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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) (1974) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Mongolia :
998.865
per 1,000 people
1974
Mongolian Agriculture
# 2
Namibia :
445.272
per 1,000 people
1974
Namibian Agriculture
# 3
Australia :
355.408
per 1,000 people
1974
Australian Agriculture
# 4
Botswana :
304.1
per 1,000 people
1974
Motswana -Batswana Agriculture
# 5
Mauritania :
283.992
per 1,000 people
1974
Mauritanian Agriculture
# 6
Saudi Arabia :
125.764
per 1,000 people
1974
Saudi Agriculture
# 7
Chad :
116.917
per 1,000 people
1974
Chadian Agriculture
# 8
Somalia :
113.551
per 1,000 people
1974
Somali Agriculture
# 9
Iceland :
106.372
per 1,000 people
1974
Icelandic Agriculture
# 10
Gabon :
88.133
per 1,000 people
1974
Gabonese Agriculture
# 11
Angola :
86.344
per 1,000 people
1974
Angolan Agriculture
# 12
Congo, Republic of the :
70.555
per 1,000 people
1974
Congolese Agriculture
# 13
Bolivia :
68.565
per 1,000 people
1974
Bolivian Agriculture
# 14
Sudan :
66.583
per 1,000 people
1974
Sudanese Agriculture
# 15
Djibouti :
62.933
per 1,000 people
1974
Djiboutian Agriculture
# 16
Libya :
59.077
per 1,000 people
1974
Libyan Agriculture
# 17
Niger :
57.636
per 1,000 people
1974
Nigerien Agriculture
# 18
Uruguay :
53.364
per 1,000 people
1974
Uruguayan Agriculture
# 19
New Zealand :
52.907
per 1,000 people
1974
New Zealand Agriculture
# 20
Mali :
52.57
per 1,000 people
1974
Malian Agriculture
# 21
Argentina :
50.251
per 1,000 people
1974
Argentine Agriculture
# 22
Greenland :
47.475
per 1,000 people
1974
Greenlandic Agriculture
# 23
Paraguay :
46.519
per 1,000 people
1974
Paraguayan Agriculture
# 24
Madagascar :
46.067
per 1,000 people
1974
Malagasy Agriculture
# 25
Mozambique :
45.694
per 1,000 people
1974
Mozambican Agriculture
# 26
Zambia :
44.696
per 1,000 people
1974
Zambian Agriculture
# 27
South Africa :
39.42
per 1,000 people
1974
South African Agriculture
# 28
Swaziland :
31.682
per 1,000 people
1974
Swazi Agriculture
# 29
Canada :
30.086
per 1,000 people
1974
Canadian Agriculture
# 30
Guinea :
29.94
per 1,000 people
1974
Guinean Agriculture
# 31
Algeria :
28.559
per 1,000 people
1974
Algerian Agriculture
# 32
Afghanistan :
27.178
per 1,000 people
1974
Afghan Agriculture
# 33
Côte d'Ivoire :
26.379
per 1,000 people
1974
Ivoirian Agriculture
# 34
Central African Republic :
24.14
per 1,000 people
1974
Central African Agriculture
# 35
Guinea-Bissau :
21.846
per 1,000 people
1974
Guinean Agriculture
# 36
Lesotho :
21.067
per 1,000 people
1974
Basotho Agriculture
# 37
Tanzania :
20.69
per 1,000 people
1974
Tanzanian Agriculture
# 38
New Caledonia :
20.466
per 1,000 people
1974
New Caledonian Agriculture
# 39
United States :
20.115
per 1,000 people
1974
American Agriculture
# 40
Zimbabwe :
20.009
per 1,000 people
1974
Zimbabwean Agriculture
# 41
Syria :
19.921
per 1,000 people
1974
Syrian Agriculture
# 42
Brazil :
19.89
per 1,000 people
1974
Brazilian Agriculture
# 43
Kenya :
19.4
per 1,000 people
1974
Kenyan Agriculture
# 44
Guyana :
18.865
per 1,000 people
1974
Guyanese Agriculture
# 45
Colombia :
18.236
per 1,000 people
1974
Colombian Agriculture
# 46
Ireland :
18.22
per 1,000 people
1974
Irish Agriculture
# 47
Senegal :
17.654
per 1,000 people
1974
Senegalese Agriculture
# 48
Mexico :
17.116
per 1,000 people
1974
Mexican Agriculture
# 49
Liberia :
16.503
per 1,000 people
1974
Liberian Agriculture
# 50
Tunisia :
16.464
per 1,000 people
1974
Tunisian Agriculture
# 51
Venezuela :
16.463
per 1,000 people
1974
Venezuelan Agriculture
# 52
Morocco :
16.013
per 1,000 people
1974
Moroccan Agriculture
# 53
Chile :
15.848
per 1,000 people
1974
Chilean Agriculture
# 54
Burkina Faso :
14.52
per 1,000 people
1974
Burkinabe Agriculture
