Grassland organic soils — Area, per square kilometre by country
Grassland 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
9.26 ha per square kilometre
Faroe Islands
Lowest
0 ha per square kilometre
Guinea-Bissau
Median
0.0298 ha per square kilometre
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
6,347
What the numbers show
Grassland organic soils — Area, per square kilometre is currently reported for 92 countries. The highest value is 9.26 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 0.0298 ha per square kilometre, and the mean is 0.3427 ha per square kilometre.
Over the past decade 48 countries rose and 41 fell. The largest increase was in Solomon Islands (up 100.0%), and the largest decrease in Kenya (down 29.4%).
Grassland organic soils — Area, per square kilometre: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Faroe Islands | 9.26 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 2 | Ireland | 7.29 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 3 | Isle of Man | 1.61 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.0% | falling |
| 4 | Germany | 1.58 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 5 | Poland | 0.9205 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 6 | Lithuania | 0.8915 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 7 | Burundi | 0.842 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 8 | Latvia | 0.8133 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 9 | Estonia | 0.7861 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 10 | Belarus | 0.7227 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.9% | falling |
| 11 | Mongolia | 0.5913 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 12 | Norway | 0.481 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 13 | New Zealand | 0.4452 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 14 | Switzerland | 0.4073 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 15 | Denmark | 0.3913 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 16 | Iceland | 0.3736 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 17 | South Sudan | 0.3513 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 18 | Zambia | 0.2939 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 19 | Finland | 0.2734 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 20 | Bangladesh | 0.2321 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 21 | Indonesia | 0.223 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 22 | Hungary | 0.21 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 23 | Jamaica | 0.1966 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 24 | Sweden | 0.183 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 30.2% | rising |
| 25 | Sri Lanka | 0.1727 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 26 | Malaysia | 0.1535 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 27 | Nepal | 0.1526 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.5% | flat |
| 28 | Rwanda | 0.1439 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 29 | Belize | 0.1269 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 30 | Austria | 0.1206 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 31 | France | 0.0971 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 32 | Ukraine | 0.0937 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.4% | falling |
| 33 | Belgium | 0.093 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 34 | Slovenia | 0.0804 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 35 | Guyana | 0.0699 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 36 | Myanmar | 0.0625 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 37 | Argentina | 0.0568 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 38 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0499 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.3% | flat |
| 39 | Uganda | 0.0485 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 40 | Greece | 0.0465 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 41 | Madagascar | 0.0456 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 42 | Czechia | 0.0399 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 43 | Uruguay | 0.0378 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 44 | Chile | 0.0338 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.0% | flat |
| 45 | Luxembourg | 0.0333 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 46 | Bulgaria | 0.0321 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 47 | Portugal | 0.0275 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 48 | Japan | 0.0269 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 49 | Ethiopia | 0.0254 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 50 | Congo | 0.0245 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 51 | Puerto Rico | 0.0217 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.4% | falling |
| 52 | Panama | 0.0195 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 53 | Canada | 0.0177 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 54 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0175 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 55 | Costa Rica | 0.0175 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 28.5% | falling |
| 56 | Suriname | 0.0172 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 57 | Guinea | 0.0135 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.8% | falling |
| 58 | South Africa | 0.0128 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 59 | Romania | 0.0116 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 60 | Fiji | 0.0115 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 61 | Thailand | 0.011 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 62 | Albania | 0.0108 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 18.3% | falling |
| 63 | Spain | 0.0106 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 64 | Slovakia | 0.0101 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.8% | flat |
| 65 | Malawi | 0.0082 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 66 | Australia | 0.0077 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 67 | China | 0.0063 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 68 | Colombia | 0.006 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 69 | Kenya | 0.0058 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 29.4% | falling |
| 70 | Eswatini | 0.0055 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 71 | Italy | 0.0036 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 72 | India | 0.0027 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 73 | Nicaragua | 0.0026 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 74 | Angola | 0.002 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 75 | Liberia | 0.0017 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 76 | Cameroon | 0.0015 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 77 | Brazil | 0.0015 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 78 | Gabon | 0.0009 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 79 | Ecuador | 0.0009 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.0% | volatile |
| 80 | Ghana | 0.0007 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.5% | falling |
| 81 | Botswana | 0.0006 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 82 | Croatia | 0.0002 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 83 | Peru | 0.0002 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 84 | Namibia | 0.0001 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 57.6% | rising |
| 85 | Central African Republic | 0.0001 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 48.2% | rising |
| 86 | Kazakhstan | 0.0001 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 87 | Eritrea | 0.0001 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 88 | Serbia | 0.0001 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 89 | Solomon Islands | 0.0001 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 90 | Equatorial Guinea | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 91 | Mexico | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 92 | Guinea-Bissau | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 0.0575 ha per square kilometre
How this figure is calculated
Grassland 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.
Grassland organic soils — Area ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Grassland 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
Grassland 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.