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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) (1977) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Mongolia :
824.315
per 1,000 people
1977
Mongolian Agriculture
# 2
Namibia :
415.427
per 1,000 people
1977
Namibian Agriculture
# 3
Australia :
337.24
per 1,000 people
1977
Australian Agriculture
# 4
Botswana :
274.556
per 1,000 people
1977
Motswana -Batswana Agriculture
# 5
Mauritania :
263.93
per 1,000 people
1977
Mauritanian Agriculture
# 6
Chad :
110.413
per 1,000 people
1977
Chadian Agriculture
# 7
Saudi Arabia :
107.47
per 1,000 people
1977
Saudi Agriculture
# 8
Iceland :
102.838
per 1,000 people
1977
Icelandic Agriculture
# 9
Somalia :
86.764
per 1,000 people
1977
Somali Agriculture
# 10
Gabon :
81.294
per 1,000 people
1977
Gabonese Agriculture
# 11
Angola :
80.023
per 1,000 people
1977
Angolan Agriculture
# 12
Bolivia :
65.978
per 1,000 people
1977
Bolivian Agriculture
# 13
Congo, Republic of the :
64.337
per 1,000 people
1977
Congolese Agriculture
# 14
Sudan :
60.833
per 1,000 people
1977
Sudanese Agriculture
# 15
Libya :
54.29
per 1,000 people
1977
Libyan Agriculture
# 16
New Zealand :
53.24
per 1,000 people
1977
New Zealand Agriculture
# 17
Uruguay :
52.814
per 1,000 people
1977
Uruguayan Agriculture
# 18
Niger :
52.619
per 1,000 people
1977
Nigerien Agriculture
# 19
Mali :
49.249
per 1,000 people
1977
Malian Agriculture
# 20
Djibouti :
48.151
per 1,000 people
1977
Djiboutian Agriculture
# 21
Argentina :
47.791
per 1,000 people
1977
Argentine Agriculture
# 22
Greenland :
47.571
per 1,000 people
1977
Greenlandic Agriculture
# 23
Paraguay :
44.854
per 1,000 people
1977
Paraguayan Agriculture
# 24
Madagascar :
43.043
per 1,000 people
1977
Malagasy Agriculture
# 25
Mozambique :
42.244
per 1,000 people
1977
Mozambican Agriculture
# 26
Zambia :
40.684
per 1,000 people
1977
Zambian Agriculture
# 27
South Africa :
36.757
per 1,000 people
1977
South African Agriculture
# 28
Canada :
28.542
per 1,000 people
1977
Canadian Agriculture
# 29
Guinea :
28.184
per 1,000 people
1977
Guinean Agriculture
# 30
Swaziland :
27.12
per 1,000 people
1977
Swazi Agriculture
# 31
Algeria :
25.68
per 1,000 people
1977
Algerian Agriculture
# 32
Afghanistan :
25.544
per 1,000 people
1977
Afghan Agriculture
# 33
Côte d'Ivoire :
23.613
per 1,000 people
1977
Ivoirian Agriculture
# 34
Central African Republic :
22.777
per 1,000 people
1977
Central African Agriculture
# 35
Guyana :
20.676
per 1,000 people
1977
Guyanese Agriculture
# 36
Guinea-Bissau :
19.562
per 1,000 people
1977
Guinean Agriculture
# 37
United States :
19.539
per 1,000 people
1977
American Agriculture
# 38
Brazil :
19.281
per 1,000 people
1977
Brazilian Agriculture
# 39
New Caledonia :
19.142
per 1,000 people
1977
New Caledonian Agriculture
# 40
Lesotho :
19.116
per 1,000 people
1977
Basotho Agriculture
# 41
Tanzania :
18.812
per 1,000 people
1977
Tanzanian Agriculture
# 42
Zimbabwe :
18.306
per 1,000 people
1977
Zimbabwean Agriculture
# 43
Kenya :
17.582
per 1,000 people
1977
Kenyan Agriculture
# 44
Ireland :
17.488
per 1,000 people
1977
Irish Agriculture
# 45
Syria :
17.399
per 1,000 people
1977
Syrian Agriculture
# 46
Colombia :
17.105
per 1,000 people
1977
Colombian Agriculture
# 47
Senegal :
15.991
per 1,000 people
1977
Senegalese Agriculture
# 48
Chile :
15.959
per 1,000 people
1977
Chilean Agriculture
# 49
Mexico :
15.782
per 1,000 people
1977
Mexican Agriculture
# 50
Equatorial Guinea :
15.782
per 1,000 people
1977
Equatorial Guinean Agriculture
# 51
Tunisia :
15.568
per 1,000 people
1977
Tunisian Agriculture
# 52
Morocco :
15.297
per 1,000 people
1977
Moroccan Agriculture
# 53
Venezuela :
15.138
per 1,000 people
