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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) (1986) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Mongolia :
637.694
per 1,000 people
1986
Mongolian Agriculture
# 2
Namibia :
331.766
per 1,000 people
1986
Namibian Agriculture
# 3
Australia :
293.965
per 1,000 people
1986
Australian Agriculture
# 4
Mauritania :
213.437
per 1,000 people
1986
Mauritanian Agriculture
# 5
Botswana :
204.023
per 1,000 people
1986
Motswana -Batswana Agriculture
# 6
Iceland :
93.868
per 1,000 people
1986
Icelandic Agriculture
# 7
Chad :
89.87
per 1,000 people
1986
Chadian Agriculture
# 8
Saudi Arabia :
75.53
per 1,000 people
1986
Saudi Agriculture
# 9
Somalia :
67.89
per 1,000 people
1986
Somali Agriculture
# 10
Gabon :
61.32
per 1,000 people
1986
Gabonese Agriculture
# 11
Angola :
60.217
per 1,000 people
1986
Angolan Agriculture
# 12
Bolivia :
57.748
per 1,000 people
1986
Bolivian Agriculture
# 13
New Zealand :
50.378
per 1,000 people
1986
New Zealand Agriculture
# 14
Uruguay :
49.038
per 1,000 people
1986
Uruguayan Agriculture
# 15
Congo, Republic of the :
48.39
per 1,000 people
1986
Congolese Agriculture
# 16
Sudan :
48.31
per 1,000 people
1986
Sudanese Agriculture
# 17
Paraguay :
44.451
per 1,000 people
1986
Paraguayan Agriculture
# 18
Greenland :
43.925
per 1,000 people
1986
Greenlandic Agriculture
# 19
Niger :
41.85
per 1,000 people
1986
Nigerien Agriculture
# 20
Argentina :
41.701
per 1,000 people
1986
Argentine Agriculture
# 21
Mali :
39.788
per 1,000 people
1986
Malian Agriculture
# 22
Libya :
39.451
per 1,000 people
1986
Libyan Agriculture
# 23
Mozambique :
35.755
per 1,000 people
1986
Mozambican Agriculture
# 24
Madagascar :
33.701
per 1,000 people
1986
Malagasy Agriculture
# 25
Zambia :
31.029
per 1,000 people
1986
Zambian Agriculture
# 26
Djibouti :
30.287
per 1,000 people
1986
Djiboutian Agriculture
# 27
South Africa :
29.513
per 1,000 people
1986
South African Agriculture
# 28
Afghanistan :
27.691
per 1,000 people
1986
Afghan Agriculture
# 29
Canada :
25.883
per 1,000 people
1986
Canadian Agriculture
# 30
Guyana :
23.1
per 1,000 people
1986
Guyanese Agriculture
# 31
Guinea :
22.415
per 1,000 people
1986
Guinean Agriculture
# 32
Swaziland :
19.552
per 1,000 people
1986
Swazi Agriculture
# 33
Central African Republic :
18.25
per 1,000 people
1986
Central African Agriculture
# 34
United States :
17.965
per 1,000 people
1986
American Agriculture
# 35
New Caledonia :
17.338
per 1,000 people
1986
New Caledonian Agriculture
# 36
Algeria :
17.005
per 1,000 people
1986
Algerian Agriculture
# 37
Brazil :
16.856
per 1,000 people
1986
Brazilian Agriculture
# 38
Côte d'Ivoire :
16.71
per 1,000 people
1986
Ivoirian Agriculture
# 39
Ireland :
16.08
per 1,000 people
1986
Irish Agriculture
# 40
Guinea-Bissau :
16.057
per 1,000 people
1986
Guinean Agriculture
# 41
Lesotho :
15.286
per 1,000 people
1986
Basotho Agriculture
# 42
Tanzania :
15.101
per 1,000 people
1986
Tanzanian Agriculture
# 43
Colombia :
14.089
per 1,000 people
1986
Colombian Agriculture
# 44
Zimbabwe :
13.774
per 1,000 people
1986
Zimbabwean Agriculture
# 45
Chile :
13.357
per 1,000 people
1986
Chilean Agriculture
# 46
Morocco :
13.25
per 1,000 people
1986
Moroccan Agriculture
# 47
Mexico :
13.114
per 1,000 people
1986
Mexican Agriculture
# 48
Kenya :
12.925
per 1,000 people
1986
Kenyan Agriculture
# 49
Senegal :
12.477
per 1,000 people
1986
Senegalese Agriculture
# 50
Syria :
12.39
per 1,000 people
1986
Syrian Agriculture
# 51
Venezuela :
12.191
per 1,000 people
1986
Venezuelan Agriculture
# 52
Burkina Faso :
11.97
per 1,000 people
1986
Burkinabe Agriculture
# 53
Liberia :
11.863
per 1,000 people
1986
