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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) (1981) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Mongolia :
726.58
per 1,000 people
1981
Mongolian Agriculture
# 2
Namibia :
384.035
per 1,000 people
1981
Namibian Agriculture
# 3
Australia :
323.401
per 1,000 people
1981
Australian Agriculture
# 4
Botswana :
239.643
per 1,000 people
1981
Motswana -Batswana Agriculture
# 5
Mauritania :
239.549
per 1,000 people
1981
Mauritanian Agriculture
# 6
Chad :
101.753
per 1,000 people
1981
Chadian Agriculture
# 7
Iceland :
98.788
per 1,000 people
1981
Icelandic Agriculture
# 8
Saudi Arabia :
85.331
per 1,000 people
1981
Saudi Agriculture
# 9
Gabon :
71.77
per 1,000 people
1981
Gabonese Agriculture
# 10
Angola :
70.829
per 1,000 people
1981
Angolan Agriculture
# 11
Somalia :
66.07
per 1,000 people
1981
Somali Agriculture
# 12
Bolivia :
62.287
per 1,000 people
1981
Bolivian Agriculture
# 13
Congo, Republic of the :
56.581
per 1,000 people
1981
Congolese Agriculture
# 14
New Zealand :
55.11
per 1,000 people
1981
New Zealand Agriculture
# 15
Sudan :
53.514
per 1,000 people
1981
Sudanese Agriculture
# 16
Uruguay :
51.305
per 1,000 people
1981
Uruguayan Agriculture
# 17
Libya :
47.632
per 1,000 people
1981
Libyan Agriculture
# 18
Niger :
47.314
per 1,000 people
1981
Nigerien Agriculture
# 19
Greenland :
46.078
per 1,000 people
1981
Greenlandic Agriculture
# 20
Mali :
44.914
per 1,000 people
1981
Malian Agriculture
# 21
Argentina :
44.84
per 1,000 people
1981
Argentine Agriculture
# 22
Paraguay :
41.939
per 1,000 people
1981
Paraguayan Agriculture
# 23
Madagascar :
38.691
per 1,000 people
1981
Malagasy Agriculture
# 24
Mozambique :
38.217
per 1,000 people
1981
Mozambican Agriculture
# 25
Djibouti :
36.726
per 1,000 people
1981
Djiboutian Agriculture
# 26
Zambia :
36.263
per 1,000 people
1981
Zambian Agriculture
# 27
South Africa :
33.486
per 1,000 people
1981
South African Agriculture
# 28
Canada :
26.461
per 1,000 people
1981
Canadian Agriculture
# 29
Afghanistan :
25.278
per 1,000 people
1981
Afghan Agriculture
# 30
Guinea :
25.261
per 1,000 people
1981
Guinean Agriculture
# 31
Guyana :
22.497
per 1,000 people
1981
Guyanese Agriculture
# 32
Swaziland :
22.027
per 1,000 people
1981
Swazi Agriculture
# 33
Central African Republic :
20.648
per 1,000 people
1981
Central African Agriculture
# 34
Algeria :
20.147
per 1,000 people
1981
Algerian Agriculture
# 35
Côte d'Ivoire :
19.845
per 1,000 people
1981
Ivoirian Agriculture
# 36
United States :
18.659
per 1,000 people
1981
American Agriculture
# 37
New Caledonia :
18.403
per 1,000 people
1981
New Caledonian Agriculture
# 38
Brazil :
18.141
per 1,000 people
1981
Brazilian Agriculture
# 39
Lesotho :
17.35
per 1,000 people
1981
Basotho Agriculture
# 40
Tanzania :
17.121
per 1,000 people
1981
Tanzanian Agriculture
# 41
Guinea-Bissau :
17.034
per 1,000 people
1981
Guinean Agriculture
# 42
Ireland :
16.648
per 1,000 people
1981
Irish Agriculture
# 43
Zimbabwe :
16.271
per 1,000 people
1981
Zimbabwean Agriculture
# 44
Colombia :
15.63
per 1,000 people
1981
Colombian Agriculture
# 45
Syria :
15.145
per 1,000 people
1981
Syrian Agriculture
# 46
Kenya :
15.123
per 1,000 people
1981
Kenyan Agriculture
# 47
Chile :
14.766
per 1,000 people
1981
Chilean Agriculture
# 48
Morocco :
14.651
per 1,000 people
1981
Moroccan Agriculture
# 49
Senegal :
14.44
per 1,000 people
1981
Senegalese Agriculture
# 50
Mexico :
14.344
per 1,000 people
1981
Mexican Agriculture
# 51
Equatorial Guinea :
14.318
per 1,000 people
1981
Equatorial Guinean Agriculture
# 52
Venezuela :
13.513
per 1,000 people
1981
Venezuelan Agriculture
# 53
Tunisia :
13.348
per 1,000 people
1981
Tunisian Agriculture