1977
Venezuelan Agriculture
# 54
Liberia :
15.137
per 1,000 people
1977
Liberian Agriculture
# 55
Burkina Faso :
13.935
per 1,000 people
1977
Burkinabe Agriculture
# 56
Nicaragua :
13.344
per 1,000 people
1977
Nicaraguan Agriculture
# 57
Vanuatu :
11.815
per 1,000 people
1977
- Agriculture
# 58
Peru :
11.58
per 1,000 people
1977
Peruvian Agriculture
# 59
Togo :
11.233
per 1,000 people
1977
Togolese Agriculture
# 60
Ghana :
11.199
per 1,000 people
1977
Ghanaian Agriculture
# 61
Nigeria :
10.822
per 1,000 people
1977
Nigerian Agriculture
# 62
Cameroon :
10.784
per 1,000 people
1977
Cameroonian Agriculture
# 63
Costa Rica :
10.584
per 1,000 people
1977
Costa Rican Agriculture
# 64
Bhutan :
10.416
per 1,000 people
1977
Bhutanese Agriculture
# 65
Oman :
10.351
per 1,000 people
1977
Omani Agriculture
# 66
Panama :
10.198
per 1,000 people
1977
Panamanian Agriculture
# 67
Honduras :
10.065
per 1,000 people
1977
Honduran Agriculture
# 68
Greece :
9.788
per 1,000 people
1977
Greek Agriculture
# 69
Gambia, The :
9.623
per 1,000 people
1977
Gambian Agriculture
# 70
Uganda :
9.205
per 1,000 people
1977
Ugandan Agriculture
# 71
Turkey :
9.107
per 1,000 people
1977
Turkish Agriculture
# 72
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
8.84
per 1,000 people
1977
Congolese Agriculture
# 73
Sierra Leone :
8.794
per 1,000 people
1977
Sierra Leonean Agriculture
# 74
Spain :
8.686
per 1,000 people
1977
Spanish Agriculture
# 75
Ecuador :
7.976
per 1,000 people
1977
Ecuadorian Agriculture
# 76
Iraq :
7.254
per 1,000 people
1977
Iraqi Agriculture
# 77
Bulgaria :
7.049
per 1,000 people
1977
Bulgarian Agriculture
# 78
Malawi :
6.983
per 1,000 people
1977
Malawian Agriculture
# 79
Kiribati :
6.939
per 1,000 people
1977
- Agriculture
# 80
Romania :
6.907
per 1,000 people
1977
Romanian Agriculture
# 81
Samoa :
6.553
per 1,000 people
1977
Samoan Agriculture
# 82
Cuba :
6.396
per 1,000 people
1977
Cuban Agriculture
# 83
Belize :
6.386
per 1,000 people
1977
Belizean Agriculture
# 84
Hungary :
6.326
per 1,000 people
1977
Hungarian Agriculture
# 85
France :
6.004
per 1,000 people
1977
French Agriculture
# 86
Benin :
5.768
per 1,000 people
1977
Beninese Agriculture
# 87
Denmark :
5.753
per 1,000 people
1977
Danish Agriculture
# 88
Jordan :
5.743
per 1,000 people
1977
Jordanian Agriculture
# 89
Burundi :
5.614
per 1,000 people
1977
Burundian Agriculture
# 90
Poland :
5.522
per 1,000 people
1977
Polish Agriculture
# 91
Finland :
5.501
per 1,000 people
1977
Finnish Agriculture
# 92
Laos :
5.322
per 1,000 people
1977
Lao Agriculture
# 93
Man, Isle of :
5.084
per 1,000 people
1977
Manx Agriculture
# 94
Austria :
4.892
per 1,000 people
1977
Austrian Agriculture
# 95
Dominican Republic :
4.592
per 1,000 people
1977
Dominican Agriculture
# 96
Guatemala :
4.591
per 1,000 people
1977
Guatemalan Agriculture
# 97
Fiji :
4.52
per 1,000 people
1977
Fijian Agriculture
# 98
Sweden :
4.51
per 1,000 people
1977
Swedish Agriculture
# 99
Albania :
4.422
per 1,000 people
1977
Albanian Agriculture
# 100
China :
4.383
per 1,000 people
1977
Chinese Agriculture
# 101
São Tomé and Príncipe :
4.261
per 1,000 people
1977
Sao Tomean Agriculture
# 102
East Timor :
4.206
per 1,000 people
1977
Timorese Agriculture
# 103
Portugal :
4.195
per 1,000 people
1977
Portuguese Agriculture
# 104
Thailand :
4.144
per 1,000 people
1977
Thai Agriculture
# 105
Cyprus :
4.008
per 1,000 people
1977
Cypriot Agriculture
# 106
Malaysia :
3.907
per 1,000 people
1977
Malaysian Agriculture
# 107
Cambodia :
3.732
per 1,000 people
1977
Cambodian Agriculture
# 108
Tonga :
3.539
per 1,000 people
1977
Tongan Agriculture
# 109
Rwanda :
3.535
per 1,000 people
1977
Rwandan Agriculture
