Rural population
Rural population growth (annual %)
Land area
Land use
Arable land
Forest area
Permanent cropland
Arable land
% of total
sq. km thousands
% of land area
% of land area
% of land area
hectares per person
2000
2014
2014
2015
2000
2015
2000
2013
2000
2013
2000
2013
Afghanistan
79
74
2.5
652.9
2.1
2.1
0.1
0.2
11.8
11.9
0.39
0.25
Albania
58
44
-2.4
27.4
28.1
28.2
4.4
2.9
21.1
22.5
0.19
0.21
Algeria
40
30
-0.1
2,381.7
0.7
0.8
0.2
0.4
3.2
3.1
0.25
0.20
American Samoa
11
13
0.8
0.2
90.3
87.7
11.5
9.5
12.5
15.0
0.04
0.05
Andorra
8
14
-0.4
0.5
34.0
34.0
..
..
4.9
6.2
0.04
0.04
Angola
68
57
1.9
1,246.7
47.9
46.4
0.2
0.2
2.4
3.9
0.20
0.21
Antigua and Barbuda
68
76
1.6
0.4
22.7
22.3
2.3
2.3
9.1
9.1
0.05
0.04
Argentina
11
8
-0.8
2,736.7
11.6
9.9
0.4
0.4
10.1
14.5
0.75
0.93
Armenia
35
37
0.9
28.5
11.7
11.7
1.3
2.0
15.8
15.7
0.15
0.15
Aruba
53
58
1.0
0.2
2.3
2.3
..
..
11.1
11.1
0.02
0.02
Australia
13
11
0.3
7,682.3
16.8
16.2
0.0
0.1
6.2
6.0
2.47
2.00
Austria
34
34
0.7
82.5
46.5
46.9
0.9
0.8
16.7
16.4
0.17
0.16
Azerbaijan
49
46
0.7
82.7
10.6
13.8
2.9
2.8
22.1
23.3
0.23
0.20
Bahamas, The
18
17
1.0
10.0
51.4
51.4
0.4
0.4
0.7
0.8
0.02
0.02
Bahrain
12
11
0.5
0.8
0.5
0.8
4.5
3.9
2.8
2.1
0.00
0.00
Bangladesh
76
66
0.1
130.2
11.3
11.0
3.5
6.4
64.1
59.0
0.06
0.05
Barbados
66
68
0.5
0.4
14.7
14.7
2.3
2.3
34.9
25.6
0.06
0.04
Belarus
30
24
-1.6
202.9
40.8
42.5
0.6
0.6
30.2
27.5
0.61
0.59
Belgium
3
2
-1.5
30.3
22.0
22.6
0.7
0.7
28.5
26.9
0.08
0.07
Belize
52
56
2.5
22.8
64.0
59.9
1.5
1.4
2.8
3.4
0.26
0.23
Benin
62
56
1.9
112.8
44.9
38.2
2.4
4.4
21.1
23.9
0.34
0.26
Bermuda
0
0
..
0.1
20.0
20.0
..
..
8.0
6.0
0.01
0.00
Bhutan
75
62
0.2
38.1
65.5
72.3
0.5
0.3
2.7
2.6
0.19
0.13
Bolivia
38
32
0.3
1,083.3
55.5
50.6
0.2
0.2
2.9
4.1
0.38
0.43
Bosnia and Herzegovina
61
60
-0.4
51.2
42.7
42.7
2.0
2.0
19.5
19.7
0.26
0.26
Botswana
47
43
1.4
566.7
22.1
19.1
0.0
0.0
0.6
0.5
0.20
0.12
Brazil
19
15
-0.9
8,358.1
62.4
59.0
0.9
0.8
6.9
9.1
0.33
0.37
Brunei Darussalam
29
23
0.0
5.3
75.3
72.1
0.8
1.1
0.4
0.9
0.01
0.01
Bulgaria
31
26
-1.8
108.6
30.5
35.2
2.3
1.2
31.9
32.0
0.43
0.48
Burkina Faso
82
71
1.7
273.6
22.8
19.6
0.3
0.4
13.5
22.7
0.32
0.36
Burundi
92
88
3.0
25.7
7.7
10.7
14.0
13.6
37.4
46.7
0.14
0.11
Cabo Verde
47
35
-0.7
4.0
20.4
22.3
0.5
1.0
10.9
13.6
0.10
0.11
Cambodia
81
79
1.4
176.5
65.4
53.6
0.8
0.9
21.0
23.5
0.30
0.27
Cameroon
54
46
1.3
472.7
46.8
39.8
2.5
3.3
12.6
13.1
0.37
0.28
Canada
21
18
0.1
9,093.5
38.2
38.2
0.7
0.5
5.0
5.0
1.49
1.31
Cayman Islands
