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Agricultural land refers to the share of land area that is arable, under permanent crops, and under permanent pastures. 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. Land under permanent crops 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. Permanent pasture is land used for five or more years for forage, including natural and cultivated crops."
Agriculture Statistics > Agricultural land > sq. km (most recent) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
China :
5,528,320
2007
Chinese Agriculture
# 2
Australia :
4,254,490
2007
Australian Agriculture
# 3
United States :
4,111,580
2007
American Agriculture
# 4
Brazil :
2,635,000
2007
Brazilian Agriculture
# 5
Russia :
2,154,630
2007
Russian Agriculture
# 6
Kazakhstan :
2,078,980
2007
Kazakhstani Agriculture
# 7
India :
1,799,000
2007
Indian Agriculture
# 8
Saudi Arabia :
1,736,250
2007
Saudi Agriculture
# 9
Sudan :
1,367,730
2007
Sudanese Agriculture
# 10
Argentina :
1,333,500
2007
Argentine Agriculture
# 11
Mongolia :
1,159,960
2007
Mongolian Agriculture
# 12
Mexico :
1,068,000
2007
Mexican Agriculture
# 13
South Africa :
993,780
2007
South African Agriculture
# 14
Nigeria :
785,000
2007
Nigerian Agriculture
# 15
Canada :
676,000
2007
Canadian Agriculture
# 16
Angola :
575,900
2007
Angolan Agriculture
# 17
Chad :
493,300
2007
Chadian Agriculture
# 18
Mozambique :
488,000
2007
Mozambican Agriculture
# 19
Indonesia :
485,000
2007
Indonesian Agriculture
# 20
Somalia :
440,270
2007
Somali Agriculture
# 21
Niger :
435,150
2007
Nigerien Agriculture
# 22
Colombia :
424,360
2007
Colombian Agriculture
# 23
Ukraine :
412,660
2007
Ukrainian Agriculture
# 24
Algeria :
412,520
2007
Algerian Agriculture
# 25
Madagascar :
408,430
2007
Malagasy Agriculture
# 26
Mauritania :
397,120
2007
Mauritanian Agriculture
# 27
Mali :
396,190
2007
Malian Agriculture
# 28
Turkey :
394,540
2007
Turkish Agriculture
# 29
Namibia :
388,050
2007
Namibian Agriculture
# 30
Afghanistan :
386,610
2007
Afghan Agriculture
# 31
Bolivia :
368,280
2007
Bolivian Agriculture
# 32
Ethiopia :
350,770
2007
Ethiopian Agriculture
# 33
Tanzania :
342,000
2007
Tanzanian Agriculture
# 34
Turkmenistan :
326,130
2007
Turkmen Agriculture
# 35
Morocco :
299,600
2007
Moroccan Agriculture
# 36
France :
294,180
2007
French Agriculture
# 37
Spain :
286,600
2007
Spanish Agriculture
# 38
Pakistan :
273,000
2007
Pakistani Agriculture
# 39
Kenya :
270,000
2007
Kenyan Agriculture
# 40
Uzbekistan :
266,400
2007
Uzbekistani Agriculture
# 41
Botswana :
258,520
2007
Motswana -Batswana Agriculture
# 42
Zambia :
255,890
2007
Zambian Agriculture
# 43
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
226,500
2007
Congolese Agriculture
# 44
Peru :
215,600
2007
Peruvian Agriculture
# 45
Venezuela :
213,500
2007
Venezuelan Agriculture
# 46
Paraguay :
204,000
2007
Paraguayan Agriculture
# 47
Côte d'Ivoire :
202,000
2007
Ivoirian Agriculture
# 48
Thailand :
197,500
2007
Thai Agriculture
# 49
United Kingdom :
176,470
2007
British Agriculture
# 50
Germany :
169,500
2007
German Agriculture
# 51
Poland :
161,770
2007
Polish Agriculture
# 52
Chile :
157,620
2007
Chilean Agriculture
# 53
Libya :
155,500
2007
Libyan Agriculture
# 54
Zimbabwe :
154,500
2007
Zimbabwean Agriculture
# 55
Ghana :
148,500
2007
Ghanaian Agriculture
# 56
Uruguay :
146,830
2007
Uruguayan Agriculture
# 57
Syria :
138,970
2007
Syrian Agriculture
# 58
Italy :
138,880
2007
Italian Agriculture
# 59
Guinea :
135,700
2007
Guinean Agriculture
# 60
Romania :
135,460
2007
Romanian Agriculture
# 61
Uganda :
128,120
2007
Ugandan Agriculture
# 62
New Zealand :
122,860
2007
New Zealand Agriculture
# 63
Burma :
119,840
2007
Burmese Agriculture
# 64
Philippines :
115,000
2007
Philippine Agriculture