# 110
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
3.43
per 1,000 people
1977
Nevisian Agriculture
# 111
Pakistan :
3.32
per 1,000 people
1977
Pakistani Agriculture
# 112
United Kingdom :
3.291
per 1,000 people
1977
British Agriculture
# 113
Burma :
3.284
per 1,000 people
1977
Burmese Agriculture
# 114
Switzerland :
3.194
per 1,000 people
1977
Swiss Agriculture
# 115
French Polynesia :
3.188
per 1,000 people
1977
French Polynesian Agriculture
# 116
Italy :
3.128
per 1,000 people
1977
Italian Agriculture
# 117
Haiti :
3.099
per 1,000 people
1977
Haitian Agriculture
# 118
United Arab Emirates :
3.041
per 1,000 people
1977
Emirati Agriculture
# 119
El Salvador :
3.024
per 1,000 people
1977
Salvadoran Agriculture
# 120
Nepal :
2.89
per 1,000 people
1977
Nepalese Agriculture
# 121
India :
2.815
per 1,000 people
1977
Indian Agriculture
# 122
Indonesia :
2.735
per 1,000 people
1977
Indonesian Agriculture
# 123
Qatar :
2.734
per 1,000 people
1977
Qatari Agriculture
# 124
Solomon Islands :
2.71
per 1,000 people
1977
Solomon Islander Agriculture
# 125
Dominica :
2.65
per 1,000 people
1977
Dominican Agriculture
# 126
Jamaica :
2.462
per 1,000 people
1977
Jamaican Agriculture
# 127
Papua New Guinea :
2.442
per 1,000 people
1977
Papua New Guinean Agriculture
# 128
Germany :
2.393
per 1,000 people
1977
German Agriculture
# 129
Cape Verde :
2.314
per 1,000 people
1977
Cape Verdean Agriculture
# 130
Philippines :
2.272
per 1,000 people
1977
Philippine Agriculture
# 131
Lebanon :
2.253
per 1,000 people
1977
Lebanese Agriculture
# 132
Norway :
2.224
per 1,000 people
1977
Norwegian Agriculture
# 133
Grenada :
2.192
per 1,000 people
1977
Grenadian Agriculture
# 134
Antigua and Barbuda :
1.934
per 1,000 people
1977
Barbudan Agriculture
# 135
Saint Lucia :
1.797
per 1,000 people
1977
Saint Lucian Agriculture
# 136
Sri Lanka :
1.745
per 1,000 people
1977
Sri Lankan Agriculture
# 137
Guam :
1.706
per 1,000 people
1977
Guamanian Agriculture
# 138
Suriname :
1.702
per 1,000 people
1977
Surinamese Agriculture
# 139
Virgin Islands :
1.613
per 1,000 people
1977
Virgin Islander Agriculture
# 140
Puerto Rico :
1.59
per 1,000 people
1977
Puerto Rican Agriculture
# 141
Netherlands :
1.487
per 1,000 people
1977
Dutch Agriculture
# 142
Israel :
1.47
per 1,000 people
1977
Israeli Agriculture
# 143
Vietnam :
1.354
per 1,000 people
1977
Vietnamese Agriculture
# 144
Bangladesh :
1.268
per 1,000 people
1977
Bangladeshi Agriculture
# 145
Mauritius :
1.237
per 1,000 people
1977
Mauritian Agriculture
# 146
Kuwait :
1.18
per 1,000 people
1977
Kuwaiti Agriculture
# 147
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
1.127
per 1,000 people
1977
Saint Vincentian Agriculture
# 148
Trinidad and Tobago :
1.024
per 1,000 people
1977
Tobagonian Agriculture
# 149
Brunei :
0.863
per 1,000 people
1977
Bruneian Agriculture
# 150
Seychelles :
0.81
per 1,000 people
1977
Seychellois Agriculture
# 151
Barbados :
0.768
per 1,000 people
1977
Barbadian Agriculture
# 152
Bahamas, The :
0.559
per 1,000 people
1977
Bahamian Agriculture
# 153
Maldives :
0.552
per 1,000 people
1977
Maldivian Agriculture
# 154
Japan :
0.546
per 1,000 people
1977
Japanese Agriculture
# 155
Netherlands Antilles :
0.473
per 1,000 people
1977
Dutch Antillean Agriculture
# 156
Malta :
0.408
per 1,000 people
1977
Maltese Agriculture
# 157
Bahrain :
0.332
per 1,000 people
1977
Bahraini Agriculture
# 158
Bermuda :
0.187
per 1,000 people
1977
Bermudian Agriculture
# 159
Singapore :
0.034
per 1,000 people
1977
Singapore Agriculture
Weighted average:
28.4
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) (1977) 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=1977
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