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Rural land area (sq. km)

Latest available country observation from World Bank World Development Indicators, through 2015. Countries can have different observation years; compare broad patterns rather than treating all values as one survey wave.

Source: World Bank World Development Indicators•215 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average
593,892.3square kilometers
Median: 87,565.2square kilometers
Countries Covered
215
with available data
Highest
Russian Federation
16,224,183.5square kilometers
Lowest
Monaco
0.0square kilometers
Top 5 Countries
1Russian Federation16,224,183.5square kilometers
2Canada9,197,138.5square kilometers
3United States of America8,903,098.4square kilometers
4People's Republic of China8,723,723.1square kilometers
5Brazil8,385,496.5square kilometers
By Region
North America5,031,689.5square kilometers(4 countries)
Oceania3,960,483.4square kilometers(2 countries)
South America2,097,114.7square kilometers(7 countries)
Africa995,110.5square kilometers(9 countries)
Asia928,709.9square kilometers(26 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.0square kilometers)High (16,224,183.5square kilometers)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 593,892.3square kilometers)

North America (4)
Oceania (2)
South America (7)
Africa (9)
Asia (26)
Other (135)
Europe (32)

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 World Bank World Development Indicators, through 2015. Countries can have different observation years; compare broad patterns rather than treating all values as one survey wave. Source: World Bank World Development Indicators.

Methodology

Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.

