising |
| 20 | Switzerland | 0.4035 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 21 | Japan | 0.3973 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 22 | Myanmar | 0.3924 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 23 | Ireland | 0.3681 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 24 | Jamaica | 0.3452 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.6% | rising |
| 25 | Bulgaria | 0.3268 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 26 | Greece | 0.3094 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 27 | France | 0.3042 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 28 | Nepal | 0.2956 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 29 | Guyana | 0.28 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 30 | Sri Lanka | 0.2721 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 31 | Slovenia | 0.2258 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 32 | Norway | 0.1861 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 33 | Zambia | 0.1802 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 34 | Panama | 0.1762 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 35 | Belgium | 0.1698 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 36 | Malawi | 0.1672 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.6% | flat |
| 37 | Congo | 0.1564 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 38 | Canada | 0.139 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 39 | Puerto Rico | 0.1295 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 40 | Albania | 0.129 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.4% | flat |
| 41 | Madagascar | 0.1171 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 42 | Czechia | 0.0908 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 43 | Fiji | 0.0843 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.2% | falling |
| 44 | Ethiopia | 0.0838 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 45 | Isle of Man | 0.0799 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 46 | Italy | 0.0785 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 47 | Portugal | 0.0781 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 48 | Suriname | 0.0731 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 49 | Romania | 0.0726 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 50 | Belize | 0.0656 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.7% | falling |
| 51 | Mongolia | 0.0649 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.9% | flat |
| 52 | Cameroon | 0.0628 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 53 | Guinea | 0.0521 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 54 | Montenegro | 0.0477 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 46.8% | falling |
| 55 | South Sudan | 0.0469 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 56 | Gabon | 0.0464 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 57 | Austria | 0.0421 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.6% | falling |
| 58 | Slovakia | 0.0396 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 59 | Luxembourg | 0.0349 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 60 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0343 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 61 | New Zealand | 0.0338 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 62 | Thailand | 0.0325 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.3% | flat |
| 63 | India | 0.0311 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 64 | Chile | 0.0278 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 65 | Liberia | 0.0232 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 66 | Spain | 0.0231 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 67 | Botswana | 0.0213 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 68 | Costa Rica | 0.0169 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 43.0% | falling |
| 69 | Uruguay | 0.0151 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 70 | China | 0.0098 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 71 | Argentina | 0.0095 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 72 | Colombia | 0.0086 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 73 | Australia | 0.0077 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 74 | Ghana | 0.0067 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.2% | falling |
| 75 | Ecuador | 0.0057 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.1% | volatile |
| 76 | Croatia | 0.0057 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 77 | Angola | 0.0043 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.8% | flat |
| 78 | South Africa | 0.0034 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 79 | Kenya | 0.0031 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 80 | Eswatini | 0.003 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.2% | rising |
| 81 | Nicaragua | 0.0026 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 82 | Peru | 0.002 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 45.8% | rising |
| 83 | Central African Republic | 0.0017 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 42.8% | rising |
| 84 | Eritrea | 0.0013 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 85 | Serbia | 0.001 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.7% | flat |
| 86 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0007 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 28.9% | rising |
| 87 | Solomon Islands | 0.0004 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 88 | Brazil | 0.0001 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.2% | volatile |
| 89 | Kazakhstan | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 60.5% | falling |
| 90 | Mexico | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 91 | Mozambique | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 91 | Guinea-Bissau | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 0.132 ha per square kilometre
How this figure is calculated
Cropland organic soils — Area divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Cropland organic soils — Area ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Cropland organic soils — Area Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Cropland organic soils — Area divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.