Drained organic soils — Area, per capita by country
Drained organic soils — Area divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
94
Highest
0.2902 ha per person
Mongolia
Lowest
0 ha per person
Guinea-Bissau
Median
0.0021 ha per person
Years covered
35
1990–2024
Data points
6,539
What the numbers show
Drained organic soils — Area, per capita is currently reported for 94 countries. The highest value is 0.2902 ha per person in Mongolia; the lowest is 0 ha per person in Guinea-Bissau.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0021 ha per person, and the mean is 0.0205 ha per person.
Over the past decade 25 countries rose and 69 fell. The largest increase was in Peru (up 23.0%), and the largest decrease in Mozambique (down 100.0%).
Drained organic soils — Area, per capita: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mongolia | 0.2902 ha per person | 2024 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 2 | Faroe Islands | 0.2425 ha per person | 2024 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 3 | Belarus | 0.164 ha per person | 2024 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 4 | Estonia | 0.1389 ha per person | 2024 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 5 | Lithuania | 0.121 ha per person | 2024 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 6 | Latvia | 0.1043 ha per person | 2024 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 7 | Ireland | 0.0977 ha per person | 2024 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 8 | Iceland | 0.0975 ha per person | 2024 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 9 | Finland | 0.0908 ha per person | 2024 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 10 | Guyana | 0.0889 ha per person | 2024 | down 6.6% | rising |
| 11 | Norway | 0.0436 ha per person | 2024 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 12 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0433 ha per person | 2024 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 13 | Sweden | 0.0345 ha per person | 2024 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 14 | Canada | 0.0334 ha per person | 2024 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 15 | Poland | 0.0289 ha per person | 2024 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 16 | New Zealand | 0.0238 ha per person | 2024 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 17 | Suriname | 0.0228 ha per person | 2024 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 18 | South Sudan | 0.0211 ha per person | 2024 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 19 | Hungary | 0.0208 ha per person | 2024 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 20 | Malaysia | 0.0185 ha per person | 2024 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 21 | Ukraine | 0.0181 ha per person | 2024 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 22 | Indonesia | 0.0174 ha per person | 2024 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 23 | Zambia | 0.0165 ha per person | 2024 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 24 | Denmark | 0.0143 ha per person | 2024 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 25 | Germany | 0.0133 ha per person | 2024 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 26 | Isle of Man | 0.0115 ha per person | 2024 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 27 | Belize | 0.0105 ha per person | 2024 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 28 | Congo | 0.0098 ha per person | 2024 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 29 | Bulgaria | 0.006 ha per person | 2024 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 30 | Myanmar | 0.0054 ha per person | 2024 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 31 | Botswana | 0.0049 ha per person | 2024 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 32 | Burundi | 0.0049 ha per person | 2024 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 33 | Gabon | 0.0048 ha per person | 2024 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 34 | Greece | 0.0044 ha per person | 2024 | up 3.3% | flat |
| 35 | Australia | 0.0044 ha per person | 2024 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 36 | Argentina | 0.004 ha per person | 2024 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 37 | Switzerland | 0.0036 ha per person | 2024 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 38 | Panama | 0.0032 ha per person | 2024 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 39 | France | 0.0032 ha per person | 2024 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 40 | Madagascar | 0.003 ha per person | 2024 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 41 | Slovenia | 0.0029 ha per person | 2024 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 42 | Uruguay | 0.0027 ha per person | 2024 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 43 | Rwanda | 0.0025 ha per person | 2024 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 44 | Uganda | 0.0024 ha per person | 2024 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 45 | Chile | 0.0023 ha per person | 2024 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 46 | Nepal | 0.0022 ha per person | 2024 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 47 | Jamaica | 0.0021 ha per person | 2024 | down 7.9% | rising |
| 48 | Bangladesh | 0.002 ha per person | 2024 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 49 | Fiji | 0.0019 ha per person | 2024 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 50 | Albania | 0.0016 ha per person | 2024 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 51 | Austria | 0.0015 ha per person | 2024 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 52 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0014 ha per person | 2024 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 53 | Sri Lanka | 0.0013 ha per person | 2024 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 54 | Japan | 0.0012 ha per person | 2024 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 55 | Guinea | 0.0011 ha per person | 2024 | down 22.1% | falling |
| 56 | Cameroon | 0.001 ha per person | 2024 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 57 | Montenegro | 0.001 ha per person | 2024 | down 46.8% | falling |
| 58 | Romania | 0.001 ha per person | 2024 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 59 | Ethiopia | 0.0009 ha per person | 2024 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 60 | Czechia | 0.0009 ha per person | 2024 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 61 | Portugal | 0.0009 ha per person | 2024 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 62 | Malawi | 0.0008 ha per person | 2024 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 63 | Belgium | 0.0007 ha per person | 2024 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 64 | Slovakia | 0.0004 ha per person | 2024 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 65 | Liberia | 0.0004 ha per person | 2024 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 66 | Puerto Rico | 0.0004 ha per person | 2024 | up 9.3% | falling |
| 67 | Italy | 0.0004 ha per person | 2024 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 68 | Spain | 0.0003 ha per person | 2024 | down 3.8% | flat |
| 69 | Costa Rica | 0.0003 ha per person | 2024 | down 34.4% | falling |
| 70 | Thailand | 0.0003 ha per person | 2024 | up 3.6% | falling |
| 71 | South Africa | 0.0003 ha per person | 2024 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 72 | Colombia | 0.0003 ha per person | 2024 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 73 | Luxembourg | 0.0003 ha per person | 2024 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 74 | Central African Republic | 0.0002 ha per person | 2024 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 75 | Angola | 0.0002 ha per person | 2024 | down 31.4% | falling |
| 76 | Eswatini | 0.0001 ha per person | 2024 | down 4.5% | flat |
| 77 | China | 0.0001 ha per person | 2024 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 78 | Nicaragua | 0.0001 ha per person | 2023 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 79 | Kenya | 0.0001 ha per person | 2024 | down 36.9% | falling |
| 80 | Ecuador | 0.0001 ha per person | 2024 | down 12.9% | volatile |
| 81 | Croatia | 0.0001 ha per person | 2024 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 82 | Peru | 0.0001 ha per person | 2024 | up 23.0% | rising |
| 83 | India | 0.0001 ha per person | 2024 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 84 | Brazil | 0.0001 ha per person | 2024 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 85 | Ghana | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 86 | Eritrea | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 87 | Namibia | 0 ha per person | 2024 | up 20.2% | falling |
| 88 | Solomon Islands | 0 ha per person | 2024 | up 16.4% | falling |
| 89 | Serbia | 0 ha per person | 2024 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 90 | Kazakhstan | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 28.2% | falling |
| 91 | Equatorial Guinea | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 92 | Mexico | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 93 | Mozambique | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 93 | Guinea-Bissau | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 0.003 ha per person
How this figure is calculated
Drained organic soils — Area divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Drained organic soils — Area ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Drained organic soils — Area Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
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
Drained organic soils — Area divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.