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Asia > Afghanistan > Agriculture

AFGHAN AGRICULTURE STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Agricultural growth 112 [69th of 149]
Agricultural land > % of land area 58.35 % of land area Time series [43rd of 198]
Agricultural land > sq. km 380,480 sq. km Time series [30th of 198]
Agricultural machinery > tractors 840 Time series [132nd of 190]
Arable and permanent cropland 8,054 thousand hectares [32nd of 148]
Arable land > % of land area 12.13 % of land area Time series [90th of 199]
Arable land > hectares 7,910,000 hectares Time series [31st of 199]
Cereal production 112 thousand metric tons [69th of 149]
Cotton exports 15 thousand bales [51st of 109]
Cotton production 85 [34th of 109]
Fertilizer consumption > metric tons 20,800 metric tons Time series [108th of 169]
Fertilizer use 0.6 kg [133rd of 138]
Labor share 66.6% [32nd of 149]
Meat production 231 thousand metric tons [71st of 149]
Permanent crops 144,000 hectares [87th of 181]
Products
opium, wheat, fruits, nuts; wool, mutton, sheepskins, lambskins
Tractor concentration 0.1 [143rd of 147]
Tractors 840 [124th of 147]
value added > annual % growth 11.31 % Time series [5th of 164]
Workers per hectare 0.7 [62nd of 148]

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SOURCES: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2001; World Development Indicators database; World Resources Institute; United States Department of Agriculture; Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2000; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Afghanistan, Transitional Islamic State of Afghanistan, Dowlat-e Eslami-ye Afghanestan, Afghanestan

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