0
0
..
0.2
52.9
52.9
2.1
2.1
0.8
0.8
0.00
0.00
Central African Republic
62
60
1.5
623.0
36.0
35.6
0.2
0.1
3.1
2.9
0.52
0.38
Chad
78
78
3.2
1,259.2
5.0
3.9
0.0
0.0
2.9
3.9
0.43
0.37
Channel Islands
70
69
0.3
0.2
4.1
4.2
..
..
20.1
21.9
0.03
0.03
Chile
14
11
-0.6
743.5
21.3
23.9
0.5
0.6
2.4
1.8
0.12
0.07
China
64
46
-2.2
9,388.2
18.9
22.2
1.2
1.7
12.6
11.3
0.09
0.08
Hong Kong SAR, China
0
0
..
1.1
..
..
1.0
1.0
4.8
3.0
0.00
0.00
Macao SAR, China
0
0
..
0.0
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Colombia
28
24
-0.2
1,109.5
55.7
52.7
1.6
1.6
2.5
1.5
0.07
0.04
Comoros
72
72
2.3
1.9
24.2
19.9
28.5
28.5
34.9
34.9
0.12
0.09
Congo, Dem. Rep.
65
58
2.3
2,267.1
69.4
67.3
0.4
0.4
3.0
3.1
0.14
0.10
Congo, Rep.
41
35
1.3
341.5
66.0
65.4
0.1
0.2
1.4
1.6
0.16
0.13
Costa Rica
41
24
-2.8
51.1
46.5
54.0
5.5
6.3
4.1
4.5
0.05
0.05
Cote d'Ivoire
56
47
0.9
318.0
32.5
32.7
11.9
14.2
8.8
9.1
0.17
0.13
Croatia
44
41
-1.1
56.0
33.7
34.3
1.2
1.3
15.1
15.7
0.19
0.21
Cuba
25
23
-0.3
106.4
22.7
30.1
5.1
4.0
32.6
29.7
0.32
0.28
Curacao
9
11
2.4
0.4
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Cyprus
31
33
1.4
9.2
18.6
18.7
4.5
3.0
10.6
8.6
0.10
0.07
Czech Republic
26
27
0.3
77.2
34.1
34.5
1.0
1.0
42.0
40.8
0.32
0.30
Denmark
15
12
-1.0
42.4
13.8
14.4
0.2
0.2
53.8
56.7
0.43
0.43
Djibouti
23
23
1.0
23.2
0.2
0.2
..
..
0.0
0.1
0.00
0.00
Dominica
35
31
-0.5
0.8
63.1
57.8
18.7
22.7
6.7
8.0
0.07
0.08
Dominican Republic
38
22
-3.2
48.3
30.8
41.0
8.7
7.3
18.6
16.6
0.10
0.08
Ecuador
40
36
0.9
248.4
55.3
50.5
5.5
5.9
6.5
4.8
0.13
0.08
Egypt, Arab Rep.
57
57
2.1
995.5
0.1
0.1
0.5
1.0
2.8
2.8
0.04
0.03
El Salvador
41
34
-1.1
20.7
16.0
12.8
12.1
10.4
31.4
35.2
0.11
0.12
Equatorial Guinea
61
60
2.7
28.1
62.1
55.9
3.6
2.1
4.6
4.3
0.24
0.15
Eritrea
82
78
1.7
101.0
15.6
15.0
0.0
0.0
5.5
6.8
0.16
0.14
Estonia
31
32
0.0
42.4
52.9
52.7
0.3
0.1
19.9
14.9
0.60
0.48
Ethiopia
85
81
2.0
1,000.0
13.7
12.5
0.7
1.1
10.0
15.1
0.15
0.16
Faeroe Islands
64
58
-0.5
1.4
0.1
0.1
..
..
2.1
2.1
0.06
0.06
Fiji
52
47
-0.1
18.3
53.7
55.7
4.5
4.7
9.3
9.0
0.21
0.19
Finland
18
16
-0.4
303.9
73.7
73.1
0.0
0.0
7.2
7.3
0.42
0.41
France
24
21
-0.7
547.6
27.9
31.0
2.1
1.8
33.5
33.4
0.30
0.28
French Polynesia
44
44
1.3
3.7
28.7
42.3
5.5
6.3
0.8
0.7
0.01
0.01
Gabon
20
13
0.3
257.7
85.4
89.3
0.7
0.7
1.3
1.3
0.26
0.20
Gambia, The
52
41
1.7
10.1
45.6
48.2
0.5
0.5
27.7
43.5
0.23
0.24
Georgia
47
47
-1.6
69.5
39.7
40.6
3.9
2.3
11.4
6.5
0.18
0.12
Germany
27
25
-2.2
348.5
32.5
32.8
0.6
0.6
33.8
