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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." Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
Agriculture Statistics > Agricultural land > sq. km (per capita) (1961) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Mongolia :
1,429.506
per 1,000 people
1961
Mongolian Agriculture
# 2
Namibia :
629.824
per 1,000 people
1961
Namibian Agriculture
# 3
Botswana :
443.629
per 1,000 people
1961
Motswana -Batswana Agriculture
# 4
Australia :
440.318
per 1,000 people
1961
Australian Agriculture
# 5
Mauritania :
386.058
per 1,000 people
1961
Mauritanian Agriculture
# 6
Saudi Arabia :
205.231
per 1,000 people
1961
Saudi Agriculture
# 7
Chad :
152.721
per 1,000 people
1961
Chadian Agriculture
# 8
Somalia :
152.15
per 1,000 people
1961
Somali Agriculture
# 9
Djibouti :
144.805
per 1,000 people
1961
Djiboutian Agriculture
# 10
Iceland :
127.709
per 1,000 people
1961
Icelandic Agriculture
# 11
Angola :
111.907
per 1,000 people
1961
Angolan Agriculture
# 12
Gabon :
106.381
per 1,000 people
1961
Gabonese Agriculture
# 13
Congo, Republic of the :
102.468
per 1,000 people
1961
Congolese Agriculture
# 14
Sudan :
92.341
per 1,000 people
1961
Sudanese Agriculture
# 15
Niger :
88.921
per 1,000 people
1961
Nigerien Agriculture
# 16
Bolivia :
87.679
per 1,000 people
1961
Bolivian Agriculture
# 17
Libya :
79.8
per 1,000 people
1961
Libyan Agriculture
# 18
Mali :
71.844
per 1,000 people
1961
Malian Agriculture
# 19
Greenland :
69.733
per 1,000 people
1961
Greenlandic Agriculture
# 20
Zambia :
66.625
per 1,000 people
1961
Zambian Agriculture
# 21
Argentina :
65.788
per 1,000 people
1961
Argentine Agriculture
# 22
New Zealand :
65.194
per 1,000 people
1961
New Zealand Agriculture
# 23
Madagascar :
63.859
per 1,000 people
1961
Malagasy Agriculture
# 24
Mozambique :
60.128
per 1,000 people
1961
Mozambican Agriculture
# 25
Uruguay :
59.243
per 1,000 people
1961
Uruguayan Agriculture
# 26
South Africa :
56.84
per 1,000 people
1961
South African Agriculture
# 27
Paraguay :
55.205
per 1,000 people
1961
Paraguayan Agriculture
# 28
Swaziland :
43.83
per 1,000 people
1961
Swazi Agriculture
# 29
Côte d'Ivoire :
42.508
per 1,000 people
1961
Ivoirian Agriculture
# 30
Algeria :
41.312
per 1,000 people
1961
Algerian Agriculture
# 31
Canada :
38.216
per 1,000 people
1961
Canadian Agriculture
# 32
Guinea :
37.013
per 1,000 people
1961
Guinean Agriculture
# 33
Afghanistan :
37.006
per 1,000 people
1961
Afghan Agriculture
# 34
New Caledonia :
31.577
per 1,000 people
1961
New Caledonian Agriculture
# 35
Syria :
31.373
per 1,000 people
1961
Syrian Agriculture
# 36
Central African Republic :
30.413
per 1,000 people
1961
Central African Agriculture
# 37
Kenya :
30.098
per 1,000 people
1961
Kenyan Agriculture
# 38
Lesotho :
29.791
per 1,000 people
1961
Basotho Agriculture
# 39
Zimbabwe :
28.43
per 1,000 people
1961
Zimbabwean Agriculture
# 40
Mexico :
25.784
per 1,000 people
1961
Mexican Agriculture
# 41
Tanzania :
25.071
per 1,000 people
1961
Tanzanian Agriculture
# 42
Guinea-Bissau :
24.446
per 1,000 people
1961
Guinean Agriculture
# 43
Venezuela :
24.434
per 1,000 people
1961
Venezuelan Agriculture
# 44
United States :
24.362
per 1,000 people
1961
American Agriculture
# 45
Senegal :
24.047
per 1,000 people
1961
Senegalese Agriculture
# 46
Liberia :
23.907
per 1,000 people
1961
Liberian Agriculture
# 47
Guyana :
23.245
per 1,000 people
1961
Guyanese Agriculture
# 48
Colombia :
23.032
per 1,000 people
1961
Colombian Agriculture
# 49
United Arab Emirates :
21.334
per 1,000 people
1961
Emirati Agriculture
# 50
Nicaragua :
20.544
per 1,000 people
1961
Nicaraguan Agriculture
# 51
Tunisia :
20.218
per 1,000 people
1961
Tunisian Agriculture