Full Data

Rank ↑Country ↕Value ↕
1Russian Federation16,224,183.5square kilometers
2Canada9,197,138.5square kilometers
3United States of America8,903,098.4square kilometers
4People's Republic of China8,723,723.1square kilometers
5Brazil8,385,496.5square kilometers
6Australia7,650,418.1square kilometers
7India2,956,471.3square kilometers
8Argentina2,735,389.7square kilometers
9Kazakhstan2,636,600.5square kilometers
10Algeria2,305,478.2square kilometers
11Democratic Republic of the Congo2,295,898.5square kilometers
12Mexico1,920,993.9square kilometers
13Saudi Arabia1,908,957.4square kilometers
14Sudan1,859,899.9square kilometers
15Indonesia1,820,838.1square kilometers
16Libya1,619,018.3square kilometers
17Islamic Republic of Iran1,601,053.4square kilometers
18Mongolia1,549,425.1square kilometers
19Peru1,281,204.4square kilometers
20Chad1,272,923.6square kilometers
21Mali1,251,575.1square kilometers
22Angola1,250,999.9square kilometers
23South Africa1,204,427.4square kilometers
24Niger1,187,981.4square kilometers
25Colombia1,127,197.6square kilometers
26Ethiopia1,124,616.3square kilometers
27Bolivia1,059,511.3square kilometers
28Mauritania1,045,547.8square kilometers
29Egypt971,206.2square kilometers
30Venezuela899,029.3square kilometers
31Nigeria882,024.7square kilometers
32United Republic of Tanzania880,726.4square kilometers
33Namibia827,174.3square kilometers
34Pakistan821,721.4square kilometers
35Mozambique775,002.5square kilometers
36Türkiye754,924.7square kilometers
37Zambia740,140.2square kilometers
38Chile723,594.5square kilometers
39Myanmar660,979.5square kilometers
40Afghanistan636,173.2square kilometers
41Somalia635,102.2square kilometers
42South Sudan623,625.0square kilometers
43Central African Republic622,165.1square kilometers
44Madagascar588,612.9square kilometers
45Kenya579,896.2square kilometers
46Botswana572,887.2square kilometers
47Ukraine569,709.5square kilometers
48France522,936.1square kilometers
49Thailand491,891.9square kilometers
50Spain488,925.7square kilometers
51Cameroon463,837.3square kilometers
52Turkmenistan463,257.5square kilometers
53Papua New Guinea462,122.3square kilometers
54Yemen452,881.3square kilometers
55Iraq434,269.6square kilometers
56Uzbekistan412,602.1square kilometers
57Sweden411,134.3square kilometers
58Morocco409,515.8square kilometers
59Paraguay396,430.6square kilometers
60Zimbabwe386,236.2square kilometers
61Republic of the Congo340,340.8square kilometers
62Malaysia318,197.6square kilometers
63Cote d'Ivoire318,023.6square kilometers
64Japan316,736.2square kilometers
65Germany316,383.5square kilometers
66Greenland315,961.4square kilometers
67Oman309,151.6square kilometers
68Norway306,188.5square kilometers
69Finland302,765.5square kilometers
70Vietnam297,626.7square kilometers
71Poland293,194.0square kilometers
72Philippines282,119.6square kilometers
73Italy277,070.6square kilometers
74Burkina Faso273,918.4square kilometers
75New Zealand270,548.6square kilometers
76Gabon263,337.7square kilometers
77Ecuador253,213.9square kilometers
78Guinea244,205.8square kilometers
79Romania229,905.8square kilometers
80Lao People's Democratic Republic228,354.4square kilometers
81Ghana227,830.3square kilometers
82United Kingdom218,902.8square kilometers
83Guyana209,904.1square kilometers
84Uganda201,994.7square kilometers
85Belarus201,456.0square kilometers
86Senegal194,448.6square kilometers
87Kyrgyzstan186,901.3square kilometers
88Syrian Arab Republic180,422.9square kilometers
89Cambodia176,180.7square kilometers
90Uruguay173,706.6square kilometers
91Tunisia151,132.5square kilometers
92Suriname145,003.1square kilometers
93Nepal140,132.8square kilometers
94Tajikistan134,045.2square kilometers
95Greece128,795.9square kilometers
96Eritrea120,001.0square kilometers
97North Korea119,025.2square kilometers
98Nicaragua118,297.5square kilometers
99Benin113,691.1square kilometers
100Honduras110,411.2square kilometers
101Bulgaria108,913.9square kilometers
102Cuba106,664.8square kilometers
103Guatemala105,527.1square kilometers
104Liberia95,557.6square kilometers
105Malawi93,702.8square kilometers
106Iceland88,792.0square kilometers
107Portugal87,685.7square kilometers
108Hungary87,565.2square kilometers
109South Korea86,793.4square kilometers
110Jordan86,673.4square kilometers
111Azerbaijan82,218.7square kilometers
112Austria80,030.9square kilometers
113Bangladesh79,328.9square kilometers
114United Arab Emirates77,233.3square kilometers
115Serbia74,452.6square kilometers
116Czech Republic73,926.2square kilometers
117Panama73,613.8square kilometers
118Sierra Leone71,910.8square kilometers
119Georgia68,068.7square kilometers
120Ireland67,698.2square kilometers
121Latvia62,761.7square kilometers
122Lithuania62,585.3square kilometers
123Sri Lanka61,386.1square kilometers
124Togo56,198.5square kilometers
125Croatia54,777.1square kilometers
126Costa Rica49,804.7square kilometers
127Bosnia and Herzegovina49,134.7square kilometers
128Slovakia46,876.4square kilometers
129Dominican Republic45,389.6square kilometers
130Estonia42,656.6square kilometers
131Denmark40,365.6square kilometers
132Bhutan39,040.7square kilometers
133Switzerland34,763.6square kilometers
134Guinea-Bissau33,293.4square kilometers
135Moldova, Republic of31,803.7square kilometers
136Lesotho30,172.3square kilometers
137Solomon Islands28,414.5square kilometers
138Armenia27,342.2square kilometers
139Albania27,331.6square kilometers
140Equatorial Guinea26,898.2square kilometers
141Netherlands26,211.9square kilometers
142Haiti25,688.1square kilometers
143Burundi24,150.6square kilometers
144The Republic of North Macedonia23,681.0square kilometers
145Belgium22,780.5square kilometers
146Rwanda22,337.3square kilometers
147Belize21,708.4square kilometers
148Djibouti21,571.8square kilometers
149Slovenia19,401.5square kilometers
150Israel19,195.2square kilometers
151Fiji18,883.8square kilometers
152New Caledonia18,753.6square kilometers
153El Salvador18,676.4square kilometers
154Eswatini17,073.2square kilometers
155Kuwait16,647.7square kilometers
156Timor-Leste14,909.7square kilometers
157Montenegro13,146.8square kilometers
158Vanuatu12,337.6square kilometers
159Bahamas12,279.9square kilometers
160Qatar10,591.2square kilometers
161Republic of The Gambia10,197.8square kilometers
162Jamaica10,006.2square kilometers
163Cyprus8,747.6square kilometers
164Lebanon8,546.2square kilometers
165Puerto Rico6,516.7square kilometers
166Brunei Darussalam5,571.9square kilometers
167State of Palestine4,390.9square kilometers
168Trinidad and Tobago4,364.4square kilometers
169Cape Verde4,043.9square kilometers
170French Polynesia3,984.4square kilometers
171Samoa2,817.4square kilometers
172Luxembourg2,247.1square kilometers
173Comoros1,534.8square kilometers
174Mauritius1,523.8square kilometers
175Faroe Islands1,385.8square kilometers
176Sao Tome and Principe994.2square kilometers
177Turks and Caicos Islands910.9square kilometers
178Kiribati907.6square kilometers
179Micronesia, Federated States of757.7square kilometers
180Dominica735.8square kilometers
181Tonga701.8square kilometers
182Hong Kong591.2square kilometers
183Saint Lucia544.6square kilometers
184Isle of Man538.5square kilometers
185Palau481.0square kilometers
186Northern Mariana Islands477.2square kilometers
187Seychelles475.2square kilometers
188Guam466.8square kilometers
189Andorra409.5square kilometers
190Antigua and Barbuda396.3square kilometers
191Bahrain335.7square kilometers
192Saint Vincent and the Grenadines329.1square kilometers
193Curaçao316.3square kilometers
194Grenada291.4square kilometers
195Virgin Islands, U.S.273.7square kilometers
196Marshall Islands271.9square kilometers
197Maldives259.7square kilometers
198Saint Kitts and Nevis253.9square kilometers
199Barbados248.5square kilometers
200Cayman Islands229.4square kilometers
201Singapore210.2square kilometers
202American Samoa198.2square kilometers
203Malta150.9square kilometers
204Virgin Islands, British147.7square kilometers
205Liechtenstein117.0square kilometers
206Aruba84.8square kilometers
207Tuvalu39.1square kilometers
208San Marino36.0square kilometers
209Saint Martin (French part)28.1square kilometers
210Bermuda20.3square kilometers
211Nauru15.1square kilometers
212Sint Maarten (Dutch part)9.2square kilometers
213Macao7.6square kilometers
214Gibraltar0.0square kilometers
215Monaco0.0square kilometers
Showing 215 of 215 countries

Topics

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Data Source

This data comes from World Bank World Development Indicators (2015).

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