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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.
Agriculture Statistics > Agricultural land > sq. km (per capita) (1987) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Mongolia :
626.45
per 1,000 people
1987
Mongolian Agriculture
# 2
Namibia :
316.914
per 1,000 people
1987
Namibian Agriculture
# 3
Australia :
289.611
per 1,000 people
1987
Australian Agriculture
# 4
Mauritania :
208.805
per 1,000 people
1987
Mauritanian Agriculture
# 5
Botswana :
198.089
per 1,000 people
1987
Motswana -Batswana Agriculture
# 6
Iceland :
92.724
per 1,000 people
1987
Icelandic Agriculture
# 7
Chad :
87.249
per 1,000 people
1987
Chadian Agriculture
# 8
Saudi Arabia :
75.247
per 1,000 people
1987
Saudi Agriculture
# 9
Somalia :
67.289
per 1,000 people
1987
Somali Agriculture
# 10
Gabon :
59.355
per 1,000 people
1987
Gabonese Agriculture
# 11
Angola :
58.758
per 1,000 people
1987
Angolan Agriculture
# 12
Bolivia :
56.526
per 1,000 people
1987
Bolivian Agriculture
# 13
New Zealand :
49.834
per 1,000 people
1987
New Zealand Agriculture
# 14
Uruguay :
48.668
per 1,000 people
1987
Uruguayan Agriculture
# 15
Sudan :
48.105
per 1,000 people
1987
Sudanese Agriculture
# 16
Congo, Republic of the :
46.742
per 1,000 people
1987
Congolese Agriculture
# 17
Paraguay :
44.349
per 1,000 people
1987
Paraguayan Agriculture
# 18
Greenland :
43.438
per 1,000 people
1987
Greenlandic Agriculture
# 19
Argentina :
40.99
per 1,000 people
1987
Argentine Agriculture
# 20
Niger :
40.212
per 1,000 people
1987
Nigerien Agriculture
# 21
Mali :
38.847
per 1,000 people
1987
Malian Agriculture
# 22
Libya :
38.334
per 1,000 people
1987
Libyan Agriculture
# 23
Mozambique :
35.892
per 1,000 people
1987
Mozambican Agriculture
# 24
Madagascar :
32.778
per 1,000 people
1987
Malagasy Agriculture
# 25
Zambia :
30.112
per 1,000 people
1987
Zambian Agriculture
# 26
South Africa :
28.937
per 1,000 people
1987
South African Agriculture
# 27
Djibouti :
28.093
per 1,000 people
1987
Djiboutian Agriculture
# 28
Afghanistan :
27.875
per 1,000 people
1987
Afghan Agriculture
# 29
Canada :
25.541
per 1,000 people
1987
Canadian Agriculture
# 30
Guyana :
23.276
per 1,000 people
1987
Guyanese Agriculture
# 31
Guinea :
21.806
per 1,000 people
1987
Guinean Agriculture
# 32
Swaziland :
18.641
per 1,000 people
1987
Swazi Agriculture
# 33
Central African Republic :
17.853
per 1,000 people
1987
Central African Agriculture
# 34
United States :
17.621
per 1,000 people
1987
American Agriculture
# 35
Brazil :
16.654
per 1,000 people
1987
Brazilian Agriculture
# 36
Algeria :
16.576
per 1,000 people
1987
Algerian Agriculture
# 37
New Caledonia :
16.332
per 1,000 people
1987
New Caledonian Agriculture
# 38
Côte d'Ivoire :
16.179
per 1,000 people
1987
Ivoirian Agriculture
# 39
Ireland :
15.983
per 1,000 people
1987
Irish Agriculture
# 40
Guinea-Bissau :
15.72
per 1,000 people
1987
Guinean Agriculture
# 41
Lesotho :
15.279
per 1,000 people
1987
Basotho Agriculture
# 42
Tanzania :
14.647
per 1,000 people
1987
Tanzanian Agriculture
# 43
Colombia :
13.809
per 1,000 people
1987
Colombian Agriculture
# 44
Zimbabwe :
13.354
per 1,000 people
1987
Zimbabwean Agriculture
# 45
Morocco :
13.045
per 1,000 people
1987
Moroccan Agriculture
# 46
Mexico :
12.945
per 1,000 people
1987
Mexican Agriculture
# 47
Chile :
12.917
per 1,000 people
1987
Chilean Agriculture
# 48
Kenya :
12.499
per 1,000 people
1987
Kenyan Agriculture
# 49
Senegal :
12.101
per 1,000 people
1987
Senegalese Agriculture
# 50
Syria :
11.948
per 1,000 people
1987
Syrian Agriculture
# 51
Venezuela :
11.946
per 1,000 people
1987
Venezuelan Agriculture
# 52
Liberia :
11.88
per 1,000 people
1987
Liberian Agriculture