34.1
0.14
0.14
Ghana
56
47
1.0
227.5
39.2
41.0
9.4
11.9
17.4
20.7
0.21
0.18
Greece
27
22
-2.4
128.9
27.9
31.5
8.6
8.8
21.3
19.8
0.25
0.23
Greenland
18
14
-3.2
410.5
0.0
0.0
..
..
0.0
0.0
0.01
0.02
Grenada
64
64
0.4
0.3
50.0
50.0
29.4
20.6
2.9
8.8
0.01
0.03
Guam
7
6
0.0
0.5
46.3
46.3
18.5
16.7
3.7
1.9
0.01
0.01
Guatemala
55
49
1.1
107.2
39.3
33.0
5.3
9.6
13.0
9.4
0.12
0.06
Guinea
69
63
2.0
245.7
28.1
25.9
2.6
2.8
8.7
12.6
0.24
0.26
Guinea-Bissau
63
51
0.9
28.1
75.4
70.1
8.8
8.9
10.7
10.7
0.23
0.17
Guyana
71
72
0.3
196.9
84.4
84.0
0.1
0.1
2.3
2.1
0.61
0.55
Haiti
64
43
-1.6
27.6
4.0
3.5
10.9
10.2
32.7
38.8
0.11
0.10
Honduras
55
46
0.1
111.9
57.1
41.0
3.2
4.1
9.5
9.1
0.17
0.13
Hungary
35
29
-1.9
90.5
21.4
22.9
2.2
2.0
51.4
48.6
0.45
0.45
Iceland
8
6
-0.6
100.3
0.3
0.5
..
..
1.3
1.2
0.46
0.37
India
72
68
0.7
2,973.2
22.0
23.8
3.1
4.4
54.1
52.8
0.15
0.12
Indonesia
58
47
-0.3
1,811.6
54.9
50.2
8.6
12.4
11.3
13.0
0.10
0.09
Iran, Islamic Rep.
36
27
-0.7
1,628.6
5.7
6.6
0.8
1.1
9.2
9.1
0.23
0.19
Iraq
32
31
2.7
434.3
1.9
1.9
0.5
0.5
9.4
11.5
0.17
0.15
Ireland
41
37
-0.4
68.9
9.2
10.9
0.0
0.0
15.6
16.2
0.28
0.24
Isle of Man
48
48
0.7
0.6
6.1
6.1
..
..
31.8
38.4
0.24
0.25
Israel
9
8
1.1
21.6
7.1
7.6
4.0
4.4
15.6
13.2
0.05
0.04
Italy
33
31
0.5
294.1
28.5
31.6
9.5
7.7
28.8
23.2
0.15
0.11
Jamaica
48
45
-0.3
10.8
31.5
31.0
10.2
8.8
12.9
11.1
0.05
0.04
Japan
21
7
-7.5
364.6
68.2
68.5
1.0
0.8
12.3
11.6
0.04
0.03
Jordan
20
17
0.8
88.8
1.1
1.1
1.0
0.9
2.2
2.6
0.04
0.04
Kazakhstan
44
47
1.6
2,699.7
1.2
1.2
0.1
0.0
11.2
10.9
2.03
1.73
Kenya
80
75
2.1
569.1
6.2
7.8
0.8
0.9
8.6
10.2
0.16
0.13
Kiribati
57
56
1.5
0.8
15.0
15.0
39.5
39.5
2.5
2.5
0.02
0.02
Korea, Dem. Rep.
41
39
0.2
120.4
57.6
41.8
1.7
1.9
19.1
19.5
0.10
0.09
Korea, Rep.
20
18
-0.2
97.5
65.2
63.4
2.1
2.2
17.8
15.3
0.04
0.03
Kosovo
..
..
..
10.9
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Kuwait
2
2
3.4
17.8
0.3
0.4
0.1
0.4
0.6
0.6
0.01
0.00
Kyrgyz Republic
65
64
1.8
191.8
4.5
3.3
0.3
0.4
7.1
6.7
0.28
0.22
Lao PDR
78
62
-0.1
230.8
71.6
81.3
0.4
0.7
4.0
6.5
0.17
0.23
Latvia
32
33
-0.8
62.2
52.1
54.0
0.2
0.1
15.6
19.4
0.41
0.60
Lebanon
14
12
0.2
10.2
12.8
13.4
13.8
12.3
12.6
12.9
0.04
0.03
Lesotho
80
73
0.5
30.4
1.4
1.6
0.1
0.1
10.9
8.2
0.18
0.12
Liberia
56
51
1.6
96.3
48.1
43.4
2.2
2.1
4.2
5.2
0.14
0.12
Libya
24
22
-1.0
1,759.5
0.1
0.1
0.2
0.2
1.0
1.0
0.34
0.27
Liechtenstein
85
86
0.7
0.2
43.1
43.1
..
..
25.0
16.3
0.12
0.07
Lithuania
33
33
-0.8
62.7
32.2
34.8
0.7
0.5
45.9
36.5
0.82
