Drained organic soils — Area, per square kilometre by country
Drained 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
94
Highest
9.67 ha per square kilometre
Faroe Islands
Lowest
0 ha per square kilometre
Guinea-Bissau
Median
0.1455 ha per square kilometre
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
6,347
What the numbers show
Drained organic soils — Area, per square kilometre is currently reported for 94 countries. The highest value is 9.67 ha per square kilometre in Faroe Islands; the lowest is 0 ha per square kilometre in Guinea-Bissau.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.1455 ha per square kilometre, and the mean is 0.8368 ha per square kilometre.
Over the past decade 41 countries rose and 52 fell. The largest increase was in Namibia (up 57.6%), and the largest decrease in Mozambique (down 100.0%).
Drained organic soils — Area, per square kilometre: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Faroe Islands | 9.67 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 2 | Ireland | 7.66 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 3 | Belarus | 7.38 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 4 | Lithuania | 5.58 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 5 | Estonia | 4.46 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 6 | Poland | 3.45 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 7 | Germany | 3.18 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 8 | Latvia | 3.13 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 9 | Bangladesh | 2.72 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 10 | Burundi | 2.68 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 11 | Indonesia | 2.6 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 12 | Hungary | 2.18 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 13 | Denmark | 2.13 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 14 | Malaysia | 2 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 15 | Isle of Man | 1.69 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 16 | Finland | 1.68 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 17 | Rwanda | 1.44 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 18 | Ukraine | 1.18 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 19 | Papua New Guinea | 1.01 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 20 | Sweden | 0.8958 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 21 | Switzerland | 0.8109 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 22 | Norway | 0.6671 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 23 | Mongolia | 0.6563 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 24 | Uganda | 0.5937 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 25 | Jamaica | 0.5418 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 26 | New Zealand | 0.479 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 27 | Zambia | 0.474 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 28 | Myanmar | 0.4549 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 29 | Nepal | 0.4482 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.0% | flat |
| 30 | Sri Lanka | 0.4448 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 31 | Japan | 0.4242 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 32 | France | 0.4014 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 33 | South Sudan | 0.3982 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 34 | Iceland | 0.3736 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 35 | Bulgaria | 0.3589 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 36 | Greece | 0.3559 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 37 | Guyana | 0.3499 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 38 | Slovenia | 0.3063 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 39 | Belgium | 0.2628 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 40 | Panama | 0.1957 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 41 | Belize | 0.1925 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 42 | Congo | 0.1809 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 43 | Malawi | 0.1754 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.5% | flat |
| 44 | Madagascar | 0.1627 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 45 | Austria | 0.1627 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 46 | Canada | 0.1567 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 47 | Puerto Rico | 0.1513 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.5% | falling |
| 48 | Albania | 0.1398 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 49 | Czechia | 0.1307 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 50 | Ethiopia | 0.1093 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 51 | Portugal | 0.1056 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 52 | Fiji | 0.0957 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 53 | Suriname | 0.0903 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 54 | Romania | 0.0842 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 55 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0841 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 56 | Italy | 0.0821 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 57 | Luxembourg | 0.0681 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 58 | Argentina | 0.0663 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 59 | Guinea | 0.0656 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 60 | Cameroon | 0.0644 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 61 | Chile | 0.0616 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.3% | flat |
| 62 | Uruguay | 0.0529 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 63 | Slovakia | 0.0497 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 64 | Montenegro | 0.0477 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 46.8% | falling |
| 65 | Gabon | 0.0474 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 66 | Thailand | 0.0436 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.2% | flat |
| 67 | Costa Rica | 0.0344 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 36.4% | falling |
| 68 | India | 0.0338 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 69 | Spain | 0.0337 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 70 | Liberia | 0.0249 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 71 | Botswana | 0.022 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 72 | South Africa | 0.0162 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 73 | China | 0.0162 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 74 | Australia | 0.0154 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 75 | Colombia | 0.0146 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 76 | Kenya | 0.0089 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 24.3% | falling |
| 77 | Eswatini | 0.0084 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 78 | Ghana | 0.0075 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.9% | falling |
| 79 | Ecuador | 0.0065 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.5% | volatile |
| 80 | Angola | 0.0062 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 81 | Croatia | 0.0059 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 82 | Nicaragua | 0.0052 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 83 | Peru | 0.0023 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 39.8% | rising |
| 84 | Central African Republic | 0.0018 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 43.1% | rising |
| 85 | Brazil | 0.0016 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 86 | Eritrea | 0.0014 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 87 | Serbia | 0.0011 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 88 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0008 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 28.2% | rising |
| 89 | Solomon Islands | 0.0005 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 54.5% | rising |
| 90 | Namibia | 0.0001 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 57.6% | rising |
| 91 | Kazakhstan | 0.0001 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 17.0% | rising |
| 92 | Mexico | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 93 | Mozambique | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 93 | Guinea-Bissau | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | 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 0.1895 ha per square kilometre
How this figure is calculated
Drained 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.
Drained organic soils — Area ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Drained 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
Drained 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.