# 55
Nicaragua :
14.301
per 1,000 people
1974
Nicaraguan Agriculture
# 56
Equatorial Guinea :
13.893
per 1,000 people
1974
Equatorial Guinean Agriculture
# 57
Peru :
12.421
per 1,000 people
1974
Peruvian Agriculture
# 58
Vanuatu :
12.27
per 1,000 people
1974
- Agriculture
# 59
Togo :
12.055
per 1,000 people
1974
Togolese Agriculture
# 60
Oman :
11.951
per 1,000 people
1974
Omani Agriculture
# 61
Nigeria :
11.75
per 1,000 people
1974
Nigerian Agriculture
# 62
Ghana :
11.698
per 1,000 people
1974
Ghanaian Agriculture
# 63
Bhutan :
11.365
per 1,000 people
1974
Bhutanese Agriculture
# 64
Cameroon :
11.256
per 1,000 people
1974
Cameroonian Agriculture
# 65
Panama :
10.632
per 1,000 people
1974
Panamanian Agriculture
# 66
Gambia, The :
10.622
per 1,000 people
1974
Gambian Agriculture
# 67
Honduras :
10.599
per 1,000 people
1974
Honduran Agriculture
# 68
Costa Rica :
10.234
per 1,000 people
1974
Costa Rican Agriculture
# 69
Greece :
10.2
per 1,000 people
1974
Greek Agriculture
# 70
Uganda :
9.822
per 1,000 people
1974
Ugandan Agriculture
# 71
Turkey :
9.801
per 1,000 people
1974
Turkish Agriculture
# 72
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
9.685
per 1,000 people
1974
Congolese Agriculture
# 73
Sierra Leone :
9.234
per 1,000 people
1974
Sierra Leonean Agriculture
# 74
Spain :
9.127
per 1,000 people
1974
Spanish Agriculture
# 75
Iraq :
8.017
per 1,000 people
1974
Iraqi Agriculture
# 76
Malawi :
7.793
per 1,000 people
1974
Malawian Agriculture
# 77
Ecuador :
7.702
per 1,000 people
1974
Ecuadorian Agriculture
# 78
Kiribati :
7.278
per 1,000 people
1974
- Agriculture
# 79
Romania :
7.099
per 1,000 people
1974
Romanian Agriculture
# 80
Bulgaria :
6.957
per 1,000 people
1974
Bulgarian Agriculture
# 81
Belize :
6.645
per 1,000 people
1974
Belizean Agriculture
# 82
Samoa :
6.637
per 1,000 people
1974
Samoan Agriculture
# 83
Hungary :
6.477
per 1,000 people
1974
Hungarian Agriculture
# 84
Jordan :
6.374
per 1,000 people
1974
Jordanian Agriculture
# 85
France :
6.184
per 1,000 people
1974
French Agriculture
# 86
Cuba :
6.173
per 1,000 people
1974
Cuban Agriculture
# 87
Benin :
5.937
per 1,000 people
1974
Beninese Agriculture
# 88
Denmark :
5.812
per 1,000 people
1974
Danish Agriculture
# 89
Poland :
5.716
per 1,000 people
1974
Polish Agriculture
# 90
Finland :
5.624
per 1,000 people
1974
Finnish Agriculture
# 91
Burundi :
5.585
per 1,000 people
1974
Burundian Agriculture
# 92
Laos :
5.46
per 1,000 people
1974
Lao Agriculture
# 93
Man, Isle of :
5.369
per 1,000 people
1974
Manx Agriculture
# 94
United Arab Emirates :
5.066
per 1,000 people
1974
Emirati Agriculture
# 95
Austria :
5.015
per 1,000 people
1974
Austrian Agriculture
# 96
Albania :
4.779
per 1,000 people
1974
Albanian Agriculture
# 97
Guatemala :
4.758
per 1,000 people
1974
Guatemalan Agriculture
# 98
Dominican Republic :
4.727
per 1,000 people
1974
Dominican Agriculture
# 99
São Tomé and Príncipe :
4.615
per 1,000 people
1974
Sao Tomean Agriculture
# 100
Sweden :
4.577
per 1,000 people
1974
Swedish Agriculture
# 101
Portugal :
4.513
per 1,000 people
1974
Portuguese Agriculture
# 102
China :
4.41
per 1,000 people
1974
Chinese Agriculture
# 103
Fiji :
4.249
per 1,000 people
1974
Fijian Agriculture
# 104
Thailand :
4.192
per 1,000 people
1974
Thai Agriculture
# 105
Malaysia :
4.073
per 1,000 people
1974
Malaysian Agriculture
# 106
East Timor :
3.723
per 1,000 people
1974
Timorese Agriculture
# 107
Rwanda :
3.707
per 1,000 people
1974
Rwandan Agriculture
# 108
Cyprus :
3.685
per 1,000 people
1974
Cypriot Agriculture
# 109
Tonga :
3.658
per 1,000 people
1974
Tongan Agriculture
# 110
Pakistan :
3.568
per 1,000 people
1974
Pakistani Agriculture
# 111
Burma :
3.508
per 1,000 people
1974
Burmese Agriculture
# 112
Cambodia :
3.497
per 1,000 people