0.77
Luxembourg
16
10
-0.6
2.6
33.5
33.5
0.4
0.6
23.9
24.1
0.14
0.11
Macedonia, FYR
41
43
0.0
25.2
37.7
39.6
1.7
1.5
21.8
16.4
0.28
0.20
Madagascar
73
66
1.8
581.8
22.4
21.4
1.0
1.1
5.0
6.0
0.18
0.15
Malawi
85
84
2.9
94.3
37.8
33.4
1.4
1.5
29.2
40.3
0.25
0.23
Malaysia
38
26
-1.3
328.6
65.7
67.6
17.6
20.1
2.9
2.9
0.04
0.03
Maldives
72
56
0.1
0.3
3.3
3.3
16.7
10.0
10.0
13.0
0.01
0.01
Mali
72
61
1.7
1,220.2
4.8
3.9
0.1
0.1
3.7
5.3
0.40
0.39
Malta
8
5
-1.9
0.3
1.1
1.1
3.1
3.9
25.0
28.0
0.02
0.02
Marshall Islands
32
28
-0.7
0.2
70.2
70.2
44.4
36.1
5.6
11.1
0.02
0.04
Mauritania
51
41
1.0
1,030.7
0.3
0.2
0.0
0.0
0.5
0.4
0.18
0.12
Mauritius
57
60
0.5
2.0
20.6
19.0
2.0
2.0
44.3
36.9
0.08
0.06
Mexico
25
21
0.0
1,944.0
34.9
34.0
1.3
1.4
11.8
11.8
0.22
0.19
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.
78
78
0.3
0.7
91.2
91.8
24.3
24.3
3.6
2.9
0.02
0.02
Moldova
54
55
-0.1
32.9
9.9
12.4
10.2
9.0
55.6
55.2
0.50
0.51
Monaco
0
0
..
0.0
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Mongolia
43
29
-1.2
1,553.6
7.5
8.1
0.0
0.0
0.8
0.4
0.49
0.20
Montenegro
41
36
-0.4
13.5
46.5
61.5
..
0.4
..
0.6
..
0.01
Morocco
47
40
0.2
446.3
11.2
12.6
2.0
3.0
19.6
18.0
0.30
0.24
Mozambique
71
68
2.4
786.4
52.4
48.2
0.3
0.4
5.0
7.2
0.21
0.21
Myanmar
73
66
0.0
653.1
53.4
44.5
0.9
2.3
15.2
16.5
0.21
0.20
Namibia
68
54
0.5
823.3
9.8
8.4
0.0
0.0
1.0
1.0
0.43
0.34
Nepal
87
82
0.8
143.4
27.2
25.4
0.8
1.5
16.4
14.7
0.10
0.08
Netherlands
23
10
-5.8
33.7
10.7
11.2
1.0
1.1
27.0
30.8
0.06
0.06
New Caledonia
38
30
-0.3
18.3
45.9
45.9
0.2
0.2
0.4
0.3
0.03
0.02
New Zealand
14
14
1.3
263.3
38.5
38.6
0.2
0.3
5.7
2.1
0.39
0.12
Nicaragua
45
42
0.4
120.3
31.7
25.9
1.9
2.4
15.9
12.5
0.38
0.25
Niger
84
82
3.7
1,266.7
1.0
0.9
0.0
0.1
11.0
12.6
1.25
0.87
Nigeria
65
53
1.1
910.8
14.4
7.7
6.6
7.1
38.4
37.3
0.28
0.20
Northern Mariana Islands
10
11
1.6
0.5
69.5
64.1
2.2
2.2
2.2
2.2
0.01
0.02
Norway
24
20
-0.2
365.2
33.2
33.2
0.0
0.0
2.4
2.2
0.20
0.16
Oman
28
23
6.0
309.5
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.01
0.01
Pakistan
67
62
1.4
770.9
2.7
1.9
0.9
1.1
40.3
39.5
0.22
0.17
Palau
30
14
-4.0
0.5
86.1
87.6
4.3
4.3
2.2
2.2
0.05
0.05
Panama
38
34
0.7
74.3
65.5
62.1
2.0
2.5
7.4
7.6
0.18
0.15
Papua New Guinea
87
87
2.1
452.9
74.2
74.1
1.4
1.5
0.5
0.7
0.04
0.04
Paraguay
45
41
0.7
397.3
48.7
38.6
0.2
0.2
7.6
11.3
0.57
0.70
Peru
27
22
-0.2
1,280.0
59.5
57.8
0.7
1.1
3.4
3.2
0.17
0.14
Philippines
52
56
1.9
298.2
23.6
27.0
15.8
17.9
16.9
18.7
0.06
0.06
Poland
38
39
0.0
