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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) (1984) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Mongolia :
668.989
per 1,000 people
1984
Mongolian Agriculture
# 2
Namibia :
357.696
per 1,000 people
1984
Namibian Agriculture
# 3
Australia :
304.323
per 1,000 people
1984
Australian Agriculture
# 4
Mauritania :
223.24
per 1,000 people
1984
Mauritanian Agriculture
# 5
Botswana :
217.075
per 1,000 people
1984
Motswana -Batswana Agriculture
# 6
Iceland :
95.439
per 1,000 people
1984
Icelandic Agriculture
# 7
Chad :
94.81
per 1,000 people
1984
Chadian Agriculture
# 8
Saudi Arabia :
75.915
per 1,000 people
1984
Saudi Agriculture
# 9
Somalia :
67.541
per 1,000 people
1984
Somali Agriculture
# 10
Gabon :
65.39
per 1,000 people
1984
Gabonese Agriculture
# 11
Angola :
63.801
per 1,000 people
1984
Angolan Agriculture
# 12
Bolivia :
59.478
per 1,000 people
1984
Bolivian Agriculture
# 13
Congo, Republic of the :
51.588
per 1,000 people
1984
Congolese Agriculture
# 14
New Zealand :
50.968
per 1,000 people
1984
New Zealand Agriculture
# 15
Uruguay :
49.919
per 1,000 people
1984
Uruguayan Agriculture
# 16
Sudan :
48.645
per 1,000 people
1984
Sudanese Agriculture
# 17
Greenland :
44.592
per 1,000 people
1984
Greenlandic Agriculture
# 18
Niger :
43.828
per 1,000 people
1984
Nigerien Agriculture
# 19
Argentina :
43.049
per 1,000 people
1984
Argentine Agriculture
# 20
Paraguay :
42.748
per 1,000 people
1984
Paraguayan Agriculture
# 21
Libya :
42.275
per 1,000 people
1984
Libyan Agriculture
# 22
Mali :
41.729
per 1,000 people
1984
Malian Agriculture
# 23
Mozambique :
36.171
per 1,000 people
1984
Mozambican Agriculture
# 24
Madagascar :
35.611
per 1,000 people
1984
Malagasy Agriculture
# 25
Djibouti :
33.874
per 1,000 people
1984
Djiboutian Agriculture
# 26
Zambia :
32.971
per 1,000 people
1984
Zambian Agriculture
# 27
South Africa :
30.994
per 1,000 people
1984
South African Agriculture
# 28
Afghanistan :
26.891
per 1,000 people
1984
Afghan Agriculture
# 29
Canada :
26.088
per 1,000 people
1984
Canadian Agriculture
# 30
Guinea :
23.534
per 1,000 people
1984
Guinean Agriculture
# 31
Guyana :
22.809
per 1,000 people
1984
Guyanese Agriculture
# 32
Swaziland :
19.859
per 1,000 people
1984
Swazi Agriculture
# 33
New Caledonia :
19.254
per 1,000 people
1984
New Caledonian Agriculture
# 34
Central African Republic :
19.098
per 1,000 people
1984
Central African Agriculture
# 35
Algeria :
18.481
per 1,000 people
1984
Algerian Agriculture
# 36
United States :
18.293
per 1,000 people
1984
American Agriculture
# 37
Côte d'Ivoire :
17.792
per 1,000 people
1984
Ivoirian Agriculture
# 38
Brazil :
17.26
per 1,000 people
1984
Brazilian Agriculture
# 39
Guinea-Bissau :
16.522
per 1,000 people
1984
Guinean Agriculture
# 40
Ireland :
16.141
per 1,000 people
1984
Irish Agriculture
# 41
Lesotho :
16.017
per 1,000 people
1984
Basotho Agriculture
# 42
Tanzania :
15.591
per 1,000 people
1984
Tanzanian Agriculture
# 43
Zimbabwe :
14.699
per 1,000 people
1984
Zimbabwean Agriculture
# 44
Colombia :
14.672
per 1,000 people
1984
Colombian Agriculture
# 45
Chile :
13.861
per 1,000 people
1984
Chilean Agriculture
# 46
Morocco :
13.797
per 1,000 people
1984
Moroccan Agriculture
# 47
Kenya :
13.455
per 1,000 people
1984
Kenyan Agriculture
# 48
Mexico :
13.454
per 1,000 people
1984
Mexican Agriculture
# 49
Syria :
13.38
per 1,000 people
1984
Syrian Agriculture
# 50
Senegal :
13.249
per 1,000 people
1984
Senegalese Agriculture
# 51
Tunisia :
12.635
per 1,000 people
1984
Tunisian Agriculture
# 52
Venezuela :
12.587
per 1,000 people
1984
Venezuelan Agriculture
# 53
Burkina Faso :
12.479
per 1,000 people
1984
Burkinabe Agriculture
