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CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007
DEFINITION
The percentage of used land that is arable. Arable land is land cultivated for crops that are replanted after each harvest like wheat, maize, and rice
Geography Statistics > Land use > Arable land (most recent) by country
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| Rank |
Countries
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Amount
(top to bottom)
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| #1 | Bangladesh: |
55.39 %
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| #2 | Moldova: |
54.52 %
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| #3 | Ukraine: |
53.8 %
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| #4 | Denmark: |
52.59 %
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| #5 | Hungary: |
49.58 %
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| #6 | Mauritius: |
49.02 %
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| #7 | India: |
48.83 %
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| #8 | Rwanda: |
45.56 %
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| #9 | Lithuania: |
44.81 %
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| #10 | Togo: |
44.2 %
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| #11 | Poland: |
40.25 %
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| #12 | Romania: |
39.49 %
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| #13 | Czech Republic: |
38.82 %
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| #14 | Barbados: |
37.21 %
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| #15 | Comoros: |
35.87 %
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| #16 | Burundi: |
35.57 %
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| #17 | France: |
33.46 %
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| #18 | Germany: |
33.13 %
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| #19 | Nigeria: |
33.02 %
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| #20 | El Salvador: |
31.37 %
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| #21 | Malta: |
31.25 %
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| #22 | Bulgaria: |
29.94 %
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| #23 | Turkey: |
29.81 %
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| #24 | Slovakia: |
29.23 %
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| #25 | Gaza Strip: |
29 %
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| #26 | Latvia: |
28.19 %
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| #27 | Haiti: |
28.11 %
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| #28 | Gambia, The: |
27.88 %
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| #29 | Cuba: |
27.63 %
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| #30 | Thailand: |
27.54 %
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| #31 | Belgium: |
27.42 %
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| #32 | Spain: |
27.18 %
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| #33 | Belarus: |
26.77 %
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| #34 | Italy: |
26.41 %
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| #35 | Croatia: |
25.82 %
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| #36 | Liechtenstein: |
25 %
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| #37 | Syria: |
24.8 %
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| #38 | Pakistan: |
24.44 %
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| #39 | Taiwan: |
24 %
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| #40 | Luxembourg: |
23.94 %
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| #41 | Benin: |
23.53 %
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| #42 | United Kingdom: |
23.23 %
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| #43 | Dominican Republic: |
22.49 %
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| #44 | Korea, North: |
22.4 %
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| #45 | Macedonia, Republic of: |
22.01 %
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| #46 | Netherlands: |
21.96 %
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| #47 | Uganda: |
21.57 %
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| #48 | Samoa: |
21.13 %
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| #49 | Malawi: |
20.68 %
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| #50 | Azerbaijan: |
20.62 %
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| #51 | Greece: |
20.45 %
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| #52 | Cambodia: |
20.44 %
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| #53 | Vietnam: |
20.14 %
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| #54 | Albania: |
20.1 %
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| #55 | British Virgin Islands: |
20 %
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| #56 | Bermuda: |
20 %
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| #57 | Tonga: |
20 %
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| #58 | Montserrat: |
20 %
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| #59 | Bosnia and Herzegovina: |
19.61 %
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| #60 | Saint Kitts and Nevis: |
19.44 %
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| #61 | Morocco: |
19 %
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| #62 | Philippines: |
19 %
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| #63 | Antigua and Barbuda: |
18.18 %
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| #64 | United States: |
18.01 %
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| #65 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: |
17.95 %
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| #66 | Burkina Faso: |
17.66 %
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| #67 | Ghana: |
17.54 %
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| #68 | Portugal: |
17.29 %
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| #69 | Tunisia: |
17.05 %
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| #70 | West Bank: |
16.9 %
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| #71 | Ireland: |