Liberian Agriculture
# 54
Tunisia :
11.619
per 1,000 people
1986
Tunisian Agriculture
# 55
Nicaragua :
10.676
per 1,000 people
1986
Nicaraguan Agriculture
# 56
Equatorial Guinea :
10.238
per 1,000 people
1986
Equatorial Guinean Agriculture
# 57
Vanuatu :
10.135
per 1,000 people
1986
- Agriculture
# 58
Costa Rica :
10.019
per 1,000 people
1986
Costa Rican Agriculture
# 59
Peru :
9.464
per 1,000 people
1986
Peruvian Agriculture
# 60
Greece :
9.213
per 1,000 people
1986
Greek Agriculture
# 61
Panama :
9.093
per 1,000 people
1986
Panamanian Agriculture
# 62
Ghana :
8.97
per 1,000 people
1986
Ghanaian Agriculture
# 63
Bhutan :
8.949
per 1,000 people
1986
Bhutanese Agriculture
# 64
Cameroon :
8.906
per 1,000 people
1986
Cameroonian Agriculture
# 65
Togo :
8.883
per 1,000 people
1986
Togolese Agriculture
# 66
Nigeria :
8.498
per 1,000 people
1986
Nigerian Agriculture
# 67
Ecuador :
8.122
per 1,000 people
1986
Ecuadorian Agriculture
# 68
Spain :
7.947
per 1,000 people
1986
Spanish Agriculture
# 69
Gambia, The :
7.815
per 1,000 people
1986
Gambian Agriculture
# 70
Uganda :
7.716
per 1,000 people
1986
Ugandan Agriculture
# 71
Honduras :
7.617
per 1,000 people
1986
Honduran Agriculture
# 72
Turkey :
7.481
per 1,000 people
1986
Turkish Agriculture
# 73
Sierra Leone :
7.436
per 1,000 people
1986
Sierra Leonean Agriculture
# 74
Bulgaria :
6.884
per 1,000 people
1986
Bulgarian Agriculture
# 75
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
6.86
per 1,000 people
1986
Congolese Agriculture
# 76
Oman :
6.701
per 1,000 people
1986
Omani Agriculture
# 77
Romania :
6.589
per 1,000 people
1986
Romanian Agriculture
# 78
Samoa :
6.538
per 1,000 people
1986
Samoan Agriculture
# 79
Cuba :
6.364
per 1,000 people
1986
Cuban Agriculture
# 80
Hungary :
6.192
per 1,000 people
1986
Hungarian Agriculture
# 81
Belize :
6.045
per 1,000 people
1986
Belizean Agriculture
# 82
Kiribati :
5.869
per 1,000 people
1986
- Agriculture
# 83
Iraq :
5.697
per 1,000 people
1986
Iraqi Agriculture
# 84
France :
5.668
per 1,000 people
1986
French Agriculture
# 85
Denmark :
5.505
per 1,000 people
1986
Danish Agriculture
# 86
Malawi :
5.361
per 1,000 people
1986
Malawian Agriculture
# 87
Poland :
5.04
per 1,000 people
1986
Polish Agriculture
# 88
Fiji :
4.893
per 1,000 people
1986
Fijian Agriculture
# 89
Finland :
4.866
per 1,000 people
1986
Finnish Agriculture
# 90
Benin :
4.824
per 1,000 people
1986
Beninese Agriculture
# 91
Man, Isle of :
4.755
per 1,000 people
1986
Manx Agriculture
# 92
China :
4.734
per 1,000 people
1986
Chinese Agriculture
# 93
Guatemala :
4.663
per 1,000 people
1986
Guatemalan Agriculture
# 94
Austria :
4.625
per 1,000 people
1986
Austrian Agriculture
# 95
Laos :
4.531
per 1,000 people
1986
Lao Agriculture
# 96
East Timor :
4.444
per 1,000 people
1986
Timorese Agriculture
# 97
Burundi :
4.277
per 1,000 people
1986
Burundian Agriculture
# 98
Sweden :
4.153
per 1,000 people
1986
Swedish Agriculture
# 99
Jordan :
4.103
per 1,000 people
1986
Jordanian Agriculture
# 100
Thailand :
4.039
per 1,000 people
1986
Thai Agriculture
# 101
Portugal :
3.993
per 1,000 people
1986
Portuguese Agriculture
# 102
Dominican Republic :
3.91
per 1,000 people
1986
Dominican Agriculture
# 103
Cambodia :
3.898
per 1,000 people
1986
Cambodian Agriculture
# 104
Malaysia :
3.844
per 1,000 people
1986
Malaysian Agriculture
# 105
Albania :
3.662
per 1,000 people
1986
Albanian Agriculture
# 106
Tonga :
3.579
per 1,000 people
1986
Tongan Agriculture
# 107
São Tomé and Príncipe :
3.577
per 1,000 people
1986
Sao Tomean Agriculture
# 108
Comoros :
3.239
per 1,000 people
1986
Comoran Agriculture
# 109
United Kingdom :
3.189
per 1,000 people
1986
British Agriculture
# 110
Switzerland :
