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Settlements and infrastructure
Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2024; countries can have different observation years.
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Key Insights
Global Average
842.7hectares
Median: 78.8hectares
Countries Covered
189
with available data
Highest
United States of America
49,343.2hectares
Lowest
Botswana
0.0hectares
Top 5 Countries
1United States of America49,343.2hectares
2People's Republic of China36,528.2hectares
3Brazil5,799.2hectares
4Malaysia4,931.0hectares
5Canada4,707.0hectares
By Region
North America14,156.7hectares(4 countries)
Asia2,668.7hectares(20 countries)
South America1,118.5hectares(7 countries)
Africa783.3hectares(9 countries)
Oceania668.7hectares(2 countries)
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Low (0.0hectares)High (49,343.2hectares)
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 842.7hectares)
North America (4)
Asia (20)
South America (7)
Africa (9)
Oceania (2)
Europe (31)
Other (116)
Percentile Profile
The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.
0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest
About This Statistic
Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2024; countries can have different observation years. Source: Our World in Data.
Methodology
Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.
Full Data
| Rank ↑ | Country ↕ | Value ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States of America | 49,343.2hectares |
| 2 | People's Republic of China | 36,528.2hectares |
| 3 | Brazil | 5,799.2hectares |
| 4 | Malaysia | 4,931.0hectares |
| 5 | Canada | 4,707.0hectares |
| 6 | Russian Federation | 4,217.3hectares |
| 7 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 3,294.0hectares |
| 8 | Ghana | 3,282.9hectares |
| 9 | Indonesia | 3,258.1hectares |
| 10 | Nigeria | 2,462.3hectares |
| 11 | Mexico | 2,111.0hectares |
| 12 | Japan | 2,074.1hectares |
| 13 | Cote d'Ivoire | 1,938.8hectares |
| 14 | India | 1,746.2hectares |
| 15 | South Korea | 1,422.2hectares |
| 16 | Thailand | 1,361.5hectares |
| 17 | Sweden | 1,301.1hectares |
| 18 | Cameroon | 1,269.6hectares |
| 19 | Australia | 1,238.0hectares |
| 20 | Finland | 1,215.2hectares |
| 21 | Norway | 1,151.7hectares |
| 22 | Türkiye | 1,110.6hectares |
| 23 | France | 1,089.6hectares |
| 24 | Argentina | 851.0hectares |
| 25 | Italy | 838.1hectares |
| 26 | United Republic of Tanzania | 790.6hectares |
| 27 | Vietnam | 764.3hectares |
| 28 | Germany | 735.2hectares |
| 29 | Uganda | 684.9hectares |
| 30 | Poland | 652.9hectares |
| 31 | Nepal | 647.1hectares |
| 32 | Spain | 644.7hectares |
| 33 | Philippines | 556.6hectares |
| 34 | Greece | 496.1hectares |
| 35 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 485.8hectares |
| 36 | Guatemala | 465.6hectares |
| 37 | Portugal | 461.1hectares |
| 38 | Mozambique | 452.0hectares |
| 39 | Gabon | 392.1hectares |
| 40 | Taiwan, Province of China | 371.4hectares |
| 41 | Angola | 365.2hectares |
| 42 | Liberia | 359.0hectares |
| 43 | Myanmar | 357.9hectares |
| 44 | Jamaica | 345.2hectares |
| 45 | Peru | 338.0hectares |
| 46 | Ethiopia | 315.3hectares |
| 47 | Dominican Republic | 309.1hectares |
| 48 | Guinea | 307.9hectares |
| 49 | South Africa | 304.5hectares |
| 50 | Austria | 303.8hectares |
| 51 | Paraguay | 292.7hectares |
| 52 | Colombia | 274.7hectares |
| 53 | Ecuador | 265.2hectares |
| 54 | Ukraine | 257.7hectares |
| 55 | Honduras | 254.5hectares |
| 56 | Bolivia | 246.5hectares |
| 57 | Chile | 234.1hectares |
| 58 | Republic of the Congo | 232.9hectares |
| 59 | Zambia | 228.8hectares |
| 60 | Guyana | 224.4hectares |
| 61 | Equatorial Guinea | 222.3hectares |
| 62 | Sierra Leone | 221.9hectares |
| 63 | Central African Republic | 221.7hectares |
| 64 | Croatia | 216.2hectares |
| 65 | Belarus | 215.4hectares |
| 66 | Sri Lanka | 213.1hectares |
| 67 | Suriname | 212.6hectares |
| 68 | Switzerland | 203.7hectares |
| 69 | Trinidad and Tobago | 188.8hectares |
| 70 | Madagascar | 182.9hectares |
| 71 | Belgium | 170.7hectares |
| 72 | Kenya | 168.5hectares |
| 73 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 153.2hectares |
| 74 | Bhutan | 137.5hectares |
| 75 | Puerto Rico | 136.3hectares |
| 76 | Panama | 133.3hectares |
| 77 | Slovenia | 132.5hectares |
