This is a list of countries ordered by physiological density. "Arable land" is defined by the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization, the source of "Arable land (hectares per person)" as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.
Data are for the year 2021, and are from the UN FAO unless otherwise specified.[1] [2] Locations with no arable land are omitted.
| style=width:14em | Location | Arable m² / person | Persons / arable | % arable | Arable land | Population |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,800 | 570 | 11% | 14,000,000 | 7,900,000,000 | ||
| 15,456 | 65 | 11% | 296,697 | 19,196,465 | ||
| 12,062 | 83 | 4% | 312,650 | 25,921,089 | ||
| 10,027 | 100 | 4% | 382,590 | 38,155,012 | ||
| 9,322 | 107 | 15% | 422,088 | 45,276,780 | ||
| 8,384 | 119 | 7% | 1,216,490 | 145,102,755 | ||
| 8,178 | 122 | 36% | 22,790 | 2,786,651 | ||
| 7,563 | 132 | 57% | 329,240 | 43,531,422 | ||
| 7,402 | 135 | 10% | 40 | 5,404 | ||
| 7,268 | 138 | 22% | 13,620 | 1,873,919 | ||
| 7,062 | 142 | 12% | 47,340 | 6,703,799 | ||
| 7,009 | 143 | 14% | 177,000 | 25,252,722 | ||
| 5,927 | 169 | 12% | 20,306 | 3,426,260 | ||
| 5,872 | 170 | 28% | 56,240 | 9,578,167 | ||
| 5,589 | 179 | 52% | 17,110 | 3,061,506 | ||
| 5,268 | 190 | 16% | 7,000 | 1,328,701 | ||
| 5,220 | 192 | 2% | 4,200 | 804,567 | ||
| 5,163 | 194 | 4% | 10 | 1,937 | ||
| 5,084 | 197 | 32% | 35,005 | 6,885,868 | ||
| 4,681 | 214 | 17% | 1,577,368 | 336,997,624 | ||
| 4,598 | 217 | 11% | 209,948 | 45,657,202 | ||
| 4,528 | 221 | 20% | 20 | 4,417 | ||
| 4,443 | 225 | 37% | 85,880 | 19,328,560 | ||
| 4,263 | 235 | 45% | 41,397 | 9,709,786 | ||
| 4,052 | 247 | 7% | 22,430 | 5,535,992 | ||
| 4,030 | 248 | 4% | 48,684 | 12,079,472 | ||
| 4,026 | 248 | 59% | 23,570 | 5,854,240 | ||
| 3,981 | 251 | 0.9% | 13,328 | 3,347,782 | ||
| 3,808 | 263 | 7% | 83,410 | 21,904,983 | ||
| 3,584 | 279 | 31% | 26,150 | 7,296,769 | ||
| 3,400 | 294 | 9% | 20 | 5,883 | ||
| 3,298 | 303 | 3% | 18,000 | 5,457,154 | ||
| 3,267 | 306 | 1% | 1,210 | 370,335 | ||
| 3,162 | 316 | 1% | 8,000 | 2,530,151 | ||
| 3,085 | 324 | 4% | 53,000 | 17,179,740 | ||
| 3,082 | 324 | 20% | 10,080 | 3,270,943 | ||
| 3,065 | 326 | 49% | 26,500 | 8,644,829 | ||
| 3,059 | 327 | 4% | 19,400 | 6,341,855 | ||
| 2,892 | 346 | 36% | 110,788 | 38,307,726 | ||
| 2,783 | 359 | 33% | 179,566 | 64,531,444 | ||
| 2,760 | 362 | 22% | 61,000 | 22,100,683 | ||
| 2,753 | 363 | 41% | 232 | 84,263 | ||
| 2,718 | 368 | 7% | 582,528 | 214,326,223 | ||
| 2,584 | 387 | 28% | 29,086 | 11,256,372 | ||