# 52
Brazil :
20.084
per 1,000 people
1961
Brazilian Agriculture
# 53
Ireland :
20.014
per 1,000 people
1961
Irish Agriculture
# 54
Morocco :
19.643
per 1,000 people
1961
Moroccan Agriculture
# 55
Togo :
19.264
per 1,000 people
1961
Togolese Agriculture
# 56
Burkina Faso :
17.989
per 1,000 people
1961
Burkinabe Agriculture
# 57
Oman :
17.873
per 1,000 people
1961
Omani Agriculture
# 58
Chile :
17.075
per 1,000 people
1961
Chilean Agriculture
# 59
Peru :
16.595
per 1,000 people
1961
Peruvian Agriculture
# 60
Vanuatu :
15.948
per 1,000 people
1961
- Agriculture
# 61
Ghana :
15.921
per 1,000 people
1961
Ghanaian Agriculture
# 62
Nigeria :
15.873
per 1,000 people
1961
Nigerian Agriculture
# 63
Bhutan :
15.71
per 1,000 people
1961
Bhutanese Agriculture
# 64
Honduras :
15.199
per 1,000 people
1961
Honduran Agriculture
# 65
Gambia, The :
14.285
per 1,000 people
1961
Gambian Agriculture
# 66
Panama :
14.008
per 1,000 people
1961
Panamanian Agriculture
# 67
Cameroon :
13.887
per 1,000 people
1961
Cameroonian Agriculture
# 68
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
13.842
per 1,000 people
1961
Congolese Agriculture
# 69
Uganda :
13.198
per 1,000 people
1961
Ugandan Agriculture
# 70
Turkey :
12.933
per 1,000 people
1961
Turkish Agriculture
# 71
Equatorial Guinea :
12.235
per 1,000 people
1961
Equatorial Guinean Agriculture
# 72
Jordan :
12.16
per 1,000 people
1961
Jordanian Agriculture
# 73
Iraq :
11.631
per 1,000 people
1961
Iraqi Agriculture
# 74
Sierra Leone :
11.331
per 1,000 people
1961
Sierra Leonean Agriculture
# 75
Spain :
10.809
per 1,000 people
1961
Spanish Agriculture
# 76
Greece :
10.61
per 1,000 people
1961
Greek Agriculture
# 77
Qatar :
10.494
per 1,000 people
1961
Qatari Agriculture
# 78
Ecuador :
10.308
per 1,000 people
1961
Ecuadorian Agriculture
# 79
Costa Rica :
10.102
per 1,000 people
1961
Costa Rican Agriculture
# 80
Kiribati :
9.397
per 1,000 people
1961
- Agriculture
# 81
Malawi :
8.862
per 1,000 people
1961
Malawian Agriculture
# 82
Belize :
8.383
per 1,000 people
1961
Belizean Agriculture
# 83
Romania :
7.864
per 1,000 people
1961
Romanian Agriculture
# 84
Samoa :
7.855
per 1,000 people
1961
Samoan Agriculture
# 85
Laos :
7.61
per 1,000 people
1961
Lao Agriculture
# 86
France :
7.482
per 1,000 people
1961
French Agriculture
# 87
Albania :
7.417
per 1,000 people
1961
Albanian Agriculture
# 88
Bulgaria :
7.142
per 1,000 people
1961
Bulgarian Agriculture
# 89
Hungary :
7.063
per 1,000 people
1961
Hungarian Agriculture
# 90
Denmark :
6.855
per 1,000 people
1961
Danish Agriculture
# 91
Poland :
6.782
per 1,000 people
1961
Polish Agriculture
# 92
Man, Isle of :
6.739
per 1,000 people
1961
Manx Agriculture
# 93
Cambodia :
6.323
per 1,000 people
1961
Cambodian Agriculture
# 94
Dominican Republic :
6.323
per 1,000 people
1961
Dominican Agriculture
# 95
Guatemala :
6.223
per 1,000 people
1961
Guatemalan Agriculture
# 96
Finland :
6.221
per 1,000 people
1961
Finnish Agriculture
# 97
Benin :
6.12
per 1,000 people
1961
Beninese Agriculture
# 98
Austria :
5.715
per 1,000 people
1961
Austrian Agriculture
# 99
Sweden :
5.634
per 1,000 people
1961
Swedish Agriculture
# 100
Fiji :
5.569
per 1,000 people
1961
Fijian Agriculture
# 101
São Tomé and Príncipe :
5.407
per 1,000 people
1961
Sao Tomean Agriculture
# 102
French Polynesia :
5.386
per 1,000 people
1961
French Polynesian Agriculture
# 103
Burundi :
5.262
per 1,000 people
1961
Burundian Agriculture
# 104
China :
5.198
per 1,000 people
1961
Chinese Agriculture
# 105
Malaysia :
4.999
per 1,000 people
1961
Malaysian Agriculture
# 106
Cuba :
4.989
per 1,000 people
1961
Cuban Agriculture
# 107
Burma :
4.731
per 1,000 people
1961
Burmese Agriculture
# 108
El Salvador :
4.713
per 1,000 people
