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Middle East > Syria > Agriculture

SYRIAN AGRICULTURE STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Agricultural growth 147 [10th of 149]
Agricultural land > % of land area 76.22 % of land area Time series [4th of 198]
Agricultural land > sq. km 140,080 sq. km Time series [20th of 198]
Agricultural machinery > tractors 106,745 Time series [39th of 190]
Arable land > % of land area 26.52 % of land area Time series [23rd of 199]
Arable land > hectares 4,873,000 hectares Time series [21st of 199]
Cereal production 147 thousand metric tons [10th of 149]
Cereal yield > kg per hectare 1,710 kg/ha Time series [113rd of 171]
Cotton exports 750 thousand bales [8th of 109]
Cotton production 1,300 [10th of 109]
Crop production index 117.6 % Time series [33rd of 182]
Fertilizer consumption > metric tons 322,805 metric tons Time series [44th of 169]
Food production index 121.7 % Time series [13th of 182]
Livestock production index 115.9 % Time series [32nd of 181]
Meat production 296 thousand metric tons [67th of 149]
Permanent crops 810,000 hectares [35th of 181]
Products
wheat, barley, cotton, lentils, chickpeas, olives, sugar beets; beef, mutton, eggs, poultry, milk
Root and tuber production 419 thousand metric tons [89th of 149]
value added > annual % growth 3 % Time series [65th of 164]
value added per worker > constant 2000 US$ 3,272.94 constant 2000 US$ Time series [54th of 163]

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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: Syria, Syrian Arab Republic, Al Jumhuriyah al Arabiyah as Suriyah, Suriyah

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