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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) (1979) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Mongolia :
771.572
per 1,000 people
1979
Mongolian Agriculture
# 2
Namibia :
399.544
per 1,000 people
1979
Namibian Agriculture
# 3
Australia :
331.044
per 1,000 people
1979
Australian Agriculture
# 4
Botswana :
256.467
per 1,000 people
1979
Motswana -Batswana Agriculture
# 5
Mauritania :
251.276
per 1,000 people
1979
Mauritanian Agriculture
# 6
Chad :
106.182
per 1,000 people
1979
Chadian Agriculture
# 7
Iceland :
100.973
per 1,000 people
1979
Icelandic Agriculture
# 8
Saudi Arabia :
96.003
per 1,000 people
1979
Saudi Agriculture
# 9
Gabon :
76.229
per 1,000 people
1979
Gabonese Agriculture
# 10
Angola :
75.601
per 1,000 people
1979
Angolan Agriculture
# 11
Somalia :
71.71
per 1,000 people
1979
Somali Agriculture
# 12
Bolivia :
64.039
per 1,000 people
1979
Bolivian Agriculture
# 13
Congo, Republic of the :
60.22
per 1,000 people
1979
Congolese Agriculture
# 14
Sudan :
57.126
per 1,000 people
1979
Sudanese Agriculture
# 15
New Zealand :
53.664
per 1,000 people
1979
New Zealand Agriculture
# 16
Uruguay :
52.111
per 1,000 people
1979
Uruguayan Agriculture
# 17
Libya :
51.151
per 1,000 people
1979
Libyan Agriculture
# 18
Niger :
49.785
per 1,000 people
1979
Nigerien Agriculture
# 19
Greenland :
47.379
per 1,000 people
1979
Greenlandic Agriculture
# 20
Mali :
47.075
per 1,000 people
1979
Malian Agriculture
# 21
Argentina :
46.302
per 1,000 people
1979
Argentine Agriculture
# 22
Paraguay :
41.804
per 1,000 people
1979
Paraguayan Agriculture
# 23
Madagascar :
40.852
per 1,000 people
1979
Malagasy Agriculture
# 24
Djibouti :
40.62
per 1,000 people
1979
Djiboutian Agriculture
# 25
Mozambique :
40.067
per 1,000 people
1979
Mozambican Agriculture
# 26
Zambia :
38.388
per 1,000 people
1979
Zambian Agriculture
# 27
South Africa :
35.16
per 1,000 people
1979
South African Agriculture
# 28
Canada :
27.558
per 1,000 people
1979
Canadian Agriculture
# 29
Guinea :
26.605
per 1,000 people
1979
Guinean Agriculture
# 30
Afghanistan :
24.988
per 1,000 people
1979
Afghan Agriculture
# 31
Swaziland :
24.477
per 1,000 people
1979
Swazi Agriculture
# 32
Algeria :
24.07
per 1,000 people
1979
Algerian Agriculture
# 33
Guyana :
22.642
per 1,000 people
1979
Guyanese Agriculture
# 34
Central African Republic :
21.746
per 1,000 people
1979
Central African Agriculture
# 35
Côte d'Ivoire :
21.656
per 1,000 people
1979
Ivoirian Agriculture
# 36
United States :
19.025
per 1,000 people
1979
American Agriculture
# 37
New Caledonia :
18.739
per 1,000 people
1979
New Caledonian Agriculture
# 38
Brazil :
18.729
per 1,000 people
1979
Brazilian Agriculture
# 39
Lesotho :
18.343
per 1,000 people
1979
Basotho Agriculture
# 40
Tanzania :
18.225
per 1,000 people
1979
Tanzanian Agriculture
# 41
Guinea-Bissau :
18.013
per 1,000 people
1979
Guinean Agriculture
# 42
Zimbabwe :
17.31
per 1,000 people
1979
Zimbabwean Agriculture
# 43
Ireland :
16.989
per 1,000 people
1979
Irish Agriculture
# 44
Colombia :
16.329
per 1,000 people
1979
Colombian Agriculture
# 45
Kenya :
16.316
per 1,000 people
1979
Kenyan Agriculture
# 46
Syria :
16.128
per 1,000 people
1979
Syrian Agriculture
# 47
Equatorial Guinea :
15.785
per 1,000 people
1979
Equatorial Guinean Agriculture
# 48
Chile :
15.344
per 1,000 people
1979
Chilean Agriculture
# 49
Senegal :
15.225
per 1,000 people
1979
Senegalese Agriculture
# 50
Mexico :
15.014
per 1,000 people
1979
Mexican Agriculture
# 51
Morocco :
14.811
per 1,000 people
1979
Moroccan Agriculture
# 52
Tunisia :
14.401
per 1,000 people
1979
Tunisian Agriculture
# 53
Venezuela :
14.292
per 1,000 people