306.2
29.6
30.8
1.1
1.3
45.7
35.2
0.37
0.28
Portugal
46
37
-2.1
91.6
36.5
34.7
8.4
7.7
17.8
12.2
0.16
0.11
Puerto Rico
6
6
-0.7
8.9
50.7
55.9
4.7
5.6
6.7
6.9
0.02
0.02
Qatar
4
1
-7.7
11.6
0.0
0.0
0.3
0.3
1.1
1.2
0.02
0.01
Romania
47
46
-0.7
230.0
27.7
29.8
2.3
1.9
40.8
38.0
0.42
0.44
Russian Federation
27
26
-0.1
16,376.9
49.4
49.8
0.1
0.1
7.6
7.5
0.85
0.85
Rwanda
85
72
1.0
24.7
13.9
19.5
10.1
10.1
36.5
47.9
0.11
0.11
Samoa
78
81
1.0
2.8
60.4
60.4
11.0
7.8
4.9
2.8
0.08
0.04
San Marino
7
6
0.3
0.1
0.0
0.0
..
..
16.7
16.7
0.04
0.03
Sao Tome and Principe
47
35
0.4
1.0
58.3
55.8
43.8
40.6
6.3
9.1
0.04
0.05
Saudi Arabia
20
17
1.0
2,149.7
0.5
0.5
0.1
0.1
1.7
1.4
0.17
0.10
Senegal
60
57
2.6
192.5
46.2
43.0
0.3
0.4
17.3
16.9
0.34
0.23
Serbia
47
45
-0.7
87.5
28.3
31.1
..
3.3
..
37.7
..
0.46
Seychelles
50
46
1.0
0.5
88.4
89.4
6.5
3.1
2.2
0.2
0.01
0.00
Sierra Leone
64
60
1.6
72.2
40.5
42.2
1.7
2.3
6.8
21.9
0.12
0.26
Singapore
0
0
..
0.7
24.4
23.1
0.3
0.1
1.5
0.8
0.00
0.00
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
0
0
..
0.0
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Slovak Republic
44
46
0.5
48.1
39.9
40.3
1.0
0.4
31.8
29.0
0.28
0.26
Slovenia
49
50
0.2
20.1
61.2
62.0
1.5
1.3
8.6
8.6
0.09
0.08
Solomon Islands
84
78
1.4
28.0
81.0
78.1
2.0
2.9
0.5
0.7
0.03
0.04
Somalia
67
61
1.6
627.3
12.0
10.1
0.0
0.0
1.7
1.8
0.14
0.11
South Africa
43
36
0.2
1,213.1
7.6
7.6
0.3
0.3
11.4
10.3
0.31
0.24
South Sudan
83
81
3.7
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Spain
24
21
-1.4
500.2
34.0
36.8
9.8
9.9
26.9
25.1
0.33
0.27
Sri Lanka
82
82
0.9
62.7
35.0
33.0
15.9
15.9
14.6
20.7
0.05
0.06
St. Kitts and Nevis
67
68
1.1
0.3
42.3
42.3
1.9
0.4
26.9
19.2
0.15
0.09
St. Lucia
72
82
0.7
0.6
34.8
33.3
17.9
11.5
3.3
4.9
0.01
0.02
St. Martin (French part)
..
..
..
0.1
18.4
18.4
..
..
..
..
..
..
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
55
50
-0.7
0.4
66.7
69.2
7.7
7.7
12.8
12.8
0.05
0.05
Sudan
68
66
1.9
2,376.0
12.2
8.1
0.0
0.1
6.8
7.2
0.47
0.34
Suriname
34
34
1.1
156.0
98.7
98.3
0.1
0.0
0.4
0.4
0.12
0.11
Swaziland
77
79
1.5
17.2
30.1
34.1
0.8
0.9
10.3
10.2
0.17
0.14
Sweden
16
14
-0.1
407.3
68.6
68.9
0.0
0.0
6.6
6.4
0.30
0.27
Switzerland
27
26
1.0
39.5
30.2
31.7
0.6
0.6
10.3
10.2
0.06
0.05
Syrian Arab Republic
48
43
0.7
183.6
2.4
2.7
4.4
5.8
24.7
25.4
0.28
0.21
Tajikistan
74
73
2.1
140.0
2.9
2.9
0.7
1.0
5.6
6.1
0.13
0.11
Tanzania
78
69
2.1
885.8
58.6
52.0
1.6
2.4
9.7
15.2
0.25
0.27
Thailand
69
51
-2.0
510.9
33.3
32.1
6.6
8.8
