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Middle East > Turkey > Agriculture

TURKISH AGRICULTURE STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Agricultural growth 111 [73rd of 149]
Agricultural land > % of land area 53.56 % of land area Time series [24th of 198]
Agricultural land > sq. km 412,230 sq. km Time series [10th of 198]
Agricultural machinery > tractors 997,620 Time series [7th of 190]
Arable and permanent cropland 26,672 thousand hectares [14th of 148]
Arable land > % of land area 30.96 % of land area Time series [14th of 199]
Arable land > hectares 23,830,000 hectares Time series [6th of 199]
Cereal production 111 thousand metric tons [73rd of 149]
Cereal yield > kg per hectare 2,457.1 kg/ha Time series [86th of 171]
Cotton exports 200 thousand bales [19th of 109]
Cotton production 4,200 [7th of 109]
Fertilizer use 78.3 kg [51st of 138]
Food production index 103.9 % Time series [116th of 182]
Grains > Wheat consumption 17,000 thousand metric tons [8th of 15]
Grains > Wheat production 17,200 thousand metric tons [10th of 17]
Labor share 45.5% [52nd of 149]
Meat production 1,206 thousand metric tons [31st of 149]
Pesticide use 1.3 kg [22nd of 45]
Products
tobacco, cotton, grain, olives, sugar beets, pulse, citrus; livestock
Tractors 905,000 [9th of 147]

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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; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Turkey, Republic of Turkey, Turkiye Cumhuriyeti, Turkiye

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