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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." Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
Agriculture Statistics > Agricultural land > sq. km (per capita) (most recent) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Mongolia :
392.969
per 1,000 people
2007
Mongolian Agriculture
# 2
Australia :
208.205
per 1,000 people
2007
Australian Agriculture
# 3
Namibia :
188.825
per 1,000 people
2007
Namibian Agriculture
# 4
Botswana :
142.395
per 1,000 people
2007
Motswana -Batswana Agriculture
# 5
Kazakhstan :
136.015
per 1,000 people
2007
Kazakhstani Agriculture
# 6
Mauritania :
121.441
per 1,000 people
2007
Mauritanian Agriculture
# 7
Iceland :
75.547
per 1,000 people
2007
Icelandic Agriculture
# 8
Turkmenistan :
63.984
per 1,000 people
2007
Turkmen Agriculture
# 9
Saudi Arabia :
62.905
per 1,000 people
2007
Saudi Agriculture
# 10
Chad :
49.901
per 1,000 people
2007
Chadian Agriculture
# 11
Somalia :
48.282
per 1,000 people
2007
Somali Agriculture
# 12
Angola :
46.96
per 1,000 people
2007
Angolan Agriculture
# 13
Uruguay :
42.429
per 1,000 people
2007
Uruguayan Agriculture
# 14
Greenland :
41.708
per 1,000 people
2007
Greenlandic Agriculture
# 15
Bolivia :
40.385
per 1,000 people
2007
Bolivian Agriculture
# 16
Gabon :
35.467
per 1,000 people
2007
Gabonese Agriculture
# 17
Sudan :
34.732
per 1,000 people
2007
Sudanese Agriculture
# 18
Djibouti :
34.275
per 1,000 people
2007
Djiboutian Agriculture
# 19
Niger :
33.746
per 1,000 people
2007
Nigerien Agriculture
# 20
Argentina :
33.088
per 1,000 people
2007
Argentine Agriculture
# 21
Mali :
33.028
per 1,000 people
2007
Malian Agriculture
# 22
Paraguay :
30.589
per 1,000 people
2007
Paraguayan Agriculture
# 23
New Zealand :
29.851
per 1,000 people
2007
New Zealand Agriculture
# 24
Congo, Republic of the :
27.746
per 1,000 people
2007
Congolese Agriculture
# 25
Libya :
25.758
per 1,000 people
2007
Libyan Agriculture
# 26
Mozambique :
23.343
per 1,000 people
2007
Mozambican Agriculture
# 27
South Africa :
22.587
per 1,000 people
2007
South African Agriculture
# 28
Zambia :
22.295
per 1,000 people
2007
Zambian Agriculture
# 29
Guyana :
21.844
per 1,000 people
2007
Guyanese Agriculture
# 30
Madagascar :
21
per 1,000 people
2007
Malagasy Agriculture
# 31
Kyrgyzstan :
20.303
per 1,000 people
2007
Kyrgyzstani Agriculture
# 32
Canada :
20.245
per 1,000 people
2007
Canadian Agriculture
# 33
Eritrea :
15.371
per 1,000 people
2007
Eritrean Agriculture
# 34
Russia :
15.24
per 1,000 people
2007
Russian Agriculture
# 35
Brazil :
13.868
per 1,000 people
2007
Brazilian Agriculture
# 36
United States :
13.653
per 1,000 people
2007
American Agriculture
# 37
Guinea :
13.641
per 1,000 people
2007
Guinean Agriculture
# 38
Zimbabwe :
12.55
per 1,000 people
2007
Zimbabwean Agriculture
# 39
Algeria :
12.376
per 1,000 people
2007
Algerian Agriculture
# 40
Afghanistan :
12.123
per 1,000 people
2007
Afghan Agriculture
# 41
Central African Republic :
11.913
per 1,000 people
2007
Central African Agriculture
# 42
Swaziland :
11.844
per 1,000 people
2007
Swazi Agriculture
# 43
New Caledonia :
11.354
per 1,000 people
2007
New Caledonian Agriculture
# 44
Côte d'Ivoire :
11.214
per 1,000 people
2007
Ivoirian Agriculture
# 45
Guinea-Bissau :
11.068
per 1,000 people
2007
Guinean Agriculture
# 46
Lesotho :
10.841
per 1,000 people
2007
Basotho Agriculture
# 47
Ireland :
10.406
per 1,000 people
2007
Irish Agriculture
# 48
Mexico :
9.825
per 1,000 people
2007
Mexican Agriculture
# 49
Chile :