| 2,554 | 392 | 1% | 17,200 | 6,735,277 | ||
| 2,501 | 400 | 10% | 40,000 | 15,993,524 | ||
| 2,500 | 400 | 4% | 1,000 | 400,031 | ||
| 2,484 | 403 | 23% | 41,201 | 16,589,023 | ||
| 2,434 | 411 | 28% | 13,260 | 5,447,622 | ||
| 2,432 | 411 | 23% | 115,501 | 47,486,935 | ||
| 2,422 | 413 | 6% | 25,352 | 10,467,097 | ||
| 2,395 | 417 | 34% | 171,500 | 71,601,103 | ||
| 2,355 | 425 | 32% | 24,753 | 10,510,751 | ||
| 2,345 | 426 | 26% | 198,810 | 84,775,404 | ||
| 2,309 | 433 | 18% | 28,313 | 12,262,946 | ||
| 2,291 | 437 | 13% | 31,000 | 13,531,906 | ||
| 2,280 | 439 | 13% | 62,000 | 27,198,628 | ||
| 2,269 | 441 | 20% | 38,300 | 16,876,720 | ||
| 2,228 | 449 | 4% | 23,947 | 10,748,272 | ||
| 2,194 | 456 | 12% | 15,030 | 6,850,540 | ||
| 2,186 | 458 | 25% | 46,606 | 21,324,367 | ||
| 2,154 | 464 | 25% | 28,000 | 12,996,895 | ||
| 2,123 | 471 | 15% | 135,025 | 63,588,334 | ||
| 2,111 | 474 | 15% | 8,570 | 4,060,135 | ||
| 2,101 | 476 | 22% | 5,999 | 2,854,710 | ||
| 2,043 | 490 | 17% | 109,900 | 53,798,084 | ||
| 2,041 | 490 | 17% | 21,319 | 10,445,365 | ||
| 2,026 | 494 | 17% | 75,120 | 37,076,584 | ||
| 2,026 | 494 | 25% | 20,890 | 10,312,992 | ||
| 2,020 | 495 | 10% | 120,000 | 59,392,255 | ||
| 2,011 | 497 | 42% | 40,000 | 19,889,742 | ||
| 1,983 | 504 | 17% | 4,170 | 2,103,330 | ||
| 1,972 | 507 | 7% | 12,874 | 6,527,743 | ||
| 1,952 | 512 | 12% | 78,290 | 40,099,462 | ||
| 1,951 | 512 | 5% | 38,000 | 19,473,125 | ||
| 1,906 | 525 | 6% | 6,900 | 3,620,312 | ||
| 1,886 | 530 | 28% | 200 | 106,017 | ||
| 1,881 | 532 | 22% | 15,840 | 8,420,641 | ||
| 1,880 | 532 | 14% | 4,290 | 2,281,454 | ||
| 1,786 | 560 | 10% | 156,990 | 87,923,432 | ||
| 1,761 | 568 | 7% | 56,500 | 32,077,072 | ||
| 1,728 | 579 | 40% | 368,720 | 213,401,323 | ||
| 1,705 | 587 | 3% | 75,306 | 44,177,969 | ||
| 1,667 | 600 | 43% | 4,400 | 2,639,916 | ||
| 1,648 | 607 | 5% | 12,240 | 7,425,057 | ||
| 1,589 | 629 | 16% | 4,434 | 2,790,974 | ||
| 1,585 | 631 | 10% | 200,840 | 126,705,138 | ||
| 1,557 | 642 | 4% | 53,730 | 34,503,774 | ||
| 1,505 | 665 | 34% | 69,000 | 45,853,778 | ||
| 1,488 | 672 | 2% | 8,040 | 5,403,021 | ||
| 1,485 | 674 | 10% | 1,770 | 1,192,271 | ||
| 1,479 | 676 | 16% | 13,198 | 8,922,082 | ||
| 1,456 | 687 | 11% | 3,000 | 2,060,721 | ||
| 1,434 | 697 | 21% | 47,089 | 32,833,031 | ||
| 1,427 | 701 | 6% | 136,800 | 95,894,118 | ||
| 1,398 | 715 | 33% | 116,580 | 83,408,554 | ||
| 1,388 | 720 | 1% | 3,250 | 2,341,179 | ||
| 1,356 | 737 | 14% | 163,140 | 120,283,026 | ||
| 1,318 | 758 | 40% | 305,100 | 231,402,117 | ||
| 1,298 | 770 | 8% | 5,650 | 4,351,267 | ||