1974
Cambodian Agriculture
# 113
French Polynesia :
3.496
per 1,000 people
1974
French Polynesian Agriculture
# 114
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
3.425
per 1,000 people
1974
Nevisian Agriculture
# 115
United Kingdom :
3.314
per 1,000 people
1974
British Agriculture
# 116
Haiti :
3.276
per 1,000 people
1974
Haitian Agriculture
# 117
Qatar :
3.255
per 1,000 people
1974
Qatari Agriculture
# 118
El Salvador :
3.231
per 1,000 people
1974
Salvadoran Agriculture
# 119
Italy :
3.176
per 1,000 people
1974
Italian Agriculture
# 120
Switzerland :
3.135
per 1,000 people
1974
Swiss Agriculture
# 121
Nepal :
3.014
per 1,000 people
1974
Nepalese Agriculture
# 122
India :
3.002
per 1,000 people
1974
Indian Agriculture
# 123
Indonesia :
2.958
per 1,000 people
1974
Indonesian Agriculture
# 124
Solomon Islands :
2.958
per 1,000 people
1974
Solomon Islander Agriculture
# 125
Dominica :
2.695
per 1,000 people
1974
Dominican Agriculture
# 126
Jamaica :
2.553
per 1,000 people
1974
Jamaican Agriculture
# 127
Papua New Guinea :
2.494
per 1,000 people
1974
Papua New Guinean Agriculture
# 128
Germany :
2.383
per 1,000 people
1974
German Agriculture
# 129
Lebanon :
2.375
per 1,000 people
1974
Lebanese Agriculture
# 130
Cape Verde :
2.35
per 1,000 people
1974
Cape Verdean Agriculture
# 131
Norway :
2.261
per 1,000 people
1974
Norwegian Agriculture
# 132
Philippines :
2.168
per 1,000 people
1974
Philippine Agriculture
# 133
Grenada :
2.158
per 1,000 people
1974
Grenadian Agriculture
# 134
Antigua and Barbuda :
1.913
per 1,000 people
1974
Barbudan Agriculture
# 135
Saint Lucia :
1.869
per 1,000 people
1974
Saint Lucian Agriculture
# 136
Guam :
1.822
per 1,000 people
1974
Guamanian Agriculture
# 137
Sri Lanka :
1.774
per 1,000 people
1974
Sri Lankan Agriculture
# 138
Puerto Rico :
1.681
per 1,000 people
1974
Puerto Rican Agriculture
# 139
Virgin Islands :
1.667
per 1,000 people
1974
Virgin Islander Agriculture
# 140
Israel :
1.614
per 1,000 people
1974
Israeli Agriculture
# 141
Suriname :
1.55
per 1,000 people
1974
Surinamese Agriculture
# 142
Netherlands :
1.546
per 1,000 people
1974
Dutch Agriculture
# 143
Kuwait :
1.426
per 1,000 people
1974
Kuwaiti Agriculture
# 144
Vietnam :
1.387
per 1,000 people
1974
Vietnamese Agriculture
# 145
Bangladesh :
1.362
per 1,000 people
1974
Bangladeshi Agriculture
# 146
Mauritius :
1.287
per 1,000 people
1974
Mauritian Agriculture
# 147
Brunei :
1.166
per 1,000 people
1974
Bruneian Agriculture
# 148
Trinidad and Tobago :
1.107
per 1,000 people
1974
Tobagonian Agriculture
# 149
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
1.058
per 1,000 people
1974
Saint Vincentian Agriculture
# 150
Seychelles :
0.855
per 1,000 people
1974
Seychellois Agriculture
# 151
Barbados :
0.778
per 1,000 people
1974
Barbadian Agriculture
# 152
Maldives :
0.598
per 1,000 people
1974
Maldivian Agriculture
# 153
Japan :
0.582
per 1,000 people
1974
Japanese Agriculture
# 154
Bahamas, The :
0.54
per 1,000 people
1974
Bahamian Agriculture
# 155
Netherlands Antilles :
0.485
per 1,000 people
1974
Dutch Antillean Agriculture
# 156
Malta :
0.432
per 1,000 people
1974
Maltese Agriculture
# 157
Bahrain :
0.27
per 1,000 people
1974
Bahraini Agriculture
# 158
Bermuda :
0.187
per 1,000 people
1974
Bermudian Agriculture
# 159
Singapore :
0.04
per 1,000 people
1974
Singapore Agriculture
Weighted average:
31.3
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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"Agricultural land > sq. km (per capita) (1974) by country", Food and Agriculture Organisation, electronic files and web site.. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/agr_agr_lan_sq_km_percap-land-sq-km-per-capita&date=1974
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