1979
Venezuelan Agriculture
# 54
Liberia :
14.249
per 1,000 people
1979
Liberian Agriculture
# 55
Burkina Faso :
13.539
per 1,000 people
1979
Burkinabe Agriculture
# 56
Nicaragua :
12.571
per 1,000 people
1979
Nicaraguan Agriculture
# 57
Vanuatu :
11.226
per 1,000 people
1979
- Agriculture
# 58
Togo :
11.222
per 1,000 people
1979
Togolese Agriculture
# 59
Peru :
11.033
per 1,000 people
1979
Peruvian Agriculture
# 60
Ghana :
10.885
per 1,000 people
1979
Ghanaian Agriculture
# 61
Costa Rica :
10.702
per 1,000 people
1979
Costa Rican Agriculture
# 62
Cameroon :
10.479
per 1,000 people
1979
Cameroonian Agriculture
# 63
Nigeria :
10.189
per 1,000 people
1979
Nigerian Agriculture
# 64
Bhutan :
9.875
per 1,000 people
1979
Bhutanese Agriculture
# 65
Panama :
9.727
per 1,000 people
1979
Panamanian Agriculture
# 66
Greece :
9.616
per 1,000 people
1979
Greek Agriculture
# 67
Honduras :
9.438
per 1,000 people
1979
Honduran Agriculture
# 68
Oman :
9.335
per 1,000 people
1979
Omani Agriculture
# 69
Gambia, The :
8.962
per 1,000 people
1979
Gambian Agriculture
# 70
Turkey :
8.94
per 1,000 people
1979
Turkish Agriculture
# 71
Uganda :
8.704
per 1,000 people
1979
Ugandan Agriculture
# 72
Sierra Leone :
8.499
per 1,000 people
1979
Sierra Leonean Agriculture
# 73
Spain :
8.45
per 1,000 people
1979
Spanish Agriculture
# 74
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
8.304
per 1,000 people
1979
Congolese Agriculture
# 75
Ecuador :
7.995
per 1,000 people
1979
Ecuadorian Agriculture
# 76
Bulgaria :
7.031
per 1,000 people
1979
Bulgarian Agriculture
# 77
Iraq :
6.911
per 1,000 people
1979
Iraqi Agriculture
# 78
Romania :
6.788
per 1,000 people
1979
Romanian Agriculture
# 79
Kiribati :
6.676
per 1,000 people
1979
- Agriculture
# 80
Malawi :
6.623
per 1,000 people
1979
Malawian Agriculture
# 81
Belize :
6.612
per 1,000 people
1979
Belizean Agriculture
# 82
Samoa :
6.607
per 1,000 people
1979
Samoan Agriculture
# 83
Hungary :
6.217
per 1,000 people
1979
Hungarian Agriculture
# 84
Cuba :
6.121
per 1,000 people
1979
Cuban Agriculture
# 85
France :
5.939
per 1,000 people
1979
French Agriculture
# 86
Denmark :
5.706
per 1,000 people
1979
Danish Agriculture
# 87
Benin :
5.554
per 1,000 people
1979
Beninese Agriculture
# 88
Poland :
5.403
per 1,000 people
1979
Polish Agriculture
# 89
Jordan :
5.359
per 1,000 people
1979
Jordanian Agriculture
# 90
Burundi :
5.359
per 1,000 people
1979
Burundian Agriculture
# 91
Finland :
5.343
per 1,000 people
1979
Finnish Agriculture
# 92
Laos :
5.254
per 1,000 people
1979
Lao Agriculture
# 93
Man, Isle of :
4.865
per 1,000 people
1979
Manx Agriculture
# 94
Austria :
4.85
per 1,000 people
1979
Austrian Agriculture
# 95
East Timor :
4.783
per 1,000 people
1979
Timorese Agriculture
# 96
Fiji :
4.595
per 1,000 people
1979
Fijian Agriculture
# 97
Sweden :
4.474
per 1,000 people
1979
Swedish Agriculture
# 98
Dominican Republic :
4.466
per 1,000 people
1979
Dominican Agriculture
# 99
Guatemala :
4.408
per 1,000 people
1979
Guatemalan Agriculture
# 100
China :
4.401
per 1,000 people
1979
Chinese Agriculture
# 101
Albania :
4.269
per 1,000 people
1979
Albanian Agriculture
# 102
Thailand :
4.122
per 1,000 people
1979
Thai Agriculture
# 103
Portugal :
4.116
per 1,000 people
1979
Portuguese Agriculture
# 104
São Tomé and Príncipe :
4.024
per 1,000 people
1979
Sao Tomean Agriculture
# 105
Cambodia :
3.945
per 1,000 people
1979
Cambodian Agriculture
# 106
Malaysia :
3.738
per 1,000 people
1979
Malaysian Agriculture
# 107
Cyprus :
3.504
per 1,000 people
1979
Cypriot Agriculture
# 108
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
3.434
per 1,000 people
1979
Nevisian Agriculture
# 109
Tonga :
3.434
per 1,000 people