# 54
Liberia :
12.122
per 1,000 people
1984
Liberian Agriculture
# 55
Nicaragua :
11.297
per 1,000 people
1984
Nicaraguan Agriculture
# 56
Equatorial Guinea :
11.281
per 1,000 people
1984
Equatorial Guinean Agriculture
# 57
Costa Rica :
10.473
per 1,000 people
1984
Costa Rican Agriculture
# 58
Vanuatu :
10.467
per 1,000 people
1984
- Agriculture
# 59
Peru :
9.885
per 1,000 people
1984
Peruvian Agriculture
# 60
Togo :
9.547
per 1,000 people
1984
Togolese Agriculture
# 61
Bhutan :
9.504
per 1,000 people
1984
Bhutanese Agriculture
# 62
Ghana :
9.494
per 1,000 people
1984
Ghanaian Agriculture
# 63
Cameroon :
9.311
per 1,000 people
1984
Cameroonian Agriculture
# 64
Greece :
9.306
per 1,000 people
1984
Greek Agriculture
# 65
Panama :
9.23
per 1,000 people
1984
Panamanian Agriculture
# 66
Nigeria :
8.933
per 1,000 people
1984
Nigerian Agriculture
# 67
Ecuador :
8.183
per 1,000 people
1984
Ecuadorian Agriculture
# 68
Honduras :
8.084
per 1,000 people
1984
Honduran Agriculture
# 69
Uganda :
8.058
per 1,000 people
1984
Ugandan Agriculture
# 70
Spain :
8.003
per 1,000 people
1984
Spanish Agriculture
# 71
Sierra Leone :
7.804
per 1,000 people
1984
Sierra Leonean Agriculture
# 72
Turkey :
7.664
per 1,000 people
1984
Turkish Agriculture
# 73
Gambia, The :
7.633
per 1,000 people
1984
Gambian Agriculture
# 74
Oman :
7.255
per 1,000 people
1984
Omani Agriculture
# 75
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
7.241
per 1,000 people
1984
Congolese Agriculture
# 76
Bulgaria :
6.915
per 1,000 people
1984
Bulgarian Agriculture
# 77
Romania :
6.626
per 1,000 people
1984
Romanian Agriculture
# 78
Samoa :
6.583
per 1,000 people
1984
Samoan Agriculture
# 79
Hungary :
6.172
per 1,000 people
1984
Hungarian Agriculture
# 80
Cuba :
6.172
per 1,000 people
1984
Cuban Agriculture
# 81
Kiribati :
6.136
per 1,000 people
1984
- Agriculture
# 82
Iraq :
5.991
per 1,000 people
1984
Iraqi Agriculture
# 83
Belize :
5.988
per 1,000 people
1984
Belizean Agriculture
# 84
Malawi :
5.752
per 1,000 people
1984
Malawian Agriculture
# 85
France :
5.734
per 1,000 people
1984
French Agriculture
# 86
Denmark :
5.585
per 1,000 people
1984
Danish Agriculture
# 87
Poland :
5.131
per 1,000 people
1984
Polish Agriculture
# 88
Finland :
4.971
per 1,000 people
1984
Finnish Agriculture
# 89
Benin :
4.967
per 1,000 people
1984
Beninese Agriculture
# 90
Guatemala :
4.89
per 1,000 people
1984
Guatemalan Agriculture
# 91
Laos :
4.774
per 1,000 people
1984
Lao Agriculture
# 92
Fiji :
4.73
per 1,000 people
1984
Fijian Agriculture
# 93
Man, Isle of :
4.684
per 1,000 people
1984
Manx Agriculture
# 94
Austria :
4.645
per 1,000 people
1984
Austrian Agriculture
# 95
East Timor :
4.621
per 1,000 people
1984
Timorese Agriculture
# 96
China :
4.619
per 1,000 people
1984
Chinese Agriculture
# 97
Burundi :
4.554
per 1,000 people
1984
Burundian Agriculture
# 98
Sweden :
4.331
per 1,000 people
1984
Swedish Agriculture
# 99
Jordan :
4.116
per 1,000 people
1984
Jordanian Agriculture
# 100
Dominican Republic :
4.063
per 1,000 people
1984
Dominican Agriculture
# 101
Thailand :
4.027
per 1,000 people
1984
Thai Agriculture
# 102
Portugal :
3.995
per 1,000 people
1984
Portuguese Agriculture
# 103
Albania :
3.85
per 1,000 people
1984
Albanian Agriculture
# 104
Malaysia :
3.756
per 1,000 people
1984
Malaysian Agriculture
# 105
São Tomé and Príncipe :
3.636
per 1,000 people
1984
Sao Tomean Agriculture
# 106
Tonga :
3.547
per 1,000 people
1984
Tongan Agriculture
# 107
Cambodia :
3.477
per 1,000 people
1984
Cambodian Agriculture
# 108
Cyprus :
3.234
per 1,000 people
1984
Cypriot Agriculture
# 109
Comoros :
3.225
per 1,000 people
1984
Comoran Agriculture
# 110
United Kingdom :
3.221
per 1,000 people
1984
British Agriculture