| 78 | El Salvador | 117.8hectares |
| 79 | Algeria | 116.3hectares |
| 80 | Belize | 115.9hectares |
| 81 | Papua New Guinea | 113.9hectares |
| 82 | Estonia | 112.7hectares |
| 83 | Venezuela | 105.5hectares |
| 84 | Bahamas | 101.6hectares |
| 85 | Romania | 99.6hectares |
| 86 | New Zealand | 99.4hectares |
| 87 | Serbia | 98.5hectares |
| 88 | Latvia | 98.4hectares |
| 89 | Netherlands | 97.5hectares |
| 90 | Cambodia | 96.7hectares |
| 91 | Bulgaria | 92.5hectares |
| 92 | Costa Rica | 87.7hectares |
| 93 | Lithuania | 82.5hectares |
| 94 | French Guiana | 79.3hectares |
| 95 | Montenegro | 78.8hectares |
| 96 | Czech Republic | 76.8hectares |
| 97 | Grenada | 75.6hectares |
| 98 | Uruguay | 67.5hectares |
| 99 | Brunei Darussalam | 65.7hectares |
| 100 | Singapore | 54.8hectares |
| 101 | Solomon Islands | 51.0hectares |
| 102 | Lebanon | 49.1hectares |
| 103 | Hungary | 47.0hectares |
| 104 | Georgia | 46.4hectares |
| 105 | Guinea-Bissau | 46.0hectares |
| 106 | New Caledonia | 44.8hectares |
| 107 | United Kingdom | 44.5hectares |
| 108 | Rwanda | 42.7hectares |
| 109 | Albania | 42.2hectares |
| 110 | Eswatini | 36.0hectares |
| 111 | Slovakia | 35.1hectares |
| 112 | Denmark | 34.4hectares |
| 113 | Morocco | 30.1hectares |
| 114 | Mayotte | 30.1hectares |
| 115 | North Korea | 29.5hectares |
| 116 | Zimbabwe | 29.4hectares |
| 117 | South Sudan | 25.7hectares |
| 118 | Nicaragua | 24.8hectares |
| 119 | Cayman Islands | 21.5hectares |
| 120 | Burundi | 20.4hectares |
| 121 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 19.4hectares |
| 122 | Haiti | 19.0hectares |
| 123 | Cuba | 18.9hectares |
| 124 | Pakistan | 17.5hectares |
| 125 | Mauritius | 15.8hectares |
| 126 | Azerbaijan | 15.2hectares |
| 127 | Togo | 13.7hectares |
| 128 | Antigua and Barbuda | 13.4hectares |
| 129 | Maldives | 11.3hectares |
| 130 | Kazakhstan | 10.8hectares |
| 131 | Bangladesh | 10.7hectares |
| 132 | Fiji | 10.6hectares |
| 133 | Comoros | 10.3hectares |
| 134 | Tunisia | 8.8hectares |
| 135 | Dominica | 8.7hectares |
| 136 | Malawi | 8.5hectares |
| 137 | Saint Lucia | 7.8hectares |
| 138 | Luxembourg | 6.5hectares |
| 139 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 6.5hectares |
| 140 | Timor-Leste | 6.2hectares |
| 141 | Virgin Islands, U.S. | 5.4hectares |
| 142 | Andorra | 4.7hectares |
| 143 | Moldova, Republic of | 4.7hectares |
| 144 | Israel | 4.5hectares |
| 145 | Egypt | 4.3hectares |
| 146 | Guadeloupe | 3.8hectares |
| 147 | Ireland | 3.7hectares |
| 148 | Armenia | 3.6hectares |
| 149 | Benin | 3.4hectares |
| 150 | Senegal | 2.9hectares |
| 151 | Vanuatu | 2.7hectares |
| 152 | Martinique | 2.5hectares |
| 153 | Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba | 2.3hectares |
| 154 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2.3hectares |
| 155 | Palau | 2.1hectares |
| 156 | Curaçao | 1.6hectares |
| 157 | Barbados | 1.5hectares |
| 158 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.1hectares |
| 159 | Liechtenstein | 1.1hectares |
| 160 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 1.0hectares |
| 161 | Libya | 1.0hectares |
| 162 | Montserrat | 1.0hectares |
| 163 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.7hectares |
| 164 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 0.5hectares |
| 165 | Republic of The Gambia | 0.4hectares |
| 166 | Cyprus | 0.4hectares |
| 167 | Uzbekistan | 0.3hectares |
| 168 | State of Palestine | 0.3hectares |
| 169 | Mongolia | 0.3hectares |
| 170 | Aruba | 0.3hectares |
| 171 | Tajikistan | 0.3hectares |
| 172 | Reunion | 0.3hectares |
| 173 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0.3hectares |
| 174 | Anguilla | 0.2hectares |
| 175 | San Marino | 0.2hectares |
| 176 | Sudan | 0.2hectares |
| 177 | Namibia | 0.1hectares |
| 178 | Malta | 0.1hectares |
| 179 | Somalia | 0.1hectares |
| 180 | Saint Martin (French part) | 0.1hectares |
| 181 | Virgin Islands, British | 0.1hectares |
| 182 | Lesotho | 0.1hectares |
| 183 | Chad | 0.0hectares |
| 184 | Iraq | 0.0hectares |
| 185 | Mali | 0.0hectares |
| 186 | Turkmenistan | 0.0hectares |
| 187 | Burkina Faso | 0.0hectares |
| 188 | Afghanistan | 0.0hectares |
| 189 | Botswana | 0.0hectares |
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Data Source
This data comes from Our World in Data (2024).
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