30.6
32.9
0.25
0.25
Timor-Leste
76
68
1.7
14.9
57.4
46.1
4.5
5.0
8.1
10.4
0.14
0.13
Togo
67
61
1.8
54.4
8.9
3.5
2.4
3.1
46.0
48.7
0.51
0.38
Tonga
77
76
0.3
0.7
12.5
12.5
15.3
15.3
20.8
22.2
0.15
0.15
Trinidad and Tobago
89
91
0.6
5.1
45.5
45.7
4.9
4.3
6.8
4.9
0.03
0.02
Tunisia
37
33
0.4
155.4
5.4
6.7
13.7
14.6
18.4
18.4
0.30
0.26
Turkey
35
27
-0.7
769.6
13.2
15.2
3.3
4.2
31.0
26.7
0.38
0.27
Turkmenistan
54
50
0.6
469.9
8.8
8.8
0.1
0.1
4.1
4.1
0.43
0.37
Turks and Caicos Islands
15
8
-2.5
1.0
36.2
36.2
..
..
1.1
1.1
0.05
0.03
Tuvalu
54
41
-2.1
0.0
33.3
33.3
66.7
60.0
..
..
..
..
Uganda
88
84
2.9
200.5
19.4
10.4
10.5
11.0
26.5
34.4
0.22
0.19
Ukraine
33
31
-1.0
579.3
16.4
16.7
1.6
1.5
56.2
56.1
0.66
0.72
United Arab Emirates
20
15
-1.4
83.6
3.7
3.9
2.2
0.5
0.7
0.4
0.02
0.00
United Kingdom
21
18
-0.8
241.9
12.2
13.0
0.2
0.2
24.3
25.9
0.10
0.10
United States
21
19
-0.2
9,147.4
33.1
33.9
0.3
0.3
19.1
16.6
0.62
0.48
Uruguay
8
5
-3.1
175.0
7.8
10.5
0.2
0.2
7.8
13.3
0.41
0.68
Uzbekistan
63
64
1.6
425.4
7.6
7.6
0.8
0.9
10.5
10.3
0.18
0.15
Vanuatu
78
74
1.8
12.2
36.1
36.1
9.3
10.3
1.6
1.6
0.11
0.08
Venezuela, RB
12
11
0.9
882.1
55.7
52.9
0.9
0.8
2.9
3.1
0.11
0.09
Vietnam
76
67
0.1
310.1
37.7
47.6
6.2
12.3
19.9
20.7
0.08
0.07
Virgin Islands (U.S.)
7
5
-3.4
0.4
58.5
50.3
2.9
2.9
5.7
2.9
0.02
0.01
West Bank and Gaza
28
25
2.1
6.0
1.5
1.5
19.9
11.0
16.9
7.6
0.03
0.01
Yemen, Rep.
74
66
1.6
528.0
1.0
1.0
0.2
0.6
2.9
2.4
0.09
0.05
Zambia
65
60
2.3
743.4
68.8
65.4
0.0
0.0
3.8
5.0
0.27
0.24
Zimbabwe
66
67
2.5
386.9
48.8
36.4
0.3
0.3
9.3
10.3
0.29
0.27
World
53
47
0.2
129,736.3
31.3
30.8
1.1
1.3
10.8
10.9
0.23
0.20
East Asia & Pacific
59
44
-1.4
24,387.0
25.7
26.3
1.9
2.6
9.9
9.5
0.12
0.10
Europe & Central Asia
32
29
-0.3
27,440.7
37.5
38.0
0.8
0.7
12.8
12.3
0.41
0.38
Latin America & Caribbean
25
20
-0.3
20,041.7
48.9
46.3
1.0
1.0
7.0
8.6
0.27
0.28
Middle East & North Africa
41
36
1.1
11,236.0
1.8
2.1
0.7
0.9
4.8
4.7
0.17
0.13
North America
21
19
-0.1
18,241.0
35.7
36.0
0.5
0.4
12.1
10.8
0.71
0.56
South Asia
73
67
0.7
4,771.6
16.6
17.5
2.4
3.4
44.3
43.3
0.15
0.12
Sub-Saharan Africa
69
63
1.9
23,618.4
28.0
25.7
1.0
1.2
7.6
8.8
0.27
0.22
Low income
75
70
2.1
13,366.2
30.1
27.5
0.7
0.9
7.5
9.6
0.24
0.22
Lower middle income
67
61
0.8
20,326.9
27.9
26.3
2.7
3.7
19.2
19.3
0.17
0.14
Upper middle income
52
38
-1.6
40,946.7
28.9
28.8
1.1
1.3
8.9
9.0
0.17
0.16
High income
23
19
-0.6
55,096.5
34.4
34.5
0.5
0.4
9.9
9.4
0.42
0.37
3.1 Rural environment and land use