# 65
Burkina Faso :
112,600
2007
Burkinabe Agriculture
# 66
Kyrgyzstan :
107,286
2007
Kyrgyzstani Agriculture
# 67
Congo, Republic of the :
105,450
2007
Congolese Agriculture
# 68
Vietnam :
100,720
2007
Vietnamese Agriculture
# 69
Tunisia :
98,260
2007
Tunisian Agriculture
# 70
Iraq :
94,500
2007
Iraqi Agriculture
# 71
Cameroon :
91,600
2007
Cameroonian Agriculture
# 72
Bangladesh :
90,500
2007
Bangladeshi Agriculture
# 73
Belarus :
89,500
2007
Belarusian Agriculture
# 74
Senegal :
86,370
2007
Senegalese Agriculture
# 75
Greece :
82,800
2007
Greek Agriculture
# 76
Malaysia :
78,700
2007
Malaysian Agriculture
# 77
Eritrea :
75,420
2007
Eritrean Agriculture
# 78
Ecuador :
74,120
2007
Ecuadorian Agriculture
# 79
Cuba :
66,200
2007
Cuban Agriculture
# 80
Hungary :
58,070
2007
Hungarian Agriculture
# 81
Cambodia :
54,550
2007
Cambodian Agriculture
# 82
Central African Republic :
52,050
2007
Central African Agriculture
# 83
Nicaragua :
52,000
2007
Nicaraguan Agriculture
# 84
Gabon :
51,600
2007
Gabonese Agriculture
# 85
Bulgaria :
51,160
2007
Bulgarian Agriculture
# 86
Serbia and Montenegro :
50,530
2007
Serbian Agriculture
# 87
Malawi :
49,700
2007
Malawian Agriculture
# 88
Azerbaijan :
47,565
2007
Azerbaijani Agriculture
# 89
Japan :
46,500
2007
Japanese Agriculture
# 90
Tajikistan :
45,810
2007
Tajikistani Agriculture
# 91
Guatemala :
44,640
2007
Guatemalan Agriculture
# 92
Ireland :
42,760
2007
Irish Agriculture
# 93
Czech Republic :
42,490
2007
Czech Agriculture
# 94
Nepal :
42,100
2007
Nepalese Agriculture
# 95
Togo :
36,300
2007
Togolese Agriculture
# 96
Benin :
35,200
2007
Beninese Agriculture
# 97
Portugal :
34,960
2007
Portuguese Agriculture
# 98
Austria :
32,400
2007
Austrian Agriculture
# 99
Sierra Leone :
31,800
2007
Sierra Leonean Agriculture
# 100
Sweden :
31,360
2007
Swedish Agriculture
# 101
Honduras :
31,280
2007
Honduran Agriculture
# 102
Costa Rica :
27,500
2007
Costa Rican Agriculture
# 103
Lithuania :
26,950
2007
Lithuanian Agriculture
# 104
Denmark :
26,630
2007
Danish Agriculture
# 105
Liberia :
26,000
2007
Liberian Agriculture
= 106
Dominican Republic :
25,170
2007
Dominican Agriculture
= 106
Georgia :
25,170
2007
Georgian Agriculture
# 108
Moldova :
24,830
2007
Moldovan Agriculture
# 109
Sri Lanka :
23,600
2007
Sri Lankan Agriculture
# 110
Lesotho :
23,040
2007
Basotho Agriculture
= 111
Finland :
22,950
2007
Finnish Agriculture
= 111
Burundi :
22,950
2007
Burundian Agriculture
# 113
Iceland :
22,810
2007
Icelandic Agriculture
# 114
Panama :
22,300
2007
Panamanian Agriculture
# 115
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
21,490
2007
Herzegovinian Agriculture
# 116
Laos :
21,290
2007
Lao Agriculture
# 117
Slovakia :
19,300
2007
Slovak Agriculture
# 118
Rwanda :
19,250
2007
Rwandan Agriculture
# 119
Netherlands :
19,140
2007
Dutch Agriculture
# 120
Latvia :
18,390
2007
Latvian Agriculture
# 121
Oman :
17,990
2007
Omani Agriculture
# 122
Djibouti :
17,013
2007
Djiboutian Agriculture
# 123
Haiti :
16,900
2007
Haitian Agriculture
# 124
Guyana :
16,800
2007
Guyanese Agriculture
# 125
Guinea-Bissau :
16,300
2007
Guinean Agriculture
# 126
Armenia :
16,150
2007
Armenian Agriculture
# 127
Switzerland :
15,610
2007
Swiss Agriculture
# 128
El Salvador :
15,560
2007
Salvadoran Agriculture
# 129
Belgium :
13,700
2007
Belgian Agriculture
# 130
Swaziland :
13,420
2007
Swazi Agriculture
# 131
Croatia :
12,010
2007
Croatian Agriculture
# 132
Albania :
11,190
2007
Albanian Agriculture
# 133
Macedonia, Republic of :
10,760
2007
Macedonian Agriculture
# 134
Papua New Guinea :
10,400
2007
Papua New Guinean Agriculture
# 135
Norway :
10,330
2007
Norwegian Agriculture
# 136
Jordan :
9,643
2007
Jordanian Agriculture
# 137
Estonia :
8,230
2007
Estonian Agriculture
# 138
Gambia, The :
8,130
2007