# 54
Liberia :
13.31
per 1,000 people
1981
Liberian Agriculture
# 55
Burkina Faso :
13.133
per 1,000 people
1981
Burkinabe Agriculture
# 56
Nicaragua :
12.114
per 1,000 people
1981
Nicaraguan Agriculture
# 57
Vanuatu :
10.9
per 1,000 people
1981
- Agriculture
# 58
Costa Rica :
10.769
per 1,000 people
1981
Costa Rican Agriculture
# 59
Togo :
10.532
per 1,000 people
1981
Togolese Agriculture
# 60
Peru :
10.531
per 1,000 people
1981
Peruvian Agriculture
# 61
Ghana :
10.301
per 1,000 people
1981
Ghanaian Agriculture
# 62
Cameroon :
9.951
per 1,000 people
1981
Cameroonian Agriculture
# 63
Nigeria :
9.628
per 1,000 people
1981
Nigerian Agriculture
# 64
Bhutan :
9.513
per 1,000 people
1981
Bhutanese Agriculture
# 65
Greece :
9.462
per 1,000 people
1981
Greek Agriculture
# 66
Panama :
9.436
per 1,000 people
1981
Panamanian Agriculture
# 67
Honduras :
8.855
per 1,000 people
1981
Honduran Agriculture
# 68
Gambia, The :
8.62
per 1,000 people
1981
Gambian Agriculture
# 69
Turkey :
8.477
per 1,000 people
1981
Turkish Agriculture
# 70
Oman :
8.391
per 1,000 people
1981
Omani Agriculture
# 71
Uganda :
8.294
per 1,000 people
1981
Ugandan Agriculture
# 72
Spain :
8.268
per 1,000 people
1981
Spanish Agriculture
# 73
Ecuador :
8.259
per 1,000 people
1981
Ecuadorian Agriculture
# 74
Sierra Leone :
8.219
per 1,000 people
1981
Sierra Leonean Agriculture
# 75
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
7.855
per 1,000 people
1981
Congolese Agriculture
# 76
Bulgaria :
6.96
per 1,000 people
1981
Bulgarian Agriculture
# 77
Romania :
6.687
per 1,000 people
1981
Romanian Agriculture
# 78
Samoa :
6.624
per 1,000 people
1981
Samoan Agriculture
# 79
Iraq :
6.496
per 1,000 people
1981
Iraqi Agriculture
# 80
Belize :
6.471
per 1,000 people
1981
Belizean Agriculture
# 81
Kiribati :
6.403
per 1,000 people
1981
- Agriculture
# 82
Malawi :
6.183
per 1,000 people
1981
Malawian Agriculture
# 83
Hungary :
6.169
per 1,000 people
1981
Hungarian Agriculture
# 84
Cuba :
6.111
per 1,000 people
1981
Cuban Agriculture
# 85
France :
5.848
per 1,000 people
1981
French Agriculture
# 86
Denmark :
5.656
per 1,000 people
1981
Danish Agriculture
# 87
Benin :
5.367
per 1,000 people
1981
Beninese Agriculture
# 88
Poland :
5.267
per 1,000 people
1981
Polish Agriculture
# 89
Finland :
5.244
per 1,000 people
1981
Finnish Agriculture
# 90
Laos :
5.085
per 1,000 people
1981
Lao Agriculture
# 91
Burundi :
5.045
per 1,000 people
1981
Burundian Agriculture
# 92
East Timor :
4.929
per 1,000 people
1981
Timorese Agriculture
# 93
Jordan :
4.929
per 1,000 people
1981
Jordanian Agriculture
# 94
Austria :
4.876
per 1,000 people
1981
Austrian Agriculture
# 95
Man, Isle of :
4.731
per 1,000 people
1981
Manx Agriculture
# 96
Fiji :
4.622
per 1,000 people
1981
Fijian Agriculture
# 97
China :
4.446
per 1,000 people
1981
Chinese Agriculture
# 98
Sweden :
4.417
per 1,000 people
1981
Swedish Agriculture
# 99
Dominican Republic :
4.326
per 1,000 people
1981
Dominican Agriculture
# 100
Guatemala :
4.267
per 1,000 people
1981
Guatemalan Agriculture
# 101
Albania :
4.095
per 1,000 people
1981
Albanian Agriculture
# 102
Thailand :
4.094
per 1,000 people
1981
Thai Agriculture
# 103
Portugal :
4.042
per 1,000 people
1981
Portuguese Agriculture
# 104
Cambodia :
3.918
per 1,000 people
1981
Cambodian Agriculture
# 105
São Tomé and Príncipe :
3.842
per 1,000 people
1981
Sao Tomean Agriculture
# 106
Malaysia :
3.628
per 1,000 people
1981
Malaysian Agriculture
# 107
Tonga :
3.527
per 1,000 people
1981
Tongan Agriculture
# 108
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
3.352
per 1,000 people
1981
Nevisian Agriculture
# 109
Cyprus :
3.334
per 1,000 people
1981
Cypriot Agriculture
# 110
Rwanda :
3.287