16.82 %
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| #72 | Armenia: |
16.78 %
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| #73 | Cook Islands: |
16.67 %
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| #74 | San Marino: |
16.67 %
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| #75 | Austria: |
16.59 %
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| #76 | Korea, South: |
16.58 %
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| #77 | Lebanon: |
16.35 %
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| #78 | Nepal: |
16.07 %
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| #79 | Jamaica: |
15.83 %
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| #80 | Israel: |
15.45 %
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| #81 | Burma: |
14.92 %
| |
| #82 | China: |
14.86 %
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| #83 | Nicaragua: |
14.81 %
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| #84 | Trinidad and Tobago: |
14.62 %
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| #85 | Sri Lanka: |
13.96 %
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| #86 | Maldives: |
13.33 %
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| #87 | Guatemala: |
13.22 %
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| #88 | Iraq: |
13.12 %
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| #89 | Northern Mariana Islands: |
13.04 %
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| #90 | Saint Helena: |
12.9 %
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| #91 | Mexico: |
12.66 %
| |
| #92 | Cameroon: |
12.54 %
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| #93 | Senegal: |
12.51 %
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| #94 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon: |
12.5 %
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| #95 | Afghanistan: |
12.13 %
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| #96 | South Africa: |
12.1 %
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| #97 | Estonia: |
12.05 %
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| #98 | Japan: |
11.64 %
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| #99 | Niue: |
11.54 %
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| #100 | Georgia: |
11.51 %
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| #101 | Niger: |
11.43 %
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| #102 | Cape Verde: |
11.41 %
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| #103 | Marshall Islands: |
11.11 %
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| #104 | Indonesia: |
11.03 %
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| #105 | Fiji: |
10.95 %
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| #106 | Lesotho: |
10.87 %
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| #107 | Cyprus: |
10.81 %
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| #108 | Aruba: |
10.53 %
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| #109 | Uzbekistan: |
10.51 %
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| #110 | Swaziland: |
10.25 %
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| #111 | Côte d'Ivoire: |
10.23 %
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| #112 | Argentina: |
10.03 %
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| #113 | Ethiopia: |
10.01 %
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| #114 | American Samoa: |
10 %
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| #115 | Netherlands Antilles: |
10 %
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| #116 | Switzerland: |
9.91 %
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| #117 | Iran: |
9.78 %
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| #118 | Honduras: |
9.53 %
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| #119 | Man, Isle of: |
9 %
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| #120 | Palau: |
8.7 %
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| #121 | Slovenia: |
8.53 %
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| #122 | São Tomé and Príncipe: |
8.33 %
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| #123 | Guinea-Bissau: |
8.31 %
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| #124 | Kazakhstan: |
8.28 %
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| #125 | Zimbabwe: |
8.24 %
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| #126 | East Timor: |
8.2 %
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| #127 | Kenya: |
8.01 %
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| #128 | Sierra Leone: |
7.95 %
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| #129 | Uruguay: |
7.77 %
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| #130 | Paraguay: |
7.47 %
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| #131 | Panama: |
7.26 %
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| #132 | Russia: |
7.17 %
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| #133 | Wallis and Futuna: |
7.14 %
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| #134 | Zambia: |
6.99 %
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| #135 | Brazil: |
6.93 %
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| #136 | Sudan: |
6.78 %
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| #137 | Dominica: |
6.67 %
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| #138 | Kyrgyzstan: |
6.55 %
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| #139 | Finland: |
6.54 %
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| #140 | Tajikistan: |
6.52 %
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| #141 | Saint Lucia: |
6.45 %
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| #142 | Australia: |
6.15 %
| |
| #143 | Sweden: |
5.93 %
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| #144 | Grenada: |
5.88 %
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| #145 | Ecuador: |
5.71 %
| |
| #146 | Micronesia, Federated States of: |
5.71 %
| |
| #147 | Virgin Islands: |
5.71 %
| |
| #148 | New Zealand: |
5.54 %
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| #149 | Malaysia: |
5.46 %
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| #150 | Mozambique: |