Gambian Agriculture
# 139
Lebanon :
6,871
2007
Lebanese Agriculture
# 140
United Arab Emirates :
5,950
2007
Emirati Agriculture
# 141
Bhutan :
5,620
2007
Bhutanese Agriculture
# 142
Jamaica :
5,130
2007
Jamaican Agriculture
# 143
Israel :
5,010
2007
Israeli Agriculture
# 144
Slovenia :
5,000
2007
Slovenian Agriculture
# 145
Fiji :
4,280
2007
Fijian Agriculture
# 146
East Timor :
3,880
2007
Timorese Agriculture
# 147
Equatorial Guinea :
3,240
2007
Equatorial Guinean Agriculture
# 148
New Caledonia :
2,520
2007
New Caledonian Agriculture
# 149
Greenland :
2,350
2007
Greenlandic Agriculture
# 150
Puerto Rico :
1,890
2007
Puerto Rican Agriculture
# 151
Cyprus :
1,570
2007
Cypriot Agriculture
# 152
Kuwait :
1,540
2007
Kuwaiti Agriculture
# 153
Belize :
1,520
2007
Belizean Agriculture
# 154
Comoros :
1,500
2007
Comoran Agriculture
# 155
Vanuatu :
1,470
2007
- Agriculture
# 156
Luxembourg :
1,310
2007
Luxembourg Agriculture
# 157
Mauritius :
1,010
2007
Mauritian Agriculture
# 158
Samoa :
860
2007
Samoan Agriculture
# 159
Solomon Islands :
840
2007
Solomon Islander Agriculture
# 160
Suriname :
830
2007
Surinamese Agriculture
# 161
Cape Verde :
780
2007
Cape Verdean Agriculture
# 162
Qatar :
710
2007
Qatari Agriculture
# 163
São Tomé and Príncipe :
570
2007
Sao Tomean Agriculture
# 164
Trinidad and Tobago :
540
2007
Tobagonian Agriculture
# 165
French Polynesia :
450
2007
French Polynesian Agriculture
# 166
Kiribati :
370
2007
- Agriculture
# 167
Tonga :
310
2007
Tongan Agriculture
# 168
Man, Isle of :
260
2007
Manx Agriculture
# 169
Dominica :
230
2007
Dominican Agriculture
# 170
Mayotte :
200
2007
Mahoran Agriculture
= 171
Guam :
190
2007
Guamanian Agriculture
= 171
Barbados :
190
2007
Barbadian Agriculture
= 173
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
140
2007
Saint Vincentian Agriculture
= 173
Bahamas, The :
140
2007
Bahamian Agriculture
= 173
Marshall Islands :
140
2007
Marshallese Agriculture
= 176
Maldives :
130
2007
Maldivian Agriculture
= 176
Antigua and Barbuda :
130
2007
Barbudan Agriculture
= 176
Grenada :
130
2007
Grenadian Agriculture
# 179
Brunei :
114
2007
Bruneian Agriculture
# 180
Saint Lucia :
110
2007
Saint Lucian Agriculture
# 181
Bahrain :
100
2007
Bahraini Agriculture
# 182
Malta :
93
2007
Maltese Agriculture
# 183
Netherlands Antilles :
80
2007
Dutch Antillean Agriculture
= 184
Liechtenstein :
60
2007
Liechtenstein Agriculture
= 184
Seychelles :
60
2007
Seychellois Agriculture
= 184
Palau :
60
2007
Palauan Agriculture
= 187
American Samoa :
50
2007
American Samoan Agriculture
= 187
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
50
2007
Nevisian Agriculture
# 189
Virgin Islands :
40
2007
Virgin Islander Agriculture
= 190
Cayman Islands :
30
2007
Caymanian Agriculture
= 190
Northern Mariana Islands :
30
2007
NA Agriculture
= 190
Faroe Islands :
30
2007
Faroese Agriculture
= 193
Aruba :
20
2007
Aruban Agriculture
= 193
Tuvalu :
20
2007
Tuvaluan Agriculture
= 195
Bermuda :
10
2007
Bermudian Agriculture
= 195
Turks and Caicos Islands :
10
2007
Turks and Caicos Islands Agriculture
= 195
San Marino :
10
2007
Sammarinese Agriculture
# 198
Singapore :
8
2007
Singapore Agriculture
Weighted average:
243,441.4
Historical countries, unions or other regions:
European Union
1,902,123
DEFINITION: Agricultural land refers to the share of land area that is arable, under permanent crops, and under permanent pastures. 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. Land under permanent crops 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. Permanent pasture is land used for five or more years for forage, including natural and cultivated crops."
SOURCE: Food and Agriculture Organisation, electronic files and web site.
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