9.679
per 1,000 people
2007
Chilean Agriculture
# 50
Uzbekistan :
9.59
per 1,000 people
2007
Uzbekistani Agriculture
= 51
Tunisia :
9.562
per 1,000 people
2007
Tunisian Agriculture
= 51
Colombia :
9.562
per 1,000 people
2007
Colombian Agriculture
# 53
Belarus :
9.203
per 1,000 people
2007
Belarusian Agriculture
# 54
Nicaragua :
9.162
per 1,000 people
2007
Nicaraguan Agriculture
# 55
Ukraine :
8.913
per 1,000 people
2007
Ukrainian Agriculture
# 56
Morocco :
8.875
per 1,000 people
2007
Moroccan Agriculture
# 57
Tanzania :
8.684
per 1,000 people
2007
Tanzanian Agriculture
# 58
Venezuela :
8.204
per 1,000 people
2007
Venezuelan Agriculture
# 59
Latvia :
8.138
per 1,000 people
2007
Latvian Agriculture
# 60
Liberia :
8.135
per 1,000 people
2007
Liberian Agriculture
# 61
Burkina Faso :
7.86
per 1,000 people
2007
Burkinabe Agriculture
# 62
Greece :
7.734
per 1,000 people
2007
Greek Agriculture
# 63
Lithuania :
7.538
per 1,000 people
2007
Lithuanian Agriculture
# 64
Peru :
7.519
per 1,000 people
2007
Peruvian Agriculture
# 65
Kenya :
7.314
per 1,000 people
2007
Kenyan Agriculture
# 66
Syria :
7.195
per 1,000 people
2007
Syrian Agriculture
# 67
Spain :
7.086
per 1,000 people
2007
Spanish Agriculture
# 68
Bulgaria :
6.986
per 1,000 people
2007
Bulgarian Agriculture
# 69
Vanuatu :
6.935
per 1,000 people
2007
- Agriculture
# 70
Senegal :
6.898
per 1,000 people
2007
Senegalese Agriculture
# 71
Panama :
6.878
per 1,000 people
2007
Panamanian Agriculture
# 72
Costa Rica :
6.652
per 1,000 people
2007
Costa Rican Agriculture
# 73
Ghana :
6.476
per 1,000 people
2007
Ghanaian Agriculture
# 74
Tajikistan :
6.473
per 1,000 people
2007
Tajikistani Agriculture
# 75
Togo :
6.367
per 1,000 people
2007
Togolese Agriculture
# 76
Estonia :
6.254
per 1,000 people
2007
Estonian Agriculture
# 77
Romania :
6.081
per 1,000 people
2007
Romanian Agriculture
# 78
Equatorial Guinea :
5.878
per 1,000 people
2007
Equatorial Guinean Agriculture
# 79
Azerbaijan :
5.858
per 1,000 people
2007
Azerbaijani Agriculture
# 80
Hungary :
5.833
per 1,000 people
2007
Hungarian Agriculture
# 81
Nigeria :
5.813
per 1,000 people
2007
Nigerian Agriculture
# 82
Cuba :
5.81
per 1,000 people
2007
Cuban Agriculture
# 83
Moldova :
5.747
per 1,000 people
2007
Moldovan Agriculture
# 84
Oman :
5.613
per 1,000 people
2007
Omani Agriculture
# 85
Turkey :
5.545
per 1,000 people
2007
Turkish Agriculture
# 86
Armenia :
5.435
per 1,000 people
2007
Armenian Agriculture
# 87
Georgia :
5.418
per 1,000 people
2007
Georgian Agriculture
# 88
Ecuador :
5.388
per 1,000 people
2007
Ecuadorian Agriculture
# 89
Macedonia, Republic of :
5.234
per 1,000 people
2007
Macedonian Agriculture
# 90
Sierra Leone :
5.175
per 1,000 people
2007
Sierra Leonean Agriculture
# 91
Belize :
5.163
per 1,000 people
2007
Belizean Agriculture
# 92
Cameroon :
5.072
per 1,000 people
2007
Cameroonian Agriculture
# 93
Serbia and Montenegro :
4.978
per 1,000 people
2007
Serbian Agriculture
# 94
Denmark :
4.87
per 1,000 people
2007
Danish Agriculture
# 95
France :
4.834
per 1,000 people
2006
French Agriculture
# 96
Gambia, The :
4.815
per 1,000 people
2007
Gambian Agriculture
# 97
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
4.721
per 1,000 people
2007
Herzegovinian Agriculture
# 98
Fiji :
4.659
per 1,000 people
2007
Fijian Agriculture
# 99
Ethiopia :
4.585
per 1,000 people
2007
Ethiopian Agriculture
# 100
Finland :
4.381
per 1,000 people
2007
Finnish Agriculture
# 101
Benin :
4.357
per 1,000 people
2007
Beninese Agriculture
# 102
Uganda :
4.234