5.43 %
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| #151 | Hong Kong: |
5.05 %
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| #152 | Madagascar: |
5.03 %
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| #153 | Eritrea: |
4.78 %
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| #154 | Equatorial Guinea: |
4.63 %
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| #155 | Canada: |
4.57 %
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| #156 | Turkmenistan: |
4.51 %
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| #157 | Guinea: |
4.47 %
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| #158 | Costa Rica: |
4.4 %
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| #159 | Tanzania: |
4.23 %
| |
| #160 | Laos: |
4.01 %
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| #161 | Cayman Islands: |
3.85 %
| |
| #162 | Mali: |
3.76 %
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| #163 | Puerto Rico: |
3.69 %
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| #164 | Guam: |
3.64 %
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| #165 | Liberia: |
3.43 %
| |
| #166 | Jordan: |
3.32 %
| |
| #167 | Algeria: |
3.17 %
| |
| #168 | Central African Republic: |
3.1 %
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| #169 | Belize: |
3.05 %
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| #170 | Egypt: |
2.92 %
| |
| #171 | Yemen: |
2.91 %
| |
| #172 | Peru: |
2.88 %
| |
| #173 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the: |
2.86 %
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| #174 | Venezuela: |
2.85 %
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| #175 | Bahrain: |
2.82 %
| |
| #176 | Chad: |
2.8 %
| |
| #177 | Bolivia: |
2.78 %
| |
| #178 | Kiribati: |
2.74 %
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| #179 | Norway: |
2.7 %
| |
| #180 | Angola: |
2.65 %
| |
| #181 | Chile: |
2.62 %
| |
| #182 | Turks and Caicos Islands: |
2.33 %
| |
| #183 | Bhutan: |
2.3 %
| |
| #184 | Guyana: |
2.23 %
| |
| #185 | Seychelles: |
2.17 %
| |
| #186 | Faroe Islands: |
2.14 %
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| #187 | Andorra: |
2.13 %
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| #188 | Brunei: |
2.08 %
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| #189 | Colombia: |
2.01 %
| |
| #190 | Saudi Arabia: |
1.67 %
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| #191 | Vanuatu: |
1.64 %
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| #192 | Somalia: |
1.64 %
| |
| #193 | Qatar: |
1.64 %
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| #194 | Singapore: |
1.47 %
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| #195 | Congo, Republic of the: |
1.45 %
| |
| #196 | Gabon: |
1.21 %
| |
| #197 | Libya: |
1.03 %
| |
| #198 | Namibia: |
0.99 %
| |
| #199 | Kuwait: |
0.84 %
| |
| #200 | United Arab Emirates: |
0.77 %
| |
| #201 | Mongolia: |
0.76 %
| |
| #202 | French Polynesia: |
0.75 %
| |
| #203 | Botswana: |
0.65 %
| |
| #204 | Solomon Islands: |
0.62 %
| |
| #205 | Bahamas, The: |
0.58 %
| |
| #206 | Papua New Guinea: |
0.49 %
| |
| #207 | Suriname: |
0.36 %
| |
| #208 | New Caledonia: |
0.32 %
| |
| #209 | Mauritania: |
0.2 %
| |
| #210 | Oman: |
0.12 %
| |
| #211 | Iceland: |
0.07 %
| |
| #212 | Djibouti: |
0.04 %
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| #213 | Western Sahara: |
0.02 %
| |
| #214 | Paracel Islands: |
0 %
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| #215 | Macau: |
0 %
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| #216 | Ashmore and Cartier Islands: |
0 %
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| #217 | Tokelau: |
0 %
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| #218 | Anguilla: |
0 %
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| #219 | Jan Mayen: |
0 %
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| #221 | Norfolk Island: |
0 %
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| #222 | Navassa Island: |
0 %
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| #223 | Svalbard: |
0 %
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| #224 | Bouvet Island: |
0 %
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| #225 | Holy See (Vatican City): |
0 %
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| #226 | Cocos (Keeling) Islands: |
0 %
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| #227 | Jersey: |
0 %
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| #228 | Coral Sea Islands: |
0 %
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| #229 | Christmas Island: |
0 %
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| #230 | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas): |
0 %
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| #231 | Monaco: |
0 %
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| #232 | Gibraltar: |
0 %
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| #233 | Nauru: |
0 %
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| #234 | Greenland: |
0 %
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| #235 | Spratly Islands: |
0 %
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| #236 | Heard Island and McDonald Islands: |
0 %
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| #237 | South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands: |
0 %
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| #238 | British Indian Ocean Territory: |
0 %
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| #239 | Tuvalu: |
0 %
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| #240 | Clipperton Island: |
0 %
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| #241 | Wake Island: |
0 %
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Weighted average: |
12.4 %
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Historical countries, unions or other regions: |
| Antarctica |
0 %
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DEFINITION: The percentage of used land that is arable. Arable land is land cultivated for crops that are replanted after each harvest like wheat, maize, and rice
SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007
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