| 1,274 | 785 | 11% | 35,000 | 27,478,249 | ||
| 1,273 | 786 | 3% | 42,903 | 33,715,471 | ||
| 1,214 | 824 | 24% | 71,928 | 59,240,329 | ||
| 1,209 | 827 | 2% | 940 | 777,486 | ||
| 1,201 | 833 | 2% | 6,160 | 5,129,727 | ||
| 1,178 | 849 | 9% | 40,161 | 34,081,449 | ||
| 1,142 | 876 | 35% | 7,210 | 6,314,167 | ||
| 1,141 | 876 | 11% | 49,690 | 43,533,592 | ||
| 1,097 | 911 | 52% | 1,544,479 | 1,407,563,842 | ||
| 1,094 | 914 | 10% | 58,000 | 53,005,614 | ||
| 1,050 | 952 | 19% | 50 | 47,606 | ||
| 1,038 | 964 | 5% | 30,000 | 28,915,653 | ||
| 1,012 | 988 | 49% | 12,700 | 12,551,213 | ||
| 1,004 | 996 | 0.5% | 2,600 | 2,588,423 | ||
| 990 | 1,010 | 9% | 10,180 | 10,278,345 | ||
| 977 | 1,023 | 24% | 625 | 639,321 | ||
| 975 | 1,026 | 0.4% | 4,500 | 4,614,974 | ||
| 963 | 1,039 | 5% | 5,000 | 5,193,416 | ||
| 961 | 1,041 | 14% | 263,000 | 273,753,191 | ||
| 954 | 1,048 | 2% | 34,300 | 35,950,396 | ||
| 946 | 1,057 | 0.4% | 580 | 612,985 | ||
| 942 | 1,061 | 2% | 5,500 | 5,835,806 | ||
| 942 | 1,061 | 51% | 12,684 | 13,461,888 | ||
| 938 | 1,066 | 11% | 9,652 | 10,290,103 | ||
| 922 | 1,085 | 3% | 26,000 | 28,199,867 | ||
| 893 | 1,120 | 25% | 60,098 | 67,281,039 | ||
| 884 | 1,132 | 19% | 22,950 | 25,971,909 | ||
| 883 | 1,133 | 15% | 15,540 | 17,608,483 | ||
| 878 | 1,139 | 36% | 10,050 | 11,447,569 | ||
| 874 | 1,144 | 6% | 4,360 | 4,986,526 | ||
| 860 | 1,163 | 7% | 10 | 11,627 | ||
| 859 | 1,163 | 6% | 8,380 | 9,750,064 | ||
| 854 | 1,171 | 9% | 1,810 | 2,119,410 | ||
| 850 | 1,176 | 12% | 500 | 587,925 | ||
| 844 | 1,185 | 7% | 1,115 | 1,320,942 | ||
| 831 | 1,204 | 4% | 768 | 924,610 | ||
| 830 | 1,204 | 4% | 3,120 | 3,757,980 | ||
| 829 | 1,207 | 8% | 60 | 72,412 | ||
| 791 | 1,264 | 35% | 650 | 821,625 | ||
| 789 | 1,268 | 18% | 8,770 | 11,117,873 | ||
| 765 | 1,308 | 10% | 952 | 1,244,188 | ||
| 763 | 1,310 | 12% | 1,088,620 | 1,425,893,465 | ||
| 746 | 1,341 | 29% | 8,656 | 11,611,419 | ||
| 704 | 1,421 | 15% | 21,137 | 30,034,989 | ||
| 696 | 1,436 | 22% | 67,870 | 97,468,029 | ||
| 674 | 1,484 | 2% | 13,139 | 19,493,184 | ||
| 645 | 1,551 | 2% | 11,000 | 17,065,581 | ||
| 630 | 1,587 | 22% | 13,720 | 21,773,441 | ||
| 627 | 1,596 | 2% | 200 | 319,137 | ||
| 588 | 1,700 | 33% | 20 | 33,745 | ||
| 577 | 1,732 | 38% | 750 | 1,298,915 | ||
| 575 | 1,738 | 4% | 10,240 | 17,797,737 | ||
| 573 | 1,745 | 30% | 10,030 | 17,501,696 | ||
| 549 | 1,820 | 13% | 218 | 396,051 | ||
| 546 | 1,832 | 46% | 173 | 316,014 | ||
| 516 | 1,938 | 4% | 113 | 218,764 | ||
| 491 | 2,037 | 19% | 55,900 | 113,880,328 | ||
| 479 | 2,088 | 62% | 81,100 | 169,356,251 | ||