# 111
Switzerland :
3.137
per 1,000 people
1984
Swiss Agriculture
# 112
Rwanda :
3.094
per 1,000 people
1984
Rwandan Agriculture
# 113
Italy :
3.048
per 1,000 people
1984
Italian Agriculture
# 114
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
2.977
per 1,000 people
1984
Nevisian Agriculture
# 115
Burma :
2.853
per 1,000 people
1984
Burmese Agriculture
# 116
El Salvador :
2.847
per 1,000 people
1984
Salvadoran Agriculture
# 117
Pakistan :
2.745
per 1,000 people
1984
Pakistani Agriculture
# 118
Haiti :
2.674
per 1,000 people
1984
Haitian Agriculture
# 119
French Polynesia :
2.596
per 1,000 people
1984
French Polynesian Agriculture
# 120
Nepal :
2.586
per 1,000 people
1984
Nepalese Agriculture
# 121
Dominica :
2.574
per 1,000 people
1984
Dominican Agriculture
# 122
Solomon Islands :
2.434
per 1,000 people
1984
Solomon Islander Agriculture
# 123
India :
2.415
per 1,000 people
1984
Indian Agriculture
# 124
Germany :
2.349
per 1,000 people
1984
German Agriculture
# 125
Indonesia :
2.315
per 1,000 people
1984
Indonesian Agriculture
# 126
Norway :
2.304
per 1,000 people
1984
Norwegian Agriculture
# 127
Papua New Guinea :
2.171
per 1,000 people
1984
Papua New Guinean Agriculture
# 128
Jamaica :
2.092
per 1,000 people
1984
Jamaican Agriculture
# 129
Cape Verde :
2.081
per 1,000 people
1984
Cape Verdean Agriculture
# 130
Lebanon :
2.08
per 1,000 people
1984
Lebanese Agriculture
# 131
Philippines :
2.042
per 1,000 people
1984
Philippine Agriculture
# 132
Antigua and Barbuda :
2.041
per 1,000 people
1984
Barbudan Agriculture
# 133
Suriname :
2.04
per 1,000 people
1984
Surinamese Agriculture
# 134
United Arab Emirates :
1.83
per 1,000 people
1984
Emirati Agriculture
# 135
Grenada :
1.783
per 1,000 people
1984
Grenadian Agriculture
# 136
Qatar :
1.769
per 1,000 people
1984
Qatari Agriculture
# 137
Guam :
1.714
per 1,000 people
1984
Guamanian Agriculture
# 138
Saint Lucia :
1.627
per 1,000 people
1984
Saint Lucian Agriculture
# 139
Sri Lanka :
1.481
per 1,000 people
1984
Sri Lankan Agriculture
# 140
Netherlands :
1.398
per 1,000 people
1984
Dutch Agriculture
# 141
Puerto Rico :
1.387
per 1,000 people
1984
Puerto Rican Agriculture
# 142
Israel :
1.356
per 1,000 people
1984
Israeli Agriculture
# 143
Virgin Islands :
1.296
per 1,000 people
1984
Virgin Islander Agriculture
# 144
Vietnam :
1.198
per 1,000 people
1984
Vietnamese Agriculture
# 145
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
1.16
per 1,000 people
1984
Saint Vincentian Agriculture
# 146
Mauritius :
1.13
per 1,000 people
1984
Mauritian Agriculture
# 147
Bangladesh :
1.074
per 1,000 people
1984
Bangladeshi Agriculture
# 148
Seychelles :
0.897
per 1,000 people
1984
Seychellois Agriculture
# 149
Kuwait :
0.828
per 1,000 people
1984
Kuwaiti Agriculture
# 150
Barbados :
0.754
per 1,000 people
1984
Barbadian Agriculture
# 151
Trinidad and Tobago :
0.637
per 1,000 people
1984
Tobagonian Agriculture
# 152
Brunei :
0.553
per 1,000 people
1984
Bruneian Agriculture
# 153
Maldives :
0.506
per 1,000 people
1984
Maldivian Agriculture
# 154
Japan :
0.5
per 1,000 people
1984
Japanese Agriculture
# 155
Bahamas, The :
0.481
per 1,000 people
1984
Bahamian Agriculture
# 156
Netherlands Antilles :
0.445
per 1,000 people
1984
Dutch Antillean Agriculture
# 157
Malta :
0.371
per 1,000 people
1984
Maltese Agriculture
# 158
Bahrain :
0.2
per 1,000 people
1984
Bahraini Agriculture
# 159
Bermuda :
0.18
per 1,000 people
1984
Bermudian Agriculture
# 160
Singapore :
0.022
per 1,000 people
1984
Singapore Agriculture
Weighted average:
23.9
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) (1984) 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=1984
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