per 1,000 people
2007
Ugandan Agriculture
# 103
Poland :
4.2
per 1,000 people
2007
Polish Agriculture
# 104
China :
4.182
per 1,000 people
2007
Chinese Agriculture
# 105
Honduras :
4.18
per 1,000 people
2007
Honduran Agriculture
# 106
Czech Republic :
4.154
per 1,000 people
2007
Czech Agriculture
# 107
Samoa :
4.014
per 1,000 people
2007
Samoan Agriculture
# 108
Austria :
3.951
per 1,000 people
2007
Austrian Agriculture
# 109
Cambodia :
3.898
per 1,000 people
2007
Cambodian Agriculture
# 110
Malawi :
3.654
per 1,000 people
2007
Malawian Agriculture
# 111
East Timor :
3.576
per 1,000 people
2007
Timorese Agriculture
# 112
Slovakia :
3.543
per 1,000 people
2007
Slovak Agriculture
# 113
Guatemala :
3.507
per 1,000 people
2007
Guatemalan Agriculture
# 114
Sweden :
3.472
per 1,000 people
2007
Swedish Agriculture
# 115
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
3.445
per 1,000 people
2007
Congolese Agriculture
# 116
Iraq :
3.436
per 1,000 people
2007
Iraqi Agriculture
# 117
Kiribati :
3.432
per 1,000 people
2007
- Agriculture
# 118
Man, Isle of :
3.429
per 1,000 people
2007
Manx Agriculture
# 119
Portugal :
3.285
per 1,000 people
2007
Portuguese Agriculture
# 120
Laos :
3.264
per 1,000 people
2007
Lao Agriculture
# 121
Dominica :
3.177
per 1,000 people
2007
Dominican Agriculture
# 122
Malaysia :
3.171
per 1,000 people
2007
Malaysian Agriculture
# 123
Albania :
3.108
per 1,000 people
2007
Albanian Agriculture
# 124
Thailand :
3.035
per 1,000 people
2007
Thai Agriculture
# 125
United Kingdom :
2.904
per 1,000 people
2007
British Agriculture
# 126
Palau :
2.879
per 1,000 people
2007
Palauan Agriculture
# 127
São Tomé and Príncipe :
2.856
per 1,000 people
2007
Sao Tomean Agriculture
# 128
Burundi :
2.735
per 1,000 people
2007
Burundian Agriculture
# 129
Luxembourg :
2.728
per 1,000 people
2007
Luxembourg Agriculture
# 130
Dominican Republic :
2.687
per 1,000 people
2007
Dominican Agriculture
# 131
Croatia :
2.673
per 1,000 people
2007
Croatian Agriculture
# 132
Tonga :
2.651
per 1,000 people
2007
Tongan Agriculture
# 133
Burma :
2.53
per 1,000 people
2007
Burmese Agriculture
# 134
Slovenia :
2.488
per 1,000 people
2007
Slovenian Agriculture
# 135
Bhutan :
2.414
per 1,000 people
2007
Bhutanese Agriculture
# 136
Italy :
2.388
per 1,000 people
2007
Italian Agriculture
# 137
Marshall Islands :
2.265
per 1,000 people
2007
Marshallese Agriculture
# 138
El Salvador :
2.239
per 1,000 people
2007
Salvadoran Agriculture
# 139
Norway :
2.232
per 1,000 people
2007
Norwegian Agriculture
# 140
Comoros :
2.108
per 1,000 people
2007
Comoran Agriculture
# 141
Indonesia :
2.067
per 1,000 people
2007
Indonesian Agriculture
# 142
Switzerland :
2.066
per 1,000 people
2007
Swiss Agriculture
# 143
Germany :
2.057
per 1,000 people
2007
German Agriculture
# 144
Cyprus :
1.991
per 1,000 people
2007
Cypriot Agriculture
# 145
Rwanda :
1.943
per 1,000 people
2007
Rwandan Agriculture
# 146
Haiti :
1.941
per 1,000 people
2007
Haitian Agriculture
# 147
Antigua and Barbuda :
1.871
per 1,000 people
2007
Barbudan Agriculture
# 148
Jamaica :
1.845
per 1,000 people
2007
Jamaican Agriculture
# 149
Cape Verde :
1.841
per 1,000 people
2007
Cape Verdean Agriculture
# 150
Papua New Guinea :
1.794
per 1,000 people
2007
Papua New Guinean Agriculture
# 151
Suriname :
1.763
per 1,000 people
2007
Surinamese Agriculture
# 152
Liechtenstein :
1.752
per 1,000 people
2007
Liechtenstein Agriculture
# 153
Lebanon :
1.75
per 1,000 people
2007
Lebanese Agriculture
# 154
Tuvalu :
1.668
per 1,000 people
2007
Tuvaluan Agriculture