| 471 | 2,121 | 5% | 2,430 | 5,153,957 | ||
| 455 | 2,198 | 10% | 3,955 | 8,691,406 | ||
| 446 | 2,240 | 0.2% | 133 | 297,449 | ||
| 443 | 2,257 | 11% | 17 | 39,039 | ||
| 429 | 2,330 | 9% | 40 | 93,219 | ||
| 424 | 2,356 | 11% | 1,200 | 2,827,695 | ||
| 424 | 2,361 | 17% | 3,770 | 8,900,059 | ||
| 387 | 2,585 | 2% | 19,930 | 51,516,562 | ||
| 351 | 2,848 | 2% | 11,580 | 32,981,641 | ||
| 351 | 2,852 | 13% | 339 | 966,129 | ||
| 333 | 3,006 | 0.7% | 3,310 | 9,949,437 | ||
| 328 | 3,050 | 11% | 40,860 | 124,612,530 | ||
| 325 | 3,078 | 0.8% | 230 | 707,851 | ||
| 324 | 3,084 | 2% | 530 | 1,634,466 | ||
| 321 | 3,112 | 7% | 10 | 31,122 | ||
| 297 | 3,371 | 10% | 109 | 368,796 | ||
| 294 | 3,401 | 2% | 5 | 17,003 | ||
| 282 | 3,551 | 3% | 30,770 | 109,262,178 | ||
| 259 | 3,859 | 14% | 13,430 | 51,830,139 | ||
| 250 | 3,997 | 17% | 5,970 | 23,859,912 | ||
| 249 | 4,015 | 14% | 1,393 | 5,592,631 | ||
| 249 | 4,017 | 16% | 70 | 281,200 | ||
| 246 | 4,065 | 3% | 8,260 | 33,573,874 | ||
| 241 | 4,154 | 9% | 30 | 124,610 | ||
| 222 | 4,511 | 1% | 10 | 45,114 | ||
| 215 | 4,643 | 5% | 10 | 45,035 | ||
| 207 | 4,821 | 0.3% | 60 | 287,800 | ||
| 196 | 5,099 | 0.8% | 80 | 407,906 | ||
| 192 | 5,217 | 5% | 20 | 104,332 | ||
| 188 | 5,327 | 11% | 20 | 106,537 | ||
| 183 | 5,472 | 0.3% | 826 | 4,520,471 | ||
| 179 | 5,578 | 4% | 40 | 223,107 | ||
| 179 | 5,597 | 2% | 1,992 | 11,148,278 | ||
| 177 | 5,657 | 3% | 20 | 113,131 | ||
| 166 | 6,008 | 0.7% | 3 | 18,024 | ||
| 164 | 6,103 | 5% | 250 | 1,525,663 | ||
| 155 | 6,444 | 2% | 20 | 128,874 | ||
| 154 | 6,486 | 6% | 502 | 3,256,028 | ||
| 149 | 6,729 | 4% | 27 | 179,651 | ||
| 148 | 6,753 | 24% | 78 | 526,748 | ||
| 3,025 | 330 | 14% | 1,899 | 627,859 | ||
| 119 | 8,410 | 3% | 5 | 42,050 | ||
| 95 | 10,572 | 2% | 7 | 79,034 | ||
| 90 | 11,121 | 3% | 9 | 100,091 | ||
| 90 | 11,134 | 0.8% | 40 | 445,373 | ||
| 82 | 12,161 | 0.7% | 25 | 304,032 | ||
| 82 | 12,252 | 7% | 419 | 5,133,392 | ||
| 78 | 12,801 | 2% | 210 | 2,688,235 | ||
| 75 | 13,371 | 13% | 39 | 521,457 | ||
| 71 | 14,140 | 0.02% | 40 | 565,581 | ||
| 59 | 17,053 | 2% | 10 | 170,534 | ||
| 54 | 18,619 | 0.7% | 503 | 9,365,145 | ||
| 47 | 21,395 | 6% | 3 | 64,185 | ||
| 29 | 34,068 | 0.8% | 2 | 68,136 | ||
| 27 | 36,852 | 0.1% | 30 | 1,105,557 | ||
| 19 | 53,126 | 0.4% | 80 | 4,250,114 | ||
| 16 | 61,851 | 0.2% | 1 | 49,481 | ||
| 14 | 69,679 | 3% | 21 | 1,463,265 | ||
| 14 | 70,981 | 0.3% | 2 | 106,471 | ||
| 13 | 75,556 | 0.05% | 1 | 52,889 | ||
| 2.7 | 374,729 | 2% | 20 | 7,494,578 | ||
| 0.9 | 1,060,904 | 0.8% | 6 | 5,941,060 |