1979
Tongan Agriculture
# 110
Rwanda :
3.372
per 1,000 people
1979
Rwandan Agriculture
# 111
United Kingdom :
3.281
per 1,000 people
1979
British Agriculture
# 112
Switzerland :
3.182
per 1,000 people
1979
Swiss Agriculture
# 113
Burma :
3.148
per 1,000 people
1979
Burmese Agriculture
# 114
Pakistan :
3.14
per 1,000 people
1979
Pakistani Agriculture
# 115
Italy :
3.127
per 1,000 people
1979
Italian Agriculture
# 116
El Salvador :
3.101
per 1,000 people
1979
Salvadoran Agriculture
# 117
French Polynesia :
3
per 1,000 people
1979
French Polynesian Agriculture
# 118
Haiti :
2.99
per 1,000 people
1979
Haitian Agriculture
# 119
Nepal :
2.803
per 1,000 people
1979
Nepalese Agriculture
# 120
India :
2.687
per 1,000 people
1979
Indian Agriculture
# 121
Solomon Islands :
2.668
per 1,000 people
1979
Solomon Islander Agriculture
# 122
Indonesia :
2.616
per 1,000 people
1979
Indonesian Agriculture
# 123
Dominica :
2.613
per 1,000 people
1979
Dominican Agriculture
# 124
Qatar :
2.495
per 1,000 people
1979
Qatari Agriculture
# 125
Papua New Guinea :
2.429
per 1,000 people
1979
Papua New Guinean Agriculture
# 126
Germany :
2.381
per 1,000 people
1979
German Agriculture
# 127
Jamaica :
2.362
per 1,000 people
1979
Jamaican Agriculture
# 128
Norway :
2.342
per 1,000 people
1979
Norwegian Agriculture
# 129
United Arab Emirates :
2.317
per 1,000 people
1979
Emirati Agriculture
# 130
Cape Verde :
2.275
per 1,000 people
1979
Cape Verdean Agriculture
# 131
Philippines :
2.218
per 1,000 people
1979
Philippine Agriculture
# 132
Lebanon :
2.207
per 1,000 people
1979
Lebanese Agriculture
# 133
Grenada :
2.1
per 1,000 people
1979
Grenadian Agriculture
# 134
Antigua and Barbuda :
1.908
per 1,000 people
1979
Barbudan Agriculture
# 135
Suriname :
1.802
per 1,000 people
1979
Surinamese Agriculture
# 136
Sri Lanka :
1.795
per 1,000 people
1979
Sri Lankan Agriculture
# 137
Saint Lucia :
1.753
per 1,000 people
1979
Saint Lucian Agriculture
# 138
Guam :
1.727
per 1,000 people
1979
Guamanian Agriculture
# 139
Virgin Islands :
1.563
per 1,000 people
1979
Virgin Islander Agriculture
# 140
Puerto Rico :
1.534
per 1,000 people
1979
Puerto Rican Agriculture
# 141
Netherlands :
1.449
per 1,000 people
1979
Dutch Agriculture
# 142
Israel :
1.408
per 1,000 people
1979
Israeli Agriculture
# 143
Vietnam :
1.303
per 1,000 people
1979
Vietnamese Agriculture
# 144
Bangladesh :
1.216
per 1,000 people
1979
Bangladeshi Agriculture
# 145
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
1.206
per 1,000 people
1979
Saint Vincentian Agriculture
# 146
Mauritius :
1.198
per 1,000 people
1979
Mauritian Agriculture
# 147
Kuwait :
1.042
per 1,000 people
1979
Kuwaiti Agriculture
# 148
Trinidad and Tobago :
0.996
per 1,000 people
1979
Tobagonian Agriculture
# 149
Brunei :
0.803
per 1,000 people
1979
Bruneian Agriculture
# 150
Seychelles :
0.786
per 1,000 people
1979
Seychellois Agriculture
# 151
Barbados :
0.765
per 1,000 people
1979
Barbadian Agriculture
# 152
Bahamas, The :
0.535
per 1,000 people
1979
Bahamian Agriculture
# 153
Japan :
0.533
per 1,000 people
1979
Japanese Agriculture
# 154
Maldives :
0.521
per 1,000 people
1979
Maldivian Agriculture
# 155
Netherlands Antilles :
0.465
per 1,000 people
1979
Dutch Antillean Agriculture
# 156
Malta :
0.388
per 1,000 people
1979
Maltese Agriculture
# 157
Bahrain :
0.301
per 1,000 people
1979
Bahraini Agriculture
# 158
Bermuda :
0.186
per 1,000 people
1979
Bermudian Agriculture
# 159
Singapore :
0.034
per 1,000 people
1979
Singapore Agriculture
Weighted average:
27.0
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) (1979) 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=1979
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