World Development Indicators , THE WORLD BANK
Last updated date 06/14/2016

About the Data

Rural population (% of total population)

Long definition

Rural population refers to people living in rural areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated as the difference between total population and urban population.

Source

World Bank Staff estimates based on United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.

Rural population growth (annual %)

Long definition

Rural population refers to people living in rural areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated as the difference between total population and urban population.

Source

World Bank Staff estimates based on United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.

Land area (sq. km)

Long definition

Land area is a country's total area, excluding area under inland water bodies, national claims to continental shelf, and exclusive economic zones. In most cases the definition of inland water bodies includes major rivers and lakes.

Source

Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

Forest area (% of land area)

Long definition

Forest area is land under natural or planted stands of trees of at least 5 meters in situ, whether productive or not, and excludes tree stands in agricultural production systems (for example, in fruit plantations and agroforestry systems) and trees in urban parks and gardens.

Source

Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

Permanent cropland (% of land area)

Long definition

Permanent cropland is land cultivated with crops that occupy the land for long periods and need not be replanted after each harvest, such as cocoa, coffee, and rubber. This category includes land under flowering shrubs, fruit trees, nut trees, and vines, but excludes land under trees grown for wood or timber.

Source

Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

Arable land (% of land area)

Long definition

Arable land includes land defined by the FAO 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.

Source

Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

Arable land (hectares per person)

Long definition

Arable land (hectares per person) includes land defined by the FAO 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.

Source

Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.


Please see the online table at http://wdi.worldbank.org/table/3.1 for observation-level metadata, which can be downloaded in Excel.