# 53
Burkina Faso :
11.703
per 1,000 people
1987
Burkinabe Agriculture
# 54
Tunisia :
11.316
per 1,000 people
1987
Tunisian Agriculture
# 55
Nicaragua :
10.52
per 1,000 people
1987
Nicaraguan Agriculture
# 56
Equatorial Guinea :
9.972
per 1,000 people
1987
Equatorial Guinean Agriculture
# 57
Vanuatu :
9.897
per 1,000 people
1987
- Agriculture
# 58
Costa Rica :
9.755
per 1,000 people
1987
Costa Rican Agriculture
# 59
Peru :
9.266
per 1,000 people
1987
Peruvian Agriculture
# 60
Greece :
9.176
per 1,000 people
1987
Greek Agriculture
# 61
Bhutan :
9.054
per 1,000 people
1987
Bhutanese Agriculture
# 62
Panama :
9.018
per 1,000 people
1987
Panamanian Agriculture
# 63
Ghana :
8.71
per 1,000 people
1987
Ghanaian Agriculture
# 64
Togo :
8.631
per 1,000 people
1987
Togolese Agriculture
# 65
Cameroon :
8.628
per 1,000 people
1987
Cameroonian Agriculture
# 66
Nigeria :
8.267
per 1,000 people
1987
Nigerian Agriculture
# 67
Ecuador :
8.07
per 1,000 people
1987
Ecuadorian Agriculture
# 68
Spain :
7.926
per 1,000 people
1987
Spanish Agriculture
# 69
Gambia, The :
7.603
per 1,000 people
1987
Gambian Agriculture
# 70
Turkey :
7.5
per 1,000 people
1987
Turkish Agriculture
# 71
Uganda :
7.432
per 1,000 people
1987
Ugandan Agriculture
# 72
Honduras :
7.387
per 1,000 people
1987
Honduran Agriculture
# 73
Sierra Leone :
7.225
per 1,000 people
1987
Sierra Leonean Agriculture
# 74
Bulgaria :
6.873
per 1,000 people
1987
Bulgarian Agriculture
# 75
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
6.662
per 1,000 people
1987
Congolese Agriculture
# 76
Romania :
6.579
per 1,000 people
1987
Romanian Agriculture
# 77
Cuba :
6.568
per 1,000 people
1987
Cuban Agriculture
# 78
Samoa :
6.506
per 1,000 people
1987
Samoan Agriculture
# 79
Oman :
6.466
per 1,000 people
1987
Omani Agriculture
# 80
Belize :
6.393
per 1,000 people
1987
Belizean Agriculture
# 81
Hungary :
6.209
per 1,000 people
1987
Hungarian Agriculture
# 82
Kiribati :
5.743
per 1,000 people
1987
- Agriculture
# 83
France :
5.636
per 1,000 people
1987
French Agriculture
# 84
Iraq :
5.559
per 1,000 people
1987
Iraqi Agriculture
# 85
Denmark :
5.457
per 1,000 people
1987
Danish Agriculture
# 86
Fiji :
5.083
per 1,000 people
1987
Fijian Agriculture
# 87
Malawi :
5.049
per 1,000 people
1987
Malawian Agriculture
# 88
Poland :
5.01
per 1,000 people
1987
Polish Agriculture
# 89
Finland :
4.904
per 1,000 people
1987
Finnish Agriculture
# 90
China :
4.74
per 1,000 people
1987
Chinese Agriculture
# 91
Benin :
4.694
per 1,000 people
1987
Beninese Agriculture
# 92
Man, Isle of :
4.654
per 1,000 people
1987
Manx Agriculture
# 93
Austria :
4.62
per 1,000 people
1987
Austrian Agriculture
# 94
Guatemala :
4.557
per 1,000 people
1987
Guatemalan Agriculture
# 95
Laos :
4.404
per 1,000 people
1987
Lao Agriculture
# 96
East Timor :
4.373
per 1,000 people
1987
Timorese Agriculture
# 97
Cambodia :
4.22
per 1,000 people
1987
Cambodian Agriculture
# 98
Burundi :
4.121
per 1,000 people
1987
Burundian Agriculture
# 99
Sweden :
4.114
per 1,000 people
1987
Swedish Agriculture
# 100
Thailand :
4.065
per 1,000 people
1987
Thai Agriculture
# 101
Jordan :
4.062
per 1,000 people
1987
Jordanian Agriculture
# 102
Portugal :
4.003
per 1,000 people
1987
Portuguese Agriculture
# 103
Malaysia :
3.872
per 1,000 people
1987
Malaysian Agriculture
# 104
Dominican Republic :
3.833
per 1,000 people
1987
Dominican Agriculture
# 105
Tonga :
3.568
per 1,000 people
1987
Tongan Agriculture
# 106
Albania :
3.565
per 1,000 people
1987
Albanian Agriculture
# 107
São Tomé and Príncipe :
3.492
per 1,000 people
1987
Sao Tomean Agriculture
# 108
United Kingdom :
3.178
per 1,000 people
1987
British Agriculture
# 109
Comoros :
3.156
per 1,000 people
1987
Comoran Agriculture