# 155
Pakistan :
1.657
per 1,000 people
2007
Pakistani Agriculture
# 156
French Polynesia :
1.613
per 1,000 people
2007
French Polynesian Agriculture
# 157
Jordan :
1.593
per 1,000 people
2007
Jordanian Agriculture
# 158
India :
1.592
per 1,000 people
2007
Indian Agriculture
# 159
Solomon Islands :
1.482
per 1,000 people
2007
Solomon Islander Agriculture
# 160
Nepal :
1.457
per 1,000 people
2007
Nepalese Agriculture
# 161
Grenada :
1.445
per 1,000 people
2007
Grenadian Agriculture
# 162
United Arab Emirates :
1.339
per 1,000 people
2007
Emirati Agriculture
# 163
Belgium :
1.318
per 1,000 people
2007
Belgian Agriculture
# 164
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
1.271
per 1,000 people
2007
Nevisian Agriculture
# 165
Philippines :
1.263
per 1,000 people
2007
Philippine Agriculture
# 166
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
1.185
per 1,000 people
2007
Saint Vincentian Agriculture
# 167
Vietnam :
1.181
per 1,000 people
2007
Vietnamese Agriculture
# 168
Netherlands :
1.155
per 1,000 people
2007
Dutch Agriculture
# 169
Sri Lanka :
1.128
per 1,000 people
2007
Sri Lankan Agriculture
# 170
Guam :
1.095
per 1,000 people
2007
Guamanian Agriculture
# 171
Mayotte :
0.958
per 1,000 people
2007
Mahoran Agriculture
# 172
American Samoa :
0.867
per 1,000 people
2007
American Samoan Agriculture
# 173
Mauritius :
0.807
per 1,000 people
2007
Mauritian Agriculture
# 174
Qatar :
0.783
per 1,000 people
2007
Qatari Agriculture
# 175
Israel :
0.78
per 1,000 people
2007
Israeli Agriculture
# 176
Seychelles :
0.733
per 1,000 people
2007
Seychellois Agriculture
# 177
Barbados :
0.676
per 1,000 people
2007
Barbadian Agriculture
# 178
Saint Lucia :
0.645
per 1,000 people
2007
Saint Lucian Agriculture
# 179
Cayman Islands :
0.644
per 1,000 people
2007
Caymanian Agriculture
# 180
Faroe Islands :
0.631
per 1,000 people
2007
Faroese Agriculture
# 181
Kuwait :
0.615
per 1,000 people
2007
Kuwaiti Agriculture
# 182
Bangladesh :
0.602
per 1,000 people
2007
Bangladeshi Agriculture
# 183
Trinidad and Tobago :
0.511
per 1,000 people
2007
Tobagonian Agriculture
# 184
Puerto Rico :
0.479
per 1,000 people
2007
Puerto Rican Agriculture
# 185
Turks and Caicos Islands :
0.46
per 1,000 people
2007
Turks and Caicos Islands Agriculture
# 186
Bahamas, The :
0.458
per 1,000 people
2007
Bahamian Agriculture
# 187
Virgin Islands :
0.369
per 1,000 people
2007
Virgin Islander Agriculture
# 188
Japan :
0.365
per 1,000 people
2007
Japanese Agriculture
# 189
Netherlands Antilles :
0.358
per 1,000 people
2007
Dutch Antillean Agriculture
# 190
Northern Mariana Islands :
0.355
per 1,000 people
2007
NA Agriculture
# 191
Maldives :
0.352
per 1,000 people
2007
Maldivian Agriculture
# 192
San Marino :
0.338
per 1,000 people
2007
Sammarinese Agriculture
# 193
Brunei :
0.304
per 1,000 people
2007
Bruneian Agriculture
# 194
Malta :
0.231
per 1,000 people
2007
Maltese Agriculture
# 195
Aruba :
0.2
per 1,000 people
2007
Aruban Agriculture
# 196
Bermuda :
0.151
per 1,000 people
2007
Bermudian Agriculture
# 197
Bahrain :
0.141
per 1,000 people
2007
Bahraini Agriculture
# 198
Singapore :
0.002
per 1,000 people
2007
Singapore Agriculture
Weighted average:
14.4
per 1,000 people
Historical countries, unions or other regions:
European Union
3.879
per 1,000 people
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." Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
SOURCE: Food and Agriculture Organisation, electronic files and web site.
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