Economies ranked by cropland area per person; hectares per person, 2023.
Cropland per person is ranked across economies for 2023. Values are measured in hectares per person, comparing cropland area with population for each economy. Niue ranks first at 2.09 hectares per person, ahead of Kazakhstan by 0.62 hectares per person. Moldova is the lowest listed economy at 0.70 hectares per person, making Niue 3.00 times larger.
| Rank | Entry | Value | Period |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Niue | 2.09 | 2023 |
| 2 | Kazakhstan | 1.47 | 2023 |
| 3 | Australia | 1.19 | 2023 |
| 4 | Canada | 0.97 | 2023 |
| 5 | Argentina | 0.91 | 2023 |
| 6 | Ukraine | 0.90 | 2023 |
| 7 | Russia | 0.85 | 2023 |
| 8 | Lithuania | 0.82 | 2023 |
| 9 | Saint Helena, Ascension & Tristan da Cunha | 0.76 | 2023 |
| 10 | Latvia | 0.73 | 2023 |
| 11 | Moldova | 0.70 | 2023 |
Source 1: FAOSTAT Land Use
Publisher: FAOSTAT
Dataset/table: FAOSTAT Land Use
Units: hectares per person
Date checked: 2026-07-01
Evidence: Provides economy-level cropland area per person values for 2023.
FAOSTAT Land Use uses an economies universe that can include territories and special areas, so the page uses economies rather than nations. Hectares per person compares land area with population for each economy. Shares of a global or combined total are not presented because this page ranks economy values rather than a separately stated total. Values should be compared within the stated FAOSTAT subject, metric and period.
The ranking uses FAOSTAT Land Use economy values for cropland area per person in 2023. Aggregate regional and world groupings are excluded where they appear in FAOSTAT. Values are ordered from highest to lowest using the same source, period and unit. Compact graphic values use hectares per person while the full FAOSTAT unit is documented with the source.
All values use FAOSTAT Land Use for the same subject, metric, unit and period, supporting a like-for-like ranking across economies.
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