# 110
Switzerland :
3.088
per 1,000 people
1987
Swiss Agriculture
# 111
Italy :
3.006
per 1,000 people
1987
Italian Agriculture
# 112
Cyprus :
2.926
per 1,000 people
1987
Cypriot Agriculture
# 113
El Salvador :
2.845
per 1,000 people
1987
Salvadoran Agriculture
# 114
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
2.826
per 1,000 people
1987
Nevisian Agriculture
# 115
Rwanda :
2.766
per 1,000 people
1987
Rwandan Agriculture
# 116
Burma :
2.698
per 1,000 people
1987
Burmese Agriculture
# 117
Dominica :
2.603
per 1,000 people
1987
Dominican Agriculture
# 118
Pakistan :
2.593
per 1,000 people
1987
Pakistani Agriculture
# 119
Indonesia :
2.573
per 1,000 people
1987
Indonesian Agriculture
# 120
Haiti :
2.487
per 1,000 people
1987
Haitian Agriculture
# 121
Nepal :
2.357
per 1,000 people
1987
Nepalese Agriculture
# 122
French Polynesia :
2.353
per 1,000 people
1987
French Polynesian Agriculture
# 123
Germany :
2.328
per 1,000 people
1987
German Agriculture
# 124
Norway :
2.317
per 1,000 people
1987
Norwegian Agriculture
# 125
India :
2.274
per 1,000 people
1987
Indian Agriculture
# 126
Solomon Islands :
2.244
per 1,000 people
1987
Solomon Islander Agriculture
# 127
Suriname :
2.243
per 1,000 people
1987
Surinamese Agriculture
# 128
Papua New Guinea :
2.209
per 1,000 people
1987
Papua New Guinean Agriculture
# 129
Lebanon :
2.083
per 1,000 people
1987
Lebanese Agriculture
# 130
Antigua and Barbuda :
2.059
per 1,000 people
1987
Barbudan Agriculture
# 131
Jamaica :
2.029
per 1,000 people
1987
Jamaican Agriculture
# 132
Cape Verde :
1.953
per 1,000 people
1987
Cape Verdean Agriculture
# 133
Philippines :
1.936
per 1,000 people
1987
Philippine Agriculture
# 134
Saint Lucia :
1.634
per 1,000 people
1987
Saint Lucian Agriculture
# 135
Guam :
1.596
per 1,000 people
1987
Guamanian Agriculture
# 136
United Arab Emirates :
1.587
per 1,000 people
1987
Emirati Agriculture
# 137
Qatar :
1.49
per 1,000 people
1987
Qatari Agriculture
# 138
Sri Lanka :
1.426
per 1,000 people
1987
Sri Lankan Agriculture
# 139
Grenada :
1.422
per 1,000 people
1987
Grenadian Agriculture
# 140
Netherlands :
1.373
per 1,000 people
1987
Dutch Agriculture
# 141
Puerto Rico :
1.342
per 1,000 people
1987
Puerto Rican Agriculture
# 142
Israel :
1.321
per 1,000 people
1987
Israeli Agriculture
# 143
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
1.223
per 1,000 people
1987
Saint Vincentian Agriculture
# 144
Virgin Islands :
1.132
per 1,000 people
1987
Virgin Islander Agriculture
# 145
Mauritius :
1.104
per 1,000 people
1987
Mauritian Agriculture
# 146
Vietnam :
1.087
per 1,000 people
1987
Vietnamese Agriculture
# 147
Bangladesh :
1.013
per 1,000 people
1987
Bangladeshi Agriculture
# 148
Seychelles :
0.878
per 1,000 people
1987
Seychellois Agriculture
# 149
Barbados :
0.747
per 1,000 people
1987
Barbadian Agriculture
# 150
Kuwait :
0.737
per 1,000 people
1987
Kuwaiti Agriculture
# 151
Trinidad and Tobago :
0.593
per 1,000 people
1987
Tobagonian Agriculture
# 152
Brunei :
0.508
per 1,000 people
1987
Bruneian Agriculture
# 153
Bahamas, The :
0.496
per 1,000 people
1987
Bahamian Agriculture
# 154
Japan :
0.478
per 1,000 people
1987
Japanese Agriculture
# 155
Maldives :
0.46
per 1,000 people
1987
Maldivian Agriculture
# 156
Netherlands Antilles :
0.43
per 1,000 people
1987
Dutch Antillean Agriculture
# 157
Malta :
0.37
per 1,000 people
1987
Maltese Agriculture
# 158
Bahrain :
0.18
per 1,000 people
1987
Bahraini Agriculture
# 159
Bermuda :
0.173
per 1,000 people
1987
Bermudian Agriculture
# 160
Singapore :
0.011
per 1,000 people
1987
Singapore Agriculture
Weighted average:
22.4
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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