1961
Salvadoran Agriculture
# 109
Pakistan :
4.634
per 1,000 people
1961
Pakistani Agriculture
# 110
Kuwait :
4.515
per 1,000 people
1961
Kuwaiti Agriculture
# 111
East Timor :
4.515
per 1,000 people
1961
Timorese Agriculture
# 112
Solomon Islands :
4.513
per 1,000 people
1961
Solomon Islander Agriculture
# 113
Rwanda :
4.456
per 1,000 people
1961
Rwandan Agriculture
# 114
Portugal :
4.336
per 1,000 people
1961
Portuguese Agriculture
# 115
Haiti :
4.292
per 1,000 people
1961
Haitian Agriculture
# 116
Thailand :
4.242
per 1,000 people
1961
Thai Agriculture
# 117
Italy :
4.093
per 1,000 people
1961
Italian Agriculture
# 118
Indonesia :
4.024
per 1,000 people
1961
Indonesian Agriculture
# 119
Switzerland :
3.984
per 1,000 people
1961
Swiss Agriculture
# 120
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
3.958
per 1,000 people
1961
Nevisian Agriculture
# 121
India :
3.935
per 1,000 people
1961
Indian Agriculture
# 122
Tonga :
3.804
per 1,000 people
1961
Tongan Agriculture
# 123
United Kingdom :
3.75
per 1,000 people
1961
British Agriculture
# 124
Cyprus :
3.567
per 1,000 people
1961
Cypriot Agriculture
# 125
Virgin Islands :
3.519
per 1,000 people
1961
Virgin Islander Agriculture
# 126
Nepal :
3.448
per 1,000 people
1961
Nepalese Agriculture
# 127
Jamaica :
3.227
per 1,000 people
1961
Jamaican Agriculture
# 128
Cape Verde :
3.213
per 1,000 people
1961
Cape Verdean Agriculture
# 129
Lebanon :
2.884
per 1,000 people
1961
Lebanese Agriculture
# 130
Norway :
2.864
per 1,000 people
1961
Norwegian Agriculture
# 131
Dominica :
2.782
per 1,000 people
1961
Dominican Agriculture
# 132
Philippines :
2.764
per 1,000 people
1961
Philippine Agriculture
# 133
Germany :
2.643
per 1,000 people
1961
German Agriculture
# 134
Puerto Rico :
2.567
per 1,000 people
1961
Puerto Rican Agriculture
# 135
Brunei :
2.452
per 1,000 people
1961
Bruneian Agriculture
# 136
Grenada :
2.408
per 1,000 people
1961
Grenadian Agriculture
# 137
Israel :
2.339
per 1,000 people
1961
Israeli Agriculture
# 138
Papua New Guinea :
2.337
per 1,000 people
1961
Papua New Guinean Agriculture
# 139
Guam :
2.324
per 1,000 people
1961
Guamanian Agriculture
# 140
Netherlands :
1.988
per 1,000 people
1961
Dutch Agriculture
# 141
Saint Lucia :
1.936
per 1,000 people
1961
Saint Lucian Agriculture
# 142
Bangladesh :
1.809
per 1,000 people
1961
Bangladeshi Agriculture
# 143
Antigua and Barbuda :
1.805
per 1,000 people
1961
Barbudan Agriculture
# 144
Vietnam :
1.776
per 1,000 people
1961
Vietnamese Agriculture
# 145
Sri Lanka :
1.669
per 1,000 people
1961
Sri Lankan Agriculture
# 146
Mauritius :
1.454
per 1,000 people
1961
Mauritian Agriculture
# 147
Suriname :
1.375
per 1,000 people
1961
Surinamese Agriculture
# 148
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
1.217
per 1,000 people
1961
Saint Vincentian Agriculture
# 149
Seychelles :
1.166
per 1,000 people
1961
Seychellois Agriculture
# 150
Trinidad and Tobago :
1.13
per 1,000 people
1961
Tobagonian Agriculture
# 151
Bahamas, The :
0.867
per 1,000 people
1961
Bahamian Agriculture
# 152
Barbados :
0.821
per 1,000 people
1961
Barbadian Agriculture
# 153
Japan :
0.749
per 1,000 people
1961
Japanese Agriculture
# 154
Malta :
0.557
per 1,000 people
1961
Maltese Agriculture
# 155
Maldives :
0.498
per 1,000 people
1961
Maldivian Agriculture
# 156
Netherlands Antilles :
0.438
per 1,000 people
1961
Dutch Antillean Agriculture
# 157
Bahrain :
0.431
per 1,000 people
1961
Bahraini Agriculture
# 158
Bermuda :
0.22
per 1,000 people
1961
Bermudian Agriculture
# 159
Singapore :
0.082
per 1,000 people
1961
Singapore Agriculture
Weighted average:
43.1
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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