3.107
per 1,000 people
1986
Swiss Agriculture
# 111
Italy :
3.011
per 1,000 people
1986
Italian Agriculture
# 112
Cyprus :
2.976
per 1,000 people
1986
Cypriot Agriculture
# 113
Rwanda :
2.888
per 1,000 people
1986
Rwandan Agriculture
# 114
El Salvador :
2.879
per 1,000 people
1986
Salvadoran Agriculture
# 115
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
2.817
per 1,000 people
1986
Nevisian Agriculture
# 116
Burma :
2.751
per 1,000 people
1986
Burmese Agriculture
# 117
Pakistan :
2.638
per 1,000 people
1986
Pakistani Agriculture
# 118
Dominica :
2.592
per 1,000 people
1986
Dominican Agriculture
# 119
Haiti :
2.548
per 1,000 people
1986
Haitian Agriculture
# 120
Indonesia :
2.487
per 1,000 people
1986
Indonesian Agriculture
# 121
French Polynesia :
2.466
per 1,000 people
1986
French Polynesian Agriculture
# 122
Nepal :
2.439
per 1,000 people
1986
Nepalese Agriculture
# 123
Solomon Islands :
2.351
per 1,000 people
1986
Solomon Islander Agriculture
# 124
Germany :
2.343
per 1,000 people
1986
German Agriculture
# 125
Norway :
2.324
per 1,000 people
1986
Norwegian Agriculture
# 126
India :
2.318
per 1,000 people
1986
Indian Agriculture
# 127
Papua New Guinea :
2.218
per 1,000 people
1986
Papua New Guinean Agriculture
# 128
Suriname :
2.164
per 1,000 people
1986
Surinamese Agriculture
# 129
Lebanon :
2.07
per 1,000 people
1986
Lebanese Agriculture
# 130
Antigua and Barbuda :
2.05
per 1,000 people
1986
Barbudan Agriculture
# 131
Jamaica :
2.042
per 1,000 people
1986
Jamaican Agriculture
# 132
Cape Verde :
1.995
per 1,000 people
1986
Cape Verdean Agriculture
# 133
Philippines :
1.976
per 1,000 people
1986
Philippine Agriculture
# 134
United Arab Emirates :
1.678
per 1,000 people
1986
Emirati Agriculture
# 135
Guam :
1.635
per 1,000 people
1986
Guamanian Agriculture
# 136
Saint Lucia :
1.579
per 1,000 people
1986
Saint Lucian Agriculture
# 137
Qatar :
1.555
per 1,000 people
1986
Qatari Agriculture
# 138
Grenada :
1.544
per 1,000 people
1986
Grenadian Agriculture
# 139
Sri Lanka :
1.442
per 1,000 people
1986
Sri Lankan Agriculture
# 140
Netherlands :
1.383
per 1,000 people
1986
Dutch Agriculture
# 141
Puerto Rico :
1.358
per 1,000 people
1986
Puerto Rican Agriculture
# 142
Israel :
1.347
per 1,000 people
1986
Israeli Agriculture
# 143
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
1.235
per 1,000 people
1986
Saint Vincentian Agriculture
# 144
Virgin Islands :
1.127
per 1,000 people
1986
Virgin Islander Agriculture
# 145
Vietnam :
1.116
per 1,000 people
1986
Vietnamese Agriculture
# 146
Mauritius :
1.113
per 1,000 people
1986
Mauritian Agriculture
# 147
Bangladesh :
1.028
per 1,000 people
1986
Bangladeshi Agriculture
# 148
Seychelles :
0.884
per 1,000 people
1986
Seychellois Agriculture
# 149
Kuwait :
0.771
per 1,000 people
1986
Kuwaiti Agriculture
# 150
Barbados :
0.749
per 1,000 people
1986
Barbadian Agriculture
# 151
Trinidad and Tobago :
0.597
per 1,000 people
1986
Tobagonian Agriculture
# 152
Brunei :
0.523
per 1,000 people
1986
Bruneian Agriculture
# 153
Bahamas, The :
0.505
per 1,000 people
1986
Bahamian Agriculture
# 154
Japan :
0.482
per 1,000 people
1986
Japanese Agriculture
# 155
Maldives :
0.475
per 1,000 people
1986
Maldivian Agriculture
# 156
Netherlands Antilles :
0.435
per 1,000 people
1986
Dutch Antillean Agriculture
# 157
Malta :
0.374
per 1,000 people
1986
Maltese Agriculture
# 158
Bahrain :
0.187
per 1,000 people
1986
Bahraini Agriculture
# 159
Bermuda :
0.176
per 1,000 people
1986
Bermudian Agriculture
# 160
Singapore :
0.015
per 1,000 people
1986
Singapore Agriculture
Weighted average:
22.9
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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