per 1,000 people
1981
Rwandan Agriculture
# 111
United Kingdom :
3.251
per 1,000 people
1981
British Agriculture
# 112
Comoros :
3.197
per 1,000 people
1981
Comoran Agriculture
# 113
Switzerland :
3.179
per 1,000 people
1981
Swiss Agriculture
# 114
Italy :
3.106
per 1,000 people
1981
Italian Agriculture
# 115
Burma :
3.03
per 1,000 people
1981
Burmese Agriculture
# 116
Pakistan :
2.978
per 1,000 people
1981
Pakistani Agriculture
# 117
El Salvador :
2.954
per 1,000 people
1981
Salvadoran Agriculture
# 118
Haiti :
2.869
per 1,000 people
1981
Haitian Agriculture
# 119
French Polynesia :
2.827
per 1,000 people
1981
French Polynesian Agriculture
# 120
Nepal :
2.718
per 1,000 people
1981
Nepalese Agriculture
# 121
India :
2.568
per 1,000 people
1981
Indian Agriculture
# 122
Dominica :
2.546
per 1,000 people
1981
Dominican Agriculture
# 123
Indonesia :
2.508
per 1,000 people
1981
Indonesian Agriculture
# 124
Solomon Islands :
2.489
per 1,000 people
1981
Solomon Islander Agriculture
# 125
Germany :
2.354
per 1,000 people
1981
German Agriculture
# 126
Papua New Guinea :
2.343
per 1,000 people
1981
Papua New Guinean Agriculture
# 127
Jamaica :
2.298
per 1,000 people
1981
Jamaican Agriculture
# 128
Norway :
2.283
per 1,000 people
1981
Norwegian Agriculture
# 129
Qatar :
2.231
per 1,000 people
1981
Qatari Agriculture
# 130
Cape Verde :
2.212
per 1,000 people
1981
Cape Verdean Agriculture
# 131
Philippines :
2.164
per 1,000 people
1981
Philippine Agriculture
# 132
Lebanon :
2.135
per 1,000 people
1981
Lebanese Agriculture
# 133
United Arab Emirates :
2.118
per 1,000 people
1981
Emirati Agriculture
# 134
Suriname :
2.031
per 1,000 people
1981
Surinamese Agriculture
# 135
Antigua and Barbuda :
1.892
per 1,000 people
1981
Barbudan Agriculture
# 136
Guam :
1.835
per 1,000 people
1981
Guamanian Agriculture
# 137
Grenada :
1.798
per 1,000 people
1981
Grenadian Agriculture
# 138
Saint Lucia :
1.704
per 1,000 people
1981
Saint Lucian Agriculture
# 139
Virgin Islands :
1.633
per 1,000 people
1981
Virgin Islander Agriculture
# 140
Sri Lanka :
1.565
per 1,000 people
1981
Sri Lankan Agriculture
# 141
Puerto Rico :
1.44
per 1,000 people
1981
Puerto Rican Agriculture
# 142
Netherlands :
1.412
per 1,000 people
1981
Dutch Agriculture
# 143
Israel :
1.36
per 1,000 people
1981
Israeli Agriculture
# 144
Vietnam :
1.257
per 1,000 people
1981
Vietnamese Agriculture
# 145
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
1.186
per 1,000 people
1981
Saint Vincentian Agriculture
# 146
Mauritius :
1.164
per 1,000 people
1981
Mauritian Agriculture
# 147
Bangladesh :
1.16
per 1,000 people
1981
Bangladeshi Agriculture
# 148
Kuwait :
0.937
per 1,000 people
1981
Kuwaiti Agriculture
# 149
Trinidad and Tobago :
0.863
per 1,000 people
1981
Tobagonian Agriculture
# 150
Seychelles :
0.768
per 1,000 people
1981
Seychellois Agriculture
# 151
Barbados :
0.761
per 1,000 people
1981
Barbadian Agriculture
# 152
Brunei :
0.703
per 1,000 people
1981
Bruneian Agriculture
# 153
Japan :
0.514
per 1,000 people
1981
Japanese Agriculture
# 154
Bahamas, The :
0.512
per 1,000 people
1981
Bahamian Agriculture
# 155
Maldives :
0.491
per 1,000 people
1981
Maldivian Agriculture
# 156
Netherlands Antilles :
0.457
per 1,000 people
1981
Dutch Antillean Agriculture
# 157
Malta :
0.357
per 1,000 people
1981
Maltese Agriculture
# 158
Bahrain :
0.249
per 1,000 people
1981
Bahraini Agriculture
# 159
Bermuda :
0.184
per 1,000 people
1981
Bermudian Agriculture
# 160
Singapore :
0.028
per 1,000 people
1981
Singapore Agriculture
Weighted average:
25.5
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) (1981) 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=1981
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